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GOP Rep: ‘Scott Brown Should Be Ashamed of Himself’ for Opposing Ryan Budget Plan

The conservative jeers will likely be heard from afar — “RINO! RINO! RINO!” — following Sen. Scott Brown’s bold statement that he will vote “no” on Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan.

In an op-ed piece published early this morning on Politico, Brown made it clear that he sees serious issues with Ryan’s proposals.  In addressing the reasons why he will not support the plan, he writes:

First, I fear that as health inflation rises, the cost of private plans will outgrow the government premium support— and the elderly will be forced to pay ever higher deductibles and co-pays. Protecting those who have been counting on the current system their entire adult lives should be the key principle of reform.

Second, Medicare has already taken significant cuts to help pay for Obama’s health care plan. The president and Congress cut a half trillion dollars to the private side of Medicare — meaning seniors are at risk of losing their Medicare Advantage coverage.

Another key principle is that seniors should not have to bear a disproportionate burden. But that doesn’t mean we do nothing. If Medicare is to survive for current beneficiaries and future generations, we must act. The sooner Congress addresses this, the less painful it is likely to be — but more difficult adjustments will be required if we delay.

GOP Rep: Scott Brown Should Be Ashamed of Himself for Opposing Ryan Budget Plan

To mend the system, Brown believes there should be a greater focus on preventing fraud, a push for tort reform and “increas[ed] congressional oversight of how Medicare reimburses providers,” among other cost-saving measures. Rather than radically reforming the system, as Paul proposes, Brown claims that we don’t need to change “Medicare as we know it.”  He advocates “work[ing] inside of Medicare” to solve the fiscal issues associated with it.

Over at The Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin tackles Brown’s criticisms point-by-point.  In frustration, she writes, “Has Brown even read Ryan’s plan?”  Rubin says that Brown doesn‘t seem to understand Ryan’s proposal and that his counter solutions for amending Medicare mirror provisions that are already present in Ryan’s plan. In sum: Brown has nothing new to offer.

Yesterday, Rep. Paul Ryan appeared on NBC‘s Meet the Press to address criticisms he’s received from Newt Gingrich, among other right-leaning politicians and commentators. You can watch the appearance below:

The Hill:

Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) scolded the senator for opposing the House GOP budget from Rep. Paul Ryan.

An Illinois Republican on Monday said Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) should be “ashamed of himself” for opposing Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget plan.

“Respectfully, Scott Brown ought to be ashamed of himself,” Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) told Neil Cavuto on the Fox Business Network. “This is the defining moment of this generation. We have got to be bold. We know these entitlements have to be reformed to be saved. He knows that.”


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  • SilentReader
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:23am

    Hey, what do you expect from a guy like Brown? Boldness is not what RINO’s are all about. They sit on the fence and never act until they are forced to.

    We need to count our losses and move on.

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  • ourrightsourfreedom
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:22am

    It’s time that we get this guy out. He’s one heck of a liberal and we need to send his butt back where he belong.

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  • Teaple
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:16am

    If cutting waste, fraud and abuse is the answer why didn’t they start doing that already? It’s been over a year, jeesh!

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  • dcwu
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:15am

    Any you can expect the same communist push from Romney if he wins the GOP primary.

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  • dreardon31
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:07am

    Hey RINO! I want my money back that I contributed to your campaign. You lying piece of Sugar Honey Ice Tea.

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  • sheshell
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:05am

    @Creestof and anyone else who thinks our seniors and the upcoming retirement age is getting money off of them is sadly mistaken…I am not retirement age yet but I have paid into social security my entire working life and so has everyone else who is on social security. I don’t understand where people think we are supporting social security and medicare, it’s the govt who keep robbing (oops) borrowing from social security and never pays it back. Our seniors are suffering right now, my mother has medication that she needs and ever since Obamacare started(which supposedly is not until 2014) the minute it was passed, all the medicines have gone way up and the supplement insurance is paying less. Medicines my mother paid co-pay as $10, $20, and $60 are now $150, $200. There is no way she can pay these kind of prices. She lives on a fixed income but makes too much to get help but can’t pay for the meds. Obamacare is trying to rid us of our valued and much loved seniors.
    And my mother paid into social security all of her working life too.
    So people get off the idea that you’re supporting any seniors, you’re supporting all those teenage single moms to have babies before their time, and paying to feed, house, and get medical help for the children. Our big govt needs overhauling in a lot of different sectors.

