It's pretty clear that Sarah Palin did make the statement (to a Canadian audience) about her parents taking her little brother over the border to Canada for emergency medical treatment and that this was a common procedure for their Alaska-based family some 40 years ago, prior to Canada's adopting a full-fledged socialized health care system. I'm sure her audience understood the irony Palin referred to because today, Canadians often cross the border into the U.S. for health care due to the socialized heath care system in Canada being sub-par.
I see the early denials and deep suspicion of the veracity of the Palin quote by Palin supporters stemming from the left's longrunning, incessant attempts to smear Sarah Palin and demean her in the eyes of the general public because she is clearly a popular political personality that is a real threat to the left. Sure, a few Palin supporters were a bit too strident in their disbelief but that is understandable considering the attacks on Palin that have occured for the past 18 months. So, another non-story about Sarah Palin and it generates well over 300 posts - including this one. Amazing.
Because completely made-up stories about Palin are articles of faith for the Left. Which is fine; if people want to be delusional, I can't stop them. However Palin is one of those areas where the media are slow, if not completely reluctant, to tell the truth. And that makes my blood boil.
If the media were anything even remotely close to an honest broker on the subject of Palin, we wouldn't be so defensive.