Obama Takes Veiled Swipe at Sarah Palin Over ‘Death Panels’
AP: The president was alternately bipartisan and tough on his Republican critics. He singled out Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for praise at one point. Yet, moments later, in a line apparently aimed at McCain's former running mate, Sarah Palin, Obama accused Republicans of spreading the "cynical and irresponsible" charge that the legislation would include "death panels" with the power to hasten the death of senior citizens.
Another Saul Alinsky tactic…demonize the opposition.
GnothacSeptember 9th, 2009 - 9:54 pm
More lies from the 3 muketeers!
OBAMA'S A PETTY PUNKSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:01 pm
What a cheap two bit Chicago thug…House and Senate DemocratSS OUT IN 2010 OBAMA IN 2012!
stacySeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:04 pm
Watch this and remember Obama started it!!! He called Palin a liar and the Obama was called a liar. Tit for tat. Don’t look so shocked Nancy.
MagicManSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:06 pm
I want some of whatever Barry’s smokin’ …
KevinSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:13 pm
If Obama is telling a lie then he is a liar, right. He has no fixed proposals so how does he know what will happen.
ClarenceSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:20 pm
If he thinks Sarah Palin in a liar then tell obama to prove to us that he’s not by debating one on one with Sarah Palin on this healthcare crap. He’s not man enough to prove her a liar because he couldn’t. She would chew his azz up and spit him out to the dogs.
markSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:23 pm
sarah who?
TrentSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:26 pm
LOL! – they put his handful of supporters near the front!
“These evil ‘death panel’ claims are ridiculous, totally lacking in merit and entertained by no reasoning being. I will be appointing a Death Panel Czar to open an office dedicated solely to fighting against this lie. And the next time Malia teases me about this obvious falsehood she will be grounded for a month. . . . Doesn’t anyone, anywhere remember that I won the election?”
idahosauceSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:33 pm
I would have barry ki$$ my arse,if I didn’t think I would get an infection.
Eileen for Freedom/LibertySeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:34 pm
America…blame…blame…blame…a little “boy” who has never grown up or taken responsiblity for anything in his life…and he continues on that path!
And over half of America elected him to the highest office in our land without any experience!
THE REVOLUTION OF THE SILENT MAJORITY – SILENT NO MORE!
1. GETTING INFORMED
2. GETTING INVOLVED
DON’T TREAD ON US…WE PAY YOUR BILLS IN WASHINGTON AND IN YOUR HOMES…BUT WE WON’T BE STARTING IN 2010 AND BEYOND…GUARANTEED!
IMPEACHMENT OR THE ‘ORIGINAL’ KENYAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE…IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME!
Sturgis DrainSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:37 pm
It’s amazing. Obama calls Palin a liar and gets a standing ovation from the Democrats.
checkitSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:42 pm
One of many faults I heard was, he stated, No more bickering, But then He bickers several several times? In other words he says no more attacks, and in the same speech he attacks the right, Bush, Palin the republicans… And says they haven’t offered any bills? To many lies in his speech. Speech = Failed, but good attempt on saleing a broken car.
checkitSeptember 9th, 2009 - 10:43 pm
He said time to stop bickering, then he bickers about Iraq and others, And WHAT WAS THAT PLANNED LAME KENNEDY CRYING SPEECH CAMERA SCENES? Another speech painting a Rose while hiding the Thorn. THERE IS NO NEED FOR GOVERNMENT CONTROLED HEALTH INSURANCE! It can be fixed WITHOUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL! AND HE LIED ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS NOT HAVING A PLAN< THEY HAVE 35 PLANS. ANOTHER SPEECH THAT ONLY THE SHEEP WILL BUY INTO. sorry , THERE IS NO NEED FOR GOVERNMENT CONTROLED HEALTH INSURANCE!
FrancescoSeptember 9th, 2009 - 11:40 pm
The President is correct in that this legislation does not create the “death panels”. This was done in the Stimulus bill as the Committee on Health Effectiveness. However the HR 3200 FUNDS this Committee which in forcing a measure of the effectiveness of heath outcomes as a ratio per dollar spent, can in the final analysis be called nothing less that a Death Committee. It is disingenuous and misleading for you to not point out this technicality in the President’s statement. As it is his intent to mislead, this is properly termed a lie.
WhatwhatwhatSeptember 9th, 2009 - 11:44 pm
Sarah Palin popularized the term “death panels” so how is that a swipe? Are rethugs saying she didn’t use the term “death panels?”
LarseSeptember 9th, 2009 - 11:48 pm
Oh yeah…
Are Sarah and Todd really separated now????
