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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSununu went off on Ryan yesterday. Today the Romney campaign responds (LOL!)
Romney Campaign Chair Contradicts Candidate, Says Romneys Medicare Plan Is Very Different From Ryans Plan
By Igor Volsky
Just a day after Mitt Romney told reporters, my plan for Medicare is very similar to (Paul Ryan's) plan for Medicare, former New Hampshire governor and Romney campaign chair John Sununu insisted on Tuesday morning that the former Massachusetts governors vision form Medicare reform is very different from Ryans proposal.
During a contentious appearance on CNNs Starting Point, Sununu accused President Obama of stealing $716 billion from Medicare and insisted that Romney would protect the program. Asked to outline the differences between Romneys campaign proposal and Ryans budget, Sununu admitted that Ryan maintains Obamacares reductions to Medicare which he incorrectly argued would cut existing benefits while Romney does not:
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By Igor Volsky
Just a day after Mitt Romney told reporters, my plan for Medicare is very similar to (Paul Ryan's) plan for Medicare, former New Hampshire governor and Romney campaign chair John Sununu insisted on Tuesday morning that the former Massachusetts governors vision form Medicare reform is very different from Ryans proposal.
During a contentious appearance on CNNs Starting Point, Sununu accused President Obama of stealing $716 billion from Medicare and insisted that Romney would protect the program. Asked to outline the differences between Romneys campaign proposal and Ryans budget, Sununu admitted that Ryan maintains Obamacares reductions to Medicare which he incorrectly argued would cut existing benefits while Romney does not:
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UPDATE:
Tara Wall, a communications adviser to the Romney campaign, told CNN, there are no differences relative to how we address this going forward with these two great men at the top of the ticket.
Yeah, "no differences relative" to the blatant lies "these two great men" tell.
Video: Romney's Senior Adviser (Sununu) Goes Off On Ryan!!!
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Sununu went off on Ryan yesterday. Today the Romney campaign responds (LOL!) (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2012
OP
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)1. Sununu
is such a jerk - and an arrogant one at that.
global1
(25,167 posts)2. So Sununu Was Trying To Help Rmoney Out By Distancing Him From Ryan's Plan And......
the Rmoney people pulled Rmoney back into the middle of this. If I didn't know better - Rmoney's own campaign people are trying to sabotage him.