Comments on: Palin Uses Her Family To Spread Health Care Lies http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/08/07/palin-uses-her-family-to-spread-health-care-lies/ [Please go to 'Settings' to change your Tagline] Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:21:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: thesmoots http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/08/07/palin-uses-her-family-to-spread-health-care-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-61 thesmoots Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:32:30 +0000 http://trueslant.com/justingardner/?p=476#comment-61 Boy, if palinism isn't a mental health watch word it should be. The woman just makes things up whole cloth. I know that the fools who actually listen to her aren't the type to find out facts but being that ignorant is just stupid. How did she make it to governor? Was everyone else out with the flu that week or what? Boy, if palinism isn’t a mental health watch word it should be. The woman just makes things up whole cloth. I know that the fools who actually listen to her aren’t the type to find out facts but being that ignorant is just stupid. How did she make it to governor? Was everyone else out with the flu that week or what?

]]> By: markbolton http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/08/07/palin-uses-her-family-to-spread-health-care-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-60 markbolton Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:43:58 +0000 http://trueslant.com/justingardner/?p=476#comment-60 The idea of denying healthcare unless it can "ensure development of practical reasoning skills" becomes more and more attractive every time Palin opens her mouth. :) The idea of denying healthcare unless it can “ensure development of practical reasoning skills” becomes more and more attractive every time Palin opens her mouth. :)

]]> By: davidlosangeles http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/08/07/palin-uses-her-family-to-spread-health-care-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-59 davidlosangeles Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:11:33 +0000 http://trueslant.com/justingardner/?p=476#comment-59 Mr. Gardner, By itself, this particular piece of non-sense is probably not a factor in the overall debate about health care. However it is part of the broader "everything and the kitchen sink" approach, throw up any and every imaginable (or in this case, unimaginable) argument and just keep it coming. It is a variation on the "Big Lie", the "Many Lies", even if one does not believe each and every lie, people are likely to believe that at least some of those lies much true. Someone could say "Well of course there will not be 'death panels' but maybe national health will make me wait years for badly needed surgery". Mr. Gardner,

By itself, this particular piece of non-sense is probably not a factor in the overall debate about health care. However it is part of the broader “everything and the kitchen sink” approach, throw up any and every imaginable (or in this case, unimaginable) argument and just keep it coming. It is a variation on the “Big Lie”, the “Many Lies”, even if one does not believe each and every lie, people are likely to believe that at least some of those lies much true. Someone could say “Well of course there will not be ‘death panels’ but maybe national health will make me wait years for badly needed surgery”.

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