Sarah Palin seems more appropriately represented by the "ass" mascot than any Democrat I've ever known. She claimed today that the President's health care plan would essentially convene a "death panel" to review cases and deny coverage to people like her child with Down Syndrome. This is the most ludicrous thing I think I have ever read in my life! The only thing "downright evil" about the current debate over health care is the desire of Palin and many others in the Republican party to distort the facts surrounding the issue and avoid engaging in a civil discussion in favor of fear mongering.

What is so "evil" about a public option in the health care system? The fact that insurance companies don't WANT to compete with another health care option that happens to be run by the government is not justification alone to avoid such an arrangement. I'm sure Comcast doesn't WANT to be regulated by the government over Internet and cable standards, but is that a reason not to regulate them - because they don't feel like it? The myth that the "public option" is going to bankrupt a multi-billion dollar industry is quite frankly completely ridiculous.

Here is the source of this story from the Associated Press, written by Mark Thiessen:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090808/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_health_care_14