We note she ‘lost’ her wedding ring…
Laffing at (L)ArseholeSeptember 9th, 2009 - 11:56 pm
Obama is a Chicago thug plain and simple and What and the (L)Arsehole are a couple of van jones!!!! LOL!!! Morons! hehehe……….
Talk about fear tactics. Didn’t anyone listen to that speech…Read Is Obama selling snake oil at…..http://cooperscopy.blogspot.com/
ShariSeptember 10th, 2009 - 1:33 am
You think Obama is angry now just wait until the democrats who vote for this health plan are voted out and replaced with Republicans. Obama is going to go nuclear! We’ll have the time of our lives watching them make his life miserable.
GrandmaMosesSeptember 10th, 2009 - 1:39 am
Obamas problem is that he lies when it would be easier to tell the truth. He lied all through the campaign. First he said he never knew Rev. Wright was spewing his hatred…then in his Philly religion speech, he admitted YES, he knew it…and then, unbelievably, later, he went back and said he didn’t know it. And then there was the lie about the campaign federal funds..He said he would take the federal funds, and then went back on his word. He has lied about allowing lobbyists in his administration. He has lied about not allowing any pork in his bills…Need I go on?
hoboSeptember 10th, 2009 - 1:53 am
Clearance> “She would chew his azz up and spit him out to the dogs.”
Yeah! What an argument can she make. A slogan simple enough for stupids brats.
HeidiSeptember 10th, 2009 - 1:59 am
It won’t pass. Charles Krauthammer said weeks ago they had no chance of passing this. With the Van Jones scandal and what’s to happen tomorrow(Glenn Beck said we would not be talking about this speech tomorrow but something bigger, people are going to get thrown in jail)so the drama continues. Wonder who’s going to jail?
Interesting how it adds context to the “you lie” outburst. That came right after the President went after Palin as a telling “lies”.
Andrew BSeptember 10th, 2009 - 3:10 am
The Imbecile-In-Chief is clearly still fearful of the honest and honorable woman from Alaska. Such a gutless scumbag of an illegitimate poser/usurper who occupies the White House. Amazing lack of honesty in the Liar in Washington.
BobSeptember 10th, 2009 - 7:44 am
IMPEACHMENT OR THE ‘ORIGINAL’ KENYAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE…IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
Sarah Palin is a MomSeptember 10th, 2009 - 8:28 am
It is no wonder that she is defending the most vulnerable in our country. She is a true American. She has done more to save lives than anyone else I can think of in the government today. She is paying dearly for it. Fight the good fight Sarah. Don’t stop.
white guySeptember 10th, 2009 - 8:59 am
Obama hates white people…..and puppies…..and old white people…
DesireeSeptember 10th, 2009 - 9:17 am
The battlecry heard round the country – YOU LIAR.
This horsesazz is trying to bully the citizens of the United States with his thug community activist tactics. We do not like to be bullied, thug. Calling
Sarah Palin a liar because she branded this end of life counseling as a death panel is a lie by the poser-in-chief. While there sits nazi botoxlosi who lied
about the CIA, charlie rangle who should have his azz his jail but still has his chairmanship, bawney fwank, chris dodd and the rest of the hitler youth. How
shameful of this kenyan to denounce people that actually know what what these pigs want to inflict on us. Debate her, pig. Debate Rush Limbaugh, debate Glenn
Beck, debate Mark Levin, debate Dr. Betsy McCaughey. This kenyan pig won’t do it, because he’s a LIAR.
Also when these pigs in Washington have this inflicted on them and we monitor it for a couple of years, then we’ll talk. This obamanation will not
be inflicted on the kenyan’s family, congress and their families or federal employees and their families, WHY???? It it’s not good enough for these pigs,
it’s not good enough for the American people. We are your boss, you work for us. You are public servants.
Sarah Palin is a dumb broadSeptember 10th, 2009 - 9:28 am
“She has done more to save lives than anyone else I can think of in the government today”. Like what, exactly?
john mSeptember 10th, 2009 - 9:34 am
I’m sorry but I’ll take Sarah P’s integrity over Obama’s “charisma politics” any day.
Oh and he still doesn’t know anyone from Chicago……….
Wright (church for 20 yrs…doesn’t know him), Ayers (board of directors with him…doesn’t know him),
Resco (bought him a house….doesn’t know him).
Who is the liar?
Left HandedSeptember 10th, 2009 - 9:40 am
There are some comical remarks here.Clarence yours is the best.A debate between Obama and Palin.I would like to see that.That dummy debating Obama would be the comic event of the century.
