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Subscribe to RSSYet ANOTHER welfare ad from the Romney campaign hitting Obama.
For all the focus on the Priorities ad and Joe Biden’s “chains” comment, it is remarkable that the Romney campaign has now tripled down on this false line of attack on work in welfare, which harkens back to old resentments and culture wars of the 1990s.
The Tampa Bay Times: The ad “perpetuates a widely discredited claim that the Obama administration "gutted" welfare to work requirements.”
Flashback to Aug. 9, Mitt Romney: “You know, in the past, when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why, campaigns pulled the ad. They were embarrassed. Today, they just blast ahead.”
Yes, they do, apparently.
The Tampa Bay Times with a long piece on Romney, who it says “is a paradox, a devout and generous family man but also a calculating politician who has shifted positions with blinding ease. The private Romney is said to be warm and giving, while the campaign Romney is shellacked, stiff and detached. The question for voters: Who is the authentic Willard Mitt Romney?” (Romney once moonwalked and sang Billie Jean in church once?)
So much for knocking down personal attacks: “Mitt Romney’s campaign said Sunday that an outside group’s video charging President Obama with taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden ‘makes an important point,’” The Boston Globe writes. Spokesman Kevin Madden on ABC’s This Week: “I think it makes an important point, actually, about whether or not some of the national security decisions that the president made were actually helped by some of the policies that were put in place before he was there.”
“Although Ryan’s income is larger than what the average person makes, his tax returns are fairly straightforward and would be familiar to most Americans, unlike Romney’s returns, which illustrate the complexities of the US tax system,” the Boston Globe writes, adding, “Janna Ryan inherited a trust, worth between $1 million and $5 million, after her mother’s death in 2010.”
Romney and Ryan will appear together in New Hampshire today: “The joint appearance represents a new strategy for the Romney campaign. After announcing Ryan’s selection last Saturday in Virginia, the campaign said Romney and Ryan would separate,” the Boston Globe writes.
“Paul Ryan brought a secret weapon with him Saturday as he defended his lightning-rod Medicare plan at the nation’s largest senior citizens community - his mother,” the New York Daily News writes, adding context: The transformation of Medicare is the most controversial component of Ryan’s spending-slashing budget plan. It would replace the current system with vouchers, which critics believe will drive up the cost of health care - and leave some seniors without the coverage they need. Realizing they could be vulnerable to Democratic attacks on Medicare, the Republicans have instead tried to strike first on the hot-button issue.”
Politico: “Betty Ryan Douglas, 78, is the newest face of the Medicare wars that have abruptly taken center stage in the 2012 contest, joining her son here Saturday in the town square of a sprawling retirement community as Ryan assured seniors that he and Mitt Romney won’t take away their Medicare and Social Security.”
New York magazine: “Ryan did not, however, talk too much about what the Republican ticket has planned for the under-55 set. (That wasn't a problem for one selfish senior, who told the Washington Post, ‘I personally like [Ryan's] plan, because at 73, it really wouldn't affect me.’)”
The state of our politics: “It was a political spat, literally,” the New York Daily News writes. “An 83-year-old woman is accused of spitting on a supporter of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a political event in Wisconsin. The alleged spitter, Mary Hoglund, had attended the Wisconsin Women for Mitt event in Grand Chute and asked the Republican hosts, ‘Why are you against Planned Parenthood?’ Hoglund continued, saying ‘women are in need ... you’re getting rid of an organization ...’ but she was quickly cut off by the event’s leaders, state Sen. Alberta Darling and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, and the Romney supporters on the floor. One especially vocal Romney supporter, who also appears to be elderly, yells in Hoglund’s face to ‘wait’ and ‘stop.’ ‘Get out of my face,’ Hoglund responds, and then follows up by spitting at the yelling woman. The spit-upon Romney supporter, who was not identified, then smacks Hoglund in the side of the face.” (There’s video.)
