Media At It Again.......

I received this email this morning seams the Dem are freaking out-LOLOLOL...and so it begins.......sigh.....

"This morning, while doing something I shouldn't have been doing - flipping through cable news channels *slap slap* - and still feeling the afterglow from Palin's speech last night at the RNC, I heard on both CNN and MSNBC (Morning Joe show) that Palin had CUT special need funds in Alaska during her reign as Gov'r. Someone on another list posted about how Palin would be someone "for us" (mother's of special needs) and I posted a "not so fast, time will tell; seems she cut the budget from $8 to $3". I've been watching/listening all day to see if anyone else was reporting on this, but so far, the only thing I've heard is a continuance of the same news that Palin cut special needs funds. Long story short, I found other information which indicates that "reduced" isn'tthe correct way to describe what she did. In the interests of special needs, here's information I ran across which I think gives a true picture of what Palin did with the special needs budget - she INCREASED IT! Yay, Palin!

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/09/newest_palin_smear_she_cut_spe.asp

>From the publication Education Week:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/04/30/35recaps.h27.html

Gov. Sarah Palin and state lawmakers have gone ahead with an overhaul of Alaska's school funding system that supporters predict will provide much-needed financial help to rural schools and those serving students with disabilities.
The plan, enacted in the recently concluded session of the legislature, is based on recommendations issued by a legislative task force last year. It will phase in a greater flow of money to districts outside of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, over the next five years.
Advocates for rural and remote schools have lobbied for years for more funding, in particular noting the higher fuel, transportation, and other costs associated with providing education in communities scattered across the vast state.
A second part of the measure raises spending for students with special needs to $73,840 in fiscal 2011, from the current $26,900 per student in fiscal 2008, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (emphasis added).

So the Netroots and CNN allege that Palin cut special needs funding by 62 percent, by crediting her with the budget proposed by a political opponent. And the truth is that rather than a 62 percent cut, she's actually increasing special needs funding by 175 percent.

----------------------AWESOME!!!!! She does stand behind what she says!!!!