tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56519607607745581032011-04-21T22:24:12.058-07:00The Specialnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651960760774558103.post-10874602773660091182008-09-05T16:32:00.000-07:002008-09-05T18:23:44.068-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pRm6C-zybQQ/SMHaKfaYX_I/AAAAAAAAAME/eeYIm_Ml4sg/s1600-h/fey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pRm6C-zybQQ/SMHaKfaYX_I/AAAAAAAAAME/eeYIm_Ml4sg/s400/fey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242711315001663474" border="0" /></a><br />Mr. Douthat is thrilled, THRILLED! with John McCain's savvy VP pick, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.<br /><br />Palin, whose own family has had its ups and downs, understands the needs and struggles of working people. <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/02/palin_slashed_funding_to_help.html?hpid=artslot">That's why she slashed funding for teenage mothers in need of a place to live.<br /></a><br />After all, kids make mistakes and Alaska may be an oil-rich state with a fat budget surplus, but that's no reason to reward those hussies with government handouts. Palin, a committed Christian, understands that teenage mothers already have a provider in Heaven and his name is Eskimo Jesus.<br /><br />The mother of an infant with Down Syndrome, Palin has pledged to be a "friend and advocate" of families with special needs children. That's why, in a moving act of compassionate conservatism, the good Governor <a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/09/palin_and_special_needs_children.php">drastically cut funding for special-needs schools</a> for <span style="font-style: italic;">other people's</span> kids. Is she an asshole? Or does she merely love too much?<br /><br />SPOT ON!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5651960760774558103-1087460277366009118?l=douthatwatch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Specialnoreply@blogger.com