The Wall Street Journal tries to swat down the Congressional Budget Office: “One of President Obama's regular attacks on Paul Ryan's Medicare reform is that it would force seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care. But merely because he keeps repeating this doesn't mean it's in the same area code of accurate. The claim is based on a now out-of-date Congressional Budget Office estimate of the gap between the cost of health care a decade from now, in 2022, and the size of the House budget's premium-support subsidy for a typical 65-year-old in 2022. In other words, the $6,400 has no relevance for any senior today. None. But it also is unlikely to have any relevance for any senior ever because CBO concedes that its number is highly uncertain and ‘will depend on the evolution of the health care and health insurance systems over time, which is hard to predict.’”
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Romney stands where on welfare today? Well, let's see -it's Monday and Friday he was for it now he's against it - oh wait, what state is he in and who is he talking to. Give him a minute, he'll make up his mind abut where he stands today - or not.
Let's let him travel with the idiot and totally lost in space - Guilliani. This is the man who questions Biden being Vice President but said Sarah Palin was totally ready to step into being President on day one if necessary.
Republicans - the gift that keeps on giving - for late night comedians!
Obama/Biden 2012
You forgot his most popular response SeekingSanity. I'll get back to you next week on that. Of course he never does.
that's an understatement!
M0-681343
that's code for: I will never answer that question
Willard the Rat and his side kick Eddie (the cheese) Munster. One of them flip flopping all over the place. The other a bare face liar. What a lovely pair!
Want to talk about leaving our children and grandchildren in debt? Well, I'd say that debt would be staggering if any senior did not have access to good quality healthcare. Besides, my 33 year old daughter has been paying into this system since she was 17 years old, so has my 44 year old cousin, I don't think their children should have to pay for their parents and grandparents healthcare anymore than I think my children should pay for mine. The folks who want to do away with medicare and SS - sure, show me my money, MY money, give it back to me, each and every dime - until then, hands off. The only true way to make those programs solvent again is to stop using the money in the general fund - keep medicare and ss money strictly in those accounts and let folks go ahead and retire at 62 with full benefits. This opens up a lot of jobs (cutting the unemployment lines) and allowing me the free time to actually spend the money I've worked for and saved. It would be a huge win/win for seniors, pre-seniors and the workforce. I did not stay drunk and stoned like georgie until I was 40, started working and paying into this system when I was still in high school and I don't want to work until I'm 70 years old!
Just keep repeating the lie long enough and loud enough, and people who find it convenient will accept it as true. They are targeting the segment of the population that likes to believe that the president is a secret muslim who was born in Kenya, that healthcare reform was a massive socialist takeover of the economy, that the Earth is only six thousand years old, that global warming is a fiction, that cigarettes are healthy...
they also believe the earths flat.
They also believe they have a better chance of becoming a multi-billionaire then get sick and need medical help.
Thos GOP'ers want to drain you dry from cradle to grave.
Romney scares me to death. I was married to a Mormon. The religion is so brainwashing it isn't even funny. It is a manbased faith. The men are in charge and the women are subserviant. My ex didn't have the wives, but he had the affairs and mistresses. When he found out I was pregnant HE wanted me to get an abortion because he didn't want to have children with me, he told me. Luckily I was already too far along, and I wasn't going to have him force me into an abortion. He was abusive to both my son and I. The Mormon's can put on a good show, but when they are behind closed doors it is another show. They have the money to be able to manipulate things, especially the Church. Romney will take us back 200 years with women's rights. The rich will get richer, and the poor will get poorer and we will have no more middle class as we know it. He will not bring back jobs because he has lobbyist who are looking to outsource jobs now. Romney/Ryan will say whatever they want in whatever situation they are in. I would watch my back with those two.
You'd probably want to watch your back, your front, your sides and -if you are middle class or poor - your wallet.
The GNOP argues against the redistribution of wealth because they don't want the1% to have to do with less....
GNOP can't handle facts....THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Because abortion is legal, a lot of men force women to have an abortion. Good for you to overcome that man.
Their are good and bad people of all faiths.
"(That wasn't a problem for one selfish senior, who told the Washington Post, ‘I personally like [Ryan's] plan, because at 73, it really wouldn't affect me.’)”"
This is what proves Romney and Ryan are lying and should be very, very worried.
First, Romney ending ObamaCare shortens Medicare by 8 years. This means everyone 63 and older would supposedly not be effected (not the 55 that Ryan used).
