The original ‘piece’ took the quote out of context, and the usual suspects ran with it. I never asked for clarification. People getting upset over what a 6 year old does with her parents is much ado about nothing.
Of course they did, that’s what the media does. That’s why quotes are important.
The problem I have is with people who insisted the quote itself was inaccurate, and as “proof” said that the quote would be stupid (and since Sarah isn’t stupid, she couldn’t have said it).
On the other hand, the appeal to “she was 6” is also stupid in my opinion. I’m sure if she had been an adult at that time, she still would have gone to Canada for health care, because it made sense.
And in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if people in that town STILL go to Canada and pay for health care there, because it’s a big city and they still need a ferry to get to a big city in Alaska (I assume they have better health care in the town now, but Alaska has a lot of small places without the modern conveniences we enjoy in the lower states.
Sarah certainly didn’t say she was ashamed of getting treatment in Canada, or that it was wrong, or in any way suggest it wasn’t normal, and acceptable. So who cares that she was only 6?
Suppose she had gotten ill while in Calgary, and had gotten treatment in a hospital? Would that be “bad” because she doesn’t support government-run health care? Of course not, but these “she was only 6” arguments buy right into the left’s stupid arguments.
Canada has a fine health care system, except that if you live there you can’t pay yourself and you have to wait months for all sorts of treatment. Doesn’t mean the health care they get isn’t good care.
Palin was noting how ironic it was, but nobody really knows what she meant by ironic. Certainly not the interpretation the story had, but more likely just that nowadays Canadians come into the states for care, or that it was easier to get care back then.
I’d like to think that she is smarter than soundbites, and what she thought was Ironic was that people would think it funny that you could be against government-run health care but still say nice things about health care in Canada. It would show that she is much deeper than her enemies, and apparently some of her supporters, think she can be.