Paul Ryan blames rowdy town halls on ‘misinformation’

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By David Edwards

Outraged constituents have showed up at town hall events across the country to protest a Republican budget plan that would end Medicare as it exists today but Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) says it's all been a misunderstanding.

"The crowds are really getting bigger and people are getting much more anxious about where the country is headed," Ryan told ABC's Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Sunday.

"This is the sign of the times, I think. I think it's sign of anxiety of the times and sign of misinformation perpetrated out there."

"What do you mean, misinformation?" Amanpour asked.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/01/paul-ryan-blames-rowdy-town-halls-on-misinformation/

[louis-t]

1. Yeah Pauly, whaddya mean "misinformation"?

'Splain it to us, you moron.

[hfojvt]

11. I would like to have a lot more explanations

Like the details on the $2.2 billion that Democrats are claiming.

[Bozita]

16. Mike Thompson explained it nicely in this toon ...

[Brigid]

24. Spot on.

:thumbsup:

Edited to add: I just noticed that the guy stirring the pot looks a lot like Bush! :rofl:

[Lost-in-FL]

2. Imagine that. nt

[Enrique]

3. no, it's a result of information

which is like holy water to the GOP.

[htuttle]

4. You Have To Keep Repeating Things To Catapult The Propaganda" -- George W Bush

Ryan better get himself some more catapults. His bullshit isn't sticking.

[ejpoeta]

5. 'misinformation' is really the fact that they didn't spin it before people got ahold of it.

so instead of hte 'new and improved' medicare people can see the reality of what it is..... no more medicare.

[iwishiwas]

6. Ryan wants to 'prepare" folks for the ---$6,500 extra per year.

uga uga.



...But Democrats claim that the Republican plan authored by Ryan would force millions of seniors to pay an extra $2.2 billion next year alone.

And they say that for Americans under 55, the plan would effectively eliminate Medicare by replacing it with a voucher system. The Congressional Budget Office has predicted that in ten years, the new Medicare system would cost each senior about $6,500 extra per year.

"Put these reforms in now, they don't take effect for ten years to give people time to prepare," Ryan told constituents at one town hall last week.

"If we keep kicking the can down the road and keep going trillions of dollars deeper in the hole, then the reforms will be sudden, urgent, severe and immediate, and then it will catch people by surprise."

[WinkyDink]

17. GOOD LUCK with $6500. Try $900/month. Today, not 10 years from now.

[Angry Dragon]

7. He does not care who he hurts

Why does he hate the American people so much??

[RKP5637]

12. Because he's a sociopath. He could care less about people and working real solutions. n/t

[pacalo]

18. As Christine said, he "remains unconcerned" about the backlash.

When people start noticing that the angry crowds don't reflect election results, he might show a little more concern.

[socialist_n_TN]

23. When you have 60% or more of the populus whose

positions aren't reflected by the politicians, you eventually have a revolutionary situation. And that's what we have now.

[RKP5637]

8. Paul Ryan is a damn fool. Reminds me of hatchet men brought into corps. as

miracle workers. Hell, they didn't know anything. Their solution was just to cut labor, not to analyze situations and improve the company. And all of those companies I worked in are now out of business.

[Ohio Joe]

9. It is a sign people are no longer buying your bullshit

What a douchebag.

[Enrique]

10. I love this part of their strategy

"There are TV, radio and phone calls running, trying to scare seniors. The Democratic National Committee is running phone calls to seniors in my district, TV ads, saying we're hurting current seniors, which in fact that's not the case," Ryan explained.

This is Ryan saying on TV, we're not hurting current seniors, we're hurting future seniors.

The Young Turks played a clip of a townhall where one of the older constituents answered when their congressman gave that line. He said, "what about the people coming after us, what are you going to tell them, are you going to say, to hell with you." To which the congressman had no answer.

[hfojvt]

13. Because he is going to say "to hell with" us

because we don't have a lobbying group like the AARP.

[Canuckistanian]

14. Au contraire

The more their constituents know, the worse it'll be for Ryan. To the voters' credit, they've asked the tough questions at the town halls - and haven't gotten straight answers yet.

I think these Congressmen expected ticker tape parades when they came back home. Doesn't exactly look that way now.

[tblue37]

15. What he means is that the Republicans are not being as successful as usual in getting

the misinformation proprerly disseminated and accepted.

[elias7]

19. Just wait, the Teabaggers will be using the "misinformation" meme for the next two years...

And successfully....

Just like they co-opted the deficit...

[devilgrrl]

20. Yeah... keep moving the goal posts. Misinformation, we don't get it, you don't understand

they're smart, we're morons.... un-fucking-believable. :nuke:

[socialist_n_TN]

21. Actually, I'd call it INFORMATION rather than

disinformation.

They keep pushing this meme that older boomers (myself included) don't have to worry because we won't be part of any changes. Well guess what Pauly? WE DON'T CARE! We're NOT like you. Just because we've got ours doesn't mean that we don't want EVERYBODY to have what we have.

Dumb ass. Face it. You're propaganda isn't working anymore.

[ElboRuum]

22. I love this bit...

And they say that for Americans under 55, the plan would effectively eliminate Medicare by replacing it with a voucher system. The Congressional Budget Office has predicted that in ten years, the new Medicare system would cost each senior about $6,500 extra per year.

"Put these reforms in now, they don't take effect for ten years to give people time to prepare," Ryan told constituents at one town hall last week.

Ten years or two, what's the bloody difference, its either onerous now or later, this is our choice? And the 55 year old cutoff? Is Ryan under the mistaken impression that Baby Boomers hate their children enough to want them to give more of their medical care over to a private system?

I've said it before. I'll say it again. Paul Ryan's head has a front row seat to his imminent bowel movements. Ok, so I've never said that before, but I'm going to start saying it pretty regularly.

[Brigid]

25. "Current seniors?"

What about the rest of us? We've been paying into the system for years; do we get that back? And what about those of us with pre-existing conditions? From what I understand, insurance companies will not be required to cover us under your scheme. What are we supposed to do? Your "coopins" will be worse than useless to us.

[rocktivity]

26. Rocktivity blames rowdy town halls

on 'karma'...

:evilgrin:
rocktivity

[donheld]

27. He's correct. He misinformed people with his plan

now he's getting :spank: