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Palin Wades Back Into Health Care Debate

On Facebook, former Alaska gov picks apart Baucus bill

By M. Morris| Posted Oct 18, 09 3:36 PM CDT|

(Newser) – With less than a month to go before the release of her memoir, Sarah Palin has weighed in on the health care debate, opining that the authors of the Baucus bill "no doubt have good intentions, but good intentions aren’t enough." Furthermore, the effort in general "certainly gives the appearance of politics-as-usual in Washington with no change in sight," according to a footnoted critique attributed to the former Alaska governor and posted on her Facebook page last night.

"If the Democrats succeed in overhauling health care, we’ll all bear the costs," Palin warns. The tone of her latest effort is notably different from the alarmist tenor of an August essay in which she helped popularize the "death panels" meme, writes Andy Barr of Politico; she now seems to be adopting "a more tempered approach."

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In this photo released by brokerage and investment group CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, Sarah Palin attends the 16th annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, Jeff Topping)

In this book cover image released by Harper, "Going Rogue: An American Life," by Sarah Palin, is shown. (AP Photo/Harper)

Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin arrive at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Snarfeh
Oct 18, 09 3:43 PM CDT

Palin wades back into Health Care Debate...wearing water wings, of course... Reply

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maevealleine
Oct 18, 09 3:44 PM CDT

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Newser001
Oct 18, 09 3:56 PM CDT

Who could possibly care what this bimbo (Palin) has to say since she never completes what she starts, spewing mindless babbling bullsh!t. And this, the so called torch bearer of the GOP?!!

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Thinker
Oct 18, 09 4:27 PM CDT

I read a comment by someone who referred to Sarah Palin as one of the Spice Girls, "Bible Spice." Funny as hell.

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Spudsy
Oct 18, 09 8:05 PM CDT

No no no. We need her. To drag the GOP ticket down in 2012 with her stupidity. Vote for her in the primaries.

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Reader64481089
Oct 18, 09 3:45 PM CDT

Dear Ms. Palin, please...before you decide to rule the country /coughs ... Please just once complete one position that to which you were elected. You were a Mayor, never completed the term, you were handed the position of Governor and again you never completed that task either. I shall say nothing demeaning and leave all that alone, just once complete one simple task that you begin. Reply

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Cat-Lover
Oct 18, 09 4:37 PM CDT

Actually, Reader64481089, we're probably better off with Palin's NOT finishing anything she begins! Image the damage she could do if given more of a chance.

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DarkFrancis
Oct 18, 09 3:48 PM CDT

Yeah, she'll be all over the place in the lead up to the book release. The only thing I'm wondering about the memoir is whether it was finished, or did she quit that before time too? Reply

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Cat-Lover
Oct 18, 09 4:32 PM CDT

This is one book I advocate BURNING! This is one witch I advocate BURNING!

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DarkFrancis
Oct 18, 09 11:08 PM CDT

We need books like this to remind us of the roads to avoid...I would never champion a book like Mein Kampf but I don't think it should be banned or burned. And before some get all frothy with spittle, no, I am not comparing the two.

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Oct 18, 09 4:07 PM CDT

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bewilderbeast
Oct 19, 09 10:35 AM CDT

And PLEASE even if you ARE frothy with spittle (nice one, Dark One) DO NOT buy the damn book (some of us seem obsessed with Sarah - debilitating disease. She's Best Ignored).

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QueenAlli
Oct 18, 09 4:12 PM CDT

STFUP Sarah! let's see if the media that is sooo in the tank for Obama once again legitimizes this bitches false and outrageous claims. Reply

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luvroks
Oct 18, 09 6:00 PM CDT

Hey Queen..I think you are accidently getting negatives by your sarcism. I take it to mean that if the press is so liberal as the conservatives keep saying, then why is this woman getting airtime if that were the case.

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QueenAlli
Oct 18, 09 6:18 PM CDT

@Luvroks: That's exactly what I meant. That's why I added the extra o's.

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Cat-Lover
Oct 18, 09 4:28 PM CDT

Of course we're all going to bear the cost of overhauling healthcare. More coverage, better coverage spread over more people; thus, we're going to bear a lower cost (the way insurance is supposed to work -- spreading the risk/cost over a larger field). Reply

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NewserScooter
Oct 18, 09 4:40 PM CDT

There will be no lower cost, but lower coverage. Boy she got all your panties in a wad. Too much fun. I love the way Palin makes you guys panic.

