Former Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska is maybe out of office, but she is, predictably, becoming a threat to civil discourse!
Last weekend, she came out with a statement that Barack Obama was intending to promote “death panels” that would decide the future of the elderly, such as her parents, and her son, Trig, who was born with Downs Syndrome.
This is outrageous, totally false, and all it does is promote hysteria and panic among the American people.
Interestingly, after much criticism over the weekend, Palin yesterday seemed to withdraw her statement, emphasizing the importance of civil discourse on a subject as important as health care.
However, this does not lessen the damage she has done, and the best one could ask for, but of course will not occur, is that Sarah Palin keep her mouth shut until she knows the facts about what she is talking about. This will require many months, if not years, of educating herself so she does not play a destructive role, inspiring people to act irresponsibly and behave like a mob, when they want to believe that she is a legitimate public figure.
At this point, unfortunately, she is NOT legitimate!