New Palin “scandal”: She supports Canadian socialized medicine or something
posted at 5:31 pm on March 8, 2010 by Allahpundit
Let’s see how well this one follows the Palin “scandal” template. Step one: Some provocative yet murky detail emerges about something she said or did. In this case, that’d be her admission that as a kid her family once crossed the border to seek medical care for her brother in Canada. Step two: The media assumes the worst and beams out the shocking allegations. Can it be true? America’s conservative champion bypassing the 45-minute trip to Anchorage so that her brother could indulge in some freebie socialized medicine 15 hours away?
Step three: The truth. First, the full quote from her speech:
“My first five years of life we spent in Skagway, Alaska, right there by Whitehorse (180km away. see map). Believe it or not – this was in the ‘60s – we used to hustle on over the border for health care that we would receive in Whitehorse. I remember my brother, he burned his ankle in some little kid accident thing and my parents had to put him on a train and rush him over to Whitehorse and I think, isn’t that kind of ironic now. Zooming over the border, getting health care from Canada.”
And then the inconvenient part:
Little did these bloggers know that the source from which they were quoting either deliberately or unintentionally left off the fact that Palin clearly said that the story emanated from when her family lived in Skagway. Skagway is pretty close to Whitehorse [Canada]…
According to the summary of Canada’s health care system by Health Canada, it was only until 1972 that Yukon “create[d] medical insurance plans with federal cost sharing.”
So the day-long Yukon trek to feed from the socialist trough turns out to be a short drive to a nearby hospital where they paid for the treatment. Given her age at the time, why this would constitute a scandal even if her parents had gone there for free care is beyond me, but per our template, “too good to check” is the guiding principle in all things Sarahcuda.
But wait. An emerging scandal from the non-scandal?
Palin has also told an alternate version of the story that had her family traveling south by ferry to Juneau from Skagway for treatment of her brother’s burned foot, rather than to Canada, according to a 2007 report posted by the Skagway News.
Palin caught lying red-handed? Or Palin maybe having had her memory refreshed about her brother’s hospitalization in the course of talking to her parents while writing her book? We’re on the cusp of step two!
Exit question: Why on earth would she even talk about her family crossing the border to get treatment for her brother? Doesn’t she know that the left’s going to do this to her?
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Would you? If under the same circumstances?
darwin on March 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Exit answer: Because it once again exposes how corrupt the media are, and how they lie & distort.
rbj on March 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM
I applaud her reasons for stepping down. The lawsuits, one after the other were monopolizing so much of her time, and tax dollars, she felt it was better for the state, to step down.
Would Obama do what’s best for his country, and save us money? Hell no. He’s hell bent on taking us down the path to bankruptcy, and tyranny.
capejasmine on March 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Maybe the LSM won’t send busloads, but in the PuffHo story, they reported that none of the Whitehorse area hospitals would issue a statement. I guess someone thought they’d get a scoop.
NoNails on March 8, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Exit question: Why on earth would she even talk about her family crossing the border to get treatment for her brother? Doesn’t she know that the left’s going to do this to her?
Are you serious? Palin points out what 40 years of socialized medicine has done to Canada, flipping the roles of people going to Canada for healthcare now fleeing Canada from its healthcare and you think she did something wrong?
The left just gave Palin another layer of teflon. thank you lefties. keep it up and by 2012 Palin could kill someone be found over their body with a smoking gun and no one would believe the MSM.
unseen on March 8, 2010 at 6:05 PM
FIFY
Chris_Balsz on March 8, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Wow, imagine how obsessed you’d have to be to fixate on every detail that comes out of her mouth. It has to be a classifiable mental disorder.
Queen0fCups on March 8, 2010 at 6:07 PM
It’s just a theory…thought I made it clear, but apparently not.
Sheesh, lighten up.
JetBoy on March 8, 2010 at 6:07 PM
She couldn’t take advantage of Canada’s free health care, because as an American citizen it wouldn’t be free for her.
That’s in addition to the fact that Canada’s health care system was just being put into effect at the time.
