Posted on 03/08/2010 9:42:11 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Edited on 03/08/2010 1:01:32 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Original title: Palin: I snuck across Canadanian border for healthcare By Eric Zimmermann - 03/08/10 11:33 AM ET
Sarah Palin's family used to "hustle" across the Canadian border to get healthcare, the former Alaska Governor said this weekend.
In a speech in Calgary, Palin called it "ironic" that while growing up in a small Alaskan town near the Canadian border, her family used to sneak across to take advantage of the Canadian healthcare system.
"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada," she said, according to Medicine Hat News (via Dave Weigel.) "And I think now, isn't that ironic."
It's ironic, of course, because Palin and other Republicans have argued that Democratic healthcare reform will put the U.S. on the path towards Canada's "socialized" healthcare system.
It wasn't Sarah Palin.
Ummmm..., apparently it was Sarah Palin... look at Post #199 ...
Yeah, that’s pretty much true. I don’t know if Sarah Palin is the best person for the Presidential office, but the choices are not open ended.
She is the best out there so far, who has any realistic chance of winning.
A lot of people keep grasping at straw candidates like Scott Brown, Colin Powell (remember that?), or Petraeus (self described Rockefeller republican).
When did Sarah Palin's family ever live near the Canadian border? (Other than when she was an infant?)
I checked it out... look at Post #199 ...
I can understand why the Left hates Palin, but when I seen negative comments about here on FR before they even check the facts out, I’m suspicious right away. These anti-Palin comments I believe are coming from 7 main sources:
1) Ron Paul supporters.
The Paulista’s hate the idea of a rejuvenated GOP for it spells trouble for Ron Paul of ever getting more than 2 or 3 % of any Primary vote. Paul will fair better by having the GOP drag out the old horses from 2008, McCain, Romney, the Huckster, etc - so look for them to drag down any new faces, especially if they are Reagan conservatives.
2) Lyndon Larouche supporters.
Granted they are Lefties, but they are expert trolls. You’ve seen their information tables outside of post offices equally bashing Republicans and Democrats. You’ve seen them infiltrate Tea Parties and Town Halls with their provocative signs that draw news cameras like flies on you know what. If they’re not holding a sign they are still easy to spot by the black sharpie in their pocket, used to draw Hitler mustaches on any politician that’s not Larouche Remember the Obama Hitler mustache signs? That will be them
3) Berthers.
I’m talking about the hard-core tinfoil hat Berthers. The ones who see Palin, Scott Brown, or any Republican as an enemy if they don’t latch on to their conspiracy theory and endorse their Berther candidates. Look folks, birth certificate or not, Obama is with us until 2012 like it or not. The war must be fought on a front where we can win, his socialist background and the path he wants to take us on that is where the fight is and must be if we want to win in 2012.
4) Scorched Earth Libertarians.
They see a RINO around every three. I don’t know how they grade conservatives, but ask one to name a Republican that is conservative enough to vote for, and they can’t give you a name. Tea party spokesman, Dale Robertson is one of these. Much like the Ron Paul people they see Palin and Scott Brown as a catalyst for the rebirth of the GOP, and a reborn GOP scares the hell out of them. I really believe they are angry at the resurgence of the GOP, because it means no chance of their Party from ever becoming any thing more than an annoyance. The scary thing is they are also trying to hijack the Tea Party and use it for their own purpose. They truly want to see 3 main parties on the Nov 2012 ballot, Republican Party, Democrat Party, & Tea Party. They need to learn a lesson about what Ross Perot did for us when he ran.
5) Hard-core Romney, or Huckabee supporters
Not everyone who supported Romney or Huckabee, or any of the other GOP candidates fall into this category, but there are a large number of them that are very jealous of this young Caribou Barbee upstart from Eskimo country who knocked their candidate off the radar screen. They fall prey to the news media stories about Palin being dumb as a box of rocks, and they are eager to assist the media by forwarding to forums and their e-mail address books any story critical of Palin. These are the most annoying of all because they really should know better than to assist liberals in dragging down conservatives.
