Reversals

Palin Urges Restraint at Town Halls

On Friday, she lambasted “death panels.”

This takes nerve: A few days after she alleged that President Obama’s health care plans would create “death panels” that could kill her son, Trig, Sarah Palin is urging civility. "There are many disturbing details in the current bill that Washington is trying to rush through Congress, but we must stick to a discussion of the issues and not get sidetracked by tactics that can be accused of leading to intimidation or harassment," Palin wrote on her Facebook page. "Such tactics diminish our nation’s civil discourse which we need now more than ever because the fine print in this outrageous health care proposal must be understood clearly and not get lost in conscientious voters’ passion to want to make elected officials hear what we are saying. Let’s not give the proponents of nationalized health care any reason to criticize us."