Sarah's media guide to coverage of Obma's speech

Former governor Palin says that if you watch coverage of President Obama's speech by the Democrat-Media Complex (DMC) tonight, you'll be able to tell which pundits were on the White House A-list to receive its talking points by noting which ones use the words "false", "scary", and "risky" to describe the health care reform proposals she advanced in her Tuesday Facebook posting.

The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate has a new post up on her Facebook Notes page, just in time to get under the president's skin before he delivers his health care speech to congress Wednesday night. In addition to he jab at the Obama-loving media, she points out that the White House has still not addressed several of the arguments she made Tuesday:

Response to the White House

I'm pleased that the White House is finally responding to Republican health care ideas instead of pretending they don't exist.[1] But in doing so President Obama should follow his own sound advice and avoid making "wild misrepresentations".[2] Medicare vouchers would give everyone on Medicare the chance to decide for themselves which health plan to use, rather than leave that decision to government bureaucrats. Such proposals are the kind of health care reform that Republicans stand for: market-oriented, patient-centered, and result-driven.

The White House talking points leave the rest of my arguments unanswered. They don't respond to the idea that all individuals should get the same tax benefits received by those who get coverage through their employers; that we must reform our tort laws; and that we should allow Americans to buy insurance across state lines. The White House also fails to respond to the Nyce/Schieber study indicating that wages will fall if the government expands coverage without reducing health care inflation rates.

One last thing: after President Obama's speech tonight, listen for which pundits use the words "false", "scary", and "risky" in describing the proposals I put forward. That's how you'll be able to tell who the White House counted as "allies" worthy of receiving its talking points.

-Sarah Palin

[1] See http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/White_House_talking_points_blast_Palin.html.
[2] See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/opinion/16obama.html.

All of Sarah Palin's Facebook Notes posts can be accessed here.

Shane Vander Hart will be liveblogging Obama’s address tonight and will go live at 6:45 PM  at Caffeinated Thoughts.

- JP