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Paul Ryan Booed By AARP Crowd For Promising To Repeal ‘Obamacare’
Mediaite ^ | 9/21/2012 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 09/21/2012 10:17:40 AM PDT by markomalley

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)was not well received at a gathering held by the American Association of Retired Peoples on Friday. After Ryan said the first step to strengthening Medicare is to repeal President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the crowd erupted into boos.

After promising to repeal “Obamacare,” the crowd jeered. “I had a feeling there would be mixed reactions,” said Ryan amid the chorus of booing.

“It weakens Medicare for today’s seniors and puts it at risk for the next generation,” said Ryan to more booing.

“You may not have heard this side of the story,” said Ryan, after detailing the Medicare funds stripped in order to fund the ACA. “The law turned Medicare into a piggybank for Obamacare.”

“You don’t have to take my word for it,” Ryan said. “Ask the chief actuary for the center for Medicare and Medicaid services.”

Watch the clip below via C-SPAN 3:

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012veep; aarp; booed; obamacare; paulryan; ryan; seniors
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To: markomalley
Speaking to AARP is like speaking to the NAA(L)CP or the SPLC or the ACLU.

Why even do it?

41 posted on 09/21/2012 10:40:52 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: markomalley

Didn’t Obamacare remove that ‘doughnut hole’ in the Prescription Drug Plan? Well Ryan is goring their ox and threatening to remove an entitlement they’re enjoying. Why is anyone surprised that they would boo him for it?


42 posted on 09/21/2012 10:41:20 AM PDT by Delhi Rebels (There was a row in Silver Street - the regiments was out.)
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To: markomalley
The bizarre thing is how ignorant these AARP types are about Obamacare destroying the very health system that's supposed to help them as they age ...........I hope Ryan straightened them out on that score.
43 posted on 09/21/2012 10:42:56 AM PDT by Lakeshark (I don't care for Mitt; the alternative is unthinkable)
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To: annieokie

I always send back any SASE with some anti-democrat rant and use the rest for kindling. I like getting fuel in the mail.

It’s good for loggers and my local postMadam’s job.


44 posted on 09/21/2012 10:43:27 AM PDT by soycd
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To: NFHale

Include in the envelope some outdated sliced sandwich meat !


45 posted on 09/21/2012 10:43:39 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: markomalley

EVERY piece of mail that I get from AARP, I make sure that I send nonsense enclosures back to them in their prepaid envelopes.

I’m waiting for a piece of mail that has a beg from Obama for Money to come to me so I can return that to AARP.....


46 posted on 09/21/2012 10:43:47 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: markomalley

I’ve been pitching their commie crap in the garbage for years...


47 posted on 09/21/2012 10:45:04 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

See #46.....


48 posted on 09/21/2012 10:45:34 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: markomalley

Anybody from AARP booing the repeal of 0bamacare is in the management of AARP (a far-left leaning group who have no interest in their members, but in their members dues and being able to push liberal ideas). They are no better than union executives. Most seniors want to repeal 0bamacare, largely because of what it does to Medicare and because most seniors have experience with life and liberals like 0bama.


49 posted on 09/21/2012 10:45:34 AM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: annieokie
No matter how many times you tell them to STOP mailing you stuff. They will never, ever remove your name.

That's true but it's just costing them money. If you ever receive return-postage-paid envelopes, just send them back with your comments and cost them or their affiliates more money.

50 posted on 09/21/2012 10:45:55 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: GeronL

If he can pull out a win he’ll definitely repeal it or at least some of it because that tax will star hitting people right in the middle of his presidency (2014).


51 posted on 09/21/2012 10:47:38 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: markomalley
Paul Ryan Booed By AARP Crowd For Promising To Repeal ‘Obamacare’

That confirms that he is on the right path.


52 posted on 09/21/2012 10:48:53 AM PDT by Iron Munro (US Embassies Come and Go But An Obama Apology Lasts Forever)
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To: markomalley

You’re doing it right, Paul.


53 posted on 09/21/2012 10:48:56 AM PDT by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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To: markomalley

The only ones who remain members are dumb ass liberals. AARP executives were all for obamacare because it’s going to make more seniors by AARP’s supplemental insurance. So, all those members are supporting a raise in their own insurance costs. That’s why I call them dumb ass liberals.


54 posted on 09/21/2012 10:49:53 AM PDT by Terry Mross (The Clintons seem to be very afraid of obama. Do they owe him their souls?)
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To: snarkytart

Maybe Ryan should list some of the more unsavory provisions and indicate that it will be reworked.


55 posted on 09/21/2012 10:50:04 AM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: George from New England

Now, now...under the current rules of the regime that could be misconstrued as a biological agent...!!!

A nice, color photo of your upraised Middle Finger would suffice nicely, though...maybe a nice self-taken “Moon Shot” too...

Why, the possibilities are endless!!


56 posted on 09/21/2012 10:50:10 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: pallis
It is amazing how many elderly people are anxious to put their health decisions and self-worth in the hands of bureaucratic number crunchers who regard them as waste. Their belief that they will receive free healthcare drives them to support their exclusion from the system.

Don't forget that a large majority of seniors are against Obamacare as they are against the 0bamanation himself.

57 posted on 09/21/2012 10:50:42 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: kevinm13

There is a video floating around out there in the ether about an AARP representative browbeating seniors who were against something AARP was about to do. This fat heifer who was from AARP talked to the seniors like they were children and actually got really mad they were contradicting her!...really egregious behavior.

It is largely the management and hierarchy of AARP that are flat out socialists and money grubbers. They are not better than the NEA Union teachers that have taken over your childrens’ minds in Government Schools.

But! It is also the millions of gullible and unstudious seniors who send them membership fees that promulgates this sh!t.

To me, the FIRST thing a dutiful and moral son or daughter could do for an aging senior parent is to keep them from giving this organization any money whatsoever.


58 posted on 09/21/2012 10:51:37 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: markomalley

Unfortunately, when I begin receiving medicare benefits and was in need of Prescription benefits coverage, I was told that I had to take AARP in order for that coverage. I was told by my agent, that the supplement to Medicare is AARP only. Apparently, the AARP has the market sewn up. There is no other company out there. If anyone knows of a lower cost alternative, we’d love to hear about it. We HATE the AARP. Unfortunately, with the ever rising costs of medication, it’s the only one I can afford right now.

Mrs. NHD


59 posted on 09/21/2012 10:54:05 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: markomalley
Link to Ryan's complete speech to AARP on CSPAN website. In the sidebar at the right, just under the "share this" links is where you will find the video link. It is not live yet, but says it will be available shortly.

I guess Mediaite just got the short clip from CSPAN to tease us with.

60 posted on 09/21/2012 10:57:37 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
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