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To: r9etb
"That merits a bit of attention: what she's saying is ... that's $200 billion that the government could use in other ways. It's still not your money."

Perhaps you have prismatic vision? - Her point is that the $200 billion is being siphoned out of the available kitty, thus depriving the taxpayers while rewarding the destroyers. We've already paid the taxes; the issue is where it has gone. The Gingriches, Lotts, and Lugars that continually thwarted tort reform in the congress are the ones you should be directing your anger towards.

35 posted on 08/21/2009 8:31:22 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: editor-surveyor
Perhaps you have prismatic vision? - Her point is that the $200 billion is being siphoned out of the available kitty, thus depriving the taxpayers while rewarding the destroyers.

Perhaps you're trying to make excuses for what she quite clearly wrote. She sees those savings as being available for other government projects. She's still "depriving the taxpayers," just on different things.

Does Sarah Palin actually believe that? No, probably not. If you pressed her on it, she might well retreat from it. I suspect she didn't actually give it much thought, beyond its use as a cheap emotional appeal.

But she did write it, and that's precisely the sort of intellectual carelessness that politicians use to paint themselves into corners. It's exactly the sort of easily-misconstrued comment that's giving Obama fits right now.

It's just an example of how she is not yet ready for the big time. Articles like this are a good way to start ... but only to help her gain the depth she needs. As it stands now, this article merely proves the point that she's not there yet.

41 posted on 08/21/2009 8:39:09 AM PDT by r9etb
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