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Palin praises Jeb Bush
The Hill ^ | 06/16/2015 | Jesse Byrnes

Posted on 06/16/2015 1:44:17 PM PDT by GIdget2004

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin praised Jeb Bush on Monday, highlighting his remarks on raising children with special needs.

The comments from Palin, who remains a favorite with some grassroots conservatives, come a day after Bush’s official entry to the presidential race.

“It was encouraging today to hear Governor Jeb Bush speak directly to an issue that touches so many lives in these challenging times, both culturally and fiscally – raising a child with special needs,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page.

“I'm glad Jeb's life was touched by God's purpose-filled children, and hope he continues with a positive message of inclusion, empowerment and specifics as how we can best advocate for families who would never expect government to do it all, but would like to count on government being on their side,” she added.

Bush, whose campaign thanked Palin in a tweet, remarked during his announcement about his efforts as Florida governor on behalf of children with developmental challenges.

“We didn’t leave them last in line. We put them first in line, because they are not a problem, they are a priority,” he said in his speech in Miami.

Palin has traditionally thrown her weight behind grassroots Republican candidates, and Bush is seen as an establishment candidate.

Ahead of his speech, Bush's campaign released a video Sunday featuring a woman named Berthy De La Rose-Aponte, whose daughter is autistic.

“He really cares about us. He really cares about people with developmental disabilities, and with all disabilities,” Rose-Aponte said in the video. “There are people today that are getting services because of what Jeb did.”

Palin, whose post included a photo of Bush seen in the video, encouraged followers to “keep our hearts open” about a potential 2016 Republican presidential nominee.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016election; alaska; bait; clickbait; concerntrolls; election2016; fakefreepers; florida; getpalin; jebbush; memebuilding; palin; palinhate; pds; sarahpalin; trollbait
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To: SoConPubbie

Jeez! It’s about special needs. It’s no big deal


21 posted on 06/16/2015 2:06:05 PM PDT by Bigtigermike (D)
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To: raybbr
Other than the “special needs” issue, Sarah, what else did you find compelling about little jebbie?

"compelling"? What exactly did she find "compelling" about little Jebbie? Do tell!

22 posted on 06/16/2015 2:06:09 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: skeeter

What was wrong about what she said? What was inconsistent with her prior positions>


23 posted on 06/16/2015 2:06:32 PM PDT by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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To: Bigtigermike; KC_Lion
Jeez! It’s about special needs. It’s no big deal

So nice to see how this slanted article from The Hill has attracted all the PDS sufferers...

24 posted on 06/16/2015 2:07:53 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: GIdget2004

Dear Sarah, “Government isn’t the solution, it is the problem.” Hmmmm.

All our unconstitutional Systems-—make health care and food and education etc. unaffordable now....and extremely impossible for parents to stay married and have over two children.

Lets destroy the Marxist unconstitutional Systems which should be “null and void” anyhow——and remove all these Marxist institutions that destroy Free Markets, and encourage Crony “capitalism” and “happy slavery” of the masses.

We want Independence and no interference in our health care, no data collections, and no minimum wage controls-—govt controlling businesses or messing with the Natural Family (Truth/God)-, etc.

The only reason we can’t take care of our Down’’s kids is because of the destruction of the family and free markets with the Progressive (Marxist) income tax, and ALL taxes which is enslaving us for months.

All local control of schools and curricula, and human beings being able to PRACTICE REAL ADULTHOOD, and not infantilized like a down syndrome kid—like all adults are treated now—slaves for the State bureaucracy.

BTW, I have a niece with Downs and we should live in a culture where parents can afford to be parents again and trust their neighbors, and raise and educate their own offspring, and actually be free from tyranny which is why the USA exists in the first place.


25 posted on 06/16/2015 2:08:09 PM PDT by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: COBOL2Java
Hmm. Instead of getting hysterical by reading The Hill's slanted excerpt, perhaps it would be better to read Palin's actual posting:

Why read and know what you're talking about when one can go off half cocked?

26 posted on 06/16/2015 2:10:23 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! Cruise with Cruz!)
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To: Hugin
Let me be first—Sarah Palin is a RINO!

