Courtesy of WVTM-TV
Sarah Palin draws crowd of 800 to Rainbow Omega fundraiser
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who has a a son with Down Syndrome, spoke Wednesday night at the biggest fundraising dinner ever for Rainbow Omega, a faith-based Alabama program for developmentally disabled adults. The crowd of about 800 payed $250 and more for tickets to hear the first woman to be the Republican Party's candidate for vice-president. Her address lasted about 40 minutes:
Much of her speech focused on how she and her husband, Todd, learned that their fifth child, Trig, would be born with Down Syndrome and how they came to accept Trig as a “gift from God”.A representative for Rainbow Omega said that the organization expected to net about a quarter of a million dollars from the fundraiser after expenses.
Palin started her speech by offering thoughts to the people of South Alabama who are facing severe hardship from a massive oil leak gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
She emphasized that while “shocked and saddened”, she and her husband still believe in domestic drilling.
“We still need to,“ she said, tying the production of domestic oil to security concerns over buying oil from hostile regimes.
“Energy independence gives us more security, creates jobs, and makes people more able to give to charities like this,“ Palin said.
Palin finished her remarks by attacking a favorite target of hers: the country’s new health care reform law.
She called it “unconstitutional” and asserted that it would raise taxes on families with disabled children by capping Flexible Spending Accounts at $2,500.
- JP
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