And the fact that she had nothing to say about where her parents went for health care.
As to her brothers injury. It is entirely possible that he was taken to Whitehorse for the original injury as it was closest, and later went to Junea for further checkups.
Some people are just pathetically desperate to find something… anything to attack this woman with.
sharrukin on March 8, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Exit question: Why on earth would she even talk about her family crossing the border to get treatment for her brother? Doesn’t she know that the left’s going to do this to her?
Let’s rephrase that: the abusive husband says: why on earth did she not sit down and shut up. She knew I was going to hit her. She should have just kept her mouth shut. Are you 100% sure this is what you want to say Allah? because the two phrases have the same meaning you know.
unseen on March 8, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Are you guys freaking kidding me? You’re actually going to blame HER because other people did something bad by not doing minimal research to find out what the actual deal was? What? I don’t understand you guys, I really don’t.
We all know what the deal is. It’s Sarah Palin. She could invent a cure for cancer tomorrow and the left would find some way to turn it against her. It’s typical political BS. And you know that AP. I’m just trying to figure out what your beef with Palin is, because it’s becoming annoying.
Funny thing about the left, Obama can tell a story about people losing their feet because of a doctor, or a story about how someone dies because of lack of insurance- and all those turn out to be complete fabrications. Yet Palin recounts a story in which her brother needed emergency care and had to be transported to the closest hospital, in Canada, and all of a sudden it’s a scandal. My God, it’s getting quite pathetic.
And keepthechange, how many times have we heard those ridiculous overused talking points? Get real.
xax on March 8, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Exit question: Why on earth would she even talk about her family crossing the border to get treatment for her brother? Doesn’t she know that the left’s going to do this to her?
Perhaps she got wind that the story was in the works
J_Crater on March 8, 2010 at 6:10 PM
When the Libs believe they have finally exhausted themselves and checked under every rock, researched all her grade school papers, and talked to everybody she’s been in contact with since the age of three and decide to move on. . . .
will it be ok to call them quitters?
ConservativeTony on March 8, 2010 at 6:10 PM
There were reasons?
YYZ on March 8, 2010 at 6:10 PM
One time! I got sick! On an aircraft carrier! At sea! And I had to go to sick bay! On the aircraft carrier! Just outside of Hong Kong! Man! Them Chinese have just the BEST health care!!!
sung to the tune of American Pie’s band camp girl, just not as good
/sarc
Vntnrse on March 8, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Better than the clap or something like that.
Knucklehead on March 8, 2010 at 6:11 PM
She was able to make the right decision for Alaska, herself and her family, Obama would have voted “present” or something.
Juno77 on March 8, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Just as long as “the other” team was the Chiefs or the Broncos (and not the Seahawks), I’m cool with that.
oldfiveanddimer on March 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Yeah. Like the concentrated effort to bankrupt her family through legal fees.
Over 500 million in 9 months, over BS allegations that just happened to pop up after 2008…
Come on. You’re a smart kid aren’t ya?
Uhhhhh…. Maybe not.
xax on March 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Are you stupid or dishonest? Or, more than likely both.
NoNails on March 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM
I used to cross the Peace Bridge into Canada to get beer all the time.
JammieWearingFool on March 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Brador?
heshtesh on March 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Yeah, she was terrified that the medical decisions her parents made when she was six years old would ruin her career. Please.
Ronnie on March 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Yes there were. And if some people pulled their heads out of their arses, and took the time to listen, instead of wasting time trying to dig up nonexistent dirt, and rumor mongering….they’d know that.
capejasmine on March 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Yes.
powerpro on March 8, 2010 at 6:16 PM
OH. MY. GOD!! That is dastardly. Just dastardly. You… you… you HYPOCRITE!!!!
xax on March 8, 2010 at 6:16 PM
capejasmine on March 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Why did she say it? To give the lefty MSM types another opportunity to make @$$es of themselves. Plus it keeps the buzz going. Any publicity is good publicity I guess.
JimP on March 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Don’t forget the “Canadian Ballet”.