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Cat-Lover
Oct 18, 09 4:56 PM CDT

Sorry, NewserScooter, but we have recourse against the government when things go wrong. We have no recourse against insurance company final decisions!

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DJM420
Oct 18, 09 5:46 PM CDT

@newser trike... yeah...you think these people here really sound panicky? i love the way you love palin and her 50 iq points... you seriously must find something/one else besides her to cling to... its 'too much fun' reading your posts...

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Fondue
Oct 18, 09 4:38 PM CDT

Personally, I don't mind if everyone bears the cost of health care. In fact, I prefer it - through taxes, except for the poor. Reply

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JoeQ
Oct 18, 09 4:57 PM CDT

Maybe she'll quit on her memoir too and spare us all. Reply

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Circusdog
Oct 18, 09 5:18 PM CDT

I'm sure her ghost writer is filling in the blanks....At this point it probably looks like a mad libs book.

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Thinker
Oct 18, 09 5:43 PM CDT

Circusdog, you inspired me! [Palin]: I was filled with _________ at the possibility of becoming ________ and serving the American __________ by using my___________ to obtain _________ for the __________ class. I though to myself, don't think, do!

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LoudProudLib
Oct 18, 09 5:47 PM CDT

Ghost writer..you mean the monkey on a self correcting typewriter...lol

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hwoodude
Oct 18, 09 5:29 PM CDT

Sarah...no one has asked you for your opinion have they...except those business folks in Hong Hong...last month....right? And weren't most of them C'ese and didn't speak English? No? Yes? Reply

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Ana58
Oct 18, 09 5:32 PM CDT

When will she wade back out into the deep and and just sink! Reply

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LionKing
Oct 18, 09 5:44 PM CDT

AGREED! She needs to be treated like a sick eskimo and be put adrift on an ice flow. Will this woman who hasnt got sense God gave a retarded dog ever go away? I suppose she would if her followers were any smarter than she is but as long as you can fleece the stupid, more power to her!

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Libgirl
Oct 18, 09 5:34 PM CDT

How would Palin know if the bill has good intentions or not? Typically she jumps to accuse when she hasn't been able to read it. No one has. Maybe she wait until she knows what's in it before she makes a judgment. I am curious as to why they wont let us read it tho. I would like to know what it says. Reply

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bsmenot
Oct 18, 09 6:31 PM CDT

You are right to question the Senate not releasing the bill for the public to read. Maybe that is why Palin questions it.

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Fondue
Oct 19, 09 7:51 AM CDT

http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/Americas_Healthy_Future_Act.html

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LiberalJesus
Oct 18, 09 5:38 PM CDT

Did anybody manage to see what solutions to health care reform Sarah Palin offered? I always hear conservatives complain mightily about whatever the President is trying to do, but I never see any alternative solutions other than "more tax breaks for the wealthy". They still havent rolled out their health care plan they promised back in May....no solutions, no ideas, no class. Today's crop of conservatives are a rotting in the field along with what is left of a defunct tired old GOP from lack of any serious ideas. NO all the time is not an idea. Reply

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Fondue
Oct 19, 09 9:11 AM CDT

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/52896 -- They have bills, but they seem more concerned with Obama failing for political gain instead of helping their fellow citizens.

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cochiserocks
Oct 18, 09 5:56 PM CDT

I'm worried - at least when she was being 'honest' everyone could see her for what she was - if she is finally taking advice on board - she might actually manage to get herself some power at some point. A scary thought and it wouldn't be the first time a meat puppet with an earpiece has found themselves in a position of influence they were woefully unable to fill. People have scarily short memories. Reply

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Rocket448
Oct 18, 09 5:56 PM CDT

Ms. Palin can say whatever she wants, but the truth is a whole other thing with her - its only the truth she wants it to be, something like the relationship a Truther has with the truth. I wonder if she's a Truther? Is that in the memoir? Hey, I want to know! Reply

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Carpediem4U
Oct 18, 09 6:06 PM CDT

Where are all the Paslinistas to defend the Great White Hope Sarah! Sunday evenin gone to church to pray for their white nation to be taken from this scourge of liberalism? Ya think if theres a God he/she/it is not laughing their ass of at this train wreck of a woman who mentally borders on high school prom queen and locker room bully? Reply

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commoncents
Oct 18, 09 6:10 PM CDT

Palin denounced the President of the United States on foreign soil. China of all places. She is a traitor b-tch. Also Saint Sarah: Ya can't be both: Christian and against getting all Americans basic health care. Reply

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paul123
Oct 18, 09 8:46 PM CDT

No big deal, american political figures did the same when W was in office.