Yep. Stick a fork in her. She's done. /s

27 posted on 06/16/2015 2:10:55 PM PDT by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: Hugin

Fair enough. But I don’t think there is a politician alive or dead who has not been called a RINO by someone at FR at some point. Even *I* have been called a RINO here numerous times! lol


28 posted on 06/16/2015 2:11:09 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("The wheel of fortune changes everything. Don't lose your head now." "Riyadh" by Al Stewart)
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To: Hugin

Fair enough. But I don’t think there is a politician alive or dead who has not been called a RINO by someone at FR at some point. Even *I* have been called a RINO here numerous times! lol


29 posted on 06/16/2015 2:11:10 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("The wheel of fortune changes everything. Don't lose your head now." "Riyadh" by Al Stewart)
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To: COBOL2Java; SoFloFreeper; TADSLOS; MeganC; Hugin; Bigtigermike; SoConPubbie; MortMan; Nextrush; ...
Thank You COBOL2Java and SoFloFreeper for posting her actual Post instead of The Hill's Troll Bait Headline.

Gosh!

I know we all remember Terri Schiavo and those responsible will answer for that.

(in this life or the next)

Downs Syndrome is something that is near and dear to Sarah's Heart and even El Jeb can find a speck of kindness for them.

30 posted on 06/16/2015 2:12:39 PM PDT by KC_Lion (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! G-d bless you all!)
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To: GIdget2004
That's gonna pop some heads around here!


31 posted on 06/16/2015 2:14:35 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: KC_Lion

Sarah is a lady.


32 posted on 06/16/2015 2:18:21 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: GIdget2004
“It was encouraging today to hear Governor Jeb Bush speak directly to an issue that touches so many lives in these challenging times, both culturally and fiscally – raising a child with special needs,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page. “I'm glad Jeb's life was touched by God's purpose-filled children, and hope he continues with a positive message of inclusion, empowerment and specifics as how we can best advocate for families who would never expect government to do it all, but would like to count on government being on their side,” she added.

PFL

33 posted on 06/16/2015 2:18:48 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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Oh my...this is going to blow some minds.


34 posted on 06/16/2015 2:19:44 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: GIdget2004

Palin praised Jeb Bush on Monday, highlighting his remarks on raising children with special needs.


35 posted on 06/16/2015 2:21:17 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Vermont Lt
Oh my...this is going to blow some minds.

Only those who read carefully crafted, slanted propaganda posing as news, instead of reading the original posting.

36 posted on 06/16/2015 2:25:24 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: COBOL2Java; CAluvdubya; TADSLOS
Only those who read carefully crafted, slanted propaganda posing as news, instead of reading the original posting.

or those who WANT to go off Half-Cocked to Push their agenda.

37 posted on 06/16/2015 2:27:28 PM PDT by KC_Lion (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! G-d bless you all!)
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To: Hugin

Keep in mind, that there are special considerations in Sarah Palin’s life that do not necessarily translate out to all those who have otherwise expressed doubts or admiration in the past.

On some things, Jeb Bush is extraordinarily good, others, not so much. Neither to praise nor to blame Jeb, he is what he is, with a whole set of considerations of his own. Should he be so partial to Hispanic immigrants? Given that he is married to a Mexican national, now naturalized (I should hope Columba is by now, anyway), and that Jeb has an especial affection for all things Mexican, I would suppose there is a vast reservoir of good will Jeb should want to keep in the Hispanic minority in the US. Whether that should extend to a partial or full amnesty for all those here illegally, is another question. But Jeb would certainly favor an expanded role for LEGAL immigration.

Others have faulted Jeb for his somewhat cavalier attitude about Theresa Schiavo, but that is much more a reflection of the adamant and intransigent behavior of Michael Schiavo, her spouse at the time of her termination of life in 2005, by disconnection from life support.

More to the point, Jeb and Columba have been active in drug abuse and the plight of children subject to domestic violence. Columba told her husband to make domestic violence a priority at the governor’s mansion. This is just the kind of thing that would appeal to Sarah Palin, and generate a great deal of sympathy for the “third Bush” campaign.

Take care how you may characterize Sarah Palin, a highly complex person in many ways.


38 posted on 06/16/2015 2:29:53 PM PDT by alloysteel ("Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement..." Ronald Reagan)
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To: alstewartfan

Maybe that’s all this is about.
Helping children with special needs.
Any parent can appreciate that.


39 posted on 06/16/2015 2:30:39 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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To: KC_Lion

Trolls with press credentials.

And even here, people are too ready to let themselves be trolled.


40 posted on 06/16/2015 2:33:04 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2016: The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway.)
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