On Medicare, Bill Clinton Tells Rep. Paul Ryan ‘Give Me A Call’

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by Mark Joyella | 3:34 pm, May 25th, 2011

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ABC News’ Jonathan Karl was with Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan today, catching an impromptu meeting between Ryan and former President Bill Clinton. Clinton had just spoken to an audience at a forum on the national debt held by the Pete Peterson Foundation, and he told Ryan what he’d said about yesterday’s special election in New York–with a Democrat emerging as the winner in a solidly Republican district–which has been seen as a repudiation of Ryan’s Medicare plan. “So anyway, I told them before you got here, I said I’m glad we won this race in New York,” Clinton said, adding “I hope Democrats don’t use this as an excuse to do nothing.”

Ryan told Clinton he’s concerned the election results will freeze action on spending. He asked Clinton for help:

“My guess is it’s going to sink into paralysis is what’s going to happen. And you know the math. It’s just, I mean, we knew we were putting ourselves out there. You gotta start this. You gotta get out there. You gotta get this thing moving,” Ryan said.

Clinton told Ryan that if he ever wanted to talk about it, he should “give me a call.” Ryan said he would.

ABC reports Clinton had tied the New York election to Medicare in his public remarks, but said a voter rejection of Ryan’s plan was not an excuse to do nothing:

“It was about Medicare,” Clinton said during a speech to the debt forum minutes before he met Ryan back stage. Clinton was referring to Ryan’s controversial budget plan, passed by the House this year, which wouldtransform Medicare for those under the age of 55.

“You shouldn’t draw the conclusion that the New York race means that nobody can do anything solve the rising Medicare costs,” said during his speech. “I just don’t agree with that. I think you should draw the conclusion that the people made a judgment that this proposal in the Republican is not the right one. I agree with that, but I’m afraid that the Democrats will draw the conclusion that because Congressman Ryan’s proposal, I think, is not the best one, that we shouldn’t do anything and I completely disagree with that.”

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ABC News, Bill Clinton, Jonathan Karl, Medicare, NY-26, Paul Ryan

THE REAL ROYAL KING

Good analysis and well put President Clinton. I’d be interested in knowing what W’s take on this is. *eyeroll*
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

“I hope Democrats don’t use this as an excuse to do nothing.”
-BC

he’s a politician… and he senses a backlash to the Do-Nothings on the horizon…
Dems, beware…
THE REAL ROYAL KING

skoorbekim said:
“I hope Democrats don’t use this as an excuse to do nothing.”
-BC

he’s a politician… and he senses a backlash to the Do-Nothings on the horizon…
Dems, beware…

You mean you figured all that out from what Clinton said? So, if I said I prefer red foxes to gray foxes, you might draw the conclusion I don’t like gray foxes as well as red foxes. Well, we have an analytical genius here, folks, an analytical genius, I say.
ChiliPeppersFan

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
You mean you figured all that out from what Clinton said? So, if I said I prefer red foxes to gray foxes, you might draw the conclusion I don’t like gray foxes as well as red foxes. Well, we have an analytical genius here, folks, an analytical genius, I say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stdi-1tIUhM&feature=related
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
You mean you figured all that out from what Clinton said? So, if I said I prefer red foxes to gray foxes, you might draw the conclusion I don’t like gray foxes as well as red foxes. Well, we have an analytical genius here, folks, an analytical genius, I say.

?!

I know BC… he is a pure politician… he sees that the Do-Nothings spell doom for 2012…
[Dems have not voted on a budget in 738 days...]
THE REAL ROYAL KING

skoorbekim said:
?!

I know BC… he is a pure politician… he sees that the Do-Nothings spell doom for 2012…
[Dems have not voted on a budget in 738 days...]

Thanks. That explains it much better.
TeaPartyPatriot

It took TWO lunatic-left d-cRAT socialists to defeat ONE Republican in NY-23 !!!!!!

The desperate, anti-democratic, despicable election tactics of the d-cRAT socialists go beyond putting up phony tea party candidates – as they did in NY-23 – to help elect themselves. In Arizona’s 8th CD, the socialists helped fund a libertarian candidate to draw votes away from Tea Party-backed Republican Jesse Kelly. Pelsoi puppet, goofy gabby giffords, who was the incumbent, also sent out a brochure calling the libertarian candidate the ONLY true conservative running and not her REAL opponent. This, along with massive voter fraud by ILLEGALS, helped goofy gabby squeak-by with a win with fewer votes than the libertarian spoiler got and less than the estimates of ILLEGALS voter fraud (which amounted to several thousand “votes”).

Never underestimate how low the d-cRAT socialists will sink to stay in power.
Kitsune

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
You mean you figured all that out from what Clinton said? So, if I said I prefer red foxes to gray foxes, you might draw the conclusion I don’t like gray foxes as well as red foxes. Well, we have an analytical genius here, folks, an analytical genius, I say.

