Maddow Blog: Paul Ryan condemns Paul Ryan's policy
I guess we should have seen this one coming.
Speaking at his alma mater Miami University in Ohio, Paul Ryan slammed President Obama for adopting Medicare cuts that, until last week, were openly supported by Ryan himself. [...]
Ryan went on to say that "what I don't think he'll be telling people is that the president took $716 billion from the Medicare program -- he raided it to pay for Obamacare."
Consider this remarkable series of events:
1. President Obama extends new benefits to seniors on Medicare and finds savings in the system to strengthen Medicare's finances.
2. Paul Ryan approves of Obama's Medicare savings and incorporates them into his own budget plan.
3. Mitt Romney endorses Ryan's plan, which includes Obama's Medicare savings.
4. Romney changes his mind, and tries to argue he's for and against the Medicare savings at the same time (for them in Ryan's plan, against then in Obama's law).
And finally 5. Ryan denounces the Medicare savings he supports.
So to review, the Romney/Ryan ticket is for and against Obama's Medicare savings, for and against including Obama's Medicare savings in the Republican budget, for and against extending benefits for seniors, and for and against strengthening Medicare's finances -- all at the same time.
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