Newsweek Q & A on Autism and What John McCain Said
October 20, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
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Emily,
Please write your note with a little more civility. It is obvious that the scars of lifellong ugliness have left many scars. Palin is hot. You are not.
GET OVER IT.
You want Obama because Big Brother will cure all of society’s ills. You and other libs on this Board will be sorely disappointed. Live and learn people.
Note to “Another Voice”:
Newsflash: Bush cannot run for President for a 3d term. You have no reason to fear that you will do something stupid like that again….but you will do something stupid like that again.
Those of you who advocate for Obama are just predisposed to vote for him anyway
Maybe…and maybe not. Apparently those who may are not all born and bred kneejerk “socialist, liberal Democrats”,
A Conservative for Obama
Wick Allison- Former publisher of the National Review
Other conservatives and Republicans who support or have written favorably about Sen. Obama, and have some conservative street cred and knowledge of politics,
* Andrew Sullivan, Columnist for the Atlantic Monthly
* Colin Powell, Secretary of State under Bush 43
* Christopher Buckley, Son of National Review founder William F. Buckley & former NR columnist
* Wayne Gilchrest, Congressman (R-Maryland)
* Elizabeth Drew- author of the pro-McCain book, “Citizen McCain”
* Jeffrey Hart-Senior Editor of the National Review
* Larry Hunter, Former President Reagan Policy Advisor
* Peggy Noonan, Former President Reagan Speechwriter
* Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University
* Douglas Kmiec, Head of the Office of Legal Counsel under Reagan & Bush 41
* Jim Leach, Former Congressman from Iowa
* Lincoln Chafee, Former United States Senator from Rhode Island
* Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles
* Lowell Weicker, Former Governor and Senator from Connecticut
* Jim Whitaker, Fairbanks, Alaska Mayor
* Linwood Holton, Former Governor of Virginia
* Jackson M. Andrews, Republican Counsel to the U.S. Senate
* Susan Eisenhower, Granddaughter of President Eisenhower & President of the Eisenhower Group
* Francis Fukuyama, Former advisor to President Reagan
* Rita Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor under George W. Bush
* Bill Ruckelshaus, served in the Nixon and Reagan administrations
* Ken Adelman, served in the Ford administration
* David Friedman, Economist and son of Milton and Rose Friedman
* Michael Smerconish, Columnist for the Philadelphia Enquirer
* Robert A.G. Monks, Attorney
* Don Kaul, Intellectual Property Attorney and Arts Patron
* Richard J. Schwartz, Chairman, New York State Council on the Arts
* Todd Garrett, retired Senior VP and CIO of the Procter & Gamble Company
* Richard B. Stewart, Assistant Attorney General for Environment and Natural Resources
* Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., Executive Chairman of Thorium Power Ltd.
For additional man-on-the-street points of view from conservatives, see the comments in the Wick Allison article.
I didn’t support Obama but did write favorably about him, to the extent of saying that of Obama, McCain, and Clinton I thought he was the least bad, and he might turn out better than that. On current evidence, I’m afraid I was too optimistic, but it’s still early.
I am not, however, either a conservative or a Republican. I’m a libertarian.
My comments were mostly on my blog:
http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
Joe
I felt voting for McCain was just like voting again for Bush. Sorry I didn’t make that clear enough for you.
“Emily,
Please write your note with a little more civility. It is obvious that the scars of lifellong ugliness have left many scars. Palin is hot. You are not.”
Heehee. You are such a hoot. You ask me to be “civil” while describing me as having “scars” (how…did…you…know?!?!? hahahaha!) and deciding that I’ve suffered from “lifelong ugliness.” If that’s how you “do the civil,” here’s my response: Even if I had been outwardly ugly all of my life, I can assure you that it’s preferable to the pitiful, tiny, ugly inner life that lies shriveled up in your dried up little soul. And Palin still dresses like my grandma.
“GET OVER IT.” okey dokey
“You want Obama because Big Brother will cure all of society’s ills. You and other libs on this Board will be sorely disappointed. Live and learn people.” I don’t recall having said one thing about Obama. And if I remember correctly, it’s the “true believers” on the right who are all into the Sky Daddy thing.
Great interview! I’m certainly not impressed with how Palin seems to want to use her kids to help the campaign.
My last word to all of your poor pathetic parents of autistic kids ON THIS BOARD. Palin loves her son. She will walk to the ends of the earth to help him and other kids with disabilities including yours.
Do you really think she is using her son’s condition to get elected? Do you really believe she will be less enthusiastic in her efforts if she is not?
Give this honest, genuine woman just a fraction of the worship you give to your Messiah.
Now crawl back into your caves and continue the self loathing you have perfected as “caring” parents of autistic children.
@Joe,
Please note that your responses to some commenters, as to the commenter Another Voice, are very discourteous.
What about your comments about Palin?
Good luck to you Dr. Chew…. I wish you the very best and the same to your family.
In the future, keep your gratuitous swipes at people with true character (Palin and McCain) to yourself.
@Joe, thank you so much for reading and letting me know what you think.
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”
Oscar Wilde
Congrats on the interview.
I agree with Dadof6AutisticKids. Government mandated vaccinations cause me to worry too. You can say that medical evidence is pointing away from an autism-vaccine link, but the proof still isn’t there. Government mandated vaccinations should cause us to be concerned.