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Rocket448
Oct 18, 09 11:27 PM CDT

I don't think I've read that sentiment about health care in exactly that way before, so I'll give you an up-thumb.

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BlueAyez
Oct 19, 09 12:34 AM CDT

Not to mention a *real* Christian prays for and supports people in authority above them.

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Caps
Oct 18, 09 6:23 PM CDT

Palin is a sick puppy. I just wish she would STFU, so we could forget her lying mouth. Reply

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Jayster999
Oct 18, 09 9:26 PM CDT

I think you're the sick puppy.

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Caps
Oct 19, 09 9:03 AM CDT

No, I think you are the sick puppy. You try to sound so goody goody, and then you let all this hate out. If you were a good christian, you would not have all this hate spewing out of your mouth. What a hypocrite you are. You wouldn't know what it meant to love thy neighbor and enemy as yourself. Get real and quit trying to hide behind the bible with your vile mouth.

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Reader68389796
Oct 18, 09 6:45 PM CDT

I think Palin really wants to join up with Obama but she doesn't want to sound like a snitch. I think she really likes him. Or she's just a wee jealous of Hillary. I won't be surprise if she's thinking of a Democratic ticket, hey we're not bad people we'll welcome her! Reply

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Reader68389796
Oct 18, 09 6:50 PM CDT

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Cat-Lover
Oct 18, 09 7:42 PM CDT

Are you nuts? We're not bad people, but she is and we don't want any of her lunacy infesting a political party dedicated to human rights and justice for all.

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DeniseVB
Oct 18, 09 7:00 PM CDT

Go Sarah ! Based on the comments here, ya got 'em where you want them :)) Reply

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BryanJ62
Oct 18, 09 7:48 PM CDT

Bible Spice - now that's funny! Reply

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ronimaca
Oct 18, 09 8:00 PM CDT

Why does any news media report on her at all? She is a train wreck waiting to happen. And when it does report that. The G O P express train heading to DC derailed in Alaska moments after leaving the depot. She is an empty headed egoist that needs to shut up. It isn't even hot air filling her head it is flat air, nothing, zippo, dust, cobwebs we don't need to know every fractured sentence she spouts. Reply

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cochiserocks
Oct 18, 09 8:14 PM CDT

er....unlike all the other media favourites then...

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Jayster999
Oct 18, 09 9:29 PM CDT

Sarah's a good lady. I hope she sells ten million books and lives a long and happy life, despite the hate of her small and petty enemies. Reply

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foodchain11
Oct 19, 09 11:48 AM CDT

Send Sarah money, lots and lots of money, buy her books, kieep her going, please! Nice? I'm sure she is but.......I think she should health care because she has a pre-existing condition which puts her at risk: SHE'S STUPIDLY DANGEROUS TO HERSELF AND OTHERS!

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polstroad
Oct 18, 09 9:42 PM CDT

When she was governor, didn't she have a single payer govt payd for health coverage plan? I don;'t quarrel with those who oppose what is proposed but let them tell us what their own plan is that will correct the mess we currently have. Reply

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BlueAyez
Oct 19, 09 12:31 AM CDT

Hey Sarah! Why give 'em health care when you can just cull the herd from a helicopter, doncha know? Reply

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schmidtkoff
Oct 19, 09 10:36 AM CDT

WOW! palin must have written the encyclopedia brittanica! she just knows EVERYTHING. she has a solution to everything. she's the last word on science, biology, ecology, global warming, global cooling, culling wildlife, culling people life (death panels). YEEEHOO, sarah palin for president the next nobel peace prize winner for, uh, what? inciting snickers? you go girl. Reply

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Adapt-Overcome
Oct 19, 09 3:57 PM CDT

Of course it sounds different, it's her ghost writer. That woman can't put two words together that sound intellegent let alone an entire sentence. Newser, you are so right. She's complaining about those that are out there working hard for the American people and she left her state HIGH AND DRY for a lot of $$$$$$$$. Reply

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