Do you want a voucher with that?

* There has been lots of talk about Medicare the last few days in politics. If there is one thing that we know for sure it is that the lives of our seniors, and children, should not be sacrificed so that more tax cuts can go to the top 1%.

Voting for Romney-Ryan, the Republicans who intend to dismantle Medicare, and hand out vouchers, will force seniors to pay twice as much for their coverage. This is what seniors have in their future:  CLICK HERE---> Donkeyhotey 

The following video is from Youtube:

• Ohio's absent Treasurer, Josh Mandel, was caught faking a southern accent as he spoke to coalminers in southeastern Ohio.  HuffPost has the details.  (FYI: Mandel is from the Cleveland area.)

Paul Ryan: Ban some birth control pills

* Did you know that Paul Ryan was a cosponsor of a bill that would force women to undergo a vaginal ultrasound before they could have an abortion?   MSNBC's Rachel Maddow explained Paul Ryan's far right, bizarre, conservative views and actions regarding women's health: http://tinyurl.com/9lcv3dg (h/t RH Reality Check)  

Paul Ryan is against abortion, even in incidents of rape and incest, and has pushed the idea of banning some birth control pills (LINK).

* Wasn't it amazing that when Mitt Romney came to Ohio yesterday, the Ohio Republican Party could only gather up their regular, rich white men to speak?  These fat cat male Republicans support --- tax cuts for the wealthy, restricting women's rights, blocking your right to vote, giving tax breaks to companies that are their pals, keeping most of their tax returns secret (Romney and Kasich), throwing the poor into the street, de-funding public education, letting corporations run charter schools and make money off of the education of children, cutting the SNAP program (food stamps for poor) taking Grandma's Medicare and Social Security, blaming teachers/firefighters/police/nurses/state employees for the country's economic problems, cutting college grants, etc.

Republicans are pushing an economic plan to raise middle class taxes and give millionaires more tax cuts?  How can any sane person support this?

(Romney and Kasich have a lot in common. Romney ran Bain Capital, and Kasich was a vice President at Lehman Brothers.)

* Does anyone else think that John Sununu is full of something?

Six Times????

*******  Republican Josh Mandel Received his 6th Pants on Fire  *******

Ohio's absent Treasurer, Josh Mandel, is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.  Mandel, has made another statement in his political ad that has been called his 6th Pants on Fire by Ohio Politifact.

Politifact:

....The ad claims Brown sent billions of dollars to foreign countries. The information that the ad uses to back up that claim, that Brown voted for the stimulus bill, has been proven false. Brown did not make decisions on how that money would be spent, and he was one of the senators who called for its suspension after the foreign grants were reported.

When confronted with those facts, the Mandel campaign offered as support for its claim that Brown votes for appropriations for U.S. foreign operations. That's the money for embassies, war-related spending to help establish new governments and the U.S. portions of international missions. That's a ridiculous stretch from what the ad implies, which is that Brown tried to hide that he irresponsibly sent billions or our tax dollars to foreign countries.

We have a rating for statements that are both false and ridiculous. It's Pants on Fire.

OMG!  Josh Mandel would lie and go to any lengths to get elected. Shame.

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••••••>>>>  What would a Romney-Ryan administration do for you?  NOTHING!

>  Paul Ryan would end Pell grants for college students.

>  Paul Ryan is against women's reproductive freedom and is against abortion, even in cases of rape and incest.

>  Paul Ryan would end Medicare and give the elderly a voucher of approximately $6000/yr. to look for and pay for private medical coverage.

>  Mitt Romney would try to get "...rid of Planned Parenthood..."

>  Mitt Romney was against the plan to save the American auto companies, and suggested that people should "....let Detroit go bankrupt..."

>  Under the Paul Ryan tax cut plan, Mitt Romney would pay an income tax
of less than 1%.

>  Cuban Americans should ask for some clarification from Paul Ryan on his views of Cuba.

>  Romney and Ryan want to end Medicare and raising the retirement age.  President Obama has a plan to save $716 billion in the program.

Romney- End Access to Education for All

Yo!  College students!  Mitt Romney wants to restrict how much education you get.
Rachel Maddow, the smartest woman on television, caught this little nugget from Romney---

Maddowblog:

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...The key phrase: Romney wants young people to "get as much education as they can afford." That's not really the way American society is supposed to work -- if you're a young person who's bright, works hard, and wants to further you're education, your public leaders and public institutions aren't supposed to say, "Sorry, you're not wealthy enough to pursue educational opportunities."

But that's Romney's message in a nutshell. Indeed, in March, the GOP candidate explained his intention to cut Pell Grants and encourage students who struggle with tuition costs to "shop around" until they can find a college they can afford.

And then, of course, there's Romney's plan for the student-loan system, which he intends to make worse, on purpose, in order to boost bank profits for no reason. It's arguably the most scandalous element of Romney education agenda, and most voters probably aren't aware of how absurd it is...

With restrictions like Romney's proposals, we (my husband and I) never would have been able to further our education.  

A Good Puppet

Josh Mandel's political career must have a special guide----Grover Norquist.
See picture (link). 

Norquist said the following at CPAC and posted at the DailyBeast:

...They have reconciled themselves to a Romney candidacy because they see Romney as essentially a weak and passive president who will concede leadership to congressional conservatives:

All we have to do is replace Obama. ...  We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don't need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what direction to go. We want the Ryan budget. ... We just need a president to sign this stuff. We don't need someone to think it up or design it. The leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the House and the Senate.....

Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the United States. This is a change for Republicans: the House and Senate doing the work       with the president signing bills. His job is to be captain of the team, to sign the legislation that has already been prepared....

Looks like Norquist thinks that Romney would make a good puppet.

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Mandel Repeats the Dirt We Saw the Last Time

***** An editorial in the Akron Beacon Journal uses the word "sleaze" to describe Josh Mandel's campaign.  You can read the entire editorial here.

Josh Mandel's last campaign in 2010, when Mandel ran against Democrat Kevin Boyce, the Ohio Treasurer, had the public disgusted with Mandel's ads. Joe Hallett of the Columbus Dispatch called one of Mandel's ads "...as the scummiest..."  Hallett went on in the Dispatch to say, "...Mandel apparently wants Boyce's job so badly that he is willing to resort to bigotry to get it....."

It appears that Josh Mandel keeps repeating his same political strategies----dirt, lies, smears, and sleaze------ and avoiding the truth about his own cronyism, absences, and political travel.

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***Sen. Sherrod Brown has a new ad out today----

YouTube

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Progress Ohio has news about college students in Ohio:

Today the College Democrats of Ohio are applauding Senator Sherrod Brown for his hard work to stop the student interest rate hike that will take place on July 1 if Republicans don't join Democrats in passing Senator Brown's bill.

For weeks, Sen. Brown has demonstrated his commitment to Ohio's students by traveling across Ohio, visiting college campuses including The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati and Wright State University to discuss his bill, which would freeze interest rates for federal Stafford Loans that 382,000 Ohioans rely on to attend college at the current 3.4 percent level.

If Republicans don't join Democrats to pass Sen. Brown's bill, student loan repayments will increase by an average of $1,000 per loan. In Ohio alone, the new rate increase will affect 382,000 students. Sherrod Brown knows that's not acceptable - that's why he's fighting to make college more affordable.....

Thank you, Sen. Sherrod Brown!!!!!!