Palin on Special Needs Education

Gov. Palin is out asking for our votes, an effective advocate for getting government back on the side of the people. On the fashion fascination, an unlikely defender in Campbell Brown. Fortunately Sarah Palin's a resilient woman. Back to real America, I just saw part of Gov. Sarah Palin's policy speech on special needs and education, which she's giving to parents in Pittsburgh. The Tribune caught up with her yesterday:

Palin called the disabilities issues "a joyful challenge." Todd Palin showed off photos of people with Down syndrome who have come to campaign events, and the candidate said one advocacy group sent her a bumper sticker that said "My kid has more chromosomes than your kid."

"These children are not a problem, they are a priority," Palin said.

"We're on this journey with other families," she said. "We'll learn a lot from those other families, as they can count on us in the White House doing all that we can for them also. It's going to be a nice team effort here." [snip]

In her speech Friday, Palin will lay out the campaign's plans to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, boost funding for special-needs children from birth to age 3 and allow parents to choose whether federal money for their child is used in a public, private, religious or secular school without navigating a cumbersome administrative process.

In the part of the speech I caught this morning, Gov. Palin pointed out the $18 billion in earmarks approved by Congress are alone more dollars than would be needed to fully fund the existing program--resetting federal priorities. Our Country Deserves Better has a new ad for Gov. Palin:UPDATE: Text here.