Chip on March 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Scientists tell us that the simplest explanation that covers all the bases is the correct one.
I’d postulate that Sarah Palin said they went to the hospital in Canada in the 60′s because they went to the hospital in Canada in the 60′s. Uh, because that’s what happened.
It’s called the truth. And, the fact that she doesn’t spend a lot of time worrying about how her statements will be received but, rather, just says it and moves on, is one of the most refreshing things about her.
I doubt if she’d care one way or the other what the “left” might do with what she says. It happened. She said it.
That’s “The Sarah Way” which I just coined so anybody who picks it up has to send me a nickel.
IndieDogg on March 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Be like Avis. Try harder.
Tennman on March 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Palin has been vetted like no one in the history of US politics. The “journalists” have found NOTHING even remotely scandalous or even inappropriate in her entire history. How many of us could say the same about our pasts?
berri, on the other hand gives the work “filth” an insult when it is used as an adjective to describe him.
You can win Sarah. Run.
tigerlily on March 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!
capejasmine on March 8, 2010 at 6:18 PM
“work” = “word”
tigerlily on March 8, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Are you guys freaking kidding me? You’re actually going to blame HER because other people did something bad by not doing minimal research to find out what the actual deal was? What? I don’t understand you guys, I really don’t.
We all know what the deal is. It’s Sarah Palin. She could invent a cure for cancer tomorrow and the left would find some way to turn it against her. It’s typical political BS. And you know that AP. I’m just trying to figure out what your beef with Palin is, because it’s becoming annoying.
Funny thing about the left, Obama can tell a story about people losing their feet because of a doctor, or a story about how someone dies because of lack of insurance- and all those turn out to be complete fabrications. Yet Palin recounts a story in which her brother needed emergency care and had to be transported to the closest hospital, in Canada, and all of a sudden it’s a scandal. My God, it’s getting quite pathetic.
And keepthechange, how many times have we heard those ridiculous overused talking points? Get real.
xax on March 8, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Thank you! I was just about to respond to Allah’s stupid Exit Quesiton myself but your response what perfect. No need to add a thing.
Redneck Woman on March 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Of course she knows that comments like this are an invitation for the far left and their flunkies in the media to make complete fools out of themselves by trying to turn it into a scandal, only to have it blow up in their faces when it turns out that in their rush to judgement they got their facts wrong again.
As Napoleon Bonaparte said: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is busy making a mistake.”
Hellrider on March 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM
This accusation might not be true, but the falsehood does not change the fact that Palin is polluting the Earth with evil carbon dioxide.
year_of_the_dingo on March 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM
The sheer lunacy demonstrated by the left whenever Sarah’s name is spoken spawned my personal rule: If I don’t hear it from her lips, in person or on video, I don’t pay attention to it.
n0doz on March 8, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Untangle your panties. Sure, it will be buried somewhere in QOTD. Sure, there will be a snarky photo of mittens as well.
CTSherman on March 8, 2010 at 6:20 PM
SO CK tells Palin to leave the room. Allah gives the abusive husband defense on why Palin should shut up, Mitt talks about her looks, othera on the right says about her lack of depth and not being serious (giving the bimbo defense)
the more I see of the rights attack Palin the more I see the right as sexists pigs that think the woman’s place is at home cooking and taking care of the kids.
the left I understand hate her because of what she stands for. they hate her for her pro-life, freedom views, small government. I get that I understand why soem think the government is the best answer in this world.
However I do not understand the GOP sexism. It is time they grow up. why does a strong woman scare the gop elites and the gop’s pundits like this?
unseen on March 8, 2010 at 6:20 PM
I’m upset with my mom and dad for their decisions in the 60′s before I was born. All that smoking and drinking and whooping it up almost ruined me.
ConservativeTony on March 8, 2010 at 6:20 PM
by having FIVE
yes
FIVE
kids
unreal
doesn’t she know how much Co2 they are all producing?
freak.
blatantblue on March 8, 2010 at 6:21 PM
I once stole a sucker from the store when I was nine.