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    • Nobamazone
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 7:47am

      I know exactly what you are saying sheshell!
      My dad lives with our family because he can not afford to live on his own. He is a veteran (don’t even get me started about the “care” he received in the VA system!) who worked all his life, most of it saving other people as a Paramedic. He also put money into his own retirement, but lost most of it to his crazy ex wife. His SS plus monthly retirement check are barely enough to pay for all of the supplemental insurance he needs and STILL his co-pay and deductibles eat up the majority of this money month after month. Not only did he pay into ss all his life, my husband and I have (and will continue) been contributing all our working lives with no hope of ever getting any back AND we pay extra bills every month so that I know my dad has a roof over his head, heat, electricity and food (on his own, he would literally have about $500 a month to cover all of that once his medical needs are taken care of). I don’t have a problem helping my dad out, that is what we should all be doing, taking care of our elders! My problem is that both my husband and I continue to be forced to pay ss with no hope of getting any back AND pay the extra to take of my dad…. it is one messed up system!!

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  • Rached Madcow SHOW
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:00am

    HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT RYAN PLAN?
    “The seniors have been punished enough!”
    “We must do something immediately!”
    HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT RYAN PLAN?
    “Well I was against it before I was for it!”

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:56am

    Off subject but came across this and wonder if the left needs to be slapped with another lawsuit like they guy with the BC book deal.
    http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=4488

    Scott Brown isn’t worth commenting on anymore, his fame is over and he found out he couldn’t beat them, so decided to join them.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:06am

      pwatkins
      Off subject but came across this and wonder if the left needs to be slapped with another lawsuit like they guy with the BC book deal.
      http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=4488
      ————–
      This needs to be forwarded to that handsome young man of MsNBC …Mr Madcow.
      When she actually covers it like an actual news item, then its time to sue.
      She is quite experienced in such matters

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  • donh2
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:40am

    He has no shame. This is a man claiming to have been sexually assaulted as a boy who to this day protects the identity of the child molestor …. That is 30 years of freedom for some pervert to violate other innocent children. Mr Brown is a coward and a pervert who is guilty of molesting countless more children than his own abuser by refusing to reform the debt slavery of our failing socialist tyranny.

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  • the hawk
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:33am

    Also as far as Ryan, Great guy! AS far as my parents and my influnce on them! Their scared of such a plan ! Their 67-72 telling them it’s not what their hearing on NPR, THEY still believe the poor or lower are being sold down the river! I DON’T BELIEVE RYAN COULD WIN PRESIDENTCY WITH
    THAT PLAN ! think of Wiss over Walker ! it would be National over Ryan.

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  • geonj
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:28am

    brown’s cowardly motivation? only concerned with getting reelected in good ol’ liberal massachusetts

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  • MinorityRightsAdvocate
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:27am

    Hey, I (and many millions) supported him AT THE TIME also!

    To assume that a person can only support people that are forevermore perfect is pretty foolish. Has each and every person you have ever supported held up to that standard? I think not.

    Let’s be real here. At the time he was a hope to break the filibuster proof majority, he did that, now he is a disappointment, no longer very useful, and definitely not reliable. Get it?

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:27am

    I remember all the Tea Party people praising him and suggesting he should run for president LOL!!
    He is a Lib and always has been just used the popular uprising of the Tea Party to get elected.

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    • APatriotFirst
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:08am

      Very true. And there will be more who convince voters they are TP when they are not.

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  • the hawk
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:23am

    I Think Scott Brown should present a Plan ! ALL we ever get seens is Yes and No’s !
    Before I would go on record aginst someone’s Plan I would Have a Plan OF my OWN !
    Or at least some thought out pros & con’s at least . He is from MASS and NEEDS TO BE Reelected!
    He’s not MICHELLE BACHMANN as far as being a True conserveative !

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  • MinorityRightsAdvocate
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:18am

    Scott Brown is a predictable disappointment.

    While it was good to see him break up the “Kennedy Seat”, if we get a RINO, why not have a Dem, at least they would not tarnish further the GOP brand.

