WIll Republicans Say Obama Stole SS and Medicare Reform?

[bananas]

Remember how Republicans complained that Clinton stole welfare reform from them?
Soon, Republicans may be complaining that Obama stole their plans for ending SS and Medicare:

An actual news story from 1996:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/490791/DOLE-SAYS-CLINTON-STOLE-WELFARE-IDEA.html

DOLE SAYS OBAMA STOLE SS AND MEDICARE IDEA
Published: Tuesday, May 21, 1996

Bob Dole labeled President Obama's tough recent SS and Medicare talk as more "petty theft" of Republican ideas Monday and got a chorus of support from GOP governors.

Dole was outlining his SS and Medicare reform ideas in a speech Tuesday in Wisconsin. Aides said the certain Republican presidential nominee was likely to call for mandatory drug testing of SS and Medicare recipients, as well as a five-year lifetime limit on most benefits. Dole's speech was designed to convince voters that Obama has not delivered on his 1992 promise to "end SS and Medicare as we know it."

But the president served notice over the weekend that he was hardly ready to give ground. Obama surprised Republicans by announcing his support for a Wisconsin experiment that ends the guarantee of SS and Medicare benefits and requires work.

<snip>

We might see news stories like that soon,
with the words "Clinton" and "welfare" replaced by "Obama" and "SS and Medicare",
here is a hypothetical news story we might see in the future:

www.Not-A-Real-Website.com

DOLE SAYS CLINTON OBAMA STOLE WELFARE SS AND MEDICARE IDEA
Not Published Yet: Tuesday, May 21, 1996 2012

Bob Dole labeled President Clinton Obama's tough recent welfare SS and Medicare talk as more "petty theft" of Republican ideas Monday and got a chorus of support from GOP governors.

Dole was outlining his welfare SS and Medicare reform ideas in a speech Tuesday in Wisconsin. Aides said the certain Republican presidential nominee was likely to call for mandatory drug testing of welfare SS and Medicare recipients, as well as a five-year lifetime limit on most benefits. Dole's speech was designed to convince voters that Clinton Obama has not delivered on his 1992 promise to "end welfare SS and Medicare as we know it."

But the president served notice over the weekend that he was hardly ready to give ground. Clinton Obama surprised Republicans by announcing his support for a Wisconsin experiment that ends the guarantee of welfare SS and Medicare benefits and requires work.

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[liberal N proud]

1. Add names here

WOW!

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Bob Dole Claims Viagra Ate His Brain" - Teh Totalitarian Tattler

[bananas]

10. Remember when he did the commercial where he was lusting after an under-age Britney Spears?

Youtube video here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6579581

[TheKentuckian]

3. "Old Bob Dole resents young Bob Dole, Old Bob Dole was never a rock star, Old Bob Dole was never

President".

"Old Bob Dole is sour he never got to implement his shitty ideas and is jealous that young Bob Dole is making them happen".

[SidDithers]

4. Unrec for made-up shit...nt

Sid

[Myrina]

5. ... if anyone should be pissed, it's Romney ....

... the shit sammich we all got sold was a version of what he did a couple years back.

[Little Star]

6. How sad but true is that?????????????

[Fearless]

7. The link only goes to the Clinton article. I call bull shit.

[Champion Jack]

8. Bob who?

[mmonk]

9. Drug testing for recipients of social security?

He is definitely nuts. There is no senior alive that probably isn't taking a myriad of pharmaceuticals. What kind of definitive screens are going to come out of that?

[bananas]

12. It's parody, I took some literary license to compare Obamas actions with Clintons

The first excerpt is the original news article from 1996,
the second excerpt I re-wrote to show what we might read in the news in the near future,
I replaced "Clinton" and "welfare" with "Obama" and "SS and Medicare".
I don't know if Bob Dole is even alive anymore.

[mmonk]

14. Still alive. In retirement.

Good one.

[bananas]

15. I edited the OP to make it clearer. nt

[snooper2]

11. At least you could have been bright enough to change the date on the "now" article

:rofl:

Good try but FAIL

[ashling]

13. Dole says somebody stole my Viagra