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Paul Ryan Set to Appear With Mom at World’s Largest Retirement Community, Defend Medicare Plan
ABC News ^ | August 16, 2012 | Shushannah Walshe

Posted on 08/16/2012 1:14:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

WARREN, Ohio—Paul Ryan is headed to a Florida retirement community with his 80 year-old mother on Saturday to make his argument about the need to change Medicare for future generations.

He’ll appear at The Villages, the world’s largest retirement community and a conservative stronghold that is a must stop for Republican candidates. In 2008, a massive crowd of between 30,000 and 60,000 seniors came out to a rally Sarah Palin held there. Despite the Republican-leanings it’s a clear sign the Romney campaign will continue to stay on the offense on Medicare, but with this trip they may be entering the lion’s den.

Ryan’s mother, who will accompany him, can help her son connect with the senior citizen audience. She lives part of the year in Lauderdale-By-The Sea and part of the year outside of Janesville, Wisconsin...

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Florida; Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: florida; medicare; obama; obamacare; ohio; palin; romney; ryan; thevillages
Miss Walshe must've been gritting her teeth so hard when she wrote the paragraph about Gov. Sarah Palin's successful visit that her co-workers thought they were in the midst of an earthquake!
1 posted on 08/16/2012 1:15:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That sounds like a great PR move. Go Paul Ryan & Mom.


2 posted on 08/16/2012 1:19:37 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Romney/Ryan 2012 The Future of Our Children and Their Children are at stake.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pass around the apple-pie. :)


3 posted on 08/16/2012 1:25:21 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Siri: Paul Ryan 2016)
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To: Qwackertoo

Smart move. Ryan & Mom can defuse the “Ryan will throw grandma under the bus” smears, shore up Senior vote, and rebut Dems Mediscare tactics.


4 posted on 08/16/2012 1:26:28 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Forget about the fact that Ryan will be bringing the truth. The optics of clean-cut, good-looking Ryan appearing with his mother will make the libs throw up in their mouths.


5 posted on 08/16/2012 1:29:47 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (I'm voting AB0/RYAN)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mom: Tell me Paul, is it true that the President stole our Medicare money so that he could use it to start up that terrible Obamacare of his?

Paul: it sure is Mom. $716 billion to be exact.

Mom: Did you say billion?

Paul: I sure did.

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6 posted on 08/16/2012 1:30:03 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s only fair, what’s-her-puss was in Jax talking about how the $716B has no impact whatsoever.


7 posted on 08/16/2012 1:35:05 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Steyn: "One can argue about whose fault it is, but not ... whose responsibility it is: it's his")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Shushannah Walshe?

Somebody had to be drunk to come up with that name.

Or maybe it is what she is continually told to do: Shush Annah!

8 posted on 08/16/2012 1:41:46 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

And doing it this quickly sets the course of the discussion for R/R and the GOP and NOT the Dems. All I can say it is about time the GOP learned to fight back, even if just a little bit.


9 posted on 08/16/2012 1:41:56 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Romney/Ryan 2012 The Future of Our Children and Their Children are at stake.)
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To: Lou Budvis

He'll be bringing so much truth he'll need a convoy of 18 wheelers.

10 posted on 08/16/2012 1:48:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Qwackertoo

Absolutely. R&R are putting Obama on the defensive. Make him react to THEM.


11 posted on 08/16/2012 1:52:39 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

Will Biden be there to sing the theme song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRXH7RkCZQ


12 posted on 08/16/2012 2:17:55 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Despite the Republican-leanings it’s a clear sign the Romney campaign will continue to stay on the offense on Medicare, but with this trip they may be entering the lion’s den.

Lion's den ? Hardly...

The Villages are filled with flyover country conservatives...many are wealthy

My NE liberal mother lived there for a few years and constantly complaining to me about all the republicans that live there...she finally moved...LOL

13 posted on 08/16/2012 2:25:18 PM PDT by Popman (In a place you only dream of Where your soul is always free)
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I love how most of them use fancy electric golf carts as cars, with roads for them and everything.


14 posted on 08/16/2012 2:33:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Don't forget the golf cart garages in their homes!
15 posted on 08/16/2012 3:50:11 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Nice!
I'll be voting for Bettys son :)
16 posted on 08/16/2012 3:55:44 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s over but the crying for Obama et al...


17 posted on 08/16/2012 3:58:01 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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