Michele Bachmann shows her concern for Undocumented Children

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

And here is the spin from the above HuffPost link from TJ.

UPDATE: Dan Kotman, a Bachmann spokesman, sent the following statement to HuffPost on Thursday:

This is a classic case of liberal media outlets once again twisting the Congresswoman’s words. As a foster mom of 23, she has a long track record of standing up for foster children and orphans. Her concern was that our foster care system, which is already short on foster care parents, would not have the capacity to handle this surge of unaccompanied children. And a child without parents to advocate on their behalf could be vulnerable to what Justina Pelletier experienced as a ward of the state, which is why the Congresswoman introduced a bipartisan bill to help protect our most vulnerable. Your sensational headline is a gross misrepresentation of what she actually said and what Justina’s Law actually does.

There is a thing called Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

Every day in this country, 1,900 children become victims of abuse or neglect, and four of them will die. Every day. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children is a network of 951 community-based programs that recruit, train and support citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in courtrooms and communities. Volunteer advocates—empowered directly by the courts—offer judges the critical information they need to ensure that each child’s rights and needs are being attended to while in foster care.

Volunteers stay with children until they are placed in loving permanent homes. For many abused children, a CASA volunteer is the only constant adult presence in their lives.

http://www.casaforchildren.org/site/....BE9A/Home.htm

[VanishingPoi]

Honestly, there are many of us that are willing to help. We don't need the Michele Bachmann's (nut cakes) of the world.

I feel sorry for the 23 children she move through like cattle. With that many foster children going through her home, she was actually doing them a dis-service and I wonder why no one has mentioned that little piece.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

I don't know that I'd put NPR in the same sentence as FOX, MSNBC, HUFFPO, or NEWSMAX. Seems to me a dedicated NPR listener isn't in much need of any balance from either end of the faux news spectrum.

Fox is on board mainly to see what folks I generally don't agree with or understand think important enuff to feature as newsworthy and why. Fox can be suprizingly impartial and straightforward reporting on firearms related occurances but famously tend heavily toward apologist/ advocacy of issues associated with the Right.

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