I could, I suppose, said “that is a fallacious argument Sheli; it’s called a straw man. Since I used to teach logic, I don’t think you should use a straw man argument.”

But yeah, I would imagine that if that degree of teasing is going to make you too angry to continue, then I suspect you won’t be happy here long term.

I originally sensed an attitude of genuine interest in getting to the facts of the matter, at least on your part, Charlie.

I think I may have been wrong.

You take care.

Parse it however you want, but them’s the facts.

Wait a minute.

In #50 I asked if you were claiming that the hospital did not bill the insurance companies of victims in Wasilla prior to the bill’s passage.

In #51 you replied: “I’m saying that the connection to Palin is a lot stronger in the rumors than in any evidence I’ve seen presented.”

Which implied to me at least that no, you were not claiming that the hospital did not bill the insurance companies of victims in Wasilla prior to the bill’s passage. Which means of course that the city or police department did NOT pick up the bill.

Now you seem to deny that.

I’ll try not to insult you if you will refrain from insulting me.

Scrumptious, the point is that based on committee testimony, as noted by Charlie and transcribed here and elsewhere, it appears there never was an actual “policy” by the Wasilla PD with respect to rape kits. When a rape victim was taken to Valley Hospital by the Wasilla PD, the HOSPITAL then decided to charge the victim WITHOUT involving the Police, the town of Wasilla, or Mayor Palin. I’m not sure how you can make the stretch that a private Hospital’s policies are also the local mayor’s policies….or the local Police Department’s policies.

To NOT believe this is the way things transpired is to disbelieve actual facts in evidence, i.e. the transcribed testimony, whereby victim advocates stated the HOSPITALS were charging the victims…they could cite NO instances of the City of Wasilla PD (or any other PD) billing victims for rape kits, which, I might add, directly contradicts what are clearly now known to be partisan, untrue (read: LIE) comments by Croft AFTER Palin was nominated for VEEP.

So, to answer your question, it does appear it was the policy of the HOSPITAL to charge rape victims for rape kits. It doesn’t appear that there was a policy in the Wasilla PD with respect to rape victims paying for their own rape kits unless new documents emerge to suggest otherwise.