"Her column on death panels ignited a firestorm of elite media and beltway criticism. Once that would have been enough to shut down debate, for the broadcast networks and newspapers controlled information -- we only knew what they wanted us to know. Suddenly, the new media (including the site you're now reading) provided reality, and the Tea Parties and Republican Party followed. And now Darth Vader has become a metaphor, a figure of speech signifying that the coming of Harvard's Berwick represents the same thing to the average American that the arrival of the Death Star, the space ship used to destroy planets, meant for entire populations. All of a sudden, life and death decisions are out of our hands, resting in a government determined to control every waking moment of our lives."
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