I can only imagine the uproar if Sarah Palin was discovered to have done something like that! Does anyone here believe it wouldn’t be headline news?
sharrukin on March 8, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Once again, those who fear Palin ignore the facts and focus on what she did rather than why. This has been gone over countless times. If you have nothing to actually contribute to the conversation, I suggest that perhaps an account on DailyKos would be more to your liking.
Wolftech on March 8, 2010 at 6:21 PM
I don’t see it as male chauvenism, as much as I see a threat to their ego’s. They don’t want to believe some country bumpkin from Alaska could do the job as good, or better, than they can. Like the dems, the conservative elite see her as an outsider, they don’t want to let in.
That, and or, they like things as they are, and they know Sarah shook things up in Alaska. They dont’ want a shake up in D.C.
capejasmine on March 8, 2010 at 6:25 PM
It’s called PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome), but I state the obvious. Maybe you just forgot the “/sarc”.
denniscb on March 8, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Maybe she doesn’t care what the left is going to do. Maybe she just talks about what she wants to talk about.
calabrese on March 8, 2010 at 6:27 PM
I have to disagree with yours and unseen’s premise. It is not the conservative elites who are the problem. It’s the RINO GOP Beltway elites. Those idiots are killing the GOP brand and trying this “Big Tent” approach that leads to Democrap light.
You come on out of the Beltway and NYC with the big money market media, and you find a woman who can pack them in by the thousands with a little thing called conservative principles.
So don’t blame the *right* for seeing Palin as an outsider. Blame the insiders who are inbred Republicans who need to be purged from the Beltway.
Tennman on March 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM
calabrese on March 8, 2010 at 6:27 PM
FYI Calabrese, your screen name link is loaded with a virus
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CTSherman on March 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM
She ought to by now. Perhaps she could care less. I don’t know what to make of her anymore… is she an author, stand up comic, news contributor, speaker, campaigner, promoter, writing another book, considering a reality show or a run for the presidency? Who can keep up?
scalleywag on March 8, 2010 at 6:31 PM
It’s a nice timesaver when the Exit question answers itself.
That, and it’s a simple way to compare how when the Canadian health care system was capitalistic people crossed the boarder to go there. Now that it’s socialized, people cross the boarder to get away from it.
But you knew that.
:)
DrAllecon on March 8, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Whoops! A little Freudian slip there, I guess. Heh.
Tennman on March 8, 2010 at 6:32 PM
What’s more important in this story is:
1. What role did Palin play in burning her brothers feet?
2. Did she hurt him, in order to use him in a speech 41 years later?
3. Did her parents decide to take him to Canada because they were wanted fugitives and did not want to be discovered by starting paperwork in the United States with their names?
All this answered tonight on Keith Olbmermann’s MSNBC show!!
portlandon on March 8, 2010 at 6:32 PM
why does a strong woman scare the gop elites and the gop’s pundits like this?
unseen on March 8, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Because:
They are as afraid of her as the rabid left. Sarah can take the presidency going away.
tigerlily on March 8, 2010 at 6:35 PM
actually the Canadian Health Care Act 1984 permanently enshrined socialist health care, and it was phased in. google it as the facts are out there. BTW Sarah Palin was less than 5 years old, around 1964, so deriding Sarah Palin’s childhood memories
is facetious and total hogwash, however it does bolster most Palin Blogger’s opinions that
mathewsjw on March 8, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Begun, this health war has
datadriver on March 8, 2010 at 6:36 PM
YIKES.
scalleywag on March 8, 2010 at 6:39 PM
That, and or, they like things as they are, and they know Sarah shook things up in Alaska. They dont’ want a shake up in D.C.
capejasmine on March 8, 2010 at 6:25 PM
I thought that as well but the attacks are not on her policies. They are about her “place” and her as if she doesn’t know her “place.” these are the same arguments that woman had to answer for the last 40 years. If the GOp elites and people like Allah don’t like her policies that’s one thing (and i await the time when they come out against small gov, liberty and freedom). If they don’t like her persona(charisma, TV appearance etc) that is also in the realm of things we can discuss. But Allah’s exit question, CK snide remark among others, is not even addressing those two things. They are attack ingher and her right to be on the national stage.
