Speaking of Mrs. Ain'tBehaving...

Or is that Mrs. AintAQuitter? I dunno anymore... and apparently neither does she... Yep, we're talking Sarah Palin again... (hey, i'd stop if she would... matter of fact, I'm willing to make a deal... if she doesn't say anything else stoopid, I won't make fun of her saying stoopid things anymore... how's that?)

Anyway, much has been made of Ms. Palin's "death panel" remark a couple of weeks back, but what has largely been ignored (as DailyKos points out) is that just a year ago Ms. Palin was IN FAVOR of the establishment of exactly the same kind of death panels... to the point of declaring April 16th, 2008 Healthcare Decisions Day... OY...

From the declaration:

WHEREAS, Healthcare Decisions Day is designed to raise public awareness of the need to plan ahead for healthcare decisions, related to end of life care and medical decision-making whenever patients are unable to speak for themselves and to encourage the specific use of advance directives to communicate these important healthcare decisions. WHEREAS, in Alaska, Alaska Statute 13.52 provides the specifics of the advance directives law and offers a model form for patient use.

WHEREAS, it is likely that a significant reason for these low percentages is that there is both a lack of knowledge and considerable confusion in the public about Advance Directives.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Palin, Governor of the state of Alaska, do hereby proclaim April 16, 2008, as: Healthcare Decisions Day in Alaska, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.

Hmmm... sound at all familiar? Probably not to Ms. Palin...

(Of course, a large part of the irony in this post is based on the concept that Ms. Palin actually read and was able to comprehend what she was signing when she was governor... a large assumption, I know, but I'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt here...)