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Politifact's Lie of the Year: 'Death Panels'

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Professor Chaos12/20/2009 11:05:43 am PST

re: #19 sattv4u2

So someone phrasing a line in a proposed bill as a “death panel’ to try to scare (literally) support against the bill is worse that promising the bill will get a full public airing AND not be signed for almost a week after?
Perhaps if the bill DID get that full public display the “death panel” comment would have been laughed at immediatly instead of taking root

I updinged you there because I agree with where you’re coming from, but don’t for a second think that full public display would have stopped these people from making and spreading the death panel nonsense. And the same people would have believed it with or without it actually being there.