MediScare Returns by Michael D. Tanner

Mitt Romney's naming of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate has moved the debate over Medicare reform back to the political forefront. As everyone in range of a TV knows by now, Ryan is the author of the "Ryan budget" that "ends Medicare as we know it."

According to New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, the plan "would kill people. No question." Democratic consultant Paul Begala calls it "deeply evil." Ryan's plan, warns Obama's campaign chairman, David Axlerod, would throw his 85-year-old, cancer-stricken father off Medicare.
If the Democrats are this hysterical already, what can we expect by Election Day? Ads showing Ryan throwing a wheelchair-bound grandmother off a cliff? Oh, wait ...

Obama's Mediscare Fails: Ryan At 50% Favorability In Latest Poll

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by Dana Loesch 

The Obama campaign was unprepared for a Ryan VP announcement but nevertheless they worked hard to try to establish a negative narrative against him as we rolled into the week. Unfortunately for Democrats, their rehashed, debunked rhetoric about Paul Ryan killing everyone's grandma -- Politifact's 2011 Lie of the Year -- has failed.