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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:45 PM Sep 2012

Repukes Jumping Ship: Republican U.S. Senate candidate-Linda McMahon Denounces Mitt Romney’s Remarks

Linda McMahon Denounces Mitt Romney’s Remarks
by DANIELA ALTIMARI
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon was quick to denounce Mitt Romney’s secretly videotaped remarks to donors about the “47 percent” of the U.S. electorate who support President Obama and believe they are entitled to government handouts.

“I disagree with Governor Romney’s insinuation that 47% of Americans believe they are victims who must depend on the government for their care. I know that the vast majority of those who rely on government are not in that situation because they want to be. People today are struggling because the government has failed to keep America competitive, failed to support job creators, and failed to get our economy back on track,” McMahon said in a statement posted on her website this morning.

“I am sympathetic to the struggles that millions of Americans are going through because I’ve been there. As a young couple Vince and I lost our home and our car. With two small children it was not an easy time for my family.

“That’s why I am running for the Senate, because I have been there before and I know the way out. My financial struggles were part of the foundation that I built my jobs plan on. It’s why I want to give the middle class a tax break that will put an extra $500 a month in the pockets of an average Connecticut family next year. My sole focus if elected to the United States Senate will be to create good jobs for middle class families and get the American economy turned around.”

http://courantblogs.com/capitol-watch/linda-mcmahon-denounces-mitt-romneys-remarks/
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Repukes Jumping Ship: Republican U.S. Senate candidate-Linda McMahon Denounces Mitt Romney’s Remarks (Original Post) kpete Sep 2012 OP
her sole focus if elected will ACTUALLY be to obstruct any progress or improvement... mike_c Sep 2012 #1
he's outed her bigtree Sep 2012 #2
It all sounds good, but that same number...$500 a month... cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #3

mike_c

(36,214 posts)
1. her sole focus if elected will ACTUALLY be to obstruct any progress or improvement...
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:58 PM
Sep 2012

...that might reflect well on the democratic administration. That seems to be all that republicans in congress are capable of.

bigtree

(85,919 posts)
2. he's outed her
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 02:01 PM
Sep 2012

. . . she can't hide behind her opportunistic criticism now, as if she didn't already know and identify with the Real Romney®

cr8tvlde

(1,185 posts)
3. It all sounds good, but that same number...$500 a month...
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 02:13 PM
Sep 2012

accounts for the $6,500 co-pays/deductibles, etc., for Paul Ryan's Medicare Future. For many seniors, they only get $1,000 +/-, not to get off topic or to disdain her likely-imaginary $500 per family, but it's more about the Republican's insane "arithmetic".

I'll believe it when I see a plan.

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