When a republican congresswoman didn’t buckle under on his insistence that there are no “death panels” in the healthcare bill. The whole group around the table almost didn’t know what to say.
They seem to be obsessed with the fact that the words “Death Panels and “Euthanasia” are not listed in the bill. After all Sarah Palin said it, it MUST be false. If I may be so bold to suggest to these experienced pols and reporters there is precedent for something being misnamed to wit:
Sir Humphrey: East Yemen isn’t that a democracy?
Dick from the Foreign Office: It’s full name is the People’s Democratic Republic of East Yemen.
Sir Humphrey: Oh I see so it’s a Communist Dictatorship.
The actual clip comes at about 2:53 in this bit:
I think Yes Prime Minister should be required watching for anyone who follows politics.
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