Was Sarah Palin Trying To Do Some Damage Control?

[lame54]

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/sarah-palin-leaving-behind-mismanaged

From C&L:

Perhaps Sarah Palin made that ridiculous statement about "Obama Death Panels" because she knew this story was going to break -- it was happening in her own state, right under her nose:

State programs intended to help disabled and elderly Alaskans with daily life -- taking a bath, eating dinner, getting to the bathroom -- are so poorly managed, the state cannot assure the health and well-being of the people they are supposed to serve, a new federal review found.

The situation is so bad the federal government has forbidden the state to sign up new people until the state makes necessary improvements. No other state in the nation is under such a moratorium, according to a spokeswoman for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

In the meantime, frail and vulnerable Alaskans who desperately need the help are struggling. One elderly woman is stuck in a nursing home, for lack of care at home. Another woman, suffering from chronic pain and fatigue, said she's so weak, she often can't even pop dinner into the microwave.

This is the GOP's alternative to a public or universal option. Sarah wants to talk about evil socialist plans that will kill people, but I betcha she doesn't want to talk about the hundreds of Alaskans who died waiting for these services.

A particularly alarming finding concerns deaths of adults in the programs. In one 2 1/2 year stretch, 227 adults already getting services died while waiting for a nurse to reassess their needs. Another 27 died waiting for their initial assessment, to see if they qualified for help. Read on... http://www.adn.com/life/health/story/864670.html

In honor of the people of Alaska who died on her watch, Sarah Palin needs to stop makin' stuff up about health care reform, and apologize for screwing things up and then running away when the going got tough.

[Bluerthanblue]

1. not surprised, but very

sad, angry, and ashamed.

[democrank]

2. Health care crisis? What health care crisis?

K & R

[CitizenPatriot]

3. I wrote about this Saturday morning

the day after her comment.

still waiting for msm to pick it up.

It's what the right always does: accuse the opponent of what they are doing. thereby exhausting the public of the topic and distracting people. By the time this hits MSM, compared to "death panels", it will not seem that bad.

she's already spinning her epic failure as an excuse for why we shouldn't have federal health care programs at all. "see, govt doesn't work!" Failing to mention that it doesn't work under HER because she is inept, incompetent, and cruelly entitled.

edited to add link:

http://www.politicususa.com/en/node/7054

[Chemisse]

5. I remember that discussion about them accusing us of what THEY would do

It's a different way of looking at the shrill accusations being thrust at us, and I think it has some validity.

[CitizenPatriot]

7. it's pretty reliable, actually. you can bet on it. nt

[tanyev]

4. There's no projection quite like Republican projection.

[Wednesdays]

6. K&R

:kick:

[lame54]

8. .