Murkowski Rebuts Palin: Don't "Gin Up Fear" With Death Panel Lies

Anchorage Daily News:

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday told an Anchorage crowd that critics of health care reform, the summer's hottest political topic, aren't helping the debate by throwing out highly charged assertions not based in fact.

"It does us no good to incite fear in people by saying that there's these end-of-life provisions, these death panels," Murkowski, a Republican, said. "Quite honestly, I'm so offended at that terminology because it absolutely isn't (in the bill). There is no reason to gin up fear in the American public by saying things that are not included in the bill."

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Comments

[redsongia]

Alaskans must be pretty happy that their diva celebrity left office early and left governing to the grown ups.

[Rapid Ray]

Palin's "death panel" comment was the political equivalent of putting one foot in the grave. what she didn't bargain for is a line of her own GOP members forming to push the other foot in.

[redsongia]

Yes, with the economy as it is, it looks like Alaska's politicians are trying to turn the page on the Sarah Palin show so they can get down to the business of making hard decisions and running the state.

[MRb1000]

She will be retracting her statement soon because her party leader called Rush will tell her to take it back.

Rush is the party head.

[hunt49]

Look out, a Republican is talking reasonably - attacks from the media nutcases in 3...2...1.­..

Murkowski, beware the Charge of the Lightweight Brigade! Theirs is not to question why (or think, or reason, or apply insightful rational processing to complex issues), theirs is but to do... What the lobbyists want them to do.

[MoeJava]

This is interestin­g....... Palin is being blasted by another A) Alaskan B) GOP C) Woman
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Wonder how Tundra Barbie will try to spin this?
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[SharpDressedMan]

One notable difference between Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin is this. Lisa is a moderate and Sarah is a fundamentalist.

Palin put herself in a corner on this issue. She repelled Democrats, Independents and Republicans. She basically retracted the death panel comment in last Monday's statement in her Facebook account.

[redsongia]

And is looks like Murkowski is a career politician, whereas Palin is a celebritard, radio host wannabe.

[JayeSF]

I'll tell you what...it'­s time for Murkowski, Snowe, and Hagel to declare themselves Independents and put an end to this madness before someone seriously gets hurt. This is gonna get uglier...a­nd more outta control.

None of these 3 have ANY fear of ever losing their seats if they leave the sinking ship of the repooblican party.

Someone needs to do something for the nation.

Something very bad is going to happen quite soon if nobody from the other side of the aisle takes much MORE of a stand than just THIS....

[IWantTofu]

It heartens me to see that we have some Republican politicians that are willing to stand up for what is right, and to condemn the lies and distortions that are coming from her party. While she may disagree with various policy issues, she is willing to discuss her ideas on their merits rather than engage or see her party engage in the spreading of malicious lies and distortions.

[Deja Peterson]

too late. but funny how sarah has suddenly left the discussion. i haven't heard her say a d*mn thing since she started this mess. fu*king cow.ard.

[PhilipTaylor]

SELF-INSURE 306 Million AMERICANS!

It is NO ACC1DENT the second richest man in America made his money with 1NSURANCE, the biggest SCAM on Planet Earth!

A money machine for the EL1TES!

306 Million People Should Self-Insure their Health Care! Big Corporations do it all the TIME to avoid the SCAM!

Single-Payer is SELF-INSURANCE of 306 Million people!

HR 676 in House and S 705 in Senate!

[moongal6]

http://pnhp.org

[KillgoreTrout43]

Comoe on now! Don't start scrubbing my posts. There is no reason for it.

[KillgoreTrout43]

Thank you!

[underoath]

I can't wait till tommorow when she take's it all back.

[postman66]

Not going to happen. Murkowski can smell the b lood in the water.

[Clovie]

This was pretty easy for Murkowski to point out, she and Sarah don't exactly get along. But, good for her for telling it like it is.

[redsongia]

Exactly. She's a republican and probably has her own reservations about the health care reforms being discussed, but at least she's trying to keep the discussion constructive. That's SUPPOSED to be the function of a two party system.

[Solja]

Somebody needs to advise her to whisper that in Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley's lying ears. He is pushing the same exact lie.

[Kingstone]

Lisa tries to be a good one, but she refuses to support health care bill. She does not like Palin, but on this one she is right.

[jeanwny]

The people along with most officials in Alaska very obviously know what they had and probably are so glad it is the past tense they don't have a reason to not challenge her gad awful rhetoric. She digs herself in deeper everyday in every way.