TPM:In her first speech outside the United States, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told a CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets event that "death panels" is a "serious term."
"Recently I seem to have acquired some notoriety in an area of national debate, and all because of two words: death panels. And this is a serious term that was intended to sound a warning about the rationing that is sure to follow if big government tries to simultaneously increase health-care coverage while also claiming to decrease costs," she said, according to a recording obtained by Bloomberg. (The speech was closed to media.)
"It's just common sense to realize that government's attempts to solve large problems, like the health-care challenges that we have, more often create new ones," she continued.
The Wall Street Journal reported similar death panel comments, but sources for the New York Times said she did not repeat the attack.
And there is more...Delegates walked out 'in disgust' at Palin speech. Questions are prearranged; 'It was awful,' one US delegate says.
Raw Story:
Some of those who attended praised her forthright views on government social and economic intervention and others walked out early in disgust.
"She was brilliant," said a European delegate, on condition of anonymity.
"She said America was spending a lot of money and it was a temporary solution. Normal people are having to pay more and more but things don't get better. The rich will leave the country and the poor will get poorer."
Two US delegates left early, with one saying "it was awful, we couldn't stand it any longer". He declined to be identified.
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