Palin has been a gov of a state, she is a best selling author of a politcal book either by themselves gives her the resume to be on the national stage irt to politics and/or polices and fiscal decisions. She is a mother of 5, she is a mother of a special needs child and a mother of a deployed soldier. any of these gives her the resume to talk about social issues.
she has every right to be part of the national discussion on pretty much any political topic in the field.
however, the right continues to question her “qualifications” that is sexist. there is no other reason that a person with 10′s of millions of supporters would be treated in such a manner.
I think it is past time that the GOP leaders stand up and apoloize to her for their sexist behavior
unseen on March 8, 2010 at 6:42 PM
“She didn’t finish her term as governor” said the brainwashed lemming with the single digit IQ. Come on lemmings, let say it again, “she didn’t finish her term as governor”. One more time….over and over…..come on now…louder.
volsense on March 8, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Poor JetBoy. He’s going to be waiting a long time for Sarah’s debut for Vivid Video to come out. Nothing like waiting for that Big Scene with Ron Jeremy!
Jesus wept.
As to keepthechange, the concern troll:
Sure. The problem with conservatives like you is that you think the Left would go easy on Conservatives if only Sarah would shut up and go away. You want someone who has style points and doesn’t get dirty. Get a clue; this is a brawl. It’s a fight for our liberties. The difference between Palin and the rest of the GOP is that she is not afraid to fight them, and fight them she does, and fight them she has been doing far longer than most of the Beltway GOP.
The Conservative Movement needs, first and foremost, someone who can lead. That’s Palin. She’s got that leadership gene down pat. I don’t see it in anyone else right now.
Long ago Palin learned that the Other Side learned their politics at the feet of Saul Alinsky. She decided to read his book. And Use It! That’s the difference between Palin and everyone else out there.
victor82 on March 8, 2010 at 6:43 PM
for someone in her unique position, if she thought about how the left would spin her words before she said anything, she, or anyone in her position, would go crazy.
in addition to this, when you intellectually know you haven’t done anything inconsistent with your beliefs, it’s usually unnecessary to think about how others will react. because you know you can respond to any and all criticisms. the benefit of having a clear conscience.
birdman on March 8, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Well she can’t be guarded about everything… remember everyone; Clinton, Bush, Rove, Cheney etc. charge speaking fees but Palin’s are the only one highlighted ridiculed … Healthcare is relevant now especially since it is ironic that Canada went socialist with healthcare and now two of their top politicians have very publically come here to get good and timely medical treatment…
CCRWM on March 8, 2010 at 6:47 PM
The leftie nuts are gonna run outta “we wee” before 2012.
darwin on March 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM
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This gets to the main pont, methinks. Palin knows she’s going to get hit, so she’s playing the rope-a-dope. They will keep attacking, of course, and she hopes the Libs punch themselves out before 2012. It will go on so long, no one will think about believing them.
Shotgun Messiah on March 8, 2010 at 6:49 PM
I had to post this again, because this is exactly what Allahpundit is saying.
uknowmorethanme on March 8, 2010 at 6:50 PM
While the Messiah is threatening to take over 1/6 of the entire American economy, the world is focused on where a pre-school infant got her medical care between 40-45 years ago.
technopeasant on March 8, 2010 at 6:51 PM
“Leave it, Allah! Leave it!”
It works on my dog…
Fallon on March 8, 2010 at 6:54 PM
Doesn’t the real problem for the leftists start when they begin drinking their own bathwater …
Sarah telling a few child hood stories with the details messed up sure isn’t what our treasonous dear reader is doing by a long stretch. Yes I think purposely destroying the USA economy is treason.
tarpon on March 8, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Believe me she knows, and it only makes her even stronger. Making the left get all “wee’d up” (See Leno Show – her words), has become a favorite past time for her. The left has thrown everything at her, and failed miserably.
