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That didn't take long.
BRIAN BEUTLER APRIL 10, 2013, 3:48 PM
Remember those warnings about how instead of welcoming President Obamas adoption of Chained CPI, Republicans would continue to deny him a budget deal and attack him for proposing to cut Social Security?
Well Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) who also happens to be chairman of the House GOPs re-election committee just showed how its done, saying Obamas budget lays out a shocking attack on seniors.
Ill tell you when youre going after seniors the way hes already done on Obamacare, taken $700 billion out of Medicare to put into Obamacare and now coming back at seniors again, I think youre crossing that line very quickly here in terms of denying access to seniors for health care in districts like mine certainly and around the country, he said on CNN Wednesday afternoon.
Needless to say, if the NRCC chairman is fronting this line of attack, well probably see it pop up contested districts around the country next year.
Video at Link: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/nrcc-chair-blasts-obama-budget-as-shocking-attack-on-seniors.php?ref=fpb
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)Now the repubs are acting as if they give a damn about seniors.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)Arrogant bastards!
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,353 posts)coming from the party that voted on and approved the Ryan Budget in the House. Notice too that he's recycling the old "Obama cut Medicare for Obamacare" lie?
delrem
(9,688 posts)Any Democrat that thinks the Republican Party is going to attack Obama on chained CPI is delusional
The GOP voted for the Ryan budget how do you square those two views ?
Go ahead and named the Republican that is capable of attacking Obama on this issue, I would like to hear a name
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)As Chuck Todd just pointed out on Morning Joe, no one likes Chained CPI--though Beltway Joe attacked Republicans for attacking Obama on it.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)Said committee is charged with re-electing Republicans in 2014. Walden is today standing by his remarks of yesterday slamming the president for offering Chained CPI in his 2014 budget.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)It's not called the 'third rail' for nothing.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/flashback-nearly-half-of-house-gop-including-nrcc-vice-chairs-voted-for-chained-cpi.php?ref=fpb