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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRyan to push his Medicare lies in "a hotbed of pro-Romney money" in Florida
Ryan To Talk Medicare In Floridas Largest Retirement Community
Paul Ryan will campaign in Florida's largest retirement community on Saturday with his 80-year-old mother at his side, ABC News reports. Ryan did not accompany Mitt Romney to Florida during his bus tour, fueling speculation that Ryan was actually a liability to the campaign in the state with a large population of seniors because of his Medicare plan.
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As ABC reports, The Villages is a conservative community and already a top fundraising spot for Romney and his allies:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ryan-to-talk-medicare-in-floridas-largest-retirement
Paul Ryan will campaign in Florida's largest retirement community on Saturday with his 80-year-old mother at his side, ABC News reports. Ryan did not accompany Mitt Romney to Florida during his bus tour, fueling speculation that Ryan was actually a liability to the campaign in the state with a large population of seniors because of his Medicare plan.
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As ABC reports, The Villages is a conservative community and already a top fundraising spot for Romney and his allies:
But if addressing a group of Florida seniors on Medicare reform is a challenge for Ryan, even as his drastic changes to the program would alter no benefits for those currently over 55, then Ryan is making his pitch to one of the friendliest lions dens possible: The Villages is a hotbed of pro-Romney money.
The retirement location itself made a hefty corporate donation to the main super PAC supporting Mitt Romneys presidential bid. The Villages of Lake Sumter, Inc., the Florida retirement community that includes property development, golf and other recreational activities, donated $250,000 to Restore Our Future last June. Five individual residents donated a total of over $678,000 to the group, which also received money from utility, communications, commercial property, and investment companies located in The Villages, Fla.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ryan-to-talk-medicare-in-floridas-largest-retirement
INFOGRAPHIC: Everything You Need To Know About Romneys Dishonesty On Medicare
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021142794
Kaiser August tracking poll shows Mitt's problem on health care law, Medicare and seniors
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021143299
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Ryan to push his Medicare lies in "a hotbed of pro-Romney money" in Florida (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2012
OP
A commercial portraying him as one of those con men who preys on old folks would be good...
rfranklin
Aug 2012
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rfranklin
(13,200 posts)1. A commercial portraying him as one of those con men who preys on old folks would be good...
The nice looking young fellow who scams the retired folks out of all their savings.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)2. PUUUUUHLEEEEEEASE Obama campaign get in front of this!!!! They've ALREADY tested their lies in CO
...and one a seat one of their minions shouldn't have one with the medicare lies.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)4. Please don't panic
The President and Democrats are countering:
DCCC Launches Campaign Tying GOP Incumbents To Ryan Budget
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021130318
New Obama Video Welcomes Romney To Florida
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021122456
Obama is Slamming Romney/Ryan Medicare in Iowa!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021138098
spanone
(135,891 posts)3. don't forget, he's a 'BOLD' choice....
ProSense
(116,464 posts)7. Courageous. LOL! n/t
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)5. Oh, yes, The Villages
Probably the only retirement community where Ryan can get away with that shit.
The Villages is Sarah Palin's favorite stopping ground in the Sunshine State.
I have fantasies of sending my in-laws off to The Villages where they will certainly fit in.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)6. Ryan is preaching to the choir in The Villages.
That place is a cesspool of conservatism. My guess is he's looking for
a few photo ops with an enthusiastic crowd, which is guaranteed here.
The willfully ignorant abound in The Villages.