Obama Uses Autistics For PR Stunt

United States President Barack Obama is intending to use autistic people, and those with other disabilities for a public relations stunt to sway the 1/2 of Americans who were against the stimulus package.Here’s an email from Ari, the president of the Autism Self Advocacy Network dated February 15th…

At the request of the White House, we’re looking for people with disabilities who are being hired or are returning to work, particularly if their new employment can be traced to the stimulus package in some way. Please feel free to distribute this message to your networks and tell people to respond with any stories they might have to [email redacted due to spammers].

Regards,
Ari Ne’eman
President
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network

So let me get this right, President Obama is attempting to USE [notice the caps and bold faced font] people with disabilities to sway public opinion on a widely opposed stimulus package after the fact.  The reason I highlighted the word use, is because he is basically attempting to sway public opinion by putting an obviously disabled individual under the worlds microscope – hoping to get the reaction of ‘aww look at that poor person, and look what Obama did to help.’

In my opinion taking advantage of people with disabilities in this manner is utterly repulsive, and what is more repulsive is the fact that Ari Ne’eman has turned into the new White House for assisting Obama in finding disabled people to turn into a Mike Sewell commercial

Your Thoughts

Am I the only one who finds the idea of using people with disabilities to get the “Aww your helping that poor person” idea from the public utterly wrong?

Tagged as: ASAN, Aspergers, Autism, Obama, Political Stunt, Politics, Public Relations, Self Advocacy, Stunt, White House