Everybody knows that Dems/Progs don’t like ANY foxes. Period.
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Thanks. That explains it much better.

not as much as your red fox story… but I try…
THE REAL ROYAL KING

TeaPartyPatriot said:
It took TWO lunatic-left d-cRAT socialists to defeat ONE Republican in NY-23 !!!!!!

The desperate, anti-democratic, despicable election tactics of the d-cRAT socialists go beyond putting up phony tea party candidates – as they did in NY-23 – to help elect themselves. In Arizona’s 8th CD, the socialists helped fund a libertarian candidate to draw votes away from Tea Party-backed Republican Jesse Kelly. Pelsoi puppet, goofy gabby giffords, who was the incumbent, also sent out a brochure calling the libertarian candidate the ONLY true conservative running and not her REAL opponent. This, along with massive voter fraud by ILLEGALS, helped goofy gabby squeak-by with a win with fewer votes than the libertarian spoiler got and less than the estimates of ILLEGALS voter fraud (which amounted to several thousand “votes”).

Never underestimate how low the d-cRAT socialists will sink to stay in power.

We knew last weekend that was the spin the RNC was working on. Why did it take so long to reach you?
The Lantern of Truth

Bill Clinton Tells Rep. Paul Ryan ‘Give Me A Call’

Why ? Ryan probably aready knows how to get a bj .
tatboy

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Good analysis and well put President Clinton. I’d be interested in knowing what W’s take on this is. *eyeroll*

It was a good analysis. But you know the Dems will not follow that advice. They will take it as a call to do nothing and you as well as I know the #’s. It will go under if nothing is done. At least Ryan is trying.

It’s not the critic who counts… it’s the man in the ring. Wise words.
rubberneck

I admire Ryan. He’s putting everything on the line. You can’t argue with the “math”.
Fokker News

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
I’d be interested in knowing what W’s take on this is.

Something like this most likely:

http://tinyurl.com/4ykjtuf
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Fokker News said:
Something like this most likely:

http://tinyurl.com/4ykjtuf

Surprisingly articulate for W, isn’t it?
Scrapette Jones

Damn that 22nd Amendment! Repeal it now! That’s the kind of leader I want again, one who WANTS to discuss with his opponents. And I don’t give a crap who he *smokes cigars* with.
BR

Clinton says, Give me a call. I have a cigar for your wife.
Barack Must Go

The democrats don’t need a reason……
TeaPartyPatriot

‘Give Me A Call’

…isn’t that one of lines “monica-stain” bill uses on his many bimbos. I guess he’s used it so often, he can’t stop saying it.
Dem4Ever

My Gawd! The Democrats are planning to let Medicare and Social Security fail just so they can make short term political gaines.
Dem4Ever

The Democrats will see a back lash the likes they have never seen before. You know they are on the wrong side of history when Bill Clinton breaks with them and begins to conspire with Conservative Republicans.
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ProObamaAgenda

Bill Clinton to Paul Ryan – “YOU WANT MY HELP?….HERE TAKE MY NUMBER AND GIVE MA A CALL LATER MONICA”
ProObamaAgenda

Dem4Ever said:
The Democrats will see a back lash the likes they have never seen before. You know they are on the wrong side of history when Bill Clinton breaks with them and begins to conspire with Conservative Republicans.

YOU A DAMN FOOL….CLINTONS TRYING TO GET ANOTHER BLOW JOB……HE SAID PAUL RYANS LIPS ARE SO DAMN PURRRRRRTY
ProObamaAgenda

TeaPartyPatriot said:
‘Give Me A Call’

…isn’t that one of lines “monica-stain” bill uses on his many bimbos. I guess he’s used it so often, he can’t stop saying it.

AS A PAUL RYAN SUPPORTER IM SURE YOU WOULDNT MIND HANDLING THE BOOTY DUTY FOR HIM
Tedderman

My guess is Clinton looked into Ryan’s blue eyes and had a fond memory of a “Blue dress” he’d once stained. Gimme a call…..Paul, I’ll give you something to haul.
JasonMays

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Surprisingly articulate for W, isn’t it?

I bet Bush could sign a book with the right year. I bet he knows we don’t have 57 states. I KNOW he can pronounce “corpsmen”.
Rgentum

Ryan’s “overtures” show that Republicans know they may be toast, even though they won’t admit it publicly. Under normal circumstances, people like Ryan would do anything they can to villify Clinton. But now Ryan’s just a scared little boy looking for someone to bail him out after he stepped in it big time.
badnewzbearz

Hmm, say what you will about Bill Clinton, but the man is pretty damn smart when it comes to politics. I think he’s laying the groundwork for a possible Hillary run. The Dems in congress have not proposed a budget in over 750 days, and based on what Harry Reid said the other day, they don’t intend to. The Dems are content to sit back and shoot spit wads at the Ryan plan and use the issue for short-term political gain. Clinton knows that eventually the public will figure this out – and this creates a huge opening for Hillary to run on seeking a bipartisan compromise to reform Medicare.
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