To: GOP Freshman (AGAIN)
Fr: Democratic Leader’s Press Office
Da: May 11, 2011
Re: Your Vote to End Medicare Is Here to Stay
We know it’s hard for you to accept the anger over your vote to end Medicare as we know it, but holding a press conference to ask the American people to ignore your irresponsible vote is, frankly, a bit puzzling. You defended your vote just two weeks ago, but you didn’t like what you got back from your constituents. It’s time to take responsibility for your actions.
Wall Street Journal – GOP Freshmen Appeal to Obama for Calm Discussion on MedicareIn case you missed it, here’s the helpful memo we sent your way yesterday.
TPMDC – GOP Freshmen On Medicare Attacks: Let’s Let Bygones Be Bygones
Washington Monthly – House GOP freshmen conveniently forget 2010
To: GOP Freshman
Fr: Democratic Leader’s Press Office
Da: May 10, 2011
Re: The Truth Hurts — You Did Vote to End Medicare as We Know It
Just half a day after Speaker Boehner said he wants to engage in “honest conversations about how best to preserve Medicare” (ie: the GOP’s plan to end Medicare as we know it), you are trying to silence criticism of your vote supporting the plan.
From Politico:
A group of House Republican freshmen, tired of getting hammered on Medicare, is leading a fresh protest against Democrats’ tactics on the senior citizen health care program.Sometimes the truth hurts
Rep. Adam Kinzinger sent a letter to the White House Tuesday signed by 41 of his classmates “calling on President Obama to end the ‘MediSCARE’ tactics,” according to a release today…
The latest freshman demonstration comes just weeks after some of the new members faced tough questions from constituents in town halls after their vote to alter Medicare by turning it into a program that provides federal subsidies for the purchase of private plans. Some of the freshmen who made headlines for their raucous town halls, including Pennsylvania Reps. Pat Meehan and Lou Barletta, and Florida’s Allen West, signed onto the letter.
House Republicans voted for a GOP budget that:
Ends Medicare as we know itDemocrats have a plan to ensure older Americans have access to affordable, high quality care – it’s called Medicare and it currently serves more than 46 million Americans.
Forces seniors to pay over $6,000 more a year. Requires a 54-year-old today to save an additional $182,000 in his or her retirement account, or $250 a week, just to pay the costs of the plan.
We are committed to preserving Medicare—not ending it. Will the GOP finally join us?
from Nancy Pelosi's blog
Does anyone else remember "death Panels", or how about "pulling the plug on grandma"? Now they want us to stop giving them a hard time for trying to eliminate Medicare. This just shows how out of the mainstream the republicans have become. To almost every American, Medicare is a big deal. There is a small segment of the US population that doesn't worry about Medicare. About 2% total of the population and that is the super rich. It should be obvious, since the backlash surprised the Republicans, they have no clue about how the average American lives and what their values are. Count the Republicans as representing not America, just the top 2%.
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