Message #4121

[Woody]

That's the line Republicans have been using against Obama lately. They say that Obamacare steals some $700 billion from Medicare to be used for Obamacare.  In other words, it takes $700 billion from one giant government healthcare program and deposits it in a different giant government healthcare program.

I don't think the Republicans should be using this tactic. It seems stupid to me. Essentially they are saying that you should not vote for Obama because he's going to take money from the government's right hip pocket and put it in the government's left hip pocket. Big effen deal. We're supposed to be up-in-arms over this?

Republicans are never going to beat Democrats at winning the hearts of voters who yearn for gigantic social programs. Democrats are always going to win over the "Gimmee more free stuff" voter. Republicans have to offer real market based alternatives to reponsible and rational thinking people.  They won't win using this Obama will gut Medicare tactic, and if they do, then I will have even less confidence in the collective wisdom of the American voters.

It isn't aimed at us.  It aimed at the independent who voted for Obama.  It is combating the standard, 30 year old bullshit that the conservatives are going after granny.  Obama is claiming that the cons will end Medicare as we know it.  The republicans are pointing out that in recent memory Obama is the only politician to remove money from medicare despite the scare tactics of the dems.