[rabscuttle385]

The “source” for this is a wack job Leftist blogger at the Washington Independent. I suggest people wait and see if there are any credible back up sources for this claim or if it is just the latest Leftist lie du jour.

http://www.medicinehatnews.com/node/186723

It's the local newspaper of record in Medicine Hat, Alberta, bylined from Calgary, Alberta, where Palin spoke.

[dirtboy]

So, what do you think, Rabs? Is it a big deal that Palin’s parents took her brother to Canada for medical attention when Palin was all of 5 years old?

[dforest]

I think this one rabs is a loser. She was talking about when she was a kid, prior to socialized medicine in Canada. The irony is that they would not do that in Canada today.

The context was left out. The people there knew what she meant.

I don’t like her support for McCain, nor do I want her to do Leno, but this one is BS.

[Lakeshark]

The source of the charge that there was something wrong is from a nut job leftist blogger. That they brought her brother to Canada to treat something when she was five is from her own statement. As Sarah Barracuda notes, that's in 1972 before the national health system was going.

How horrible.......such a scandal......throw the woman under the bus, she's a fraud, she's so dumb, she's so inexperienced, she's so unpresidential........Did I miss any negative talking points?

[ansel12]

Big deal, due to location they went to Canadian doctors a few times and payed, this was in the 1960s, what is your issue with that?