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June 1st, 2011StrongDems Live Tweets
June 1st, 2011- Bottom Line: You want to run a business? Follow the rules society sets. Want to run it as a religion, move to Tehran. #HHS #Catholic
(about 7 hours ago) - Castellanos kept talking about @MittRomney's "paycheck"... HE DOESN'T HAVE ONE!! Cap Gains is why he pays 13% #taxes. @maddow #MeetThePress
(about 7 hours ago) - @maddow What's next, the Catholic Church saying that they won't cover mental health b/c Exorcism & Flagrum work just fine? #HHS
(about 8 hours ago) - The Catholic Church being upset abt Contraception is like them refusing to cover mental health in lieu of Exorcism #HHS #p2
(about 8 hours ago) - RT @jillco: @morningmika @JoeNBC @Morning_Joe MOST Catholics don't agree with Church's views on contraception...many polls show this
(about 8 hours ago) - @deadvoter That's why the #HCR bill was so far right! It was to the right of Nixon AND Dole's bill!
(about 8 hours ago) - @deadvoter Excuse me... http://t.co/6NM386ls #HCR #p2
(about 8 hours ago) - RT @alaskadj: RT @TeresaKopec: Niall Ferguson on Morning Joe advocating we go to war with Iran. It's 2002 all over again.
(about 8 hours ago) - @deadvoter which messenger?
(about 8 hours ago) - @deadvoter I agree. The #OWS movement was diverse. Most and peaceful (because that is the left's ideology), but a small fraction weren't
(about 8 hours ago) - @deadvoter It doesn't work that way, and you should know that. Cloture is needed in the Senate. 60 votes, not 50 or 51.
(about 8 hours ago) - @brendan_buck @JoeNBC I ask you, would you defend a religious group paying a woman less for the same job if it's a core belief? #p2
(about 9 hours ago) - RT @ericboehlert: but RW hates (!) it when libs politicize religion; RT @mmfa CNN's Erickson: Obama "claiming" to be Christian "chose to...
(about 9 hours ago) - @deadvoter WRONG! Apparently you don't know what a filibuster is.
(about 9 hours ago) - @deadvoter Ah, so if you don't like to message, go after the messenger? It doesn't erase the facts.
(about 9 hours ago)
Cut Spending Means Cut Services- [StrongDems]
April 15th, 2010
RESPONSE:
“What services are you going to CUT?”
SPENDING = SERVICES
When Republicans say “cut spending“, they are really saying “cut services.”
FOLLOW-UP:
Let’s be very clear here:
SERVICES (like Medicare, roads, Social Security, schools, Fire departments, Police departments, the FDA, the Military) are requested by ‘We the People’. That requires SPENDING money that the Government raises in TAXES.
If you want to lower TAXES, you lower SPENDING, by cutting SERVICES.
Everyone wants to eliminate Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, so that isn’t even a valid argument.
When someone says, “cut spending” or “lower taxes” you response should always be, “What services are you going to CUT?”
UNCOVERS:
It is very easy for Republicans to say “cut spending“, but very hard to make the concept of “service cuts” palatable to voters in their districts.
SIDE POINTS:
Ask them to name one Republican bill that was aimed at helping just the middle-class, and NOT the wealthy or Corporations.
Health bill contains a provision that can’t be repealed- [StrongDems]
March 11th, 2010Might also be:
- Senate Health-Care Bill Provision Would Make it Impossible for Future Congresses to Repeal Parts of Bill
- Independent Medicare Advisory Board creates entirely new rules out of whole cloth
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RESPONSE:
This is an example of Republicans lying right through their teeth. They are playing the American people for chumps, while lining the pockets of their insurance lobbyist friends.
FOLLOW-UP:
The Independent Medicare Advisory Board can be repealed by a vote of three-fifths of the Senate. And if you missed the name, it says ADVISORY.
The Board develops Medicare cost-saving proposals which Congress must adopt unless it can come up with other ways to save an equivalent amount.
The commission would not be allowed to change Medicare eligibility or benefits, and its ability to change payment rates would be limited.
UNCOVERS:
Republicans will lie, distort, and use fear in order to kill any legislation they disagree with (or are being paid off to vote down). The key here is to use the word LYING or LIE.
DO NOT use the words, hypocrisy, distortion, fabrication, exaggeration, or misinform- they are too soft.
People understand what a LIE is. Many will tune out for all of the long-winded explanation of how they’re wrong, and facts and figures often merge together. In the end, what is important is they walk away knowing that it is a LIE.
SIDE POINTS:
CBO analysis estimated that the commission as described in the bill would reduce spending by $23 billion through 2019.
- http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/11/25/could-an-independent-commission-save-medicare/tab/article/
- http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/medicare-board-unrepealable/
- New York Times column
