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Friday, September 7, 2012
He may not be sincere, but he's an undeniably powerful presence
Ace of Spades makes a compelling case for going after Billy Jeff the Zipper's claims in his DNC speech. They're not true, but undecided voters aren't going to get that by themselves.
Billy Jeff the Zipper, I like that. Undid 90 % of Romney/Ryan in one speech, I like that too. If all the writer of the link can focus on is the health insurance claims, which is discussing a law already passed and surviving a major challenge in the Supreme Court and dispute economic #s as economists do all the time, I'm not convinced. Gotta hit the tube and watch it. Oh I know Romney Ryan will change the world, and quickly. We'll be in a major world war within 3 months of their administration, but you and your ilk might like that.
and the only other person on this planet who should care about his zipper is his long time wife (yet you will trash even that, not even human but a creature, the "H" Word Creature to you, though I think she's been a fine Secretary of State)) Hillary who said: At a news conference in East Timor, Hillary Clinton said she had read parts of her husband's speech.
"It is a great honor for him to be nominating the president," she said. "This is the first convention I've missed in many, many years."
Later, the former first lady watched the speech online while at the home of the U.S. ambassador.
"It was great," she told reporters aboard her plane as she prepared to leave East Timor. She said she spoke with her husband during the drive to the airport
Aside from Romney/Ryan getting us embroiled in WWIII, a couple other reasons why I am likely not gonna be able to pull the lever for them, but they got Indiana anyhow:
"We believe that we're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on you're own."--Bill Clinton, DNC 2012
"But there are common sense solutions within our reach if we have leaders who are willing and enthusiastic to find common ground. No political party has a monopoly on that kind of leadership. But as a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans—and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan—just aren't up to the task. They're beholden to "my way or the highway" bullies, indebted to billionaires who bankroll ads and allergic to the very idea of compromise. Ronald Reagan would not have stood for that. Barack Obama does not stand for that. You and I won't stand for that." --Charlie Crist, DNC 2012
Charlie Crist is the ultimate Reasonable Gentleman, the kind of guy who says to those fiercely determined to crush human freedom at every turn, "Here you go, my balls on a platter. Lunch is served."
And "on you own" is exactly what we should all be striving for.
The Truthometer says Clinton was 100% right on in his Medicare claims in his speech.
Bill Clinton used his nominating address at the Democratic National Convention to respond to the Republican critiques leveled at President Barack Obama during the GOP’s Tampa convention. But there was one attack in particular, he said, that "takes some brass."
"When Congressman (Paul) Ryan looked into that TV camera and attacked President Obama's Medicare savings as, quote, the ‘biggest coldest power play,’ I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," Clinton said in his Sept. 5, 2012, speech in Charlotte, N.C. "Because, that $716 billion is exactly, to the dollar, the same amount of Medicare savings that he had in his own budget.
"You gotta give one thing, it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did."
The key dodge is “no cuts to benefits.” It’s true there are no explicit cuts to benefits, and even some small additions, in Obamacare, but the real story is what the government will pay for those benefits.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates there will be $716 billion in reductions in payments to Medicare providers in Obamacare. This definitely will have an impact on seniors’ access to benefits.
The chief Medicare actuary said the payment reductions could cause up to 40 percent of Medicare providers to become unprofitable over the long term — at which point they will have to stop treating Medicare patients or close their doors. Obamacare’s cuts to Medicare Advantage will reduce that program’s enrollment by half and cut plan choices by two-thirds — undermining the president’s promise that those who like their plan will be able to keep it under Obamacare.
Health expert Chris Jacobs concludes: “To follow Clinton’s statement to its logical conclusion, the President believes that 40 percent of Medicare providers going broke, and/or not treating Medicare patients, wouldn’t affect seniors’ health one whit — and that those 40 percent of providers aren’t making seniors any healthier now.”
