March 9, 2010
Sarah Palin visits Canada
“Believe it or not — this was in the ’60s — we used to hustle on over the border for healthcare that we would receive in Whitehorse,” she told the crowd.
“I remember my brother, he burned his ankle in some little kid accident thing, and my parents had to put him on a train and rush him over to Whitehorse and I think, isn’t that kind of ironic now. Zooming over the border, getting healthcare from Canada?”
Yes, actually, that is ironic.
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“And I think.” Yes, Sarah, that is ironic.
Dear Americans:
Keep your stinkin’ Palin to yourself please. We have enough political idiots here, we don’t need to import any extra.
(palm to face)
Walt. I really want to smack her face. Hard.
For what it’s worth.
death panels.
You know, as much as I fear Palin and her potential to completely upend our country, I can’t say that I hate her. Much like Bush, I don’t think she’s bright enough to fully realize what she is doing. It’s like hating a dog that’s been bred to fight–it just doesn’t seem to be the right emotion. Now, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney–those men, I hate.
word.
I wonder if it’s actually true. They issued health cards, and you needed one to be treated, for one thing. Perhaps it was different then, but I don’t remember a time when, if you didn’t have your health card, they didn’t send you the bill until you provided one. They did at one time let you apply on the spot, but for that you needed proof of residence.
Although I don’t know if that was true then, i bet it was. Second, universal health care came in in 1966, but at that time I think it may have only applied to the provinces: Whitehorse is in Yukon, which was a territory, and did not have autonomous government. That doesn’t mean that there wasn’t universal health care, but it does mean that it would have been directly administered by the Federal Gov’t. How did they get it? It’s not as if they never saw Americans in Whitehorse, but it’s also not as if we were in the habit of paying their medical bills either.
She might be telling the truth, but I smell bullshit, not least because she was born in 1964: when the sixties ended, she was not yet 6. She has this kind of detailed memory of obtaining healthcare for her brother?
Politico has it: Socialized medecine only came to Yukon in 1972.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0310/Palin_as_a_child_went_to_Canada_for_care.html
Nasty little liar.
“Hi, Canada! You guys are so great. When I was little we stole your tax dollars from you. Remember that? It was awesome. Other things we took: one of those hats your state police wear, a hockey puck, the carcass of a wolf. We also broke into a few houses but found nothing of value.”
Reading this makes me realize how much I miss y’all. Stupid jury duty.
Keep scrolling, Kelseylove. We had a party last night. Look for the post with 139 comments.