It was something a rather conservative friend linked on Facebook, not something here. I didn't say dissociate, I said they shouldn't associate with someone with whom they don't want to be associated. Biden's done some cringeworthy things, but he's had his good moments, too (like pointing out to all the Republicans who said, "if Iraq intel was so bad, why didn't Intelligence Committee members tell the rest of Congress?" that it would've been a treasonous violation of their oaths if they had. ) If they're going to call themselves "Sarahs people" that's probably how most will see them; if you don't like that, you're problem isn't with me, it's with the people claiming her, or reality.

I don't recall any Republicans saying they wanted to stop bans on preexisting conditions, but I could've missed it. Which of them was saying that? Though they weren't the only ones saying it, and "me, too" isn't a proposal. The only Republican proposal I do recall hearing about was a rider to prevent any public option from using cost/benefit analysis (Palins "death panels" ) and GUARANTEEING private insurers could CONTINUE using the decades old practice in perpetuity. So it seems they weren't so much upset by "death panels" as about who used them.

As to the rest, I see no problem with a public discussion of the issue. And IIRC neither do Republicans, provided they can snipe from the sidelines without having to actually contribute anything. Why they thought even someone as inept as Obama would let them nail his foot to the floor while they committed to nothing I have no idea.