    I supported him against the radical Progressive Dem, but no longer. My support will go elsewhere. He is not worthy of support at this point.

    He also betrayed common sense with his START treaty vote, and the absurd support for DADT repeal.

    http://minorityrightsadvocate.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/the-military-is-not-ready-for-the-dadt-repeal-no-matter-what-the-spin-they-cannot-address-the-questions-from-the-front-line-leaders-or-front-line-members/

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:21am

      Exactly how we feel. No $$ for him this time, and NO TEA!

      With Brown, faux “Republican,” voting with the Democrats…
      Obama can claim “bipartisan support!”

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  • freekazoid
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:16am

    P.S. He’s up for re-election in 2012. I say let’s get a third party candidate in there and get rid of him and let Taxachuessetts deserve a real liberal. Not one in sheeps clothing.

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  • Cheetosareus
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:11am

    The democrats have not proposed a budget in 2.5 years. The reason…if you have a budget it implies you will live within it. They don’t plan to live within one.

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:07am

      Yup, intentional that they never passed a budget…

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  • Tankertony
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:10am

    Rhino

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  • Cheetosareus
    Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:07am

    Brown can‘t be bothered with reading Ryan’s plan. He thinks it‘s a waste of time for him because he’s going to grovel in the liberal pit of dissent anyway.

    Don’t you people who elected him realize Brown is not a real Republican. What is it going to take for the people in Mass. to run someone against him….at least don’t fund his campaign next time.

    Repubicans keep making the same mistakes over and over. If they keep it up they deserve to lose.
    Case in point…Newt Gingrich…his campaign is dead. Never trash another Republican’s ideas…leave that up to the real enemy…democraps.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:49am

      100% agree …….we can weed our side with the vote / money
      rinos can be cast out in the primary’s

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  • sarcasticus
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:57pm

    Scott Brown has legitimate concerns because his expertise is in…um…you know…um…yeah…

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:07am

      Scott Brown has legitimate concerns because his expertise is in…um…you know…um…yeah…
      ——————
      he is an expert on doctors and medicine because he knows how to lie down with his clothes off

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    • AKMIIKEUS
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:59am

      You sound jealous Cheeze, LOL.

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:06am

      Wonder if he is any competition for Reggie Love?

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:44am

      AmeriCat
      Wonder if he is any competition for Reggie Love?
      ——-
      or Kal Penn?

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  • GeorgieJo
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:52pm

    Wonder IF he is still driving that truck?
    Maybe he is channeling Teddy Kennedy
    UGH

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:09am

      Burp…Did someone ask about me…belch…..another scotch bartender it hot down here…

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  • snidley-whiplash
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:50pm

    Nothing new here………………..time to move on!

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  • dk_ship
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:49pm

    Scott Brown won‘t don’t you just go over to the Democratic party since thats how you vote we don‘t want you on our side you can’t be trusted

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    • calijohn
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:52pm

      what does that “dash” mean in your name.
      certainly not “grammarian”.

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    • ChangeChomp
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:22am

      I believe what DK_Ship meant to say, Cali_John, was this:

      Scott Brown is a RINO and has been one since the beginning. He voted for the Jobs Bill (which was the 3rd stimulus bill (and look how far those have gotten us)). He voted for the Financial Reform Bill which has and will grow the gov’t bureaucracy even more. He gave a lame excuse for not voting for Elena Kagan and waited till the last minute to make his decision on her which would have been a slam dunk for any american with half a brain since she didn’t have any quality judicial experience, let alone her far-left positions. And to top it off, he sat with the Dems during the last State Of The Union, and now he’s opposing spending cuts at a time when spending cuts is the only SANE way out of this mess!!! We’ve reached yet another debt ceiling which is over 14 trillion, SIR!!! You and your free-spending crooks, cronies, and communists in California can have him. And as far as I’m concerned, you already do.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:41pm

      Scott is still in “AWE” from his very first day in Washington, when he was

      sworn in by Biden, got a chance to shake his hand and ALL !! and the

      Prez. laying down the rules of the Game !! been walking like “Deer in the

      Headlights” since… Dump Brown 2012, No Tea for you Buddy !!!!!

