Sarah Palin’s Response To Barack Obama’s Health Care Speech
September 10th, 2009
No doubt one private citizen Barack Obama intends to “call out” (what a phrase for the leader of the free world to use), is Sarah Palin.
She’s having none of it and responded quickly to the campaign speech of last evening:
In his speech the President directly responded to concerns I’ve raised about unelected bureaucrats being given power to make decisions affecting life or death health care matters. He called these concerns “bogus,” “irresponsible,” and “a lie” — so much for civility. After all the name-calling, though, what he did not do is respond to the arguments we’ve made, arguments even some of his own supporters have agreed have merit.
In fact, after promising to “make sure that no government bureaucrat …. gets between you and the health care you need,” the President repeated his call for an Independent Medicare Advisory Council — an unelected, largely unaccountable group of bureaucrats charged with containing Medicare costs. He did not disavow his own statement that such a group, working outside of “normal political channels,” should guide decisions regarding that “huge driver of cost … the chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives….” He did not disavow the statements of his health care advisor, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, and continuing to pay his salary with taxpayer dollars proves a commitment to his beliefs. The President can keep making unsupported assertions, but until he directly responds to the arguments I’ve made, I’m going to call him out too.
You go Sarah. Obviously she has the democrats worried. Their idea of debate in order to silence critics is to attack, and Ms. Palin has shown repeatedly she has no fear of their tactics.
Palin’s conclusion:
Remember, Mr. President, elected officials work for the people. Forcing a conclusion in order to claim a “victory” is not healthy for our country. We hear you say government isn’t always the answer; now hear us — that’s what we’ve been saying all along.
[ all emphasis-mine-admin]
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Written by Sue
Posted in 8 Responses to “Sarah Palin’s Response To Barack Obama’s Health Care Speech”
She scares the pants off the libs. They know she is one of the people and know she’s popular with a large group of the electorate.
She has shown when she’s not bushwhacked by Gibson or Couric with dumb and condescending questions she has a bright brain and can use it. And she’s not afraid to use her common sense, which is the good thing about it all.
For your information, the President did respond to Ms. Palin’s “arguments.” (I use the word arguments grudgingly. The woman desperately needs to enroll in a critical thinking class.)
He called her arguments false and irresponsible. He was right. Response given. So her response to his speech just becomes another example of her wacky logic: if I don’t like the response I get, I’ll just say there was no response. In the past year, the woman has managed to do only one thing right – she resigned.
As for Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, I’ll answer that one. The comments attributed to Dr. Emanuel were regarding organ recipients and how the medical community decides who receives a donor organ and who does not. Donor organs are extremely limited – the supply simply does not meet the demand – so rationing exists today and, yes, sometimes the decision is based on age. He was not advocating the rationing of medical care to the elderly. He was not advocating “death panels.”
I guess you have an inside track in the White House, Carol, to be so sure of what Ezekiel Emmanuel is advocating.
What if the Health Commissioner decides you are too old for a kidney transplant even if I offer to donate mine directly to you and supposing we are a perfect match?
Or your loved one? Would you still say it’s OK because organs are hard to find and should go to the youngest always? The older people have nothing more to contribute to this society?
I’ll never understand a liberal mind that can sop up anything someone says just because he’s a good speaker, and then only with a Teleprompter.
I will say, Carol, if you care to comment on this site again, you will refrain from calling a group of people names and using a condescending attitude about them as most libs do because I don’t condone it and will either alter your comment or delete it if altering it doesn’t show your thoughts.
Carol, I have blockquoted from your comment as an example of the vagueness of Barack Obama’s speech.
It is easy to claim someone has offered an argument which is false and irresponsible. It is quite another to debate those points rationally.
Sarah Palin has shown great courage IMHO in taking on this administration. She surely has recognized that doing so will open her up for continuous admonishment from both the administration and the press.
Judging from the town halls this past August she speaks for many citizens of this country and while you may support the administration and their policies there remains a large segment of the population which does not.
The sixty four dollar question here is why if Ms. Palin is so far off base in her assessments of this proposed change to our health care system, do the democrats persist in attempting to “call her out”? Would it not be better to simply ignore her and hope she goes away? They must realize she has her supporters and each time they attack her they solidify those who find her credible.
I hear constantly about working across the aisle so how about this..Ms. Palin and Mr. Obama sit down and discuss their differences.
Quite a concept don’t you think?
Jeanette, I do not have an inside track on the White House. I read an interview of Dr. Emmanuel in which he discussed the book from which his comments were taken.
If someone where to donate their organ to you specifically, then you would receive that organ. Don’t be silly. And yes, older people have something to contribute to this society. I’m no spring chicken. You are dealing in absolutes. It’s not black and white. The decision may be between a child and a 75 year old. If I were that 75 year old, I would demand that the organ be given to the child who has their entire life in front them. And for your information, I am much closer in age to that 75 year old than I am to the child.
I do not follow President Obama blindly. I disagree with some of his decisions and policies and the opinions I have expressed on this page are my own. Though I do have to admit, it is very refreshing to have a President with a firm grasp of the English language. What a concept.
Sue,
Why should President Obama sit down with Sarah Palin. She’s not even a governor anymore. She resigned. He’s the President of the United States of America. You really can’t be serious. I think you have an overgrown sense of her importance. I wish the media would leave her alone. I would like nothing more than to never see her name in print again. And if she is seriously thinking of running for President, I will work my tail off to ensure she never reaches that goal. She is nothing more than Bush in a dress, and look what his policies did to this country.
Carol,
First, I appreciate you coming back and engaging in debate.
I can’t speak for Sue, but just because Sarah Palin is no longer an elected official does not mean her ideas have no merit. Perhaps Obama could get a real feel of real people if he were to talk to her instead of encouraging people such as you that she is just a stupid country hick.
For Obama to go from living on food stamps to the high lifestyle he and his family so obviously enjoy now and before his election as president makes me wonder if he has forgotten the “little guy” while in his ascent.
Did you know GW Bush is dyslexic? Did you realize he never gave a news conference with a teleprompter and is like any ordinary person who can laugh at himself and make mistakes in his speech? This is part of what endears him to me.
OK, I’m nearly 62 years old. Would you want my 62 year old kidney to go to a three year old child or to someone in his or her seventies? It certainly wouldn’t be the only kidney transplant a child would need as it would wear out. Think about that.
Emmanuel has said he favors letting the older person die because they have lived a nice life. You can’t deny it when it is published. He can fudge and say he meant something else, but when it’s in black and white and he’s the person advising Obama on health care it kind of makes you wonder.
Carol:
You might be surprised to hear that I am not totally sold on a Sarah Palin presidency. I don’t wear blinders when it comes to politics and have no sense of undying loyalty to any politician.
Yes, I admired President Bush (the man) and felt he had the utmost respect for the Office which he commanded but I was also willing to admit his policy mistakes. To me the presidency is only borrowed to a few and those who show respect for the magnitude of their job earn mine.
As for an Obama/Palin meeting. You say she is no longer a governor therefore he owes her nothing. Well, Obama owed her nothing when she was in government but he does owe the American people an honest assessment of the legislation he wishes to see passed in congress.
Many people believe Sarah Palin in her assertions about the health care plan in the works. Would it not be good politics for the administration to sit down with her and show those folks they really are willing to work across the aisle to come to compromise?
Let me ask it this way. If it was okay to have a photo-op with the “stupid cop” and the professor, what would be so harmful to have one with ordinary citizen Sarah Palin? Hmmm. Maybe then you would get your wish and the press would never print her name again.