[Vision2020] Sarah Palin to Speak at Socialist Canadian Hospital

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Fri Dec 11 17:40:26 PST 2009


Courtesy of "Think Progress" at:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/11/palin-canada-hospital/

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According to the Hamilton Spectator, Sarah Palin has been contracted to
speak at a fundraiser for the Juravinski Cancer Centre and St. Peter’s
Hospital in Canada. “This is quite the coup,” said Gabe Macaluso, an
organizer for the event.

Palin might be surprised to learn that the hospital she is fundraising for
runs counter to her professed beliefs:

– St. Peter’s Hospital is a public hospital within the national Canadian
healthcare system. In Palin’s worldview, universal, government-insured
health care is “socialism.”

– St. Peter’s Hospital performs abortions. Palin, a staunch anti-choice
zealot, has protested outside of abortion clinics and has refused to
denounce abortion clinic bombers as terrorists.

– St. Peter’s Hospital, through its Centre for Studies in Aging, offers
“advanced directives.” Palin tried to derail health reform earlier this
year by falsely labeling advanced directive reimbursements as “death
panels.”

Last month, Canadian comedian Mary Walsh asked Palin if she had “any words
of encouragement for the Canadian conservatives who have worked so hard to
try to diminish that kind of socialized medicine we have up there.” Palin,
clearly duped by the performance, responded that Canadians should rid
themselves of their public health care system and take a privatized
approach:

PALIN: Well, my answer was too keep the faith. My answer was to keep the
faith. Cause that common sense conservatism can be plugged-in there in
Canada too. In fact, Canada needs to reform its health care system and let
the private sector take over some of what the government has absorbed. So
thank you, keep the faith.

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That is like soooo rogue.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown




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