McCarthy Re: Working mom with a special needs baby - Palin -

[Guest guest]

You know it's funny though, I am not a working mom in the traditional

sense and here I am sticking up for them. What I am really defending

is free choice and doing what is right for YOU and not for all the

busybodies out there gasping and choking on their own self-

righteousness. Oh, the horror of a mom being a VP!

McCarthy, who I love by the way, is the current IT girl for

autism, but she didn't care two wits about autism or vaccines or

biomed until she had a son with autism. I didn't care two wits about

special ed until I had a son with special needs. very famously

wrote about being on a photo shoot in a bikini while her son was

having a seizure back home, because that was her job at the time and

she had to earn money. So is she a crappy mom now too?? I think not.

McCarthy, like Palin, has a lot more money and a lot more

resources than I can even dream of. Money buys STUFF (and people too

sometimes). I don't hold it against either one of them that they are

able to get top-notch care for their kids while I suffer through the

trenches. What I care about it what they are doing for us peons in

the process - the awareness McCarthy has raised about vaccines

and autism is staggering. One can hope Gov. Palin can do the same

thing for children with other special needs, including Down Syndrome.

> >

> > Palin may be new to the " special needs " aspect of her life

> but it is going to be a life

> > long journey for her and her family just like all of us. I look

at

> her as a working mother

> > trying to do the best for her family. If feel she can balance

both

> and has been. I commend

> > her for mentioning " To the families of special-needs children all

> across this country, I have a

>

> > message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming

> place for your sons and

> > daughters. I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have

a

> friend and advocate in the

> > White House. " There are MANY things our children need (too many

to

> list) that she can help

> > with! I normally don't discuss politics openly but all of us need

> to take a long hard look at

> > the candidates and what they can do for US!! Do your research

> before going to vote!!

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