Posted on 02/20/2014 6:59:30 AM PST by Cheerio
The National Republican Senatorial Committee points out that North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan and other vulnerable Senate Democrats are now whacking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid… for enacting changes required by Obamacare. Hey, Senator Hagan, if you want to blame someone, blame the foolish or dishonest lawmakers who voted for the law!
Wait a minute, that’s you!
In 2009, Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) promised North Carolinians who depend on Medicare that she was going to “protect Medicare” and that they would “not see a drop in their Medicare coverage.”
But in 2010 Kay Hagan voted to slash Medicare Advantage to pay for ObamaCare. (H.R. 4872, CQ Vote #72: Motion agreed to 56-42: R 0-40; D 54-2; I 2-0, 3/24/10, Hagan Voted Yea)
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Clearly they passed it and still have not read it.
Hey, whats the problem? AARP gets rich, and funnels $$ back to O-HOLE. Gee, how did that happen?
Maybe you should have read it before you voted it into law.
You’ve gotta be kidding me! They’re going to play dumb? Republicans/conservatives have been hammering the point that Medicare/Medicaid was going to get cut, but the media wouldn’t report that, and the administration denied it at every turn. They knew, and they boldly and unabashedly lied to the American people.
I hope there is no way they can escape their responsibility for this mess.
Kay Hagan is a lying Hag. NC can do better.
When is someone in the GOP going to point out that the whole purpose for getting rid of Medicare Advantage was to create a whole new version, sold by AARP and run by United Healthcare which are all SEIU employees.
This is why SEIU put it in Obamacare in the first place.
To unionize all future healthcare workers.
She’s a liar like the rest of the Rats. I remember this specific point being brought up leading up to the passage of the bill. There should be film footage somewhere of Obama addressing this issue. that would make a great campaign ad contrasted against her claiming ignorance.
the cuts to medicare were ALL the tea party rallies wanted to talk about !!!
In fact I actually lost a lot of interest in the Tea Party after attending several rallies once I realized most of the people there were just made about the cuts to medicare!
For a Democrat or ANYONE to claim they didn't know there were cuts to medicare in Obamacare is a flat out lie.
And they should keep on hammering. For a change, the Repubs have the chance to turn Medicare/Medicaid cuts on the Democrats with a simple political ad: Scene of an Obama look-a-like pushing granny in a wheelchair out of her house and into the street. Voice-over states Obamacare cuts Medicare and Medicaid. Cut to scene of Democrat candidate (from dog catcher to Senator) does not want to stop this. Cut to scene of Republican candidate wants America to be strong and save Medicare/Medicaid. 2014, game, set and match.
Because you HAD to pass the bill before you could read it.
The simplest of political strategies could turn these incumbents to dust. Two options, they lied and shouldn’t be re-elected, or they were to stupid to know and are too stupid to be re-elected. There is no defense.
Yes, everything you said. They lied, they knew it, and they’re going to play the “we got tricked” game to save their seats. The worst part of if is...it doesn’t matter. Progressives vote dem no matter what, unions mostly go dem no matter what, and you can’t talk any sense into the uneducated masses. Add voter fraud and they’ve got little to worry about.
I plan to keep fighting, but honestly I think it’s just about hopeless at this point.
“I hope there is no way they can escape their responsibility for this mess.”
With the GOPe and the medias help they will just blame it on
the conservatives just like they blame Americas existence
for the failures of communism.
Ah yes, the old “we didn’t know” defense......................And many will actually believe them.
This came out way before it was voted on and way before it was implemented.
if a politician cries foul for not knowing something that is out there for all to see, they must be REMOVED.
Maybe, they should have READ the bill before they passed it.
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Obamacare: A new surprise every day.
“I hope there is no way they can escape their responsibility for this mess.”
It will not be a national story. Individuals affected won’t know that it’s a systemic failure caused by Democrats. While Republicans could be hammering this point, they are busy trying to figure out how to make amnesty happen. And attacking the Tea Party.
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