Death Panel Democrat Earl Blumenauer Tries To Distance Himself From Cheer-Leading Memo

From Fire Andrea Mitchell:

3:08 PM (4 hours ago)Death panel Democrat Earl Blumenauer tries to distance himself from cheerleading memofrom Fire Andrea Mitchell! by adminAnother example of a fine west coast progressive liberal. You may remember that it was revealed on Christmas that Democrat Earl Blumenauer of Oregon had his office send out a memo to supporters cheering on the new end-of-life counseling regulations. But the memo also told it’s readers to “avoid celebrating” such an accomplishment because it might get out and be revealed that death panels are really in ObamaCARE. Now, The Hill confronted Blumenauer on the memo, and suddenly he regrets it. Of course we all know he only regrets it because he got caught.






“If I had seen the memo, I would have suggested it be worded differently,” Blumenauer told The Hill.



In the memo, first reported on Dec. 26 by The New York Times, Blumenaeur’s office expressed concern that new attention to end-of-life care planning could doom an end-of-life provision included in a Medicare regulation issued last month.



“Thus far, it seems that no press or blogs have discovered it, but we will be keeping a close watch and may be calling on you if we need a rapid, targeted response,” the memo read. “The longer this goes unnoticed, the better our chances of keeping it.”