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  • calijohn
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:46pm

    wow.
    speak common sense but go against the gop and get roasted.
    they are soon to be eating their own, i fear.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:18am

      calijohn
      wow.
      speak common sense but go against the gop and get roasted.
      —————
      There is nothing wrong with roasting a phony who has nothing to offer but socialist drivel.

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    • calijohn
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:42am

      medicare goes to a voucher system and it will be unbridled profits for the insurance industry.
      “market forces” will level the playing field, make the system more competitive, etc etc etc.
      it hasn‘t happened yet and it won’t happen in the future.
      and a whole bunch – my guess is the majority – of the people on this site are on medicare or will be soon. you won’t like what your insurance company will have in store for you.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:53am

      you won’t like what your insurance company will have in store for you.
      ——–
      Will that be better or worse than what Dr ‘Kill Kill Kill” Emmanuel has in store for us ?

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    • glashole
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 7:50am

      He is a liar like the Oreo, a lib thru and thru.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:47am

      CaliJohn,

      “unbridled profits” – even if the nonsense yer peddling were true, that would still boil down to an American business being productive, which in turn provides “real” jobs, tax revenues and stock dividends – which just so happens to fuel the retirement benefits for non-loser-government workers that are forced to fend for themselves.

      What do you losers think is gonna happen when you drive out all the business in America? Who pays for all you losers to remain losers? My goodness, you people are frightfully obtuse and naive.

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    • Stone Cold Truth
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:23pm

      Medicare and SS are pyramid schemes that are unsustainable without population and demographic control. Population and demographic control are detrimental to individual freedom. The only other realistic options are to do nothing and let it collapse or completely restructure them both. Restructuring means that future senoirs and otherwise dependent individuals will have to accept that they won’t get the same deal as senoirs and depentents do today. While that may be shameful to many people it doesn’t make any less true. Now, the doing nothing option means that the big two will function for another 20 years give or take before abruptly coming to a complete stop thus cutting payments and benefits to everyone indefinately. Liberal people would like to believe that money isn’t real and the government will magically pump more and more imaginary money into the big two once they fail. The problem with that idea is that our credit is already too thin and by that point it will be impossible without full blown socialism which is detrimental to individual freedom. Even with socialism the money will again run out after they’ve shuffled it and there will be no growth to help supplement. In short, you can seize every last dollar in the country continuously and it won’t come close to sustaining our social programs. The best advice for everyone from here on out is to take care of yourself because either way, cuts are coming, be it through rationing or increased responsibility.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:42pm

      Put this JERK back in his Pick-up and send him home to his girls..

      Can’t TRUST a guy like him !! Pull the plug on him 2012, doesn’t

      have what it takes to be a Republican Senator…Sad Case !!

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  • miles from nowhere
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:43pm

    Scott should be ashamed, Ryans budget is based on sound principles with something to offer all Americans, the Democratic party has offered nothing for a sound budget.

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    • calijohn
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:51pm

      “something to offer all americans”
      like a 35% tax cut if you are a millionaire or billionaire?
      that sure helps the middle class.
      where are the jobs?

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:51pm

      Harry Reid will bring this to a vote, hoping to get GOP senators to vote no, I would love to see it “accidentaly pass”.

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    • mill
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:52pm

      We thought Scott Brown was “too good to be true”…and he constantly proves us right.

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    • freekazoid
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:59pm

      This is how stupis Brown is. I repeat what he said, “Second, Medicare has already taken significant cuts to help pay for Obama’s health care plan”.
      Welll duhhhhhhhhhh Maybe repeal Obamacare and you won’t have to say something so stupid. This guy is a walking liberal. He reminds me of Olympia Snow Susan Collins, and John McCain. Can’t be trusted. Wants to see this country go down the drain.

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    • Creestof
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:03am

      “Protecting those who have been counting on the current system their entire adult lives should be the key principle of reform.”

      Um, wrong…they should have been counting on wiping their own a$$e$ and not expecting a free (or almost free) ride from the rest of us. We have enough people these days doing it from cradle o grave.

      News alert…you cannot save everyone. To even try marks us all for death. Until the death rate swings back the other way for awhile we will be barreling downhill to our extinction.

      We need zero population growth for the next 10 years, and we need to stop spending the worlds wealth on curing diseases and new medicines so some 70 year old fart can live until 90 on the backs of the rest of us.

