It is easy to criticize the opponent when you are not in power but why does the media give her attention when she makes a statement on her facebook criticizing the President's Health Plan or anything for that matter? The media who constantly reported her (a citizen) Facebook writings on the theory of Death Panels caused a swing in public perception of the Presidents plan causing them to retool it. We are talking about a woman who no longer holds office as executor of Alaska. What is the media's facination with a civilian who is not in office anymore? Tommorow I bet the media will report on this facebook writing of hers. Im sorry but I just don't understand it.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/more-of-the-same-only-more-expensive/321999143434Facebook:
The President has wrestled control of the health care debate away from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid by finally introducing his own plan. Unfortunately, the White House’s proposal includes everything we found untenable about the old Senate bill – only this one is even more expensive! This is what you might call putting “perfume on a pig.”
What’s in this “new” proposal? It has the unpopular (and arguably unconstitutional) individual mandate that forces people and employers to purchase health insurance – only this time with much harsher fines on employers who choose not to go along with another expensive government mandate. It has provisions that will make employers think twice before expanding their workforce. It has cuts to Medicare Advantage, a popular program which allows seniors to pay a little more money out of pocket for better coverage. And, of course, it still has sweetheart deals – only this time they’ve been extended even more.
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In the meantime, the White House will continue to ignore Republican reform ideas and cast the GOP as the party of no. That’s a hard sell considering that Democrats still hold the majority in the House and Senate. The only real “gridlock” preventing Democrats from doing what they want is the very real threat of America's voice being heard at the ballot box.
The public is clearly opposed to the Democrats’ health care bills. Americans want to scrap these big-government plans and start over with common-sense, incremental reform. Some on the left have urged Democrats to vote for Obamacare because it’s a foot in the door for universal health care. They understand what’s at stake; so should the rest of us.
The President can perfume this proposal however he wants, but it still doesn’t pass the smell test. Washington should listen to Americans now, or Washington will hear us in November.
- Sarah Palin