Pence Rejects Americans’ Call To Not Cut Social Programs

[butterfly77]

This week on CNN, host Wolf Blitzer confronted Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) with a recent poll that found Americans don’t want to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and wondered why Schock — who has made both extending all the tax cuts and listening to the American people a priority — isn’t exactly listening to what they want. But Schock simply ignored the poll, saying, “The American people reject” letting the tax cuts expire for the wealthy.

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) got caught playing a similar game yesterday, also on CNN with Blitzer. Pence — who has also made listening to the American people a priority — argued that in order to reduce the deficit, the government should cut spending on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. But when Blitzer told Pence that a recent poll showed that Americans don’t want cuts to those programs, the Indiana congressman pulled a Schock: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/19/after-promising-to-listen-to-the-american-people-pence-rejects-americans-call-to-not-cut-social-programs/

[Lasher]

1. This is controved, they're all using this talking point.

'We heard the American People. And what they American People want is (insert what Congressional Republicans want here)' Watch how often they work this into what they say. 'The American People want us to steal the Social Security trust fund and give it to billionaires'.

This is similar to 'Support the troops' when what they were really saying was, support George Bush's war in Iraq'. That was contrived too.

[OHdem10]

2. Did you see that report that shows majority of" American People"

do not even know the Republicans won this election???

[butterfly77]

3. No,but..

those numbers in the poll that wolf blitzer showed pence showed a large percentage didn't want the Cons to touch,SS,Medicare or medicaid.

Then, Pence pretending as though he didn't hear what it said he said the people don't know what they want,they don't that is why they voted against their own interests with their dumb asses..