You know, for someone who the loony left dares the Republicans to nominate in 2012 because she’s perceived to be the weakest candidate, they sure are running scared of Sarah Palin! This comes from Mitch Stewart at Organizing Against America, the Obama/DNC front group:
Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly publicized, nationwide book tour, attacking President Obama and his plan for health reform at every turn.
It’s dangerous. Remember, this is the person who coined the term “Death Panels” — and opened the flood gates for months of false attacks by special interests and partisan extremists.
Whatever lie comes next will be widely covered by the media, then constantly echoed by right-wing attack groups and others who are trying to defeat reform.
As we approach the final sprint on health reform, we can’t afford more deception and delay. We need to be ready for anything — and have the resources to respond with ads, events, and calls to Congress when the attacks come.
(snip out blatant financial appeal #1)
Earlier this month, Palin publicly said that she hopes health reform will be “dead on arrival.” And since then, she’s been working fiercely toward that goal.
On Tuesday, Palin went on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show where she outrageously — and falsely — suggested that Americans could “face jail time as punishment” if they don’t buy insurance.
Palin has many more interviews scheduled on Hannity and other conservative shows in the next few weeks, with more platforms to go after the President. As soon as she does, the rest of our opponents will likely parrot those attacks.
We need to be prepared. And we’re counting on you help. Can you chip in $5 or more?
I’d rather chip in the $15 on Amazon and buy Sarah Palin’s book myself.
But there are a couple points which need to be made. Perhaps it’s true that you don’t “face jail time as punishment” under President Obama’s plan, but the problem is we don’t know just what his plan is! (By the way, the jail time would come from the tax law, not necessarily from this bill.)
The second and more important point is that President Obama has his own bully pulpit, yet has not been successful in convincing a overwhelming portion of the population of the benefits of his program. So he has to go into attack mode against an opponent who obviously is figured as a potential 2012 rival – an opponent with tremendous personal popularity. I haven’t gotten e-mails from Mitch Stewart attempting to trash Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, or Mitt Romney by name.
All I know is that Mitch gave me my laugh for the day and I thought I’d share the idiocy. Oh, one more question: why do they need to ask for money when Obama has his own personal stash? That’s where the women in Detroit thought the stimulus money was coming from.