Compare that to the left’s favorite 2012 GOP contender, who despite kid-glove treatment by the press is currently being outsold by 3rd rate sci-fi books on Amazon.com.
Norwegian on March 8, 2010 at 7:02 PM
*sighs*
FYI Allah, please stop and ask questions before posting.
Skagway has a community road to Canada. This is one of the few places in the U.S. and Canada that share their stores and hospitals. They even go back and forth with Canadian and American money.
upinak on March 8, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Thank God this had nothing to do with Rham Emanuel naked.
joedoe on March 8, 2010 at 7:04 PM
I did too! Imagine my shock when my dad found out, walked me back to the store and made me apologize. On the way back he took off his belt and wore my butt out. You know that I don’t recall taking anything without paying for it ever again.
Sporty1946 on March 8, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Actually…its the other way around. Mitt destroyed Mike Wallace.
Mitt Romney handled himself quite perfectly. No evasive answers. No time to think his answers.
He gave the interviews that politicians should give. Straight and to the point.
Conservative Samizdat on March 8, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Sooooo. Mitt screws up an interview….fails like the japs on Midway….soooo lets talk about Palin…..
unseen on March 8, 2010 at 7:11 PM
I was so terrified my parents would find out I just about threw up in the car on the way home. When we got home, I jumped out, ran around the side of the house took one lick and threw it away.
Never stole anything again.
I had to take my niece back to the store with something she stole. She was blubbering the whole way. Shame is a very powerful tool to keep kids on the straight and narrow.
sharrukin on March 8, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Exit question: Why on earth would she even talk about her family crossing the border to get treatment for her brother? Doesn’t she know that the left’s going to do this to her?
rwenger43 on March 8, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Actually…its the other way around. Mitt destroyed Mike Wallace.
Mitt Romney handled himself quite perfectly. No evasive answers. No time to think his answers.
He gave the interviews that politicians should give. Straight and to the point.
Conservative Samizdat on March 8, 2010 at 7:09 PM
ROFLMAO……you need help
unseen on March 8, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Denial. Get rid of it.
portlandon on March 8, 2010 at 7:20 PM
LMAO! Could be, although I not sure why Mittens would “destroy” an 80+ year old retired journalists.
It was however clear to anyone who watched it that Romney had a truly awful intreview with Chris Wallace.
Combine this with the awful interview Mitch Daniels had with Neil Cavuto, and you see why neither of these two should be nominated.
Norwegian on March 8, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Mitt Romney destroyed Mike Wallace? Can I see a clip of that??
Chris_Balsz on March 8, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Excellent!
“I’ll take famous titties for two hundred”.
1921 C DRUM on March 8, 2010 at 7:25 PM
When it comes to the Left and Sarah, it’s usually helpful to think of the Roadrunner metaphor, with Sarah as our hero, the Roadrunner.
For the left, every attack they use is the exploding box of ACME dynamite, every boulder on the catapult lands on their heads.
They will keep doing this to Palin. They can’t help themselves. It is in their nature.
victor82 on March 8, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Journalist’s face. Egg.
Some assembly required.
CurtZHP on March 8, 2010 at 7:35 PM
“I’ll take the rapists for a thousand”
portlandon on March 8, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Hot Air mirrors the GOP. The base is conservative and the leadership is pure RINO.
bw222 on March 8, 2010 at 7:38 PM
If you actually watch the tape of the interview, you’ll discover that the only major difference between RomneyCare and ObamaCare that Mitt could point out is that one is state-run and the other would be national. He even admitted that the reason it isn’t running a bigger deficit is because of federal co-funding.
But, Mitt did manage to sell Chris Wallace a used car and a vacuum cleaner after the interview.
bw222 on March 8, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Why on earth would she… ?
Shotgun Messiah is right — rope-a-dope.
