Comments on: The Big Lie Of The Day: A Plan Even Paul Ryan’s Mother Couldn’t Love

By: cwconley

cwconley — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:30:00 +0000

Ok. I get people being upset with all the goodies getting taken away, but HONESTLY… I don’t want any medicare of mine to be paid by a loan from China that our grandchildren are working away to pay off properly. Completely nuts. I don’t care if 2, 5, or 10 generations have gotten it before me… Not only is it not FAIR to strap my grandkids that way, it borders on posthumous grandchild abuse. I won’t have a part of it!

Very sad how so many so viciously defend their entitlements at the expense of their kids and grandkids.

By: Michael Hilton

Michael Hilton — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:10:00 +0000

yeah, Pat, when I read pap like you’ve posted I get downright pis5ed.

By: Michael Hilton

Michael Hilton — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:06:00 +0000

Gee, Pat…I keep forgetting stuff.

If you’ve a mind to mention what fearless leader says frequently…that he’d have succeeded if not for an obstructionist Republican party…who (yes, PAT, who?) had control of BOTH houses of congress for the first two years?

Who, Pat?

What house of congress, Pat, is responsible for a budget, required by the Constitution, every year? What house of Congress, Pat?

Who holds the hammer over that house of Congress, Pat? Can you say, “Harry Reid”, Pat?

Try it Pat. Purse your lips and cough it out, Pat.

People like you…PAT… make my teeth ache.

By: Michael Hilton

Michael Hilton — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:51:00 +0000

Oh, Pat…and the “bigger and bigger pieces” you mention. That assumes (something done all the time by leftists) that the pie is a static piece of merchandise. When the economy grows (not recognized by leftists) everyone benefits because the pie gets bigger. Your “paradigm” for the economy is incorrect, otherwise we’d have the same size economy that George Washington dealt with.

Use your head for something other than a “progressive” sounding board.

By: Michael Hilton

Michael Hilton — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Well, Pat this one is ‘home’…
You’re right back at the same pulpit…blaming Bush for everything. Bush didn’t do a very good job, did he? Obama, though, promised to fix it all…and within his first term (or as he said himself, he wouldn’t earn a second term)

Did he fix everything, Pat?

Or…Pat…did it get worse? I’ll wait for a clever response to that.

No one is going to like the medicine required for the ailment, Pat…NO ONE. Do you think, Pat, that the nice folks in Greece like the medicine they’re taking? Obama thinks all we have to do is run the presses faster or borrow more from overseas…thus “spending our way out of trouble”. Can you do that, Pat, with your family’s budget? Nope…

Neither can we, as a nation, Pat.

Oh, and Pat…about that clever response: If you’re going to suggest that Obama has created (some big number) XXXX jobs, spare us. There are fewer people working now than when he took Office. If you’re going to try to point us to a better economy, remember that American’s net worth — individually — has dropped by 40%.

What, Pat? I’m lying? Prove it, old son.

On edit, here…
You mention “boggles the mind”. Great, Pat. I’m very sure your mind is — indeed — bobbled.

By: Pat Kelly

Pat Kelly — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:01:00 +0000

It is amazing that republicans can demand with a straight face that Obama should clean up the mess in 4 years that it took a republican president and his administration 8-years to create. Remember, when Bush took office, Clinton left him with a thriving economy operating at a surplus. Just eight years later, Bush handed Obama an American economy on the verge of catastrophic financial collapse. So much for republican visions of free and unrestrained capitalism that has thrown the entire world into a recession. Clearly republicans are a party ruled by the elite for the elite. What boggles the mind is how so many can claim to align themselves with republican ideals for no other reason than to hope they will become part of the elite merely by pretending they share the same elitist ideals. But this is the fallacy and false promise republicans are deluded with because the truth is that as the rich get richer everyone else including most of the rich themselves eventually get poorer and poorer. The obvious outcome is a few trillionares taking huge pieces of the single pie we all must eat from. And as the super-rich take bigger and bigger pieces of the same pie we all much share it doesn’t take any great genius to realize that our pieces are going to keep getting smaller and smaller. Sure the wealthy top 2 percent might create a lot of jobs but at what cost. For every million they earn they hire another one or two employee at $40,000 each to help them make another million. This is not the American dream. Hello Republicans… Anybody home???

By: norma s

norma s — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:17:00 +0000

Medicare have enough funding for people 55 and over but now enough for the future generation therefore, it should be reformed. If the taxpayers were given an option to contribute to medicare, some would opted out just as they did when they elected not to participate on their employers’ insurance.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:01:00 +0000

I would almost LOVE to see those two win, just to SEE what will happen, and the regret people will feel for voting for them when things ARENT so easy to fix as they say they are.

I vow that if they DO win, I will do MY BEST to continue to help those who need and can use my help. That’s the good news about America, we can STILL be great no matter who our so-called leaders are.

These people want to divide us and make us angry. Don’t let them. Redirect the anger toward helping those around you, and let the rest GO! If you can help a neighbor today, HELP THEM! Don’t get stuck on who the President is or may be.

We’ve been through worse, and there is worse to come, but we ourselves can still do better for one another.

By: clearhead

clearhead — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:26:00 +0000

@ ‘National Memo’ — When diparaging a ‘democrat’ it is a worthwhile policy to do it anonymously, because of the distinct possibility of retribution in various forms by the disparagee. However, in instances where the disparagor’s useless vitriol is verbally aimed toward someone respectable, Republican, Democrat or other, it is not necessary to hide the disparagor’s identity. Normal civilized Americans prefer discussions or debates rather than retaliation. Therefore we ask that you identify the author of this ridiculous and biased spewing, — so that in the future we’ll be able to save valuable time by ignoring further opinions by him/her/it. Thank you.

By: DurdyDawg

DurdyDawg — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:29:00 +0000

Even mama and granny Ryan won’t be immune..