AP: GOP Pledge ‘Steers Clear Of Specifics On Important Issues’

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

Republicans are putting their leading midterm congressional campaign arguments into a new manifesto designed to show they're listening to an angry public and are focused on creating jobs.

GOP lawmakers later Thursday will roll out their "Pledge to America" — a 21-page document filled with familiar proposals to slash taxes and spending and cut down on government regulation, as well as repeal President Barack Obama's health care law and end his stimulus program.

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The plan steers clear of specifics on important issues, such as how it will "put government on a path to a balanced budget." It omits altogether the question of how to address looming shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare, which account for a huge portion of the nation's soaring deficit, instead including a vague promise: "We will make the decisions that are necessary to protect our entitlement programs."

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/gop-pledge-closing-argument-voters/

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This is the type of headline I had hoped to see...

[corkhead]

1. Even AP can't put lipstick on this pig

[Tippy]

2. Another case of Republicans doing what they do best....NOTHING

[SpiralHawk]

3. And staying OCCULT - hiding behind smoke screens

Nothing the Republicons really do is out in the open. What you see is just smoke and mirrors -- the REAL shit they pull is occultly tucked away...

[barbtries]

4. surprise, surprise

they have no plan! fuckers.

[nyc 4 Biden]

5. The actual headline is...GOP 'Pledge' makes closing argument to voters

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hBuErW4Kv_v_HYB_21r54a5KJuOgD9IDNGE81

[stray cat]

6. They need to ITEMIZE THEIR BUDGET CUTS

[Downwinder]

Same ol .... same ol ... n/t

[Cognitive_Resonance]

7. It is much more lame than anticipated. Shallow and stale. Fail. nt

[tomm2thumbs]

8. 'pledge' is what people do during phonathons, and then conveniently don't write checks for

the GOP has no intention of doing anything - or they would have used the word CONTRACT. I'm actually surprised they didn't go with the typical lingo 'letter of intent'... hahahahah

they missed the boat on this one, right from the get-go with the name

[SoapBox]

9. It's the same old crap, in a new package...

Ah yes…

First, there was the “Contract ON America”.

Now, we have the “Pledge to PUT A KNIFE IN THE BACK of America”.

Same old, same old.

RushThuglican’ts…the biggest money spenders EVER.