Comments on: Is Sarah Palin One of Us?

By: Janet Pusgay

Janet Pusgay — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:22:10 +0000

What the hell,
I was looking for information for singles as I am but I am 69. I am worried that ss is not going to support me anymore. What can I do?
Do you think Socialized medicind is an answer?
I got lost in this email. I am not sure this is what I am looking for! I didn’t want to submit a comment. I want results

By: Jennifer A

Jennifer A — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:47:22 +0000

Do NOT lump me and Palin together. Her son has Downs, a diagnosis that is recognized, not only by doctors and the medical community, but by insurance. She gets more benefits than I do. There are all kinds of programs and schools to help her son and family. No one has called her a nutcase dealing with her son’s doctors. She did not have to fight tooth and nail for two years to get a diagnosis, she KNEW before he was born!

My son has SPD, which is not in the DSM-IV, which means I get labeled nuts, crazy, munchausens by proxy, a bad mom, my kid cannot behave, my kid needs to be medicated, I should never take my child into public on a bad day all on a daily basis. I have very few people backing me up and minimal funding for his diagnosis. It took me two years and going through a few doctors to get where we are now, which is still pitiful. My insurance company barely covers OT for him and no ST.

By: Debbie Yost

Debbie Yost — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:45:05 +0000

Well said. Thank you.

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:40:06 +0000

Well said, Kim.

I don’t want this woman within a mile of the White House. The only thing we share in common is two X chromosomes. Shame on her for trying to play the gender ticket. Gee whiz; I wasn’t crazy about the idea of McCain to begin with, but I had a grudging admiration for his honesty. Now I think I’ve even lost that.

By: Kim Ayres

Kim Ayres — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:42:31 +0000

Hey, if anyone wants to fly me over to the US and pay me a chunk of money as a guest speaker, DO get in contact

By: MikeP

MikeP — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:22:13 +0000

If only American voters would think through the issues as Kim does, I might have more confidence in the election process. Wish we could enfranchise Kim.

By: Carole

Carole — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:59:59 +0000

Excellent post. Although to be truthful I don’t think there is anything wrong with voting for someone that you think will give your cause a boost. And on the other hand, if I knew that someone was a member of the Ku Klux Klan I wouldn’t vote for them no matter how good their economic plan was or their social program stance.

And let’s hope Sarah Palin is one of us. We are all people with dreams,hopes,loves,hurts, and issues. Perhaps we don’t need to decide if she is one of us based on whether her child has an extra chromosone, but rather whether she is a human being.

Now voting on the hand is clearly a matter decided (or divided) by issues. And the Republicans and Democrats feel pretty opposite on every issue so my advice is to vote party line and quit pretending that there is actual thinking that goes into that process.

By: michael greenwell

michael greenwell — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:46:40 +0000

i am also an outsider but i endorse kims comments. any iniatives she comes up with on this issue are also likely to be within the constraints of her parties ideology, which, looking from afar, doesn’t seem to be doing too well at the moment.

By: Kim Ayres

Kim Ayres — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:25:57 +0000

Thank you Carol, Deborah, Psychmama, Maddy, Sherry, Melody, Leila, Heidi, Susan, Krystal, Finding Normal, Nicole and Moose for your responses.

Given the publicity going on at the moment I’d swear the Presidential race was between Obama and Palin…

Melody – the only one I could find was Tammy’s announcement that Palin had been chosen, but I’d be interested to see more.

Moose – I understand what you mean about the kinship – if it didn’t exist, neither could a site such as this. My point was really about making assumptions about other viewpoints based purely on that kinship.

By: Moose

Moose — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:12:46 +0000

Hmmm… see, I do feel a special kinship with those who have special needs children. Different as our children may be, and different as we all may be, there’s a common thread in our lives that nobody else understands. I personally like the idea of having someone in a high office with a special needs child. Doesn’t mean I’ll vote for them on that one issue alone, but I still like the thought of it. I guess if you’re already voting for that person, it’s a perk. If you’re not, it’s probably not going to change your mind (nor should it).