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Flashback: Obama Says Stop Scaring Seniors Over Ryan's Medicare Reform
Breitbart TV ^ | August. 14, 2012

Posted on 08/14/2012 1:11:10 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

January 29, 2010, President Obama at GOP House Issues Conference:

"There is a political vulnerability to doing anything that tinkers with Medicare. And that's probably the biggest savings that are obtained through Paul's plan.

And I raise that not because we shouldn't have a series discussion about it. I raise that because we're not going to be able to do anything about any of these entitlements if what we do is characterize, whatever proposals are put out there, as, well, you know, that's -- the other party is being irresponsible; the other party is trying to hurt our senior citizens; that the other party is doing X, Y, Z.

That's why I say if we're going to frame these debates in ways that allow us to solve them, then we can't start off by figuring out, A, who's to blame; B, how can we make the American people afraid of the other side."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: medicare; mediscare; obama; ryan

1 posted on 08/14/2012 1:11:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh WOW!


2 posted on 08/14/2012 1:15:09 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: MNJohnnie

Sounds like a multi-million dollar ad buy.

I would throw in Erskine Bowles comments.

It’s a winner.


3 posted on 08/14/2012 1:21:56 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Exactly. I just sent the link to a bunch of friends.


4 posted on 08/14/2012 1:28:07 PM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

HA!! Breitbart lives, doesn’t he? Awesome!


5 posted on 08/14/2012 1:28:39 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If Obama is reelected, America will deserve every mockery that follows.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; stephenjohnbanker; RedMDer; trisham; TheOldLady; STARWISE; Lady Jag; moose07; ...


Breitbart Lives!


6 posted on 08/14/2012 1:33:26 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
That was then, this is now.
7 posted on 08/14/2012 2:08:11 PM PDT by Dan Zachary
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To: onyx

Thanks for the ping!


8 posted on 08/14/2012 9:01:10 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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