6) IVY League Republicans.
Intellectuals who look down their noses at people from Alaska, or Fly-over Country.
7) Trolls from the DU
Oh, geez. So Canada used to have such a good health system that the Palin’s used it back then, but it sucks now and that’s where we’re headed with Obama. That’s what she’s saying. What’s the big stink?
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.
Another source ... look at Post #199 ...
She needs to elaborate. I’ve heard that if you have insurance you go to the front of the line. I know that’s the way it is in England.
I don’t buy it.
Well, apparently the facts are there, unless there is some sort of "grand conspiracy across the entire MSM (who knows...) ... look at Post #199 ...
Sorry, but this is deception. In the ‘60s Canada still had real hospitals and doctors, not socialized vivisection.
Cmon, SD. That was from a SNL Tina Fey sketch.
It might have been, but also Sarah Palin said it (apparently) ... look at Post #199 ...
What??? Something doesn’t sound right here... I don’t believe Sarah said this.
Well, I would wonder about it, too, but I see it from other sources ... look at Post #199 ...
Why are you propping up the BS????
The original quote is totally out of context with what is in post 199. It has already been corrected in numerous stories.
True, but Juneau has no road or rail links to the rest of the state.
Why are you propping up the BS????
When something like this is said, it's important to know all the facts about it. And that's why I'm posting it.
It doesn't pay to deny just on the basis of liking Sarah Palin, and you ought to know, by now, that I'm in full support of Sarah Palin, so supporting Sarah Palin is not a problem with me.
What is a problem is when someone brings up something like this... I don't want to be standing there and saying back to them that because I like Sarah Palin that I don't believe them.
I want to have the facts of the matter right at hand so I can answer back with facts...
Thus, that's why I post this.
that is why I added the proviso on that as I have never been there myself...
If you have twitter, ask Sarah herself (@SarahPalinUSA)
The original quote is totally out of context with what is in post 199. It has already been corrected in numerous stories.
Was that quote in Post #199 correct, or not? And I do want the correct quote here, if it's possible for someone to give it. I think we should know exactly what was said... if we're to answer anyone bringing this up.
If this is the wrong quote, would you mind answering me back with the correct quote and the source, so I can have it. And remember, I'm a supporter of Sarah Palin... I don't have a problem in supporting her. I just want the correct quote...
Thanks...
Great post! You hit the nail on the head.
I think this particular story is a great litmus test. Those who jumped all over this to bash her, calling this a “gaffe” or worse yet a “lie” without checking the facts are, for the most part, not real conservatives, but Mittbots, Paul-estinians, Libertarian Extremist Wackos, elitist RINOs or Lefty Trolls.
Normally, when a politician says something that sounds a bit off, I immdiately assume they are most likely lying. That is not the case with Palin.
As far as I can recall, Sarah Palin has never been caught in lie, which is one of the things that makes her so different than most politicians.
Palin was pointing out that back in the 1960’s, before socialized medicine ravaged the Canadian healtcare system, it actually made sense for some Americans to cross the border to purchase healthcare, but now Canadians are often forced to cross the border to get decent care.
Also, anyone who bothered to check would see that her family lived in tiny Skagway, (near Canada), not Wasila, at the time.
Sorry, but this is deception. In the ‘60s Canada still had real hospitals and doctors, not socialized vivisection.
Well, then..., there's going to be two aspects to answering this. The first aspect is to have the exact quote of what Sarah Palin said. And then, the second aspect would be to explain the circumstances that were involved.
I've supplied a quote from a source listed (up above) and what I would like to know is if the quote is accurate or if someone else has a refutation of it and/or another quote that is the accurate one.
That's the first part. And then when I get that... I'll work on the second part, which would be to explain what was said and what was meant.
I need the accurate quote, though... in case someone else brings this up to me in the future.
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