TagsTagsWhat a disappointment. In a year absolutely filled with blatant, outrageous right wing Big Lies, Politifact picks as their "Lie of the Year" something that's actually a true statement: Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'. Simply put, I don't buy their rationale. And in fact, their own ...
Newt Gingrich is on an apology tour of the Republican Tea Party, after his accurate description of the Ryan Medicare-killing plan as "right wing social engineering" drove the entire GOP into a frenzy: Newt Apologizes To Paul Ryan, Begs Democrats Not To Use His Own Quotes In Ads. Newt Gingrich's ...
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The Republican Party is in the midst of glorious meltdown over Paul Ryan's bizarre, heartless plan to kill Medicare, as South Carolina Tea Party Governor Nikki Haley blasts Newt Gingrich over his criticism of Ryan's "budget." Dallas (CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich might not want to count on ...
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Paul Ryan's crazed effort to destroy Medicare is apparently a bridge too far for Senate Republicans. Senate Republicans have decided to avoid jeopardizing their chances of capturing the upper chamber in next year’s elections and will not echo the House GOP’s call for a major overhaul of the popular health ...
The new Washington Post-ABC News national poll completely confirms the McClatchy-Marist poll we featured yesterday: Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to cutting Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelmingly in favor of raising tax rates on the wealthiest. The new poll's numbers: 78% oppose cutting Medicare, and 72% favor raising taxes on incomes over ...
Interesting results in this new national McClatchy-Marist poll; apparently the Republican base isn't so hot on cutting Medicare and Medicaid after all. And a very sizeable percentage of Republicans also likes the idea of the wealthy paying higher taxes. On tackling the deficit, voters by a margin of 2-to-1 support raising ...