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Default The Right Wing Lies About Obama's Health Plan

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:55:33 -0500, thunder
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On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:23:33 -0400, NotNow wrote:

First, the bull**** about killing off the elderly.

On former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show, former lieutenant governor of
New York Betsy McCaughey said that the House’s proposed health care bill
contained a provision that would institute mandatory counseling sessions
telling seniors how "to do what’s in society’s best interest … and cut
your life short." House Minority Leader John Boehner made a slightly
more measured statement, warning that the same provision "may start us
down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia if
enacted into law."


Geez, you would think the Republicans would get on the same page. The
"Death Panel" was an amendment put in by a pro-life Republican, from your
state by the way. And, it makes sense.

http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/...ct-a-pro-life-
republican-from-georgia.html


From your source:

"...A spokesperson for Palin told ABC News that the former governor
was referring to a section promoting advance care planning that
appears on page 425 of the House Democrats' bill [pdf]. Advance care
planning includes living wills and durable powers of attorney that
allow individuals to make clear their wishes for end-of-life care,
whatever they may be.

And as it turns out, the cause of advance planning has been championed
especially strongly by a pro-life Republican -- U.S. Sen. Johnny
Isakson of Georgia."

No where does it say Isakson authored the paragraphs in the bill. You
guys will pull anything out of your hats. Go read the bill, starting
on page 429.

--
John H

All decisions, even those made by liberals, are the result of binary thinking.