Second, this means in 2 years everyone still working would be paying for a system they would never receive. Ask every senior would they pay for state workers to receive benefits they don't receive? If they answer no, then ask them why they think working Americans will continue to pay for seniors existing benefits when Romney and Ryan will give them a voucher instead of the same great benefits.
This is why Romney and Ryan are the anti-Walker Republicans. It's starting to sink in that Romney and Ryan believe what Walker did was wrong. However, they also think those opposed to Walker are wrong. This is why Americans don't trust them.
Will someone explain to me when under Willard/Paul's plan anyone under 55 would be able to take their money out of Social Security and invest it in wall street. What I would like to know is, where will the money come from to pay the benefits for the people over 55?
Politico: “Betty Ryan Douglas, 78, is the newest face of the Medicare wars that have abruptly taken center stage in the 2012 contest, joining her son here Saturday in the town square of a sprawling retirement community as Ryan assured seniors that he and Mitt Romney won’t take away their Medicare and Social Security."
Ryan made a reference to his grandmother and shared that she had Alzheimer's disease so he was aware of Medicare and how it helps..... How does Medicare help anyone with Alzheimer's disease? What Ryan fails to mention is that his budget destroys Medicare and Medicaid, the program that benefits those living in nursing facilities after they have converted and spent all of their assets. How does Ryan propose to provide appropriate health care services for the elderly when they are unable to afford paying privately for nursing home care?
people with Alzheimer's disease go to the doctor and take medication. Also, sometimes they need nursing in home or nursing home care.
If one has earned the benefit of Medicare then they are eligible for services....true. But Medicare makes no special provision for those with Alzheimer's disease. Medicare offers no skilled benefit for a person diagnosed only with Alzheimer's disease.....
From
Modern medicine recognizes that many mental and emotional problems are in fact physical illnesses or related to them. So, with either Medicare Part A hospital insurance plus Medicare Part B medical insurance, or with a Part C Medicare Advantage managed care plan, participants have extensive coverage for treatment of mental or emotional illness, including depression, Alzheimer's disease, and other forms of dementia. This includes both inpatient and outpatient care, and treatment not only by doctors but also by other Medicare-certified healthcare providers.
egnj,there is no medication for alzheimers. Um, at some point in the disease you need 24 hour a day lock up care due to the fact that you wander and become combative. I would love to know where you got the information on meds? And by the way yes I have experience in caring for this disease and other dementia related illnesses.
The gop plan is too take the old sick people and strap them to the roof of a car and drive them to this big hole ....
just like all murder isn't murder. All rape isn't rape. In cases of date rape it is sometime hard to tell. Women can liars just like men.
pro life
marriage between a man and a women
Parent have a right to teach their values to their children with out gov't interference
And what the Ryan-Akins bill does is assume the woman is lying for cases of date rape. What about cases where the woman does not know her attacker? Is she lying in that case as well?
Nobody has said anything against parents teaching whatever values they want to teach. What govt interference are you talking about? A Catholic, a Jew, and a Muslim are sitting in a classroom - what values should the schools be teaching? Each can go home and be taught whatever values their parents want.
Well, since the female body has a mechanism that block rapist-semen from conceiving, obviously, if a woman says she was raped and gets pregnant, she has to be lying about it.
That's how things work on Planet Akin. Apparently, since Paul Ryan was co-authoring anti-abortion bills with Akin, that's how things work on Planet Ryan, too.
Ok feel gooders, what are the stats to support abortion in the case of rape? Seems that's the question here. How many?
The number is low, but not zero. Forcing even one woman to carry a rapist progeny to term when the woman doesn't want it - is inhumane.
If your wife was raped, would you stick by her side and support her? What if the baby wound up being a race or ethnic group other than your own? Would you keep it, nurture it, love it? If it is carried to term only to be given up for adoption or turned over to an orphanage (do we still have any?), what's the point?
While not a product of rape.....
I am the son of an adopted child...his biological parents were married to each other, but for whatever reason, decided to give up their child.
I loved both my father, and the wonderful woman who brought him into her home. (My grandfather died before I was born, but gave his adopted child his own name!)
Had that married couple concieved my father in 1979, instead of 1949, my father would have been ABORTED!
