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Paul Ryan Booed by AARP Crowd For Promising to Repeal ‘Obamacare’

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Source: Mediaite / C-Span3

Paul Ryan Booed By AARP Crowd For Promising To Repeal ‘Obamacare’

by Noah Rothman | 1:02 pm, September 21st, 2012

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)was not well received at a gathering held by the American Association of Retired Peoples on Friday. After Ryan said the first step to strengthening Medicare is to repeal President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the crowd erupted into boos.

After promising to repeal “Obamacare,” the crowd jeered. “I had a feeling there would be mixed reactions,” said Ryan amid the chorus of booing.

“It weakens Medicare for today’s seniors and puts it at risk for the next generation,” said Ryan to more booing.

“You may not have heard this side of the story,” said Ryan, after detailing the Medicare funds stripped in order to fund the ACA. “The law turned Medicare into a piggybank for Obamacare.”

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/paul-ryan-booed-by-aarp-crowd-for-promising-to-repeal-obamacare

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Paul Ryan Booed by AARP Crowd For Promising to Repeal ‘Obamacare’ (Original post)	Hissyspit	Sep 2012	OP
K & R	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#1
Ryan said he expected a "mixed reaction".	JohnnyRingo	Sep 2012	#2
+1	KoKo	Sep 2012	#7
His attempt to fool this group failed, just like his budget will fail America	Thinkingabout	Sep 2012	#3
In 2003, wasn't it AARP	windowpilot	Sep 2012	#4
Yes it was	magic59	Sep 2012	#5
Great News....	KoKo	Sep 2012	#6
Vouchercare Means No Care for Most	AndyTiedye	Sep 2012	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	AndyTiedye	Sep 2012	#9
This was posted at almost the same time as another thread	muriel_volestrangler	Sep 2012	#10

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:33 PM

dipsydoodle (32,572 posts)

1. K & R

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:36 PM

JohnnyRingo (9,327 posts)

2. Ryan said he expected a "mixed reaction".

My TV must not be capable of playing the cheers, because all I heard were the jeers.

Now that Romney/Ryan have been trumpeting the nonsense that Obama is "taking $751b out of Medicare" for so long that fact checkers have roundly discounted the claim, it's possible that canard has reached the end of it's shelf life.

The campaign may have to take one of their greatest hits sound bites out of rotation if this is a trend. Sure, it'll still play to the TeaBilly crowd who will cheer wildly at any utterance made by their hero Ryan, but they can't limit themselves to compliant audiences anymore.

This could be yet another turning point in the campaign. I bet Republicans long for the days that "pallin' around with terrorists" was their Dark Side Of The Moon, the hit that never got old no matter how many times fans heard it.

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 02:16 PM

KoKo (69,512 posts)

7. +1

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:40 PM

Thinkingabout (1,748 posts)

3. His attempt to fool this group failed, just like his budget will fail America

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:45 PM

windowpilot (115 posts)

4. In 2003, wasn't it AARP

instrumental in helping bush*, and the republicans privatize Part D Medicare?

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:54 PM

magic59 (429 posts)

5. Yes it was

and I have never forgiven them for sticking it to the elderly. They have made a ton of money selling their Part D insurance.

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 02:15 PM

KoKo (69,512 posts)

6. Great News....

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 02:42 PM

AndyTiedye (22,973 posts)

8. Vouchercare Means No Care for Most

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 02:58 PM

muriel_volestrangler (65,272 posts)

10. This was posted at almost the same time as another thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014239706

In fact, yours was posted a few seconds earlier (they both have the same timestamp to the nearest minute). But the other one has more replies and recs (24 recs and 13 replies, as opposed to 19 recs and 9 replies for this). So, with apologies, the LBN hosts have decided we'd rather lock this one, and get the conversation to continue on the other thread.

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