{"id":187313,"date":"2013-04-10T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/04\/10\/and-cue-the-republicans-accusing-obama-of-throwing-grandma-out-on-the-streets-in-3-2-1\/"},"modified":"2013-04-10T19:43:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:43:00","slug":"and-cue-the-republicans-accusing-obama-of-throwing-grandma-out-on-the-streets-in-3-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/04\/10\/and-cue-the-republicans-accusing-obama-of-throwing-grandma-out-on-the-streets-in-3-2-1\/","title":{"rendered":"And Cue the Republicans Accusing Obama of Throwing Grandma Out on the Streets in 3 \u2026 2 \u2026 1 \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 1px solid black; float: right; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\"><object height=\"219\" width=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3ck986_X-zs?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3ck986_X-zs?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"390\" height=\"219\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/><i>Because offering cuts that Republicans are afraid to mention in public work so well<\/i><\/div>\n<p>Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-politics\/wp\/2013\/04\/10\/house-gop-campaign-chief-obama-budget-shocking-attack-on-seniors\/\">right now<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">Appearing on CNN, the National Republican Congressional Committee chairman accused Obama of \u201ctrying to balance this budget on the backs of seniors\u201d and signaled Republicans may try to use the changes against Democrats in the coming election.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">Walden\u2019s comments come even as key Republicans have embraced Obama\u2019s \u201cchained CPI\u201d proposal to cut Social Security benefits.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\">\u201cI thought it\u2019s very intriguing in that his budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will,\u201d Walden (Ore.) said. \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen all the detail yet, so we\u2019ll look at it. But I\u2019ll tell you, when you\u2019re going after seniors the way he\u2019s already done on Obamacare, taking $700 billion out of Medicare to put into Obamacare, and now coming back at seniors again \u2014 I think you\u2019re crossing that line very quickly here in terms of denying access to seniors for health care\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only is this mind-blowingly bad policy, it is mind-blowingly bad politics.<\/p>\n<p>And let us remember something important:&nbsp; <b>Social Security contributes nothing to the deficit, and it will not for decades<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we have Obama playing the Manchurian Democrat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because offering cuts that Republicans are afraid to mention in public work so well Well, right now: Appearing on CNN, the National Republican Congressional Committee chairman accused Obama of \u201ctrying to balance this budget on the backs of seniors\u201d and signaled Republicans may try to use the changes against Democrats in the coming election. 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