“If [Paul Ryan] wants to protect Medicare for his mother, he should thank President Obama for what he has done to extend the life of the Medicare trust fund. What President Obama did was strengthen the Medicare benefits to help Medicare beneficiaries and extend it more than 8 years.” – Robert Gibbs on Fox News Sunday
IT’S THE JACK RYAN plan of attack, which I’ve written about before.
If you know it’s coming, “Give them no place to go, nothing to report, no story.” Turn into your opponent’s point of attack and take the offense.
That’s what the Romney campaign is doing on Medicare since Paul Ryan came on board. The above web video “Our Generation’s Time” was sent out today by Team Romney.
Whether it works or not is another story, but it’s the smart play, maybe even their only play considering Ryan’s budget on Medicare is to remake it entirely for those under 55, not to mention the Republican plan for Medicaid.
The next pivot for Team Obama is to move the ball, push the point and ask what else does Romney-Ryan have planned for entitlements?
Another trending item today is the continued push to lower Vice President Joe Biden down to size, taking advantage of a Boston Globe editorial stating that Biden should apologize for his “put y’all back in chains” remark. Robert Gibbs had an answer for that, too.
Senior Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on Sunday defended Joe Biden, saying a recent comment that GOP economic policies would put people “back in chains” was not racially motivated and claiming it was no different than how Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), speak of Wall Street reform.
[...] “I’m not going to get lectured by Mitt Romney or anybody on the Romney campaign about the tone of this campaign. This is a guy who’s flown all over this country saying he’s not sure if the president believes in America,” said Gibbs. “He’s auctioning off dinners with the birther-in chief, right-wing nut job Donald Trump, who still questions whether the president was born in the United States of America.” [The Hill]
It’s simple…punch them in the mouth and keep punching. These clowns have NOTHING.
Hey sec, glad to see you back posting here. Glad you’re out of hospital and hopefully feeling much better. Peace, brother.
Check this out: http://angryblackladychronicles.com/2012/08/18/boston-globe-demands-apology-from-biden-over-chains-comment-should-stfu/ Same blog has succinct responses to the post that follows this one, too.
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That’s terrific, TaosJohn!
Friday evening on Michel ( that is how she spells it) Martin’s ,Tell Me More, on NPR her Barbershop group ( all AA men from new media) were laughing lovingly about Joe,all saying he would be their number one guest at a barbeque. They forgave him and knew where his heart was.
It should go without saying this but a debate is supposed to be between people to engage in argument by discussing opposing points based upon their opposing philosophy.
I would love to know how a debate about medicare/social security/medicaid can take place when one side of the debaters continually lie about what they believe and continually uses those lies in that ongoing debate? And, now even drags his mommy into the mix to support and repeat his lies? WTF?
“Repitition does not transform a lie into a truth” FDR
As for Biden, he’s one of the most honest pols out there. Give me Biden anytime over lots of other pols but especially any Republican official, especially Romney/Ryan, the ne plus ultra Januses (two-faced liars) of politics. http://tinyurl.com/92mkkvy
And, this http://tinyurl.com/8elkgl5 http://tinyurl.com/252f6a7