the first RyanDontCare casualty....

[Geo Patric]

The political risks of overhauling a popular entitlement program became a harsh reality for Republicans on Tuesday as a Democrat captured a House seat in a staunchly conservative New York district after a bruising battle over the future of Medicare.

it was predictable... the Teat Party has pushed the Republicans to extremes, Ryan's plan to 'toss grandma over the cliff' has resonant undetones of abandonment under the disingenuous rubric of 'reform'.

to paraphrase, "first they came for the welfare queens and I did not speak up because i was not a welfare queen.... by the time they came for me. . . ".

New York's 26th Congressional District was an unlikely place for Democrats to try to stage an upset. The suburbs of Buffalo and Rochester, and the farmland in between, have a long history of voting Republican.

. . . In the confluence of Davis' candidacy and heated voter opposition to the Ryan budget plan, Democrats saw a rare chance to test out what is sure to be their strategy in political races across the country next year.

Hochul, . . .blasted Corwin for supporting a plan that would "essentially end Medicare" while protecting subsidies for big oil companies.

She was backed up by unions and national Democratic groups, which sought to turn the race into a referendum on the Ryan plan.

geo.

 

[tessaesque]

How cute...

But seriously, if it weren't for opposition sensationalism and lies, half of what we "know" about Democrat and Republican policies wouldn't be debated. What's more disturbing than the massive spin and hyperbole is the fact that people believe it blindly because of party loyalty.

 

[MaggieD]

it was predictable... the Teat Party has pushed the Republicans to extremes, Ryan's plan to 'toss grandma over the cliff' has resonant undetones of abandonment under the disingenuous rubric of 'reform'.

to paraphrase, "first they came for the welfare queens and I did not speak up because i was not a welfare queen.... by the time they came for me. . . ".



geo.

Teat Party? Are you that frightened of them? How lame.

That's all ya got??

Hochul, . . .blasted Corwin for supporting a plan that would "essentially end Medicare" while protecting subsidies for big oil companies. She was backed up by unions and national Democratic groups, which sought to turn the race into a referendum on the Ryan plan.

Blasting the Ryan Plan for at least coming up with a suggested solution to a failing system??? And, "backed up by unions" is going to backfire right in their faces. How absurd.

 

[Geo Patric]

How lame.

ya think? i dunno... i find it amusing.

That's all ya got??

not entirely... the republican lost by 4 points, 47 to 43. notice... there are a few points missing?

they were tea party points.... 9 of em. and the republicans are moaning because they think those shudda been republican ponts. but, by the prettiest of ironies.... that tea party candidate had run several times before.... as a democrat... and opposed the ryan plan.

i neglected to provide a flink to the story... here it is.

Blasting the Ryan Plan for at least coming up with a suggested solution to a failing system??? And, "backed up by unions" is going to backfire right in their faces. How absurd.

solution? it is a solution to toss the baby out with bathwater?

geo.