More Palin Hypocrisy; This Time It's Healthcare

Can anyone really take this woman seriously? 

by Jeffrey Joseph

With President Obama working hard to take his message of healthcare reform to the people and health insurers looking to raise rates, it appears rather telling about the larger debate that Sarah Palin, FOX contributor and one of healthcare reform's most public opponents, has been such an overt hypocrite about the topic.

Reminiscing about her childhood, Palin recently told a group in Canada about how she and her family used to cross the border to receive healthcare in Canada. It indeed proved an "ironic" admission, as she called it, though Palin left it unclear if she realized in what way. This same woman has denigrated healthcare reform efforts in the U.S., which aspire to move the nation closer to the rankings of the far more successful Canadian system, as "downright evil." Even now, years after she and her family reaped the benefits of Canada's universal healthcare, Palin had the audacity to criticize that system for needing to allow a "private sector takeover" as if that model has always served her well in the past.

Palin's story reveals more about how much of a joke she is, and not just because of her stand-up performance on Jay Leno. The interview with Leno had her actually parroting FOX's motto in demanding "that there needs to be the fairness, the balance in there. That's why I joined FOX." Surprisingly, she did not appear to make that utterance in good humor, perhaps unwilling to test the audience too much. As one member of the audience and author of the Going Rouge coloring book noted, Palin's humor appeared to fall flat and require a laugh track to make it presentable. She may have had better luck eliciting laughter if she tried her line defending her incredibly hypocritical telepalmer incident by claiming that God does it, too.

No wonder Palin so regularly denigrates the media, of which she is a member, and tries to exclude others from her events; the jokes that she makes intentionally hardly have the desired effect, but the real humor and insight into her values come from Palin's attempts to be serious. For the adequately informed, Palin makes for an unwitting jester. Unfortunately, for a number of people willfully ignorant of Palin's hypocrisy, the views she pretends to hold could harm the progress of the concerned citizens who would rather not have to cross the border for healthcare. They should ask for the the would-be comedian to be pulled from the stage -- and choose to Turn Off FOX.

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