Yesterday, Paul Ryan held a rally at the Villages in Florida. The Villages is the largest senior residential development in the country. At the last census in 2010, there were nearly 60,000 people living there. Almost all were 55 or older. The area tends to vote Republican, so it is not a perfect barometer for the senior vote in Florida, but it is still indicative of general trends in the Sunshine State. That made me curious to see the reaction to Ryan in view of the all out assault from the Obama campaign against the supposedly "risky" scheme by Ryan to "end Medicare as we know it" and to "force seniors to pay $6400 per year more for their healthcare." The charges by Obama and the Obamacrats are not only wrong, but they know that what they are claiming are lies. The question, however, is what do the seniors thing? Are they as gullible as the Democrats think?
The answer, at least at the Villages, appears to be no. Here is the headline from the Villages Daily Sun, the newspaper of the area: GUARANTEE TO SENIORS, Romney Running Mate Ryan Pledges to Protect Social Security, Medicare For Next Generation. Clearly, the local press got the message; so will the seniors.
Indeed, a recent poll of those over 65 found that by a substantial margin seniors across the country were more concerned about Obamacare than the Ryan plan for Medicare. This makes sense; Obamacare cut over $700 billion from Medicare in order to use the money to fund Obamacare. Seniors understand this. Obama and the Obamacrats are left trying to fight the truth with lies and scare tactics.
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