Poll: 70 Percent of "Tea Party Supporters" Oppose Medicare Cuts. HAHAHAHA...

[jefferson_dem]

Poll: 70 Percent of "Tea Party Supporters" Oppose Medicare Cuts
Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:31 AM | By David Weigel

I've yet to see a poll that asks this question the right way. The Washington Post's poll found a lot of public readiness for small Medicare cuts. No poll has yet asked what voters think of Paul Ryan's plan, specifically. But Marist just dropped a nice present in the Democrats' laps.



Again, too bad they say "cut Medicaid" (which no one is suggesting) and not "turn Medicaid into block grants" (which Ryan is suggesting). Those are pretty ugly numbers, though. Opposition to entitlement cuts is an 80 percent issue, one that Obama is even able to move the needle on. If Democrats can keep portraying the cuts as worse than they are -- this was done successfully in the 2005 Social Security fight -- there's a win here.

Meanwhile, look at the numbers on taxes, which are easier to poll about.



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http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/04/19/poll-70-percent-of-tea-party-supporters-oppose-medicare-cuts.aspx

[Oceansaway]

1. K&R...n/t

[wiggs]

2. At a time early in the HCR debate, when 71% of the public supported a

public option, Boehner was able to stand up and state boldly that he knew of NO ONE who supported a public option and that America was against it.

This is the purpose of owning media and pundits...you can say the opposite of the truth and bury the issue.

[Major Hogwash]

3. Is David Weigel the guy that KO used to have on his program, and he goes on Larry now?

Is that the same guy?

[Major Hogwash]

6. Yup, that's the same guy! Dangerously smart.

That's what his meme ought to be when he promotes himself.
Weigel, David Weigel, dangerously smart.

[Shadowflash]

4. K&R!

[gordianot]

5. Yep, they are worried about Grandma and want to keep her alive.........

Selfless people those tea party people, no personal concern. I wonder though if they know they have been paying for Medicare all these years?

"Just don't touch my Medicare."

[Keith Bee]

7. The Tea Party, Providing the Lulz Since 2009

K&R

[Doctor_J]

8. Probably because Obama put cuts on the table

I haven't yet met a teabagger with a thought of his/her own, so I would be willing to bet that hate Radio is pushing the "Obama wants to let your grandma starve" meme.

[county worker]

9. Who the hell is going to pay for their scooters and free delivery of diabetic supplies?

[RichGirl]

10. Teabaggers don't think for themselves...they let Hannity and Limpballs do their thinking for them.

They don't have a clue what socialism is. They don't know that the only socialism that we have is medicare and social security. Poor souls, can't figure out that a program with the word "social" in it IS socialism.

Who knows what they actually consider big government.

[vroomvroom]

11. I'm still Concerned that Obama will cave to Repub demands for the cuts.

Here is hoping he at least fights for this.

[craigmatic]

12. This should be the end of the tea party but hate and irrationality will keep them in their place.

[bullwinkle428]

13. "KEEP YOUR GOVERNMENT HANDS OFF MY MEDICARE!" now

actually has some validity to it, if one is referring to the hands of Paul Ryan.