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gvstn

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10. Thanks, for talking me through this.
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 02:07 AM
Apr 2014

Narrowing down the dates, it appears Sarah Palin was the one who injected that term into mainstream politics on March 18, 2010. You stay classy Sarah. http://www.foxnews.com/story/2010/03/18/palin-calls-health-care-process-undemocratic-and-un-american/

Google results from Feb 1 to March 30, 2010 other than porn videos it is Sarah Palin that uses that term: http://tinyurl.com/n744uge

Edit: I stand corrected it must have started before March 5 but I am sure Sarah Palin had something to do with it becoming a MSM "meme"--she was a media darling at the time; I've just never heard language like that used in mainstream political reporting before that. http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/bzzz-thats-just-wrong-on-health-care.html

I've narrowed down the issue to be the ACA so I am good on figuring out when it became "acceptable" rhetoric.

Thanks for your help.

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