The left is hilarious in its predictability.
alice on March 8, 2010 at 7:53 PM
I think it’s rather stunning that the front-runner for the 2012 Republican nomination called RomneyCare the “perfect conservative plan.” It’s even more stunning that there hasn’t been any coverage of it. The establishment GOP is protecting him, and the liberal MSM is ignoring it because they want him to win the nomination. If he was a threat, every lamestream media outlet would be talking about this debacle of an interview 24/7.
takeamericabackin10 on March 8, 2010 at 7:54 PM
When Sarah Palin was 6 years old, her family went to Canada for health care–before health care was nationalized.
When Algore was sixteen, his grandfather filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1964–when segregration was a way of life in Tennessee.
davidk on March 8, 2010 at 7:56 PM
The fact that Allah didn’t post the Romney interview with Wallace speaks volumes about how well Mitt did.
After flirting with the Amazon top ten, it’s #43. Not good.
bw222 on March 8, 2010 at 8:06 PM
Are you serious? Why mention her personal experience of going to Canada for family health care? When Canadian politicians are in the news fleeing socialist health care by coming to the U.S. for treatment today?
It’s called a negative object lesson- “folks, let’s learn from our neighbors’ mistakes.”
cs89 on March 8, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Who gives a damn about a half-remembered visit to Whitehorse?
The real Palin scandal is about to break.
AshleyTKing on March 8, 2010 at 8:12 PM
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/agias_yellow_brick_road_how_much_longer
AshleyTKing on March 8, 2010 at 8:13 PM
“Why on earth would she even talk about her family crossing the border to get treatment for her brother? Doesn’t she know that the left’s going to do this to her?”
Sure. She is setting them up, like writing “hi mom” on her hand.
Here’s the thing. At that time Canadians and Americans could freely cross each others borders. Whitehorse would have been the next largest hospital closest to them. They probably did other business in Whitehorse, too, as the population of Skagway is today about 800 people. I have no idea what it was in the 1960′s, likely a little higher.
crosspatch on March 8, 2010 at 8:15 PM
If you look up Skagway, it had about 900 residents in 2000. It probably was even smaller in the 1960s. In her book, Palin mentions that there were no sidewalks and gravel roads. I doubt there was a Mayo Clinic in town. When a child is injured, parents are looking for the closest medical facility.
Growing up in a border city in the 1970s (long before the WOT), people were going back and forth all the time and border security was non-existent. We were always going to Canada because (at the time) that’s where the best hockey rinks were.
bw222 on March 8, 2010 at 8:21 PM
Is this post about Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney? Jesus! Anyway, it doesn’t seem to matter what she says, there will be some brain dead slug to come out from their rock to offer up some useless shit. It’s called intellectual malnourishment. If you eat enough poison your health will fail – physical health and mental. Liberalism is the arsenic of the thinking world.
LarryG on March 8, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Even the hardcore libtards are balking at this story, noting that Palin was a mere child and the Yukon didn’t even HAVE socialized medicine at the time where she was.
Dark-Star on March 8, 2010 at 8:27 PM
So you think Sarah Palin at age 6 was scoping out the Yukon area for the future Alaska natural gas pipeline route?
sharrukin on March 8, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Mormons are really nice prople. When my wife had my son, a Mormon neighbor sent over dinner.
It’s a slow night so I think I’ll go to the local Mormon house of worship and help them store books in the basement.
bw222 on March 8, 2010 at 8:34 PM
I couldn’t agree with you both more…
I spent an hour reading the links from conservatives4palin today…I could not believe how convoluted the left moonbats got over this. Now I read some of the same stuff here? I think Sarah doesn’t feel she has to fact check every word out of her mouth, she just speaks. It just shows the left could have done a much better job at vetting Barry like they are doing with Sarah. They own that bad boy now. And the MSM usually ends up having to do backtracks to clean up their mess.
wi farmgirl on March 8, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Just read a report that while gov.Palin was seen giving her young children corn dogs ,cotton candy,soda full of sugar and pizza in public at the state fair.Has this terrible women no shame?The thought of this sub human giving these young children all of this most deadly trans fats and horrible poison like sugar is enough to make even the strongest man cry.When i ask you will the people of this country rise up and say no more and put a stop to this insanity.
thmcbb on March 8, 2010 at 9:00 PM
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