Sarah Palin: The Definition of Hypocrisy

cross-posted at dailykos

Sarah Palin was real quick to play politics with President Obama's slip on Leno. She ran to a camera to put her two cents in on this one.

This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people coming from the most powerful position in the world... I hope President Obama's comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community.

Of course, everyone knows that Sarah Palin has a special needs child, which automatically makes her right on anything related to special needs (snark). I was especially irritated by her "innocent" statement at the end. Now, of course that was not meant to imply that those comments do reflect President Obama's view of special needs (more snark).

But what about how she "truly feels about the special needs community."

Palin actually slashed funding for schools for special needs kids by 62%.

Typical. Shall we dig further?

How about this gem, during her first major policy address. This is when she was asked about how she planned on funding special needs programs while simultaneously cutting the budget.

Palin claimed that the amount that Congress spends on earmarks “is more than the shortfall to fully fund IDEA.” She then ridiculed some of the projects — such as “fruit fly research” — saying they have little or no value: "Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? […] You’ve heard about some of these pet projects they really don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not."

Sounds all good, right? Except that:

The discovery, made in Drosophila fruit flies may lead to advances in understanding autism spectrum disorders, as recently, human neurexins have been identified as a genetic risk factor for autism.

"I kid you not." That's what happens when you get all high and mighty about an issue you only have fake concern for and have neglected to research.

So spare me the passive aggressive bull sh*t.