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Related: About this forumWatch Paul Ryan get booed repeatedly at the AARP
RYAN GETS BOOED AT THE AARP | On Friday afternoon, Paul Ryan addressed the AARPs National Annual Conference in New Orleans. The GOP vice presidential candidate attacked Obamacare for taking $716 billion out of Medicare the very same cuts he included in his budget and made the case for transforming seniors health care from a guaranteed benefit into a premium support voucher program. The address didnt go over well. One man called Ryan a liar and the audience repeatedly booed his critique of President Obama and health reform. Watch it:
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/21/889511/ryan-gets-booed-at-the-aarp/
livetohike
(22,157 posts)infomercial.
I was thinking the exact same thing as I watched the video.
livingonearth
(728 posts)This in no way is meant to demean actual ShamWow salespeople.
1GirlieGirl
(261 posts)Every time RnR open their mouths, it's a gift to President Obama and Democratic candidates all across America! Thanks so much for posting this! It's so beautiful...
Oh, my favorite part is when he said he knew there would be mixed reactions..all that booing sounded pretty much unanimous to me.
speedoo
(11,229 posts)He's toast.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)Where?
--imm
sweettater
(729 posts)Don't fret. I won't!
They didn't even fall for the $716 billion lie.
I have to give Rob Zerban some more money so this guy can't even go back to the House.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)DemKittyNC
(743 posts)That is a good thing because WE CAN'T! Every time you open your mouth you lie!
and Mixed reactions? lmao
Spazito
(50,444 posts)this video shows that very clearly.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)LIKE ME!
donqpublic
(155 posts)The first time he says "you don't have to take my word for it" someone yells, "I don't."
left on green only
(1,484 posts)....where people were taught to have respect and be polite to others while they are expressing themselves in public. Therefore, it was amazing to me to be a witness to the extent that his audience felt free to ridicule and demean him as he tried to speak to them. And along with that, his seemingly innocuous reaction to their displeasure in his message reminded me of "The Emperor's Clothes" fable.
It could have easily have been an episode of Gronty Mython and the Holy Pail.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)To top it off, the $716 billion is going towards closing the donut hole on prescription drugs and everyone in that room knows it.
They also know Ryan wants to eliminate Medicare. Not save it.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)No shit.
geefloyd46
(1,939 posts)Proles
(466 posts)Mixed? Mixed? What was mixed about that? lol