Guess Who's Talking About Death Panels Now?

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Remember the hoots of derision when Sarah Palin suggested they'd be used?

Starting about 2:00 in:


Remember Krugman himself?

At one level, the most striking thing about the campaign against reform was its dishonesty. Remember “death panels”? Remember how reform’s opponents would, in the same breath, accuse Mr. Obama of promoting big government and denounce him for cutting Medicare? Politics ain’t beanbag, but, even in these partisan times, the unscrupulous nature of the campaign against reform was exceptional. And, rest assured, all the old lies and probably a bunch of new ones will be rolled out again in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision. Let’s hope the Democrats are ready.
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Sure is strange how everyone laughs and he goes right back to the point he was on before that. Almost like it was a joke?
 
The whole right-wing dumbosphere is running with this like it's some big shocking new thing. The funniest article about it is this one from Newsbusters, which even makes the "hypocrisy" accusation by linking to two of Krugman's columns.

What makes it so funny is that, in a sign of the right's terminal outrage amnesia, it makes no mention of the equally crowing (and equally stupid) article posted on Newsbusters two years ago when Krugman first started snarkily referring to "death panels and sales taxes".

Sheesh.
 
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And considering there was and is no such thing as death panels in the UK NHS.....
 
Brainster said:
Remember the hoots of derision when Sarah Palin suggested they'd be used?

Starting about 2:00 in:


Remember Krugman himself?
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Yeah, he used the the term as a joke. The difference is that Palin was being serious. If you listen to what he said, it was that we're going to have to eventually start making choices about what we can afford to pay for, such as not paying for medical treatments that have no proven medical benefit. Then jokingly he referred to that as "death panels".
 
Puppycow said:
Yeah, he used the the term as a joke. The difference is that Palin was being serious. If you listen to what he said, it was that we're going to have to eventually start making choices about what we can afford to pay for, such as not paying for medical treatments that have no proven medical benefit. Then jokingly he referred to that as "death panels".
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This.


Nice Fail thread, Brainster.

:rolleyes:
 
Distribution of medical care based on cost is already a factor in healthcare and will only grow in importance. However, stealing a page from Mr. Luntz, and understanding that deciding how to ration medical care has two sides, I shall insist on the term, "Life Panel" instead. We aren't deciding who will die, but rather, who will live. And, in the spirit of limited but efficient government, we'll only do a little of it.

After all, under God's murky but beneficent plan, death is the default. I will also insist on calling your shortened stay in the ICU, "waiting for your ticket to heaven." Each of the major religions will have a chance to convert you in turn, assuring equal access to an appropriate afterlife.

Dying has had too much bad press. Embrace the adventure!
 
Can't this forum adopt a new rule that if you're too retarded to understand irony, you're not allowed to start a thread?
ANTPogo said:
The whole right-wing dumbosphere is running with this like it's some big shocking new thing. The funniest article about it is this one from Newsbusters, which even makes the "hypocrisy" accusation by linking to two of Krugman's columns.
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I like the title: "Kooky Paul Krugman".

Because kooky people are well known to be widely respected in their field and to receive Nobel prizes.

It's awesome how removed from reality these guys are.
 
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Peephole said:
Because kooky people are well known to be widely respected in their field and to receive Nobel prizes.
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But you have to remember, Nobel Prizes are only prizes given to liberals who advance the cause.
 
ANTPogo said:
Here you go.
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Thanks.

I loved this part:

Of course, that same Stephen Hawking who wouldn’t have a chance in the United Kingdom was in fact born in the United Kingdom, has lived his entire life in the United Kingdom and lives there still today, at the ripe old age of 67. (He was in fact hospitalized earlier this month.) Hawking is, you might say, living, breathing proof that these people are first-class fools.

UPDATE: Investors Business Daily has corrected its editorial, removing all mention of Stephen Hawking. And Hawking himself has responded, telling the UK’s Guardian:

“I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.”
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