I have seen several of these ads myself. Republicans will ignore these ads at their peril. It's nonsense of course, but these ads will motivate their base. It will also motivate low information voters and some seniors who may not have bothered to vote to get out and vote for Demorats.

Republicans need to respond not only by setting the record straight, but running attack ads of their own on this subject. Of course their is no end to the long list of subjects the Dems are vulnerable on, but you could make them vulnerable on this issue too. The facts are that any Dem plan to expand Medicare will bankrupt Medicare in no time. And only a strong economy will enable us to fund social security into the future.

https://www.factcheck.org/2022...l-security-medicare/

Nothing new under the sun. Same old Democrat playbook.


This Infamous Granny-Over-The-Cliff Ad Shows How Democrats Will Destroy Paul Ryan

Grace Wyler Aug 11, 2012,

As Paul Ryan hits the campaign trail as Mitt Romney's running mate, Democrats can hardly contain their glee at the fresh opportunity to attack the Wisconsin Congressman — and by proxy, Mitt Romney — over his signature budget proposal.

When Ryan first announced his proposals in 2011, the Democratic response was swift and vicious. Since then attacking Ryan's budget — and specifically his proposals to overhaul Medicare — has been a remarkably successful strategy for Democrats, who argue that Ryan's plan would "end Medicare as we know it," or simply "end Medicare."

The charges are overblown, but also effective. And now that the presidential race is at stake, the Medicare messaging battle is bound to get a lot more brutal.

Perhaps the most illustrative example of these attacks is the infamous "granny-over-a-cliff" ad, from the liberal outside interest group The Agenda Project. The ad features a young man — who doesn't look unlike Paul Ryan — pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair along a wooded path to the tune of "America The Beautiful." After a brief stroll, he pushes her off a cliff.

It ends with the tagline: "Is America beautiful without Medicare? Ask Paul Ryan and his friends in Congress."

I predict financial collapse sooner than that, so it probably won't matter anyway...

The ads are annoying and obnoxious. They are clearly louder than regular programming and are on the order of ambulance chasing lawyers chasing dollars.

Of course Ron Johnson and Rick Scott feed into these fears by talking about evaluating Medicare on a yearly basis. Educated voters know what they are talking about but poorly educated seniors haven't a clue.

Yep, standard democrat pre-election drivel.

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Democrats are running TV and internet ads saying Republicans plan on ending Social Security and Medicare in five years

Good, that still leaves me some time. I plan on applying for both in one more year.

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I thought the Granny Over The Cliff ad was hilarious. Maybe my twisted sense of humor, but thanks for re-posting. It gave me a good laugh. You're right about Ron Johnson and Rick Scott. It's fine to talk about keeping Medicare and SS solvent, but save the budgeting and annual accounting talk for Republican conference meetings.

How can you tell a Democrat is lying?

Their mouth is open.


How many times has the topic of Democrats going after Social Security and healthcare been brought up on the board?

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
How can you tell a Democrat is lying?

Seriously.

Every politician for the longest time has shaken down old people for contributions this way. "I'm fighting so that they won't take your social security away."

When I took over my dad's finances, his checkbook had checks to 3 politicians every month all of whom were using the same con. And this was over 25 years ago.

Just remember…the longer and more often you tell the lie, it becomes the truth. “The truth is what I say it is” - Senator Charles F. Meachum