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Posted on 08/21/2009 7:14:29 AM PDT by DogBarkTree
Discussing the specifics of Palin's article is "hate?" My God, man ... that's the sort of tripe one expects from the childish left, not from adults.
You clearly hate her. So I can’t see myself having a reasonable discussion with you until you let go of it.
R9,
Just out of curiousity, are you female and married? The reason I ask is that you are peddling another DBM/liberal misnomer that support for Palin is high because of her looks.
Media attention to her may be high, but if she was out espousing pro-abortion milquetoastianism, she would have little political support, especially here.
No question that Palin’s numbers lag with women because she is attractive, and some women can’t handle other attractive women. I just wonder if that is the angle you are coming from?
She is getting the DEBATE going with REAL ISSUES.
Tort reform...the great big ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM! YOU GO SARAH!
And death panels....ANOTHER GREAT BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM! GO SARAH!!!
And rb, when she discovers a new planet or suddenly grows hair on her chest....you know...something really NEW and GROUND BREAKING....I know you will be the FIRST to stand up and acknowledge it and will become the greatest Sarah Palin fan on FR. I look forward to Sarah coming forth with something never before thought of in the history of political issues within America!
:^)
Sounds like Palin is framing the argument. I hope she takes the opening and runs with it.
Well then, California should be a medical utopia given the limitations imposed by MICRA. Let me assure you it is not. The anecdotes you cite aren’t data. Read Tom Baker’s book on medical malpractice costs, and the actual statistics will confound your argument. There is no real med mal litigation epidemic going on. Only a fraction of patients sue, and a much smaller fraction of plaintiffs win. Most cases are tossed at the MSJ stage, and most verdicts are in the doc’s favor.
A fair catch.
But an overall very good piece where she goes directly after Obama with a point that all other supposed Republican ‘leaders’ have let drop. She is attacking by offering an alternative solution. No need to focus on one (yes, careless) sop to moderates when she’s doing the heavy lifting and firing that no one else on our team is doing.
When EXPENSES are raised because doctors who KNOW a test is not necessary but are covering their arses because of the possibility of a future lawsuit if the test is NOT DONE (and this happens all the time, just ASK YOUR OWN DOCTOR), COST GO SKYROCKETING.
Lawyers are LIVING off the backs of doctors....you only have to turn on your TV set to see that.
Well, now ... that would be an impressive argument had not the tort reforms she cites been enacted because of her. But that's not true. Tort Reform was one of GWB's campaign issues in 2000 and 2004, and Congress actually passed some legislation on it in 2005.
The Texas tort reform legislation dates from 2003 (but it was a hot issue in the 80s and 90s, when I was living there).
She can't even take credit for the Alaska tort reform legislation: the Alaska Tort Reform Act was enacted in 1997, apparently with roots leading back to at least 1986. (fwiw, I provided the linked article only for the dates; I don't subscribe to its conclusions.)
It's pretty bold to say that people are "listening to Palin" when in fact she's only jumped onto a train that's been running for the past couple of decades.
No weaseling here. I was directing my remark at OldDeckHand. You are a bot.
Either a Romney-bot or and Anti-Palin-bot, but a bot nonetheless. I hope to break you of the vicious bot cycle and open your mind to accept that simplicity and principled governance can save America. To many conservatives want an Obama type BS artist who just sounds good and has eight degrees from Harvard. We just need someone who will read the law, follow the good ones, change or eliminate the bad ones, manage the taxpayer dollar the way a family manages theirs, and stop the slaughter of america’s future thru abortion. Sarah stands for those simple points of view.
We don’t need an obfuscater like the rest of these so-called contenders.
Your “stories” aren’t borne out by the evidence. You’ve bought the lie.
RIGHT ON, SARAH!
TORT REFORM
TORT REFORM NOW
TORT REFORM FIRST !!!!
Heck, you might even recall that it was a very prominent plank in GWB's campaign platform in '00 and '04, and he actually got Congressional legislation out of it in 2005 (albeit watered-down, but an accomplishment just the same, given the nature of the issue).
So just stop pretending this is some new thing that only Sarah Palin could have brought up.... it's not.
Not true. For example, Jim DeMint, Mitt Romney, and Bob Corker, for three, have continually pressed on the topic.
You may or may not agree with one or all of them, but to say they have "let it drop" is false.
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I agree that there needs to be tort reform. However the fundamental problem is that insurance is picked by the employer and not the individual. The individual should be responsible for his decisions, not a corporation and certainly not the federal govt.
Who would have guessed Sarah Palin would be playing a big role in public policy via ... posting on Facebook? Talk about thinking outside the box. It’s great.
You betcha'
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