      Will I feel differently when I’m in that boat? Probably…but if it is not an option for me, then I will live with it.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:03am

      Brown claims that we don’t need to change “Medicare as we know it.”
      ————————
      “Medicare as we know it.”
      Hey isn‘t that exactly what O’dumdum said , which led to his choir boys and girls to go out and sing to the world the same phrase “Medicare as we know it ” ?
      All we need to do is a search for videos = “Medicare as we know it”
      and see how ScottyB is yapping verbatim the Sore@$$ funded talking points.

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:11am

      Brown is just about 1 point away from being a Dem … a RINO for certain and no conservative. If we had someone “strong” in the GOP leadership they would “persude” him to vote for it!

      TEA!

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    • booger71
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:12am

      calijohn
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:51pm

      “something to offer all americans”
      like a 35% tax cut if you are a millionaire or billionaire?
      that sure helps the middle class.
      where are the jobs?

      Where did you pull that figure from, oh wait, California

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:29am

      @miles from nowhere
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:43pm
      Scott should be ashamed, Ryans budget is based on sound principles with something to offer all Americans, the Democratic party has offered nothing for a sound budget.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Miles, are you kidding me? The Democrats have not even passed last year’s budget; and what they have passed is insane and unsustainable.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:34am

      Brown is from MA. That says it ALL!! R-I-N-OOOOO

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    • calijohn
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:36am

      “booger”
      my mistake – 29% tax cut from 35% to 25%

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:36am

      MIBUGNU2
      Maybe he could pose for Barney someday !!!!
      ————-
      Maybe he already has. Afterall MA did elect him ! They must have seen something in him !!

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    • grandma7
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:42am

      Ashamed to admit I gave to his campaign – fooled a lot of us.

      Proud to admit I gave to Allen West’s campaign

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    • touch
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:43am

      I knew this JOKER was two-faced when he got elected and sold his daughters out on stage live and embarrassed his wife.

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    • taebaggranny
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:51am

      @ CREESTOF I just love your informed and intelligent comments about the older people that are on Medicare.. #1 Out of my $952.50 per mo Social Security the Gov’t deducts $96.40 for Part B Medicare, $29.10 for Part D, Prescription drug, and $13.00 for Part C medigap insurance.. Do the math kiddo and see if you can/could live on what’s left..Those deductions are MANDATORY not voluntary..I was a single mother of 2. (after my divorce) and I worked for a living, no welfare, foodstamps or medicaid. You can be sure that SS and Medicare taxes were taken out of my checks from ALL three of my jobs. The main reason that SS and Medicare are in trouble is that the Democraps, starting with LBJ, decided that they needed the money in that fund for other things and they started to systematically strip it of said funds..This was NOT supposed to happen. Those funds were supposed to be invested and let grow so they would COVER the programs they were intended for..I will conceed that the Dems were not the only ones that robbed the fund..Every administration since then has continued to do so.

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    • booger71
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:51am

      calijohn
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:36am

      “booger”
      my mistake – 29% tax cut from 35% to 25%

      It is still 34.5 percent,, It is their money not yours or the governments. They still pay the lions share of the taxes.

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    • Justthefactsmam
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:05am

      @CALIJOHN

      Just remember one thing about tax payers…The top 1% of earners pay 39% of all revenue that goes to the Government. And if you confiscated ALL wealth from the nation you could pay the national deficit for about a year. Once.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:08am

      @ cheezwhiz

      Will be interesting to see who contributes to his re-election !!
      As far as i’m concerned, I hope he faces a strong Dem. in 2012
      The more I see of this guy, the more I think he’s dumber then a
      stump..Is this the guy who tried to pimp his daughters on stage ??
      He hasn‘t read Ryan’s plan and has no plan of his own, B.S.!!!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:14am

      @Darmok:

      Now THAT would be hillarious, we need to make sure though the Democrats and the Progressives have no ‘hidden suprises’ within it though. But the look on Reid’s face would be worth watching if it does indeed pass.

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    • Justthefactsmam
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:15am

      @taebaggranny

      Remember one thing about Social Security, Bernie Madof was the second biggest Ponzi Scheme ever…Guess what is the first

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:23am

      CALIJOHN 1 trillion for shove ready jobs worked well. Here in Florida million dollar turtle tunnels put in by Mexicans saved the state.( Note* the turtle wont use them) The rich are not the ones hurting this country. Its Libturds wasting our tax dollars paying off their friends that is killing us……..

