John Sununu to Liberal Muppet Soledad O’Brien: “Put An Obama Bumper Sticker On Your Forehead When You Do This!” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 7:22 AM
Yesterday, Romney surrogate John Sununu entered into a heated argument with Liberal water carrier Soledad O’Brien over Obamacare. At one point Sununu told O’Brien, ”
“Put an Obama bumper sticker on your forehead when you do this.”
Of course, Soledad O’Brien incorrectly told viewers that Obamacare does not steal $716 billion from Medicare.
Soledad told Governor Sununu,
“Name calling and somehow repeating a number like $716 billion that you can make that stick that that figure was stolen from Medicare, That’s not true! You can’t just repeat it and make it true.”
Acutally, Soledad, it is true.
Even the liberal Washington Post agrees that Obamacare stole $716 billion from Medicare.
Romney’s right: Obamacare cuts Medicare by $716 billion. Here’s how.
The Romney campaign has gone on the offense on Medicare, charging that the Affordable Care Act “cuts $716 billion” from the entitlement program.
That $716 billion figure is one you’ll probably be hearing a lot about during this election cycle. It’s worth understanding where it comes from and what the spending reductions mean for the Medicare program.
First, where it comes from. On July 24, the Congressional Budget Office sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, detailing the budget impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act. If Congress overturned the law, “spending for Medicare would increase by an estimated $716 billion over that 2013–2022 period.”
More here.
Soledad O’Brien needs to apologize to Governor Sununu and CNN viewers for getting her facts wrong. And, do us a favor and work on that nasty attitude too, Soledad.
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bg commented:
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August 14, 2012
Debate joined on Medicare; Romney, Obama go at it
[Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama in person and in TV
advertising Tuesday of cutting Medicare "to pay for Obamacare,"
launching a strong counterattack to Democratic charges that he
and running mate Paul Ryan would radically remake the popular
health care program that serves tens of millions of seniors.
The charge drew a blistering response from Obama's
campaign, which labeled the ad dishonest and hypocritical.
Obama "has taken $716 billion out of the Medicare trust fund. He's
raided that trust fund," Romney said at a campaign stop in Beallsville,
Ohio, as he neared the end of a multi-state bus trip punctuated by
his weekend selection of a ticket mate.
"And you know what he did with it? He's used it to pay for Obamacare,
a risky, unproven, federal takeover of health care. And If I'm president
of the United States, we're putting the $716 billion back," he said.]
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bg commented:
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August
Paul Ryan’s “Radical Plan” Isn’t So Radical
[Although Mitt Romney has given the thumbs up to Paul Ryan’s Plan, he has also made it clear he has his own plan that’s not identical. Even so, there has quite naturally been a lot of talk about the Ryan Plan. It has been called “radical,” “extreme,” “scary,” yada, yada, yada.
Thing is, Ryan’s Plan isn’t radical at all. In fact, if it were implemented as written tomorrow, it might not be enough to save our country from a debt-driven crisis down the road. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad plan. To the contrary, it MIGHT be enough to get the job done and even if it’s not, it’s probably the biggest politically palatable step in the right direction that anyone could come up with. Ryan also deserves a lot of credit for actually attempting to come up with a plan to deal with our problems when the Democrats are so hamstrung that they can’t even handle putting together a budget.
In other words, Ryan is being called “radical” mainly because he’s actually trying to come up with a realistic plan to govern, which is something the Democrats refuse to do. Here’s more from Investor’s Business Daily on what Ryan actually wants to do.]
much more at link..
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Bruce MacMahon commented:
That’s a low blow, Jim.
Insulting Muppets like that.
bg commented:
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re: #3 August 15, 2012 at 7:47 am bg
August 13, 2012
Ryan’s Budget Is Radical? Far From It
["We have to reform Medicare to strengthen it," Obama said.
So far, he has failed to offer any specific Medicare reform plan.
Nor is Ryan's tax reform plan outside the mainstream. Under his
proposal, the existing six tax brackets, which range from 10% to
35%, would collapse to two — 10% and 25%. Ryan would offset
the rate reductions by closing loopholes that end up benefiting
primarily the rich.
That plan is similar to the 1986 tax reform under President Reagan,
which passed the Senate, 97 to 3. The Reagan reform also collapsed
a slew of tax brackets to two — 15% and 28% — in exchange for
closing many loopholes.
Ryan's plan also is similar in its basic outline to ideas put forward by
Obama's own Simpson-Bowles debt commission. One of the fiscal
panel's proposals had three brackets — 8%, 14% and 23%.
That commission was emphatic about the need for tax reform, saying
that since 1986, "Washington has riddled the system with countless
tax expenditures, which are simply spending by another name."
And it was equally emphatic about the kind of reform needed. "Tax
reform must," it said, "lower marginal tax rates for individuals and
corporations — thereby simplifying the code, improving fairness,
reducing the tax gap, and spurring economic growth."]
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snap boy commented:
John, the Obama bumper sticker on her forehead would cover up the “L”.
bg commented:
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i couldn’t help but note S O’B's “reddening cheeks” as she merrily spun
along, imho, that was an “i know i’m lying and you caught me, but that
won’t stop me, so i’ll double down”, that IS the entire Democratic plan..
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Sasja commented:
Soledad doesn’t need to work on her nasty attitude. She’s got it down pat. She could ditch her nasty attitude except it’s part of her “winning personality.”
Bammy From 2009 via Rush:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/08/14/flashback_obama_admits_he_cut_medicare
zipity commented:
Good luck with getting that “nasty attitude” adjusted on her. I believe that is baked in, like in most Libtards……
Sasja commented:
The other night, while filling in for Anderson Cooper, she interviewed Barbara Comstock. During this interview she kept reading from what she claimed to be from dem Ron Wyden’s office (he’s the co-sponsor on Ryan’s bill). It actually turned out she was reading from “The Talking Points Memo.” Not citing it. Reading from it.