Billy Jeff the Zipper, I like that. Undid 90 % of Romney/Ryan in one speech, I like that too. If all the writer of the link can focus on is the health insurance claims, which is discussing a law already passed and surviving a major challenge in the Supreme Court and dispute economic #s as economists do all the time, I'm not convinced. Gotta hit the tube and watch it. Oh I know Romney Ryan will change the world, and quickly. We'll be in a major world war within 3 months of their administration, but you and your ilk might like that.
ReplyDeleteand the only other person on this planet who should care about his zipper is his long time wife (yet you will trash even that, not even human but a creature, the "H" Word Creature to you, though I think she's been a fine Secretary of State)) Hillary who said: At a news conference in East Timor, Hillary Clinton said she had read parts of her husband's speech.
ReplyDelete"It is a great honor for him to be nominating the president," she said. "This is the first convention I've missed in many, many years."
Later, the former first lady watched the speech online while at the home of the U.S. ambassador.
"It was great," she told reporters aboard her plane as she prepared to leave East Timor. She said she spoke with her husband during the drive to the airport
Aside from Romney/Ryan getting us embroiled in WWIII, a couple other reasons why I am likely not gonna be able to pull the lever for them, but they got Indiana anyhow:
ReplyDelete"We believe that we're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on you're own."--Bill Clinton, DNC 2012
"But there are common sense solutions within our reach if we have leaders who are willing and enthusiastic to find common ground. No political party has a monopoly on that kind of leadership. But as a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans—and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan—just aren't up to the task. They're beholden to "my way or the highway" bullies, indebted to billionaires who bankroll ads and allergic to the very idea of compromise. Ronald Reagan would not have stood for that. Barack Obama does not stand for that. You and I won't stand for that." --Charlie Crist, DNC 2012
You see, he's wrong. There is no common ground.
ReplyDeleteCharlie Crist is the ultimate Reasonable Gentleman, the kind of guy who says to those fiercely determined to crush human freedom at every turn, "Here you go, my balls on a platter. Lunch is served."
And "on you own" is exactly what we should all be striving for.
The Truthometer says Clinton was 100% right on in his Medicare claims in his speech.
ReplyDeleteBill Clinton used his nominating address at the Democratic National Convention to respond to the Republican critiques leveled at President Barack Obama during the GOP’s Tampa convention. But there was one attack in particular, he said, that "takes some brass."
"When Congressman (Paul) Ryan looked into that TV camera and attacked President Obama's Medicare savings as, quote, the ‘biggest coldest power play,’ I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," Clinton said in his Sept. 5, 2012, speech in Charlotte, N.C. "Because, that $716 billion is exactly, to the dollar, the same amount of Medicare savings that he had in his own budget.
"You gotta give one thing, it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/06/bill-clinton/clinton-says-ryan-attacked-obama-medicare-cuts-ref/
Still, Clinton was right about the Ryan plan. We rate his statement True.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/316156/health-care-clinton-skirts-facts-grace-marie-turner
ReplyDeleteThe key dodge is “no cuts to benefits.” It’s true there are no explicit cuts to benefits, and even some small additions, in Obamacare, but the real story is what the government will pay for those benefits.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates there will be $716 billion in reductions in payments to Medicare providers in Obamacare. This definitely will have an impact on seniors’ access to benefits.
The chief Medicare actuary said the payment reductions could cause up to 40 percent of Medicare providers to become unprofitable over the long term — at which point they will have to stop treating Medicare patients or close their doors. Obamacare’s cuts to Medicare Advantage will reduce that program’s enrollment by half and cut plan choices by two-thirds — undermining the president’s promise that those who like their plan will be able to keep it under Obamacare.
Health expert Chris Jacobs concludes: “To follow Clinton’s statement to its logical conclusion, the President believes that 40 percent of Medicare providers going broke, and/or not treating Medicare patients, wouldn’t affect seniors’ health one whit — and that those 40 percent of providers aren’t making seniors any healthier now.”
Providers will have to get lean and mean. Why not, the vast majority of the rest of us have to?
ReplyDelete