Having spent ten days mostly out of news range, I missed watching as it happened the fabulous Sarah Palin takedown of the Obamacare “death panels.” But am now all caught up, thanks to Richard Cohen’s column of today attacking her.
Mrs. Palin needs no defending by me-she’s got more than smarts and guts enough to take on the 98-ounce weakling that is Mr. Cohen’s mind. And in general the piece showcases his usual sneering rediscovery of the wheel-“aha! I have thought up something almost original: I’ll compare a conservative to Joseph McCarthy!”
But something he says more or less in passing cries out for special note:
A graceful exit after end-of-life counseling. Well, thanks to Sarah Palin’s McCarthyite meddling, only very rich old people who are ideologically sophisticated enough to realize what a drain they are on the rest of us will get to experience the pulling of their own plugs, while old poor people (and recalcitrant rubes like her who refuse to practice eugenics on their own children), who really should consider offing themselves rather than wasting precious medical resources by seeking treatment, will continue selfishly struggle to stay alive.
