Posted on 09/08/2009 5:04:56 PM PDT by DB9
By SARAH PALIN Writing in the New York Times last month, President Barack Obama asked that Americans "talk with one another, and not over one another" as our health-care debate moves forward. I couldn't agree more. Let's engage the other side's arguments, and let's allow Americans to decide for themselves whether the Democrats' health-care proposals should become governing law. Some 45 years ago Ronald Reagan said that "no one in this country should be denied medical care because of a lack of funds." Each of us knows that we have an obligation to care for the old, the young and the sick. We stand strongest when we stand with the weakest among us.
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Health Care is just the latest stop on the Stimulus, Bail-Out, Take-over, Health Care, Cap and Trrade, FOCA, etc. train line.
Ms. Palin is more and more impressive. Now that she is free to focus on national issues, I look forward to more like this. She should start a weekly podcast to get her views out there.
Excellent work by Sarah Palin. As a good many other writers have noted, this ‘reform’ proposal has among its many promises, one that is a bit concerning. The proponents of this government boondoggle insist that many billions of dollars will be saved by cutting fraud and waste in Medicare.
My question: What’s stopping the gubmint from putting a halt to all the fraud and waste even without HR3200 or its like? If that much waste and fraud is known in the Medicare system, how can they let it continue?
Just askin’...
She needs to add the fact that it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL for the feds to be meddling in health care.
I hope President Palin puts these traitors in the Hoosegow...in Nome...In the winter.
Whammy!!!
It's a devil's bargain. If they can only put so many brain damaged unionized low life robots on the public dime to administer the system, they can only catch so much cheating.
I see a star rising.
Excellent.
This needs to be on the frontpage. She’s not even waiting ‘til after his speech tomorrow night. I love it.
I LOVE THIS WOMAN!! Another AWESOME article written by Sarah Palin. I LOVE how she smacks down Obama...wait, what is that sound..I hear Obama wee weeing again
Sarah just gave the Republican rebuttal statement to Obama’s speech. She is not even waiting til tomorrow. She is starting this NOW!! Obama is pissing his pants right now. He can’t stand the fact that Sarah keeps on finding ways to mess with his head
Sarah Barracuda, NYT has a new article about Sarah backing Obama in Iraq, posted a couple of hours ago. I am too lazy to post articles.
Oh yeah, I love her too!
Actually, it’s not Iraq, it’s Afghanistan, and its not backing him, I think you are referring to this..Sarah put her signature on it..
Governor Palin Signs Letter to President Obama Urging Him to Fully “Resource” Afghan War
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. President:
The situation in Afghanistan is grave and deteriorating. This is in part the legacy of an under resourced war effort that has cost us and the Afghans dearly. The Taliban has retaken important parts of the country, while a flawed U.S. strategy has led American forces into secondary efforts far away from critical areas. However, we remain convinced that the fight against the Taliban is winnable, and it is in the vital national security interest of the United States to win it.
You’ve called Afghanistan an “international security challenge of the highest order, “ and stated that “the safety of people around the world is at stake.” Last month you told a convention of veterans, “Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defense of our people.”
We fully agree with those sentiments. We congratulate you on the leadership you demonstrated earlier this year when you decided to deploy approximately 21,000 additional troops and several thousand civilian experts as a part of a serious counterinsurgency campaign. Your appointments of General Stanley McChrystal as top commander and David Rodriguez as second in command in Afghanistan exemplified the seriousness of purpose you spoke about during the campaign. We are heartened to see that the much needed overhaul of our military operations has begun.
Since the announcement of your administration’s new strategy, we have been troubled by calls for a drawdown of American forces in Afghanistan and a growing sense of defeatism about the war. With General McChrystal expected to request additional troops later this month, we urge you to continue on the path you have taken thus far and give our commanders on the ground the forces they need to implement a successful counterinsurgency strategy. There is no middle course. Incrementally committing fewer troops than required would be a grave mistake and may well lead to American defeat. We will not support half-measures that repeat the errors of the past.
This is, as you have said, a war that we cannot afford to lose. Failure to defeat the Taliban would likely lead to a return of al Qaeda to Afghanistan and could result in terrorist attacks on the United States or our allies. An abandonment of Afghanistan would further destabilize the region, and put neighboring Pakistan and its nuclear arsenal at risk. All our efforts to support Islamabad’s fight against the Taliban in Pakistan’s tribal regions will founder if we do not match those achievements on the other side of that country’s porous northwestern border.
As you observed during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, “You don’t muddle through the central front on terror and you don’t muddle through going after bin Laden. You don’t muddle through stamping out the Taliban.” We completely agree. Having “muddled through” in Afghanistan for years, this is no longer a politically, strategically, or morally sustainable approach.
Mr. President, you have put in place the military leadership and sent the initial resources required to begin bringing this war to a successful conclusion. The military leadership has devised a strategy that will reverse the errors of previous years, free Afghans from the chains of tyranny, and keep America safe. We call on you to fully resource this effort, do everything possible to minimize the risk of failure, and to devote the necessary time to explain, soberly and comprehensively, to the American people the stakes in Afghanistan, the route to success, and the cost of defeat.
With the continued bravery of our troops, and your continued full support for them and their command team, America and our allies can and will prevail in Afghanistan.
Sincerely,
Steve Biegun
Max Boot
Debra Burlingame
Eliot A. Cohen
Ryan C. Crocker
Thomas Donnelly
Eric Edelman
William S. Edgerly
Jamie M. Fly
David Frum
Abe Greenwald
John Hannah
Pete Hegseth
Margaret Hoover
Thomas Joscelyn
Frederick W. Kagan
Robert Kagan
William Kristol
Tod Lindberg
Herbert London
Clifford May
Robert C. McFarlane
Joshua Muravchik
Sarah Palin
Keith Pavlischek
Beverly Perlson
Danielle Pletka
John Podhoretz
Stephen Rademaker
Karl Rove
Jennifer Rubin
Randy Scheunemann
Gary Schmitt
Dan Senor
Marc Thiessen
Peter Wehner
Kenneth Weinstein
Christian Whiton
Very good article. Precise and to the point. GOP, are you taking notes?
We want to see Obamacare completely destroyed first. Then we want a robust debate on healthcare. But we can't introduce free market proposals until people realize how awful Obamacare and gov't run healthcare is. Unfortunately, a lot of people still want some type of gov't intervention in healthcare, especially for seniors and those with real disabilities. I would settle, at the maximum, gov't funding of healthcare for those who are disabled or born with rare illnesses and privatize all the rest (Note: I said gov't funded, not gov't managed or planned).
Palin PING!
Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.
This needs to be on Drudge, w/ the byline Palin fire first.
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