romney quote from 60 minutes....

[spanone]

"There's only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare," Romney said.


hey mitt, you lyin' shit...

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[matt819]

1. No, no. It's a good thing he said that.

The Obama Quick Response Team will have quotes out before the night is out, and an ad will be up and running tomorrow documenting the lie, or at least the Romney deliberate misinterpretation, which implies that somehow this $716 billion (undoubtedly a made-up number) is all paid in one year, and it fails to account for other savings, again over the long run.

[rfranklin]

2. the same money that Ryan uses in his budget...

“Unlike the current president, who has cut Medicare funding by $700 billion, we will preserve and protect Medicare and Social Security,” Romney said Saturday while introducing Ryan.

The trouble with this argument — made frequently by Republicans, including Ryan himself — is that Republicans have voted overwhelmingly for Ryan’s own budget which sustains the Medicare cuts in “Obamacare.” Conservatives argue that Ryan’s plan, unlike the Affordable Care Act, doesn’t use the Medicare savings to fund additional spending.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/paul-ryan-obama-medicare-cuts-mitt-romney.php

[obxhead]

4. That misses the real nature of this deception.

The "cuts" to Medicare on on the payout side to hospitals and doctors creating a savings. Benefactors of Medicare have received no cuts with the ACA.

[rocktivity]

3. Hey Mitt, you're also a sociopathic hypocrite

Romneycare was the template for Obamacare -- doesn't that mean YOU robbed Medicare, too?


rocktivity