Bachmann gets props from Palin, Politico

I’d like to ask that you reconsider your use of the word “afflictions.” Down syndrome is a disability. Millions of people live with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities and don’t feel they are “afflicted,” except perhaps by societal prejudice. Hydrocephalus is a medical condition. If you want to use one term to refer to both, “disability” is probably your best choice.

Beth Wright, thanks for your comment. I was indeed looking for the broadest term that would encompass both. I’ll go with disability, as you suggest.

Vote Palin-Bachman in 2013!

Wait, there isn’t and election in 2013? Shh.

I find it weird that Mrs. Palin and Mrs. Bachmann both exploit children health challenges for political gain. Neither politician supports health care reform that would ensure more children receive better medical attention.

Talking about Downs Syndrome, talking about hydrocephalus … while blocking needed health care reform …..

I find that to be an irreconcilable conflict, the hypocrisy of it aside.

The two crazies have spoken. I am waiting for one of them to claim they are Michael Jackson’s children’s mother.

Check Bachmann’s voting record on funding research for conditions such as hydrocephalus. She has voted against federal research funds for hydrocephalus at every opportunity since she was elected in 2006. People with Hydrocephalus don’t need a special month they need research and medical funding.

You’ll find Bachmann’s hypocritical voting record on hydrocephalus research here:

http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2009/08/04/10644/michele_bachmann_supports_awareness_of_hydrocephalus_but_not_funding_needed_for_research

Thanks Karl. For the record, I did already have a link to your post in this post, so readers could dig into Bachmann’s record on hydrocephalus, at the words “National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month.”

I’ve been a lifelong GOPer but I’ve recently switched my registration because of the radical positions of ideologues like Palin and Bachmann, two nauseating politicians that distort facts and outright lie to pursue an agenda that irrevocably our United States. I don’t like everything Obama is doing and I think he ought to slow down a bit on some of his reforms. But hell, I’m just sick of the rage that those two and others like them have been generating. It’s bad for our country, worse than anything the President could ever do.

I’m no Ivy League elitist or RINO, I’m a factory worker right here in the Twin Cities that believes in responsible government and protestant values, and it’s independents like me that are fleeing the GOP. The folks in charge of the party have got to realize that things have changed.

Sarah Palin for the love of God – quit blogging all day and pick up a book and educate yourself.
Michelle – you try educating yourself as well. I am so glad the Republicans are stuck with you two as their voice.