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Sasja #10 August 15, 2012 at 8:21 am
yep, heard about that..
August 13, 2012
Soledad O’Brien Caught Reading Liberal Blog
During Heated Debate With Romney Adviser
oh btw, see what the dark side is saying about their bright star..
August 15, 2012
Soledad O’Brien’s Amazing John Sununu Interview
Should Be Taught in Journalism School
Hitler et al are is NOT rolling over in their graves.. *sigh*
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Ghost commented:
this video cuts off the last exchange:
cutest little Communist on TV: “John Sununu, always glad to have you joining us…”
New England Republican: (grunting) “yeah”
cutest little Communist on TV: “John! it doesn’t sound like you mean it”
FANTASY FINISH:
New England Republican: “I love you too, the money’s on the dresser”
lizzy84 commented:
Bravo!
Sununu is far and away Mitt’s best surrogate. He doesn’t take crap from anyone.
And yes, Soledad, the House DID pass a bill on drought relief, so shut it!
mg4us commented:
Is it me or is Soledad O’Brien looking more masculine these days. . . gone is her cute and perky eyes and smile when she was a junior reporter and now replaced with gotcha smiles and eyes filled with contempt.
Guess this is what happens when one looses their journalistic integrity and resort to being a talking head for the propaganda of the Left.
She hates the Right, especially when right is right. . And her contempt and ignorance grows. . .
Next time Sununu should say,
“If I can borrow frm a SNL skit you lefties adore: Soledad you ignorant slut!”
bg commented:
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August 15, 2012
Time for ‘Liberals’ and ‘Progressives’ to Get New Labels
[We need to find a new label for the ideology espoused by leftist Democrats. “Liberal” doesn’t accurately describe the party of blinkered intolerance, fanatical certainty, and an eagerness to destroy freedom in order to achieve some dubious utopia. “Progressive” is more historically accurate for ideas that go back to a movement that started in the late 19th century. But it still suggests that lefties are the party of improvement and the future, when in fact they are reactionaries recycling failed ideas about as au courant as a Nehru jacket and a puka-shell necklace.
These labels, moreover, function like newspeak in Orwell’s 1984. They suggest that lib/progs are tolerant champions of individual freedom and rights, skeptical of old-fashioned group identity, believers in nuance and complexity, open to new ideas that challenge authority, and respectful of difference and diversity. Liberals fancy themselves the party of reason and truth, their views and ideas the consequence of education and nuanced thinking, and their prescriptions and policies the only viable way to improve human life and eliminate suffering and oppression.
Flip through any newspaper at random and you will find examples that show today’s lib/progs are exactly the opposite of those flattering clichés. Take global warming, back in the news recently after the announcement that last year’s average temperature was the highest on record. “The science is settled,” the lib/progs scold us, and there is a “consensus” that human activity is warming the planet to dangerous levels and causing more frequent catastrophic weather events. Those who challenge this “consensus” are “deniers,” either stooges of the oil companies or hopelessly ignorant rubes irrationally closing their eyes to an inconvenient truth.]
Amen..
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Ghost commented:
#11
thank you for that puffpo tip
that explains as well as anything why there can NEVER be any accommodation with The Left,
they regard bad manners, lying and attempting to destroy Defenders of Truth as their twisted form of high honor.
They cannot recognize Honor in others because they have none. that’s why they never understood the Swift Boat Veterans and will castigate them to this day- even though they went away, as they said they would, after the (2004) election.
The Left must be defeated, and as opposed to the 1920s, 1950s and 1980s they must stay defeated. or they will rise again with a resultant divorce
bg commented:
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August 15, 2012
Why Doesn’t Obama Boast About These Accomplishments?
[Let’s see how well Obama’s economic plan has worked:
June 2012:
Unemployment (U-3) – steady at 8.2% (up from 8.1 in Apr)
Underemployed (U-6) – rose to 14.9%
Long Term Unemployment ([more than] 27
weeks) 5.4 million or 41.9% of all unemployed
Discouraged workers – no longer looking: 821,000
Labor Force Participation: 63.8%
Americans who have left labor force: 8.6 million
Americans on Food Stamps (Apr2012): 46.2 million (1 in 7 Americans)
US GDP (1st Qtr 2012): 1.9% (Historical 3.25%) –
GDP under 3% 6 of last 7 Qtrs (3% – 4th Qtr 2011)
In addition to all of the sunshine shown above, since June 2009
inflation-adjusted income has plummeted under Obama by 6.7%.
That is, the money you do make, buys less.
I wonder what the numbers would look like
if Obama’s plan didn’t work? (June 24, 2012)
Why doesn’t “Boasting Barry” take credit for those economic disasters?
Why doesn’t he boast to the public how he is secretly devising a plan
to circumvent the Second Amendment and deny our Constitutional right
to own and bear arms?
Obama is an unaccomplished and unpolished liar, but no one in his inner circle dares tell him that his lies are as transpicuous and base as the painted-on, jeans outfit his wife wore to the children’s award show was whorish.]
more from Mychal Massie @ link..
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Ghost commented:
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RE: Orwell’s “newspeak”
heard a scathing insight last night at a Tea Party election prep meeting:
Orwells’ “1984″ was not a warning, it was an instruction manual
hmmm, did Eric Blair know George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells?
bg commented:
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Ghost #17 August 15, 2012 at 8:52 am
you’re welcome..
yes, there is a reckoning coming..
will they survive the TRUTH?? /s/
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