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:24am

      @ MIBUGNU2
      He pimped his daughters . Then he dissed on the TEA Party in Boston , the same people who gave him money and votes , after which he wrote a book to declare how he had been abused as a child , all so that the libidiots would hug him.
      He lives for their approval

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    • Creestof
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:28am

      @taebaggranny
      1) It’s not “your” check. If you have been on it more than a few years you have already exhausted what you paid into it LONG ago. No “investing” is going to make it last 15-25-40 years without taking from future generations payroll deductions. What “we” give you now is out of monies collected from “us”, who will be unable to collect a dime when we reach your age due to it being bankrupt. Oh, and what about all those people who began collecting from it when the program first started who never paid a penny into the program?
      2) Your average single working person these days, has 2-3 times as much pulled out of their check (which they earned and were not given) for their health/prescription insurance. So now you are complaining that you have to pay out (from the check “we” give you) for “your” insurance/prescriptions?
      3) You are not supposed to be able to “live on it”…it is supposed to supplement your OWN savings…you know, that funny thing where people decide to not buy this or that and invest it instead, for the days when they are no longer able to work?
      4) So you paid a fraction (of what you have gotten so far) into a system, to be invested by some entity you have no control over…and now complain they did not do a good enough job with it so you can maintain the standard of living you want?

      If you are not happy with the “gift” us currently working people are giving you each month…get a job at Walmart as a door greeter.

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:31am

      he is not going to be ashamed: period. he is a rino progressive. remember when he went to D.C. just a couple of days after winning the election to talk with ovomit one on one? yhe has repeatedly shown people his progressive streak and people just ignore it.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:35am

      @calijohn

      “….where are the jobs?” You must know the answer to your own question! They must, of course, be in the utopia they call California!

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:10am

      http://www.logisticsmonster.com has the Obama = Bounel? story, one about Ambassador-level talks regarding the North American Union, Geithner’s goal to tap into retirement pensions, and more than my mind can comprehend at 2 a.m.

      This is the end of a column I wrote in 2006:

      Private propjects should be eliminated from appropriations bills, and this government needs to cut spending and stop waste. Departments need to exercise accountability!

      Our debt is growing at $1.5 billion a day, and we spend $1.5 billion a week on the fiasco in Iraq.

      Everyone who reads this should contact our representatives in both houses of Congress and let them know that they are being watched carefully prior to Election Day!

      This is a financial tsunami!

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:10am

      O/T
      Did anyone checkout how Obama’s people disrespected an honored guest and friend of our country today ?

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    • SavingtheRepublic.com
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:30am

      Let Scott “Benedict Arnold” Brown be a learning lesson for everyone. You CANNOT get caught up in sound bites and video clips. Not even 24 hrs later, after being elected, he had people raising their eyebrows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L7n8vyz0xk Everyone has their moment of saying something profound even BHO Im sure has done that! All candidates must be vetted to no end. Yes scrutinize everything we cannot afford anymore Browns or Obamas in govt. The country is a powder keg on the verge of going off we dont need some youtube 1 hit wonder to set it off!

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    • WTH
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 4:07am

      Rep. Scott should be ashamed for misleading his constituency by calling himself a Republican! He is not a Republican.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 5:35am

      Ryan’s plan should definitely be criticized Repubs if they want to keep their jobs. Ryan failed to get the public on board with his plan and that is a fatal mistake that many Repubs are trying to address. Ryan’s plan is rejected by the public by two to one.

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    • dizzyinthedark
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 6:58am

      “Brown believes there should be a greater focus on preventing fraud.”

      Yeah, let’s start with him! He’s a fraud! How does he look in the mirror everyday and feel good about screwing the people?

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    • cosette
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 7:03am

      @ Teabagranny- The content of your post is accurate, but for one small item. Social Security was enacted in order to SUPPLEMENT the income of retirees. It was never meant to be the sole source. I too was a single mother. After a nasty divorce which left me with a pile of bills I continued to work AND save, albeit a small amount, weekly. When I remarried , quite a bit later, we invested a little each month. We are now semi- retired. We STILL save. I drive a 16 year old car and rarely go out to eat. Neither of us had careers. We were factory workers. But thanks to thrift and foresight, we live comfortably. Let this be a lesson to those who depend on the government for sustenance.Self reliance is your only sure thing!