Then neither he, nor me and my two brothers, would have had a chance at life...
ADOPTION GIVES LIFE!!!!
Actually, the stats on rape and abortion are as confidential as any other medical record. ERs that treat rape victims are not at liberty to discuss the patients medical choices with anyone but the person treated. since the advent of the morning after pill the republicans so want to do away with abortions in the case of rape have dropped dramatically. But this by no means a proper indicator of the stats themselves. And it also brings up the question about the number of rapes reported by the victim. Remembering that in many cases the victim does not report the rape due to fear of embarassment or fear of being "labeled". Since only 1 in 4 cases of rape is reported there is no good indicator to how many women who seek abortions are doing it to escape giving birth to a child conceived by rape. there for stats are pretty wide ranging on the topic but irregardless just one case of a woman being forced to carry the child to term when raped is one woman to many. She must already deal with being a victim once why make her a victim again??
I asked some of my African-American friends if they were even the least bit upset by Vice President Biden's reference to chains and their answer in all cases was an emphatic NO. Citing the fact that it wasn't just the African slaves of our history that were chained but others as well they took no offense. One thought he could probably have used another metaphor but wasn't upset by what he did use. Frankly I believe someone is making much ado about nothing.
Hey, Repubies, when you believe every American has a right to a gun but not to affordable health care, then you are ready to get get horns and a tail and have God pin you below this earth.
The Wall Street Journal tries to swat down the Congressional Budget Office: “One of President Obama's regular attacks on Paul Ryan's Medicare reform is that it would force seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care. But merely because he keeps repeating this doesn't mean it's in the same area code of accurate. The claim is based on a now out-of-date Congressional Budget Office estimate of the gap between the cost of health care a decade from now, in 2022, and the size of the House budget's premium-support subsidy for a typical 65-year-old in 2022. In other words, the $6,400 has no relevance for any senior today. None."
Translation: It could be a lot more than $6400....
typical lib Spartan.....ignorant; it is irrelevant because the bill was changed so that the voucher will increase with the increase in premiums so there will be ZERO out of pocket for seniors!!!!
Colorado University has done statistical analysis which has accurately predicted every presidential election since 1980 and it says Romney is CRUSHING hussein!!!!
ONE AND DONE
this must be the same poll that predicted Scott Walker would lose recall vote!!!!!HAHAHA and the same poll that predicted democrats would win big in 2010!!!!! HAHAHA
ONE and DONE!!!
typical lib Spartan.....ignorant; it is irrelevant because the bill was changed so that the voucher will increase with the increase in premiums so there will be ZERO out of pocket for seniors!!!!
obama CUT $718 billion out of Medicare to pay for his obamacare; todays' seniors are not covered by obamacare so he STOLE their money to pay for others' healthcare and they will now have their services CUT!!!!!
ONE AND DONE
UnitedStatesofMexico
President Obama’s accomplishments:
First President to apply for college
aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a
foreigner.
security number from a state he has never lived in.
the credit-rating of the United States.
Powers Act.
of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of
Mexico.
to purchase a product from a third party.
dollars on 'shovel-ready' jobs when there was no such thing as 'shovel-ready'
jobs.
law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the
U.S., including those with criminal convictions.
hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
corporation (Chrysler) to resign.
ability to put a man in space.
Day of Prayer and to say that America is no longer a Christian
nation.
an auto-pen without being present.
an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate
increases.
manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a
factory.
the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
bankrupt an American industry (coal).
general of Ameri-Corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption
case.
replace elected officials in his office.
radical left wing anarchists.
times in his first two and a half years in office, 102 to
date.
educational and travel records.
Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
"global apology" tours and concurrent "insult our friends"
tours.
vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for
his friends paid for by the taxpayer.
servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
& tell us the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is
the most beautiful sound on earth.
women that they should pay for their own private insurance because they
“volunteered to go to war and knew the consequences.
Then he was the First President to tell the
members of the military that THEY were UNPATRIOTIC for balking at the last
suggestion.
nation over one of the American 50 states (Mexico vs Arizona).
How is this hope and change
working out for you?
I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THIS LIST WHEN YOU
VOTE.