Palin’s ‘death panel’ remark draws fire
August 10th, 2009Health care conversation stalls on dispute over euthanasia
Timothy Egan writes in the New York Times Outposts Blog that Sarah Palin’s criticism of the health plan proposal is “poison” that feeds a “lunatic fringe who channel in the flotsam of delusion, half-facts and conspiracy theories.”
An excerpt:
For a democracy, which depends on an informed citizenry to balance a permanent lobbying class, this is poison. And it’s one reason why town hall forums on health care, which should be sharp debates about something that affects all of us, have turned into town mauls.
… As for Palin, she should follow her own advice to the media of a few weeks ago – lay off the kids and “quit makin’ things up.”
See also:
- Gingrich warns of euthanasia-UPI
- The Simplest Explanation for Why Palin and Gingrich Are Wrong-Huffington Post by John R. Bohrer
- Health care debate steers into abortion, euthanasia-USA Today
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