Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Is it now okay to call things "radical"?

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that congressional Republicans are pushing a radical plan to trim Medicare and Medicaid, ramping up the rhetoric as he and Congress approach crucial decisions on spending and the nation’s debt.

"I think it’s fair to say that their vision is radical," Obama told a town hall gathering at the headquarters of Facebook, the huge social network company.

"I don’t think it’s particularly courageous," he said of the GOP plan to convert Medicare to a voucher program and make big cuts to the federal-state Medicaid program for the poor.
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S2077933.shtml?cat=300

Remember during the healthcare debate, when the media said it was inappropriate to call Obama and his plans "radical"?

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