Reminder: Obama named Kareem Dale as a special assistant for disabilities policy.

[Jennicut]

This announcement was at the Special Olympics this year:


Biden praises Special Olympics athletes
By REBECCA BOONE

BOISE, Idaho -- "Vice President Joe Biden says that President Barack Obama is committed to programs designed to improve the livelihood of Americans with disabilities and special needs.

To demonstrate his point, Biden announced that Kareem Dale, a former member of Obama's campaign in charge of coordinating the vote of disabled Americans, has been named the special assistant to the president for disabilities policy."

"The nation needs policy changes that will ensure Americans with disabilities can get and keep fulfilling jobs without worrying about losing government-funded health insurance or other assistance, Biden said. Advocates have long complained that programs like Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and Medicare essentially force disabled workers to leave their jobs or prevent them from working so that they can qualify for the medical care they need ."


I doubt any other President has ever done this or at least this is as far better then anything Bush ever did. This does not excuse his comment but he is committed to disabled Americans.

[Clio the Leo]

1. Oh no, I just realized......

... my Freeper friend ... who is disabled and has other disabled family members .... the one who decided to vote for Palin simply because she has a special needs child and would therefore be better capable of fixing our economic crisis (ha!) .... will never let me forget about this for the next four years!

And OH NO!!!! SARAH PALIN HAS A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD!!!! Oh no!!!! ...... they are working this into her 2012 RNC nomination acceptance speech at this very moment.

Crap crap crap.

~ Ok, I'm done worrying about it now. I just needed a minute lol ~

[Jennicut]

2. LOL. Palin would have done nothing for people with disabilities and

we all know it. Half the time I worried about the way she carted around the kid like he was a sack of potatoes. I have worked with special needs and troubled kids. I appreciate Obama appointing someone regarding people with disabilities.