{"id":4676,"date":"2011-04-26T02:18:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T09:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2011-04-26T02:18:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T09:18:05","slug":"even-msm-join-budget-blowback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/26\/even-msm-join-budget-blowback\/","title":{"rendered":"Even MSM Join Budget Blowback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">On Saturday, I posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=4653\" target=\"_blank\">Where Is OUR MSM Coverage?<\/a>, featuring a Rachel Maddow video that decried the lack of MSM coverage of the blowback Republicans are getting over the Ryan budget plan, especially due to it dismantling Medicare.&#160; Over the weekend, Democratic party organs and progressive advocacy groups started running ads, voters turned up the hear on their Republican representatives, and even the right-leaning MSM found the story too significant to ignore.&#160; Being wrong isn\u2019t so bad when I can be so in the company of the likes of Rachel.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">First lets cover the ads.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \" align=\"left\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The progressive advocacy group Americans United for Change is taking on the GOP, <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2011\/04\/significant-new-progressive-ad-campaign-targets-republicans-for-voting-to-end-medicare.php?ref=fpblg\" target=\"_blank\">running versions of this ad<\/a><font color=\"#0066cc\"><\/font> on broadcast television in the districts of Reps. Steve King (R-IA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), and Paul Ryan (R-WI).<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \" align=\"left\"><font size=\"3\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \" align=\"left\"><font size=\"3\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jbvfGlI_xLg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: \" align=\"left\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: \" align=\"left\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/26Medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; float: right\" title=\"26Medicare\" alt=\"26Medicare\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/26Medicare_thumb.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a>&quot;What are House Republicans thinking asking millions of seniors, the less fortunate and the disabled to make more sacrifices and the richest among us to make less,&quot; says AUC executive Tom McMahon in a statement. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.75in; font-family: \" align=\"left\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">If Republicans have their way, there would be no more guaranteed Medicare benefits for America&#8217;s seniors, only a guarantee of paying more and more out of pocket for less care after being left to the mercy to the private insurance industry. There would only be a guarantee that millions of Americans would lose their jobs &#8211; only a guarantee that America&#8217;s poor and disabled will live sicker and die younger while millionaires get another tax break they don&#8217;t need and the nation cannot afford. This is not a path to prosperity, only a path to bankrupting seniors so Paris Hilton and BP can have another tax break. And there&#8217;s nothing courageous about that.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \" align=\"left\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>The television ads are in addition to robocalls the organization began making last week in 23 districts for a total 360,000 calls<\/strong>. But Americans United for Change isn&#8217;t the only game in town. The House Majority PAC, a new Democratic Super PAC, has launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/house-races\/156943-democratic-super-pac-targets-freshmen-on-ryan-budget\" target=\"_blank\">six-figure ad buy<\/a><font color=\"#0066cc\"><\/font> with radio ads targeting 10 Republican House members\u2026 [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \" align=\"left\">Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2011\/04\/25\/969982\/-Progressive-ad-campaigns-take-on-Republicans-Medicare-vote\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The ad is great, but I have to say, I think using robocalls is a terrible idea.&#160; When I get a phone call from machine, I get the distinct impression that the people behind it do not care what I think or have to say.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now Rachel discusses the blowback with Chris Hayes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc3673b1\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=42757157^0^817851&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc3673b1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=42757157^0^817851&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Do you believe that Shawn Duffy?!!?&#160; What a Republican he is! \u201cWhen you get your own town hall\u2026\u201d&#160; I thought the propose of a town hall meeting was the exchange of ideas between representative and constituents!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I think Chris Hayes is dead on.&#160; Get assurances that Obama will in fact veto it, and give the Republicans a straight up or down vote.&#160; Then Republican Senators will be have the Ryan albatross around their necks.&#160; And if a couple DINOs defect and it passes, that\u2019s OK.&#160; What better excuse could there be for challenging the DINOs in their next primary?&#160; Obama can veto it and say, \u201cI saved Medicare.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, I posted Where Is OUR MSM Coverage?, featuring a Rachel Maddow video that decried the lack of MSM coverage of the blowback Republicans are getting over the Ryan budget plan, especially due to it dismantling Medicare.&#160; Over the weekend, Democratic party organs and progressive advocacy groups started running ads, voters turned up the <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/26\/even-msm-join-budget-blowback\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}