Governor Palin’s Speech at the Rainbow Omega Fundraiser, Birmingham, Alabama
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Governor Sarah Palin’s entire speech at the Rainbow Omega Fundraiser Tuesday night in Birmingham. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped an Alabama program for developmentally disabled adults host its biggest fundraising dinner ever. Based in Eastaboga, Rainbow Omega provides housing, care and jobs for 80 adults with developmental disabilities. The program started in 1995 with just 16 residents. About 800 people bought tickets priced $250 and higher to hear the former candidate for vice-president speak. Palin has a son with Down Syndrome. While a news release stressed Rainbow Omega is a “strictly non-partisan” organization, Palin’s speech was not. A Birmingham radio personality introduced Palin as “hopefully, the next president of the United States.“ Palin spoke for 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”. 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. The Fox News contributor repeatedly called the health care law “Obamacare”. She said it would not lower health care costs, but would actually raise them. “The only way to cut costs, is to ration care,“ Palin said. “I think those with special needs and the elderly will be the ones who will not get health care services. A government panel or bureaucrat will have to make those decisions.“ Palin was paid for her appearance, though a representative for Rainbow Omega would not say if she received her usual speaking fee which has been reported to run in the $100,000 range. The group expected to net about $250,000 after expenses.
