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Palin: Medicare Leads to Totalitarianism
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/3/2008
Palin: Medicare Leads to Totalitarianism
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In her closing statement last night, Sarah Palin quoted Ronald Reagan : It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream; we have to fight for it and protect it, and then hand it to them so ...

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Wonkette » top:  Palin Quoted Reagan Calling Medicare Communism

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Palin Quoted Reagan Calling Medicare Communism
Wonkette » top — ... Palin proudly quoted Ronald Reagan last night, you betcha. So what was that weird quote about, anyway? It’s from this LP propaganda record, part of a “campaign organized by the American Medical Association to block the passage of Medicare.” Here’s what Palin quoted: Ha ha, she wants to end Medicare, to stop the communists, and make old people die. She hates old people. Palin: Medicare Leads to Totalitarianism [Yglesias] Raising the white flag of surrender — ...

Palin References Reagan’s Opposition To Medicare
Wonk Room — ... Matt Yglesias notes that during yesterday’s vice presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) quoted a 1961 advocacy ad by Ronald Reagan. In the ad, Reagan urges his listeners to oppose the growing menace of socialized medicine and argues that Medicare legislation ...

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Raising the white flag of surrender - to Medicare
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 10/3/2008 — Freedom in danger Unbelievable. Sarah Palin finished her closing remarks by quoting Ronald Reagan: It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream; we ...
Context matters
washingtonmonthly.com 10/3/2008 — CONTEXT MATTERS.... In her closing statement last night, Palin relied on a pleasant sounding quote from Reagan: "It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don't pass it to our children...