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    • cassandra
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 7:12am

      I never trusted Scott Brown from thr start he is a RINO

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:17am

      Scott Brown is a RINO.

      He played the Tea Party like a fiddle.

      Don’t let Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain, and and the rest of these imposters distract you from the ONLY TRUE CANDIDATE, RON PAUL.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:18am

      Who didn’t see this coming?
      “I’m not a tea party republican“ ”I’m a scott brown republican”
      He was a ONE issue candidate – NO on Obamacare.
      His FIRST stop in DC was to meet (for hours) with Obama/Biden… remember???
      He said what he needed to say to get elected.
      He got elected.
      He took off his tea party hat and showed his rhino horns.

      WHEN WILL WE LEARN!?!?! We have to VET THESE PEOPLE!!

      The media MUST NOT focus on the pretty green truck with a bujillion miles and a single issue.
      The media serves Obama’s tactics – DIVIDE and CONQUER.

      Obama could have united this country. Instead, he has used EVERY opportunity to DIVIDE us…

      Except for HIS then years HE personally spent tracking down bin laden, until HE repelled down a rope and HE shot bin laden in the face PERSONALLY while the Navy SEALs helped by bagging up evidence and carrying HIS gear for HIM.

      Oh, those secret service people?
      Obama: “I guess I better go thank them for helping ME too, and I should pretend like they helped ME, even though I know it was all MY doing!”

      We didn’t vet Obama either.

      LOOK WHAT WE GET WHEN WE VOTE FOR SLOGANS AND EMPTY PROMISES, PEOPLE!

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    • hauschild
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:26am

      It doesn’t really matter. Ryan’s plan is toast. The losers in this country are not yet ready to make the change, so we’ll sputter along for a few more years and then BAM! Forget going thru all the trouble of pushing Granny off a cliff – she‘ll simply be gassed by the progressive’s death panels.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 9:00am

      Yup! I think we all knew in our hearts he was not the person we had hoped for. He’s shown us several times that his is a RINO, but, we Repubs never listen to our inner selves and vote with our feeble brains that will fool us every time. When I go with everything else but my common 6th sense, I’m wrong. Time to wake up and smell the coffee and my inner gut instincts.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 9:43am

      at least it will balance the budget after 30 years…. seriously?

      Rand Paul’s budget does it in 5 years… but we don’t have the guts to do that.

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    • BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 9:53am

      Once again, Cretin RINO, Medicare and Social Security (retirement, SSDI-not SSI/Welfare), are insurance plans, NOT ENTITLEMENTS. You’re status quo, Bucko, and we’re gonna throw you out.

      Who are we? THE TEA PARTY REVOLUTION! Here’s our theme song.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXvRDmM5Zx4

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    • siebegorman
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:20am

      Hey Scott, to quote Trump “you’re fired”
      Best wishes,
      The Tea Party.

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    • encinom
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:26am

      The Ryan plan is toxic, look at what is happening in the special election in New York. The lock step marching of the GOP congressmen are leading them off the cliff. Newt was right to attack the Ryan plan.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:27am

      If you actually read Ryan‘s ’plan‘ you’d realize it’s not a plan at all – it’s a sketchy ideology based outline of general ideas, no meat.

      I really can’t understand why any working class person would support this? or are you all millionaires?

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:37am

      If Senator [NAME] voted to cut Medicare and Medicaid benefits, would that make you more or less likely to vote for him, or would it make no difference to you?
      Ohio (Sen. Sherrod Brown): 15% more likely, 65% less likely, 20% no difference

      Missouri (Sen. Claire McCaskill): 10% more likely, 64% less likely, 25% no difference

      Montana (Sen. Jon Tester): 16% more likely, 60% less likely, 24% no difference

      Minnesota (Sen. Amy Klobuchar): 17% more likely, 57% less likely, 26% no difference

      Isn’t this what you, the hate wing of the republiCON party call “The Will of The People”?