JanCSeptember 10th, 2009 - 9:44 am
Only veiled to people who are not paying attention. Obama was ALWAYS running agin Sarah Palin if you recall!
My son accused me of ‘boycotting’ the speech…. I never listen to him. It is a waste of time since I can read it later and hear the most important clips ad nauseum and listen to multiple massages afterward.
dontflagmebroSeptember 10th, 2009 - 9:46 am
So Is Palin gonna announce a 2012 run on 9/12 in DC?
I think Good ol’ Joe made it perfectly clear:
Obama IS AN ‘ILLEGAL ALIEN’…….
NO, WAIT,
OBAMA IS AN ‘UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN’
AHHHH, THAT FITS,
……AT LEAST UNTIL HE PROVES HE’S A ‘NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF THE USA!
racistSeptember 10th, 2009 - 11:29 am
hey o great one,what you dont get is were on to you and your nothing but a liar,liar,liar,liar.go back to kenya or where ever the heii your from?
CON-servative FoolSeptember 10th, 2009 - 11:44 am
When Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) yelled out that President Obama was a “liar” in the middle of Obama’s nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress, he became the poster child for the new Republican Party.
I definitely mean poster “child.” Since President Obama took office, the language of the Republican Party has become more childish and irresponsible by the day.
President Obama’s powerful speech to the nation last night could not have contrasted more sharply. He was the adult in the room, calling on Congress to take responsibility for our future — for stepping up to solve the health care crisis that worsens every day, for making the changes necessary to allow America to live up to its own democratic values — to acknowledge that no one should be denied the health care he needs because he can’t afford it.
By contrast, the Republicans have careened into schoolyard name-calling; Obama the Nazi, Obama the “Joker” from Batman.
They have begun to act like a gang of juvenile delinquents, doing everything they can to frighten senior citizens — attempting to convince them that health care reform would jeopardize their Medicare and that the Government would set up “death panels” with the power to pull the plug on Grandma, when both were patently untrue.
There has been a brazen, bullying quality to their rhetoric — shouting down and intimidating opponents — a willingness to break the rules and say anything that serves their purposes with a complete disregard for consistency or intellectual honesty. Take their “defense” of Medicare: Remember that the Republicans opposed Medicare from its inception. They said that Medicare would lead to “socialism” the same way they claim that health insurance reform and a public option will lead to “socialism” today. As recently as yesterday some Republicans proposed eliminating Medicare and replacing it with a privatized “voucher” system. Yet they have the gall to pretend to defend it against the Democrats who created it.
And then there has been the irresponsibility of encouraging — and legitimating — gun-toting, hate-filled rhetoric by the fringiest of the right wing. The Republican leadership has failed to censure people like the pastor in Arizona who says he prays the President will die. And it has encouraged delusional conspiracy theorists who believe — contrary to all evidence — that Obama was not born in the United States.
As children grow up, one of the measures of increasing maturity is their willingness to begin focusing on the long term — on saving for the future — on getting a good education — on the long-term welfare of their family. Instead of throwing a tantrum because they want an ice cream cone now, they start savings their nickels and dimes for the bicycle they want to save up to buy in the future.
But you won’t find the Republicans dealing with the affects of global warming on the next generation, or reforming the health care system so it won’t devour our economy in the future, or regulating investment markets to prevent reckless investors from wrecking the economy in the years ahead. No, instead of the needs of the next generation, the Republicans want to squander our treasure on short-term tax cuts for millionaires, and short-term profits for large corporations.
Republicans used to have a reputation of staid “conservatism” like they were your stingy old rock-ribbed grandfather. Today’s Republican leaders behave like a bunch of teenagers who got their inheritance too early and can’t find enough ways to indulge their short-term desire for “more.” They no longer reflect the values of middle class families. They reflect the values of reckless, “go go” Wall Street speculators who think anyone who isn’t rich like them is a “chump” and that the purpose of our society is to let them indulge their own self-centered, jet-set fantasies.
Most childish has been their practical refusal to admit that they lost the election and that Barack Obama is actually the President of the United States. Their recent attack on the President’s speech to schoolchildren that aimed to inspire them to work hard and stay in school may be the clearest example. Whether the Right likes it or not, Barack Obama is the leader of our nation. Questioning the appropriateness of his addressing the nation’s children with an uplifting message is the political equivalent of a child closing his eyes, holding his ears and humming so he doesn’t have to acknowledge that it’s time to go to bed. Sorry, Barack Obama won the election, temper tantrums won’t change it.
