Tag: Medicare

The Death Of Irony

Filed in National by on February 13, 2010 0 Comments

According to Paul Krugman, irony is dead and Republicans killed it: “Don’t cut Medicare. The reform bills passed by the House and Senate cut Medicare by approximately $500 billion. This is wrong.” So declared Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, in a recent op-ed article written with John Goodman, the president of the […]

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Put Up Or Shut Up – More Of This Please

Filed in National by on August 1, 2009 16 Comments

Anthony Weiner (D-NY) hits it out of the park by double-daring Republicans to back up their trash talk about government run health care… by voting on eliminating medicare. It’s about time someone called them out.  Make them put their vote where their mouth is – if they dare.  It’s quite a dilemma for the GOP, […]

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