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    • lketchum
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:10am

      @calijohn,

      The jobs come when there is more private capital and equity for business owners and management teams to invest in growth, new equipment, new products, new research, new sales initiatives and new TOP LINE revenue.

      Growth and jobs are not created through bottom line savings, which while they can contribute to profitability and share price (the markets are a measurement of profits and the assessment that greater profits may be realized). Growth and jobs come with new money – or increases in top line revenue and until this President and his government get their feet off of the necks of the most productive, America and her markets and industries will not be as attractive to investors and we will continue to shrink and lose jobs.

      The second this President, through his actions and policies exhibits pro-growth behaviors, jobs will be created and real growth will return. Until then, private equity and capital will be preserved as best one can (metals, tangibles) and jobs will remain flat. If you want to blame someone, blame spending and the tax man – those favoring spending and taxes killed the economy.

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    • getalong
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:48am

      Scott Brown is a perfect example of why conservatives need to be very careful when evaluating possible senate, congress, and presidential candidates before voting them in.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:56am

      @taebaggranny

      I’m sorry, but every time you bet everything on a government program, you’re going to lose. You sound like a hard worker who fell for the BS promised by the original program. As a student of the Constitution and the founding of our country, I’d tell you the program should never have gotten off the ground in the first place.

      I know I’m not getting that money back. At this point, I don’t care. I just want it to stop. Even if I have to keep paying the rest of my life till people like you finally die, it’ll be worth it if the young folks below me never have to pay a dime into it.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:20pm

      Brown claims that we don’t need to change “Medicare as we know it.”
      Sounds like Brown is a Dembo. wanabe. Typical MA.corrupt politician.
      Kick the BUM out in 2012, Read Ryan’s plan, “Stupid”
      Maybe he wants to be one of “Pelosi‘s Guy’s” gets to stand behind
      her and kiss her AZZ..

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    • DirectlyUnPCman
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:27pm

      This guy is a phony. Always has been. He simply cashed in at the right moment to grab a little fame.

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    • chubbzbar
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:50pm

      I think that EVERYONE commenting forgets the truth. The money I earn is MY MONEY. Whether is is millions or $20K per year. I make it, I should be able to spend as I wish. The Fed tax, state tax, FICA, medicare take away from me and my personal savings or spending plan. Get rid of the current system of taxing income — go with the Fair Tax and tax spending. All of the above nonsense would cease to exist, because we would be paying taxes when we spend NOT when we earn. Then our savings plan can be our own. It does NOT mean we won’t have a medical to fall back on or a retirement to fall back on, we will BUT first and foremost our own money to fall back on.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:06pm

      @ DIZZY

      “Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me”

      Still miss ‘W’… Brown is a Fraud, Kick the Bum out in 2012

      Voters in MA should not re-elect this creep…Turncoat !!!!

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    • We Are Not Alone
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 9:22pm

      Beck was right again…. everybody wanted to make scott brown president after his famous victory…. Glenn said…. Hold on, hold on…. let‘s find out who this guy is before we put him into the people’s house and boy was he right AGAIN….

      What a disappointment!!!!!!

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:43pm

      Dirt Bag !!!

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:39am

      Actually, I am against the Ryan plan as well. We are already in a deficit that we cannot escape, and unless we start doing things NOW about spending of today’s money, what will 10 years later do? Last year the Med/Med/SSDI/ and interest on the debt was $2.245 Trillion, while Federal income was $2.2 Trillion. Unless you fix these entitlement programs now, by the time Ryan’s budget actually starts to take effect, we will be another 6-15 Trillion in the hole, for a total of 20-29 Trillion, or 150% or so of GDP. I.E. WE ARE BROKE NOW!!! Time to means test. Time to refuse emergency room care to people that could wait a day for the emergicare centers or free clinics to open up. Time to allow the Federal Government to broker with drug companies for the lowest prices and buy in bulk. There are thousands of ways to save money, but they wont do any of them, because it makes too much sense.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:57am

      He’s representing his constituents. Exactly what they voted for. If you haven’t paid attention to NY26, better bone-up. Ryan‘s Path To Prosperity will lead the R’s over a cliff. A Senate vote will show ya.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 25, 2011 at 7:12am

      Scott is one of the few real men in congress, you cannot bully him.

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