Ron Wyden Swings At Ryan For Invoking Him To Defend Medicare Vouchers

[cal04]

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Wyden wrote on Facebook after the vice presidential debate:
https://www.facebook.com/wyden/posts/10151123887502858

The Vice President is right, Romney/Ryan moved the goal post on Medicare and I strongly oppose their plan because I believe it hurts seniors. The Romney/Ryan plan raises the age of eligibility and repeals the ACA leaving millions of seniors with no health coverage. The Romney/Ryan plan on Medicare pulls the safety net out from under the poorest and most vulnerable seniors, taking away the opportunity for nursing home care from seniors who need it and have no other options.

The Wyden-Ryan white paper strengthened the safety net for these dual eligibles. The Romney/Ryan version shreds it. The republican ticket knows that neither I, nor any other Democrat, would support these policies.

The Romney/Ryan plan on Medicare is further proof that Mitt Romney is singularly unfit to end gridlock and bring bipartisan solutions to Washington.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ron-wyden-swings-at-ryan-for-invoking-him

[spanone]

1. k&r...

[99th_Monkey]

2. Wyden's my US Senator. I certainly hope he is learning something from this.

that you can't make "deals" with a lying snake oil salesman, and not
have it come back to bite you.

[LuvLoogie]

4. What the hell was he thinking?

It'll be a while before that stink wears off.

[99th_Monkey]

5. My guess is he either wasn't thinking at all

or was thinking he could make a deal with the Devil.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/paul-ryan-ron-wyden_n_1768495.html

Like I said, I hope he's learning better by now, now that he's had to
back away from any affiliation or support for the Ryan plan.

[upi402]

7. Even Ted Kennedy was snookered by these loons

They're now a bunch of sociopaths. No Eisenhowers left in that party, not even a Goldwater.

[Rowdyboy]

8. Wyden's legislative gift to Republicans made my skin crawl. What a tool.

How the hell could he have been so stupid?

Doesn't really matter, I guess, because he was.

[99th_Monkey]

9. I don't mean to repeat myself overmuch, but

this post represents my best guess about Wyden's little "lapse".
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1522588

[lovemydog]

3. Biden nailed Ryan on that immediately

and Biden was correct.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Wyden caught

hell from lots of Dems in his state the second his idea popped. Don't think his is going there again in this life time. Got a feeling he was put on the Senate shit list much like Orin Hatch.

[ErikJ]

10. ONE Dem=Bipartisansip? Wise up WYDEN! The GOP is corrupt to the core!

[defacto7]

11. K&R