WHIPLASH...........

ACTUALLY....... Mitt Romney proceeded to offensively attack the dignity, offend and insult 47% of the American people, which includes not just the poor but also working-class families, members of the military and the elderly. He said  "it wasn't his job to worry about those people".  Well, that disgusting statement didn't do much for him, so.... last Sunday night he told Scott Pelley, on 60 Minutes, that he cares about 100% of the people.  He said he was in this race for the poor and the middle class. That was not just a flip-flop, it was a backwards double-sumersault whiplash!!

The only 100% that Governor Romney cares about are himself and his wealthy cronies.  For instance:

•  Romney wants to cut service personnel, their pay, their health care and their pensions
•  Romney wants to privatize the United States Post Office
•  He wants to cut back on fire fighters and police officers 
•  The EPA - a little cut back there.  Do you think Romney cares if we have clean air, or clean water
•  He plans to privatize Social Security-you can put a little money aside each month for your retirement
•  Romney would "get rid of" Medicare.  He'd issue vouchers and you can buy your own health care
•  He would end FEMA.  Cantor says fine, but only after he's sure it provides aid to his territory first.
•  Romney will privatize schools.  If he closes public schools and have children go to private schools with vouchers, this would eliminate union teachers.  The private schools could choose whatever they want for tuition or deny students whom they consider unfit to go to their schools.  The private schools do not have to accept the public school children.
•  Romney would do away with the hiring of teachers with 'highly qualified certification' requirements and block grants for money for states that adapt policies focused on improving teacher effectiveness.
•  Romney says that classroom size doesn't matter to students, and doesn't impact educational outcomes.  After all his elite schools had classrooms of 14 students, Romney's children had just 11
• He supports low interest rates on student loans on a temporary basis.  His best advice for students trying to figure out how to afford college "shop around, borrow money from your parents".
• Planned Parenthood, he'll git rid of that, never mind the 3 million patients that depended on that last year
• Taxes - the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
• Obamacare - he'd repeal most of that on his first day in office 

 "WHEN  THE  RICH  WAGE  WAR,  IT'S  THE  POOR  WHO  DIE"

HERE WE GO AGAIN

ACTUALLY....... When I think of walk-back I think of a famous entertainer who used to "Moon Walk".  That was walking-back in style.  Surely Mitt Romney doesn't think he is anywhere close to Michael Jackson's interpretation, however Mitt's on the roll again.

This time Romney is doing a little Moon Walk on Obamacare.  In his speech to the Republican National Convention he said:  "We must reign in skyrocketing cost of health care by repealing and replacing Obamacare".  Romney's campaign clarified that the he would try to repeal the entire law. His campaign website says that Romney will issue an executive order on his 'first day in office' granting states waivers out of Obamacare, and promises he will "then work with Congress to repeal the full legislation as quickly as possible. I say we're going to replace Obamacare. And I'm replacing it with my own plan". On the day the Supreme Court upheld the Obama law, Romney said "the American people must vote the president out of office in order to get rid of Obamacare".

Here's the walk-back from his previous comments.  On Meet The Press, Sunday, September 9th, Romney said "I'm not getting rid of all of health care reform.  Of course there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I'm going to put in place.  One: is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage.  Two: is to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies that cover their family up to whatever age they might like."  Oops! Another shuffle here:  in June, Romney said he was in favor of health reform guaranteeing that people with pre-existing conditions have access to new insurance if they change or lose their job.   Romney's plan refers to only people "who already have coverage and makes no allowance for people with a pre-existing condition who are currently uninsured". What is not said here is the fact that Romney doesn't plan to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can even get health coverage.

Romney has never backed an important part of the Democrat's health care law - that which allows children to stay on the parent's plans up to age 26. Obamacare does this by requiring that insurance companies offer the coverage for dependent children.  Honestly, I'm not sure what Governor Romney really believes or what he will do. It's sorta' like, Hey Mitt, what about those taxes and offshore accounts?  He won't say!!!

MOST IMPORTANT, I BELIEVE HE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE 

RYAN - THE DEFICIT HAWK ????

ACTUALLY......  A long time ago the media decided that Paul Ryan was an honest, reasonable, serious conservative and that his proposals were somewhat worthy even if you don't like him. Well, guess what, he isn't honest and not reasonable.  He may be a conservative, but the majority of the people simply don't like him. He has this super-duper budget he's proposed that will make us think in 10 years we've all risen to a better life.

Mr. Ryan proposes big cuts in tax rates - on top income brackets and corporations. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center did the math, and the revenue loss from these cuts comes to $4.3 trillion over the next 10 years.

Mr. Ryan also has proposed large cuts in Medicaid.  He wants to turn this program over to the states while reducing funding under the current policy.  (He hasn't given us the plan for the states to fund this project, which they can't unless they receive that funding from another source.) That saves about $800 billion.  He proposes huge cuts in food stamps (another real blow to the poor) saving perhaps another $130 billion in addition to a variety of other cuts including reduced aid to college students.  We're at about $1 trillion with these cuts. He is also including the $716 billion in Medicare savings that are part of Obamacare (he wants to "get rid" of everything else in that act). 

Now, if Paul Ryan's proposals were calculated , we have $4.3 trillion in tax cuts, offset by about $1.7 trillion in spending cuts  -  remember the tax cuts benefit the top 1% and the spending cuts would be taken away from low-income families.  Over all, the deficit would be increased by around two and half trillion dollars.

Here are some examples of his not being reasonable:  He says he will offset the tax cuts by getting rid of enough tax deductions to make up the lost revenue, which deductions - he won't say:  he says he has a secret tax and spending plan which will turn his total plan into deficit reduction - shhh, he won't say. The Ryan plan would end Medicare as we know it, and the nations fiscal future is often equivalent to slashing Medicare and Social Security. The Ryan plan would most assuredly increase, not reduce, the deficit.

He's not a serious conservative, he's a rebel rousing, obnoxious, loud mouth, trouble maker. 

TEXAS TWO-STEP

ACTUALLY......just when I thought that Rick Perry had quieted down a little bit, up pops Sen John Cornyn!   Because he is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, he believes it's his mission in life to do whatever necessary to repeal a law known as Obamacare.  He believes that this health care law is "problematic for the country".  According to my reading and research, I've seen no proof of this.  He did admit that the Supreme Court may have just given the Republicans a little more fuel to fight his partisan associates across the isle and, hope that some of his cronies will rekindle the disapproval they have toward President Obama in the November election.   Cronyn is definitely out to do all he can to get a Senate majority in November.

Already a member of the Senate Republican leadership team, he aspires to being Number 2 because that slot is being held by a member that is retiring.  He believes that the only way to stop massive tax increases, government spending and cuts to Medicare, is to get rid of anyone in his way - of course we know that means don't let any democrat into the "sacred order of the Senate".  There is a government professor at American University who thinks Cornyn's aggressive approach is a risky business. In my opinion I frankly don't think that Senator Cornyn has all his facts straight about Obamacare.

This may be a great time for Rick Perry to teach Sen. Cronyn the "Texas two-step".