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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:02 PM
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Dem group’s ad depicts Paul Ryan stand-in tossing elderly woman off a cliff
Source: Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster

Republican scare-mongering of Democratic health reform has officially come back to bite them -- hard -- in a rather juvenile ad from an independent Democratic group.

The ad, by advocacy group The Agenda Project, depicts a man in a black suit, ostensibly a stand-in for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair off a cliff.

It evokes all the worst images from 2009's summer-long health reform debate, in which Republicans on Fox News insisted for months that offering insurance coverage for "end-of-life care" was somehow akin to establishing what they called "death panels" that would decide who was worthy of saving.

Agenda Project's ad is a response to Rep. Ryan's plan to end the public health program Medicare, which currently supports the well-being of more than 46 million Americans. Ryan's plan would convert Medicare into a coupon program over the next decade and force many seniors to seek care from the more costly private market.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/20/dem-groups-ad-depicts-paul-ryan-stand-in-tossing-elderly-woman-off-a-cliff/
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:09 PM
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1. Awesome ...
Even 'over the top' messages are advertising .... great
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katnapped Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:23 PM
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2. What's wrong with it?
I mean if it were untrue...somehow...then maybe, but....
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:24 PM
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3. "Rather juvenile"? WTF?
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:50 PM
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4. Most people who will see this act like juveniles .....
Edited on Fri May-20-11 09:51 PM by Historic NY
especially those that aligned themselve with the GOPERs'
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katanalori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:44 PM
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5. What ever happened to the actor
who played "Eddie Munster?" Seems he would be the perfect candidate to play the part of Paul Ryan.
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