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A guide to ‘Mediscare’ tactics, GOP version

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

“President Obama’s Medicare Plan: Balance the Budget on the Backs of Seniors!” — mailer sent to family in Belle Haven, Va., on behalf of Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) by American Action Network Read full article > >

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First Person Singular: ‘Real World’ star Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

Friday, October 14th, 2011

As far as I know, I’m the first reality star to be elected as a congressman. “Hollywood Duffy” is the image the Democrat Party would like to push on me because I did reality TV . The truth is that I was born in northern Wisconsin, raised in northern Wisconsin and came back to raise my kids in northern Wisconsin. When I did my commercials for my campaign, I did them using lumberjack sports where I was chopping, talking about “taking an ax to Washington.” I did logrolling to talk about how politicians were “dunking our kids, our workers and our seniors.” And there were no stunt doubles. So, when people were hearing the claim that I was “Hollywood Sean Duffy,” they were like: What? He’s a lumberjack! He’s from Wisconsin! What are you talking about? I’m all Wisconsin. Read full article > >

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First Person Singular: ‘Real World’ star Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

First Person Singular: ‘Real World’ star Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

Friday, October 14th, 2011

As far as I know, I’m the first reality star to be elected as a congressman. “Hollywood Duffy” is the image the Democrat Party would like to push on me because I did reality TV . The truth is that I was born in northern Wisconsin, raised in northern Wisconsin and came back to raise my kids in northern Wisconsin. When I did my commercials for my campaign, I did them using lumberjack sports where I was chopping, talking about “taking an ax to Washington.” I did logrolling to talk about how politicians were “dunking our kids, our workers and our seniors.” And there were no stunt doubles. So, when people were hearing the claim that I was “Hollywood Sean Duffy,” they were like: What? He’s a lumberjack! He’s from Wisconsin! What are you talking about? I’m all Wisconsin. Read full article > >

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First Person Singular: ‘Real World’ star Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

First Person Singular: ‘Real World’ star Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

Friday, October 14th, 2011

As far as I know, I’m the first reality star to be elected as a congressman. “Hollywood Duffy” is the image the Democrat Party would like to push on me because I did reality TV . The truth is that I was born in northern Wisconsin, raised in northern Wisconsin and came back to raise my kids in northern Wisconsin. When I did my commercials for my campaign, I did them using lumberjack sports where I was chopping, talking about “taking an ax to Washington.” I did logrolling to talk about how politicians were “dunking our kids, our workers and our seniors.” And there were no stunt doubles. So, when people were hearing the claim that I was “Hollywood Sean Duffy,” they were like: What? He’s a lumberjack! He’s from Wisconsin! What are you talking about? I’m all Wisconsin. Read full article > >

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First Person Singular: ‘Real World’ star Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

A Grand Old Problem

Friday, April 15th, 2011

The candidates brandished a “Health Care Bill of Rights for Seniors” that promised to protect Medicare from their opponents’ “raid.” The party chairman wrote an op-ed warning that the other guys’ plan meant that “senior citizens will pay a steeper price and will have their treatment options reduced or rationed.” The ads were even blunter. “You cut our Medicare,” one accused. “And this November, you’re fired.”

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A Grand Old Problem

A Flood of Drone Strikes

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

With governments like Pakistan’s current regime, who needs the strong arm of the CIA? According to Bob Woodward’s latest bestseller Obama’s Wars, when Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, an obsequiously dangerous man, was notified that the CIA would be launching missile strikes from drones over his country’s sovereign territory, he replied, “Kill the seniors. Collateral damage worries you Americans. It doesn’t worry me.” read more

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Seniors lose out with Medicare payment cuts

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Should Medicare proceed with its planned 23 percent cut in reimbursements for physician services, the current system of privately rendered, office-based primary care for seniors is in danger of becoming extinct.

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Seniors lose out with Medicare payment cuts