Video of Ryan and His Medicare Mom in Florida

[Politico]

And it begins (oh, and something Obama/Biden cannot possibly match):

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/08/18/paul_ryan_addresses_the_villages_with_his_mother.html

LOL @ Democratic Medicare Attacks Attempting to Scare Seniors

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Yes, Obama-Biden can not match a photo-op with Ryan and his mom.
Obama's mother died in 1995 of Cancer. She was in between jobs and wasn't sure if her insurance would cover her medical condition because they might consider it a pre-existing condition. Obama has already done this ad, and he could just replay it, but then could tout his Health Care Reform that fixes it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aR3Gpsn4v4

[Landslide Lyndon]

Nice to see that Ryan comes with his own prop, just like Palin with her special needs baby.

[Link]

And it begins (oh, and something Obama/Biden cannot possibly match):

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/08/18/paul_ryan_addresses_the_villages_with_his_mother.html

LOL @ Democratic Medicare Attacks Attempting to Scare Seniors

Hitler had a mother too.  By definition everyone has a mother.  I'm not sure how that proves you aren't trying to dismantle medicare.  What am I missing?

[Lief 🗽]

Ryan's mother will of course be taken care of, because her son is rich and powerful. It's the mother of those without the influence that Paul Ryan has who we need to be worried about protecting.

[Politico]

Nice to see that Ryan comes with his own prop, just like Palin with her special needs baby.

Keep it classy, Democrats.

Obamacare takes from Medicare and gives to the poor. It is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Seniors are starting to realize this, and Obama is going to be hurt among seniors because of it.

[Politico]

Yes, Obama-Biden can not match a photo-op with Ryan and his mom.
Obama's mother died in 1995 of Cancer. She was in between jobs and wasn't sure if her insurance would cover her medical condition because they might consider it a pre-existing condition. Obama has already done this ad, and he could just replay it, but then could tout his Health Care Reform that fixes it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aR3Gpsn4v4

LOL @ Obama "fixing Washington" and "covering everyone." What's next, re-running Obama's ads that promised to balance the budget?

[Bull Moose Base]

And it begins (oh, and something Obama/Biden cannot possibly match)

Keep it classy, Democrats.

[Politico]

And it begins (oh, and something Obama/Biden cannot possibly match)

Keep it classy, Democrats.

I merely pointed out that Ryan's mom helps insulate the ticket from attacks on Medicare, which is not a tool at the disposal of the Obama/Biden ticket.

My wet dream: Ryan's mom having it in her to introduce Ryan at the RNC.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Should have went there four or five days ago, like I said at the time.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

LOL @ Obama "fixing Washington" and "covering everyone." What's next, re-running Obama's ads that promised to balance the budget?

The point of the ad was to tell the story of Obama's mother and how companies can keep people from being insured because of a pre-existing condition. ObamaCare fixes that.

I merely pointed out that Ryan's mom helps insulate the ticket from attacks on Medicare, which is not a tool at the disposal of the Obama/Biden ticket.

Because both of their mothers have passed away.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Gross.

[Adam Griffin]

So the logic here is that because Ryan's mom is on Medicare, he would never consider cutting it? Let's forget entirely about the fact that these people don't need Medicare, and jump to the track record that refutes this:

• Paul Ryan's family built their contracting business in large part through government contracts to build roads and bridges, yet opposes any plan to rebuild these sorts of infrastructure today in our country using government assistance
• Paul Ryan received Social Security as-is and unlike most beneficiaries, hadn't even paid into the program, yet has supported eliminating its effectiveness and reducing benefits as opposed to raising FICA revenues to make the program solvent
• Paul Ryan attended public school - something his wealthy family chose - yet support massive NDD spending cuts that will eviscerate the Department of Education
• Paul Ryan attended a public college subsidized by state and federal governments via taxpayers, yet support eliminating $170 billion in financial assistance for college students
• Paul Ryan has been in Congress and earning paychecks for the past 14 years - with an expansive health care plan to boot, yet supports revoking access to health care on multiple fronts to tens of millions of Americans

Face it: this guy's been on the government tit since he was born, and is nothing more than the byproduct of redistribution from others. I think at his core, Paul Ryan hates himself for being such a hypocritical welfare queen, just like his idol.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

The contrast couldn't be clearer: Obama's late mother his inspiration for the Affordable Care Act and the zeal our President took in achieving that landmark accomplishment even when all of the odds were against him early in 2010. He used his filial experiences that were common with the public to craft a piece of legislation that could make a difference. Meanwhile Ryan uses his Mom as a prop piece to reassure seniors that he only supports dismantling the system for the young. Congratulations Paul, you continue to expose yourself as a cretin.

[You kip if you want to...]

Never honourable to use one's family like this in politics.

I always think of the difference between how Gordon Brown dealt this his child dying when he was still chancellor and then how David Cameron dealt with the death of his in 2009 and subsequently after that. It's not a nice thing to use just to make you look like you're pro-health care (or pro-NHS in our case) when you're most definitely not.