Palin Steps Up Attacks on Zeke Emanuel

Palin's claim spread like wildfire through health debate

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin's claim that health care reform would institute "death panels" to decide whether the elderly and disabled are worthy of treatment has been deemed the biggest lie of 2009 by the editors of PolitiFact . Palin appears to have coined the term in a July Facebook posting, and it swiftly spread among reform opponents, despite policy experts on both the left and right calling it completely inaccurate. More»

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin has returned to her Facebook soapbox to reinvigorate the "death panels" meme she helped popularize. "We had been told there were no 'death panels' in the bill," says an essay posted to the former Alaska governor's page. "But look closely at the provision mandating bureaucratic panels that will be calling the shots regarding who will receive government health care." More»

Targets Palin fans; 'tell her to stop lying'

(NEWSER) - A pro-health reform group is hitting Sarah Palin where she lives, the Plum Line reports—Facebook. Americans United for Change is running ads on the social networking site, where “death panels” got their start. The missives, targeted specifically at Palin followers of every stripe, ask users to “send Sarah Palin a message” and “tell her to stop lying about ‘death panels.’” More»

Provision in health care bill opened the door to end-of-life rationing: McCain

(NEWSER) - John McCain offered qualified support for Sarah Palin’s notorious “death panel” comment—defending, at least, the substance of his former running mate’s remarks in an interview with George Stephanapoulos for ABC News: “Look, I don't think they were called death panels, don't get me wrong,” McCain said. “There was a provision in the bill that talks about a board that would decide the most effective measures to provide health care for people.” More»

Emails reveal frustration with ethics complaints

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin was really starting to hate being governor of Alaska in the final months before her resignation in July 2009 , the final batch of emails from her time in office reveal. Palin complained bitterly about the scrutiny she and her family faced after her failed vice presidential bid, and about the mounting legal bills from fighting ethics complaints, AP finds. "I can't take it anymore," she wrote in an email to her husband, Todd, three months before stepping down. More»