Posted on 08/12/2012 6:07:14 PM PDT by randita
In their first joint interview, the Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan hit back at President Barack Obama and Democrats who argue that Ryan's budget will "end Medicare as we know it."
Romney became pointed and almost a bit angry when asked about The Miami Herald's Sunday cover, which is bannered with the headline "Ryan could hurt Romney in Florida." "Think about that, by the way," Romney said in the "60 Minutes" interview with CBS anchor Bob Schieffer. "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." “What Paul Ryan and I have talked about is saving Medicare, is providing people greater choice in Medicare, making sure it's there for current seniors,” Romney continued. “No changes, by the way, for current seniors, or those nearing retirement. But looking for young people down the road and saying, ‘We're going to give you a bigger choice.’”
Ryan also brushed back against criticism of his budget reform plan, which would move Medicare to a subsidized private insurance model. The plan would permit those 55-and-younger to opt out of Medicare as it stands today, but it would not affect seniors already enrolled. Earlier Sunday, Obama welcomed Ryan to the race but said Ryan's vision, like Romney's, was one he "fundamentally disagreed with." On Saturday, the Obama campaign called Ryan's budget plan "radical."
Ryan hit back at those criticisms, using his mother as an example.
"My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida," Ryan said. "Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they've organized their retirements around.
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Glad to see Romney/Ryan hitting back at the Rats’ “Mediscare” tactics. Obama is the one who is “ending Medicare as we know it”.
Do your damn job & look it up.
Of course not. It’s our destiny that the GOP will now defend the New Deal and the Great Society to the death! Romney is perfectly suited for the task.
That should be the opening line to any response.
This is the best attack vs ObamaCare. As far as seniors gp and the RATS attempt to demonize Ryan.
FFFFUUUUBBBBOOOOO!!!!!
The Left understands the concept of incrementalism and has used it over the years to bring about radical (terrible) change that never could have been passed in one go.
We on the right still have a tough time appreciating the concept, although I think Paul Ryan is one of the few who truly does “get it”.
One thing for sure, the longer we let Obie and has minions run the show, the further and further away we get from ever fixing this mess.
As we speak, Ivory tower Dems are huddling to figure out how to parse their $716B steal from Medicare.
Will be interesting to see what their tactic will be. Should be clear tomorrow.
Wow. Impressed. Ryan must have brought a pair of Cohones for Mitt Romney.
Better rhetoric would be:
Obama stole almost a TRILLION dollars from Medicare.
About time
Ryan's a good man. Romney chose well...
Romney is going to head the Dems off at the pass on this Medicare BS.
Radical? really? LOL
I’ve seen a few media references to ‘Radical Republicans’ recently. It’s not a term that had been thrown about much in the past 40 years. But it was a very common term, 150 years ago. Those ‘Radical Republicans’ REALLY wanted to end slavery and everything associated with it. The modern Republicans should grab and embrace the term when so accused, as a pro-freedom label. Does the party of Holder’s folks really want to be seen as pro-slavery? Ryan can probably handle this better, so Mitt should let him respond first, than reinforce Paul’s points.
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