Any remarks Gov. Palin made about community organizers was directed at Obama for this marginalization of her experience. I really don’t understand why it is okay for everyone to throw stones at this woman but if she dares to respond somehow she is in the wrong.

This has been an eye opening year for me. First I realized that there is still overwhelming sexism in this country. I learned that the democrats are only for the equal rights of those that share there demented views. And most disturbing of all, I’ve learned that the disabled community no longer stands together either. No matter whether you agree with Sarah Palin’s political views or not, she is still the mother of a disabled child. She is still “one of us.”

I could never have guessed that this community would treat this woman so badly. I am ashamed.

And just as a side note: John McCain is running for President, not Sarah Palin.

And, please. The community organizer comment was a joke. Do you honestly think that a community organizer has as much responsibility as a mayor? I am a community organizer, and I sure don’t think so.

I also think that Palin is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t in many situations. If she didn’t mention people w/disabilities in her speech, she would have been faulted for that. She did, and is accused of mentioning it only for political gain instead of giving her the benefit of the doubt that she is sincere. If she leaves Trig home, she would be accused of being ashamed of him and/or neglecting him while she campaigns. Bring him with her, and he is a political prop.

I am troubled by Obama’s lack of executive experience, period. He may have a lot of great promises, but he failed to vote on many controversial issues during his time in government and I don’t know how he will get things done when he is so far left of center. I can’t imagine that our government will be able to fund his promises…if you listen to the plans on his website, he promises full funding of IDEA (a financial obligation that is, by itself, enormous) in addition to such an influx of money for so many federal programs that everyone should be happy, but how in the world will our government afford it? I’m just as skeptical of him as I am of her.

It certainly took me a while just to say that I was such.

These words were carefully crafted on the one hand to appeal to those of us in the disability community and make us wholeheartedly sanction her appearance on the national political scene, thinking of her as our “voice” in the halls of government; and on the other hand as a put down of Obama and an attempt to show that his experience actively serving those in need around him was less meaningful than her experience as Mayor and then Governor of Alaska.

Just having a baby with Down syndrome (Welcome to the World Trig!), doesn’t make someone an “advocate” automatically. It’s in seeing what is needed and what must be changed to better support our loved ones, and speaking out against injustice while pushing for reform that allows us to add “advocate” to our credentials.

I always hope for the best, but am unconvinced that Gov.Palin knows yet what it means to be a true advocate for her son; and that she would be ready to back up her scripted words to do what is right for our families.