Why is the Democratic Party so scared of Sarah Palin?

The Democratic National Committee, keeping up its drumbeat of harsh new-media campaigns against GOP leaders, is rallying Democrats to attack Sarah Palin where she communicates -- on Facebook.
In an email to its list (after the jump) and a web page, the committee is pushing supporters to go after Palin on the social media site for alleged "lies" that range from her claim that disabled people will have to stand before "death panels" -- widely viewed as outlandish -- to the more arguable claim (the DNC calls it a "myth") that a public option "will crowd out private insurers."
"A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family. For Sarah Palin, it's a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform," writes DNC executive director Jen O'Malley Dillon in the email.

ENDER: Jen O'Malley Dillon

SUBJECT: Sarah Palin's lies
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A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family. For Sarah Palin, it's a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform.
A few months back, Palin took to Facebook to declare that health reform would create "death panels," and drive private insurers out of business -- and nonpartisan factcheck sites and the independent Congressional Budget Office debunked those lies.
But that didn't stop Sarah Palin. She's back with a new Facebook note claiming that reform will raise costs on families and drive up deficits. Unfortunately for her, even the conservative "Tax Foundation" says those claims are false.
So, this week, we're calling out Sarah Palin and taking to Facebook to debunk her lies on the very same pages she's using to spread them.
Call 'em out: Sarah Palin. Watch the video, make a call, spread the word on Facebook:
http://www.democrats.org/CallOutPalin  (continue reading here)