Outraged Canadians get Sarah Palin booted from scheduled speech at hospital fundraiser

[marmar]

from thinkprogress:



Following TP report, Sarah Palin is booted from her scheduled speech at a Canadian hospital fundraiser.

Last week, it was revealed that Sarah Palin had been booked to deliver a $200,000 speech at a hospital fundraiser in Canada. ThinkProgress was the first to report that the event seemed odd given the fact that the hospital — which offers the same advanced directive service that Palin derided as “death panels” — is part of a “socialist” health care system Palin abhors. Now, the Toronto Sun reports that Palin has “been given the boot” and will no longer appear at the fundraiser for St. Peter’s hospital. Jeff Valletine, the vice president of communications for Hamilton Health Sciences, said that he had received a backlash for inviting Palin:

“Individually I’m a bit surprised by the magnitude of the reaction but I’m not too surprised. Sarah Palin is a strong personality who brings out lots of opinions from lots of folks, so that’s to be expected.”

Last month, Canadian comedian Mary Walsh asked her about Canadian health care, to which Palin responded, “Canada needs to dismantle its public health-care system and allow private enterprise to get involved and turn a profit.” According to the Sun, Palin will instead give a speech to a local children’s charity.


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/18/palin-hospital-backlash/

[democracy1st]

1. LMAO

[CatWoman]

2. ...

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[cliffordu]

12. Alerted.

BuhBye.

[LakeSamish706]

4. Whoever booked Palin for this in the first place should be given the boot. n/t

[Monk06]

10. The cretin behind this is Jeff Valentin VP Communications for Hamilton Health Services

Curiously on the HHS website he is listed as
having an MBA but the University where he
graduated is not listed.

He claims to be personally surprised by the
negative reaction according to the OP. My
guess is he is a conservative with a private
health care background.

[gratuitous]

5. As long as they pay her

She's okay with getting canceled; just make sure you send the check.

[depakid]

6. $200,000?

Crikey- talk about money down the drain. Someone's head ought to roll over this.

[rurallib]

7. Would that money come from the canadian health care system?

what a double dose of hypocrisy on both sides if it did.

[applegrove]

8. As soon as it became public SP was going to speak in Canada I knew

she would get shut down. We really appreciate our health care system here.

[K8-EEE]

9. but...but...why aren't they praising her for trying to save them from

their scary, scary healthcare? :eyes:

[Canuckistanian]

11. WTF?

Who is this Jeff Valletine? And WTF was he thinking, inviting Palin to a fundraiser for a Hamilton hospital?

Damn, we know all about Palin and what she stands for. She's everything Canadians are AGAINST.

Again, WTF?

[eppur_se_muova]

13. "Strong" personality as in "overripe"?

"Mom, there's a dead Husky under the porch. It's developing a strong personality."