Paul Ryan heckled at rally in Iowa by Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement

[Divine Discontent]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/video-paul-ryan-interrupted-by-hecklers-in-iowa
video at link


Update: Cherie Mortice, who participated in the protest, told TPM in a phone interview that it was organized by Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement, a nonpartisan progressive group in the state. They are the same group that heckled Mitt Romney at last year’s Iowa State Fair, prompting his famous response that “Corporations are people.”

“Our concern with Ryan is that he wants to cut social benefits like Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, which we feel have been an extremely important safety net for the middle class and poor in this country,” Mortice told TPM.





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[eleny]

1. He's probably really glad he didn't abandon his reelection to Congress

Seems that his decision demonstrated how little confidence he has in Romney's ability to win the election. But today he has to be relieved that he decided to run concurrent campaigns.

[No Elephants]

2. Nonpartisan? Have they also heckled Obama then?

OBama promises "entitlement" "reform."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011504114.html

Note that the date was shortly before his inauguration.


(As I have posted before in other contexts, watch out for the word "reform" these days. It used to mean a good thing. It rarely does in D.C. anymore.)



And then, there was appointment of the Cat Food Commission..


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8706605


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=5074961&mesg_id=5074989


And when the recommendations of the Cat Food Commission got nowhere, we got the possibly unconstitutional joint Congressional Commission whose findings were supposed to be be binding on both Congress and, IIRC, the president.

Anything, just to cut what he referred to as "entitlements" somehow, without taking the political heat himself.

We have yet to see what will come of that possibly uncontitutional attempt to reach a "Grand" Bargain."


And Obama submitted a budget to Congress cutting fuel subsidies to the poor.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/11/news/economy/obama_heating_cuts/index.htm

(Cesar Chavez gives Robert Kennedy, Jr. Venezuelan oil to GIVE AWAY FREE to people in New England in winter, but the United States can't use tax money paid in by Americans to save needy Americans from freezing to death in their homes in places like New England and Minnesota. (No U.S. oil company would donate, either.)




It is impossible--and dangerous to the 99%-- to keep pretending that Republicans are the only ones who hae been after social safety nets. And, when a Republicans go after them, that is only Republicans being Republicans. When Democrats go after them, it is a sea change that has changed America forever.



If we are very, very lucky, Romney Ryan will force Democrats to start defending these programs again, but you can't unring a bell.

[PatrynXX]

3. nothing like having Iowans

being told they aren't from Iowa. Okay, so... Saint Paul wants to start a riot. nice. So one can't be from Iowa if they are anything but a Paul Ryan supporter??