Ellmers is a liar

Submitted by James on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:03am

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"There are distortions out there being put forward by the left that Republicans are going to put Medicare out of business," she told 16 people at a friendly midafternoon town hall meeting at the Spring Hope municipal building. "There is nothing that could be further from the truth."

Irony of ironies. The only thing that "could be further from the truth" is Renee Ellmers herself.

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Ellmers <3 the Ryan Plan

Submitted by James on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:08am.

And in case you missed it, the Ryan Plan

According to the Washington Post,

Ryan (Wis.) would convert Medicare from an entitlement program with defined benefits to an insurance system with a defined government contribution — and far greater reliance on private insurance. Using an idea called “premium support,” it would give Medicare beneficiaries — currently 47 million people who are age 65 or older or who have disabilities — a fixed sum of money to buy their own coverage

Renee Ellmers thinks the voters in her district are stupid, and maybe she's right. After all, they elected her.

Do good. Be nice. Have fun.

Come on, Rob

Submitted by scharrison on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:45am.

"I thought it was very clear to what the Ryan budget says," said Bob Sutter of Spring Hope, who promotes peanut growers. He supports the GOP plan. "We do have to figure out how to spend less money. We can not continue to spend 40 percent more than we take in."

Reporters are supposed to inform, not obfuscate. The man is a lobbyist, not a "promoter". You might as well have called him a "friend" of peanut growers, or something equally misleading.