Palin Revives *Death Panels*

Palin Revives Death Panels

Sarah Palin, always one to take the political high road in her discourse, has managed to jam not only snide shots at actual, you know, feminists, while pretending to be one herself, in both her latest Facebook rant and Twitterdrools, but has also found a way to drag in and renew the old death panel lie. Not bad!

In response to the Mama Grizzlies video put out by Emily’s List, an organization that actually dedicates itself to promoting women’s issues, Sarah goes all Homer-style sarcastic on her readers:

I feel compelled to offer some advice to our sisters who like to throw stones at those of us who respectfully disagree with them on this issue (and they sometimes refuse to even countenance the fact that some of us can call ourselves feminists and disagree with those who claim the mantle of “real feminists”). First, ladies, it’s hard to take a critic seriously when they lecture you wearing a bear suit. So, it’s difficult for me to drum up much outrage at this latest ad. But, really, lying about a sister while wearing an Ewok outfit is no way to honor our foremothers on the eve of the 90th anniversary of their victory. But, that aside, I’d love to know where you got those get-ups. Halloween is just around the corner, and Piper and Trig would look adorable as little grizzly bears.

(Umm. Just check out your couch, sweetie.)

And most of us have heard that the Wasilla Shakespeare coined a new word for us when she tweeted about “a cackle of rads”, pretty much dropping the pretense of civility, I guess, the more she thought about how pissed off she was and all about the snarky Mama Grizzly vid. (At least I can hope that’s what happened. ;-D )

But for really good measure she parades out the scary Death Panels theme by invoking the FDA’s recent decision to not approve the anti-cancer drug Avastin for use in advanced metastatic breast cancer. For the rather straightforward reason that it’s not effective against this type of cancer and, on top of that, it’s horrendously expensive. Never mind that the drug has been effective against other cancers and will continue to be used in those cases. But to Sarah, it’s all about feedin’ those flames and ginnin’ up that outrage:

We struggle against the Obama administration’s pending decision to remove a drug treatment for breast cancer based on cost considerations and what could be argued as a person’s “productivity in life” rather than medicine.

Because putting someone with end-stage cancer through more treatment with a drug that will not help and, in the process, bleeding the family dry financially, is so much more humane.

Once again Sarah shows us that she truly is just not ready for Prime Time.

Posted by marindenver on 08/19/10 at 08:05 PM • Permalink

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WTF do we even pay attention to this woman? Remind me again?

Comment by Litlebritdifrnt on 08/19/10 at 08:15 PM

Because she’s as reliable as a once beloved sitcom. No matter what new material the writers get, the audience gets the same old schtick. If it keeps us laughing, whatever. When she finally gets too repetitious, she will be replaced. But it will be hard to find another wingnut with her sheer entertainment value.

Comment by Stephen1947 on 08/19/10 at 09:57 PM

Man, Palin’s got a serious case of crabs.

Comment by Hunger Tallest Palin on 08/19/10 at 10:46 PM

I hadn’t watched the video when it was posted the other day—I’ve had enough of Palin—but watched it just now to understand the context.

What an astonishingly petty little bitch.

I double dog dare her to run for president in 2012.

Comment by karen marie on 08/19/10 at 11:08 PM

and they sometimes refuse to even countenance the fact that some of us can call ourselves feminists…

Countenance the fact? Does she just grab a thesaurus blindfolded and point? What a cackle!

Comment by kathequa on 08/20/10 at 01:41 AM

kath beat me to it, but

and they sometimes refuse to even countenance the fact

Surely, there is no one in this fair and beloved nation who believes that Sarah J. Palin wrote those words without some counsel and, dare I say, from her own vocabulistical experience.

Nevermind the Bollocks - Here’s Sarah!

Comment by Ripley on 08/20/10 at 04:14 AM

WTF do we even pay attention to this woman? Remind me again?

Because the banksters surrounding Obama are vetoing any policy that will ever bring unemployment down before November 2012, which means Obama will lose to anyone who runs against him, and nobody wants it more than Palin.

Comment by Steve M. on 08/20/10 at 07:59 AM

As with so many of “her” other posts, tweets, missives, whatever: No way in hell did Palin actually write this one. No fuckin way.

Comment by bikelib on 08/20/10 at 09:07 AM

So she is opposed to prohibiting the sale of snake oil to cancer patients?

Comment by Bob on 08/20/10 at 09:54 AM

What a silly bunt.

Comment by Allan on 08/20/10 at 10:55 AM

As with so many of “her” other posts, tweets, missives, whatever: No way in hell did Palin actually write this one.

If she does end up running for President, Obama should demand that one debate be a pop-quiz with essay questions.

I propose that, to prove that the half-Gov is not a half-wit, that she be given a topic, thrown into a sound-proof booth, and allowed half an hour to write something semi-coherant about it.
I don’t think she could do it, even if the topic were “Moose Stew.”

She might be able to handle “How To Field Dress An Enemy,” though Levi says she doesn’t even know how to do that.

It’s about time we went “Birfer” on the Kwittin’ Image’s “writings.”

Comment by Mrs. Polly on 08/20/10 at 11:18 AM

Every time Generalissimo Mary Sue opens her mouth or farms out one of her online brainfarts, she’s making it that much clearer why she won’t really be running for president in 2012: Because she doesn’t want to be a leader; she wants to be a celebrity.