Washington, November 10: Former US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s latest comments have raised eyebrows again.
In her latest appearance at a pro-life gathering in the northern state of Wisconsin, the 45-year-old former Alaska governor called attention to a “disturbing” propensity to conspiracy by referring to newly minted dollar coins that have the motto “In God We Trust” on their edges rather than in the center.
Palin’s reportedly discursive oration touched on unspecified conspiratorial powers in the US, which ‘call the shots.’
“Who makes a decision like that?” the US media have quoted her as saying in reference to the design of the new US dollar coins.
“Who calls a shot like that?” she rhetorically asked a crowd of around 5,000 people who were not allowed to carry mobile phones and other recording devices.
“It’s a disturbing trend,” added Palin.
She also spoke about her opposition to President Barack Obama’s recently endorsed healthcare system overhaul plan, which she said purportedly provides selective health service to US citizens.
“In order to save government money, government healthcare has to be rationed… [so] then this elderly person that perhaps could be seen as costing taxpayers to pay for a non-productive life? Do you think our elderly will be first in line for limited healthcare?” Politico.com quoted the 2008 Republican vice presidential contender as saying.
US media outlets also reported on Monday that she attacked Obama’s healthcare system revamp, which is meant to offer a public plan for the 47 million uninsured Americans, in her communications on the social networking website Facebook, accusing the president’s so-called public insurance option of creating ‘death panels’ for the elderly and the infirm.
“We had been told there were no ‘death panels’ in the bill either,” she wrote.
“But look closely at the provision mandating bureaucratic panels that will be calling the shots regarding who will receive government healthcare.”
–Agencies