Last night Joe Wilson etched his political legacy into the wall of American history. He will forever be the poster “child” that symbolizes the new Republican Party.
kmichaelsSeptember 10th, 2009 - 12:07 pm
History in every nation that has socialized medicine proves over and over again that death panels of government leaders always, without fail, have to be formed in order to choose how to best ration the care since the cost of government medicine always is too much for idiots in government to control. Every day there are new stories or rationed care and old people being told to just die because what they have is too expensive to fix or they are in the statistical category of being likely to die soon anyhow. This is reality. Obama is a proven liar as everyone on earth knows by now. It is a waste of breath to try to defend the socialist in chief. Our best bet as a nation is to try to minimize the damage that the elitist idiot kid president wants to impose upon our nation. Remember that nation of ours that Obama feels the need to apologize for. That nation that is now weak and helpless since the insane are now running the asylum. And the MSM that was supposed to be our friends, well, count them out. Journalism from the left was dead at birth and now simple exhibits the stench of a thousand rotting corpses.
kmichaelsSeptember 10th, 2009 - 12:12 pm
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE ALWAYS EVERY SINGLE TIME REQUIRES DEATH PANELS
TO BE CREATED TO CUT COSTS DUE TO NECESSARY RATIONING.
Anything opposing this idea is a lie. Obama is a liar. Case closed.
kmichaelsSeptember 10th, 2009 - 12:16 pm
Recent attack on Obama for just telling kids to work hard and stay in school.
Which does not explain why we had official school outlines for how
the kids might HELP OBAMA.
Which does not explain why Obama changed his speech only AFTER THE UPROAR.
Which does not explain why Obama could not post the speech weeks in advance.
But let’s just run with the strawman argument that parents objected to their
kids being told to stay in school because obviously that was their objection.
You know how parents hate it when their kids are told to stay in school and work hard.
Yea, that lame liberal argument makes zero sense but they are the party of lies and liars.
Palin! The biggest political laugh in the last 50+ years. But she has learned one thing, maybe from see beck lie, lie beck lie, that FEAR is the single biggest motivator. Like the Nazi propoganda machine knew, if you tell a BIG enough lie and tell it often enough, the ignorant masses will believe it!
kmichaelsSeptember 10th, 2009 - 12:54 pm
So tom, explain your understanding of rationing under a socialized healthcare system and show proof that it does not typically happen.
Because under every socialized health care system in the world RATIONING HAPPENS, has happened, and is ongoing.
good ole tom, has the brains of an ant missing one if his antennae.
kmichaelsSeptember 10th, 2009 - 12:56 pm
tom does not fear socialism because tom is too stupid to understand why it is a bad form of government and has failed every single time it was tried.
TamikaSeptember 11th, 2009 - 12:27 pm
Sarah Palin is one ignorant quitter. She’s also one of those repukes trying to bring down PRESIDENT OBAMA. Nobody takes her seriously. Nobody ever did. She’s also a inner breeding redneck hillbillie. PRESIDENT OBAMA walked all over her and the old man during the election. He showed her and if she thinks she’s going to run for president he’ll show her again.
JulieSeptember 12th, 2009 - 4:50 pm
Well now, “CON-servative Fool” on September 10th, 2009 at 11:44 am–You wrote,
“President Obama’s … speech to the nation last night … call[ed] on Congress to take responsibility for our future….” And you say that he was the ADULT???
That’s not “adult,” it’s obscene. Tell you what, Fool, YOU go right ahead and have somebody else take responsibility for YOUR future and YOUR life. The incumbent’s speech appeals to all who are at heart, and wish to remain, infants–so as not to have to take responsibility for their own lives. That’s the kinder interpretation. The less kind one is that such people who are at heart elitists who believe that The Masses, i.e. the Man-on-the-Street, the Little Guy, is too stupid or too lazy to take care of himself–regardless of how he got that way. Which are YOU, Fool? An infant, or a patronizing, condescending elitist?
We Grownups prefer to win or lose on our own hook. Out of self-respect and practical common sense we take responsibility for our own lives; thus others won’t have to. In this way even YOU, Fool, are absolved from being enslaved to me…or to any person or gang claiming to represent me–even when the claim is legitimate.
And we respect others enough to assume they’re not helpless until they show that they are…which still does not give them any CLAIM on our lives, however…though most of us, out of human compassion, will try to help where and as we can.
No, Fool. To claim “adulthood” for the infant delivering this speech would be laughable if it weren’t dangerously stupid.
Another Saul Alinsky tactic…demonize the opposition.