Paul Ryan was interviewed by Chris Wallace on today's edition of Fox News Sunday. Ryan promised that the budget he's working on for House Republicans would eliminate Obamacare; Think Progress notes that Wallace dismissed the possibility that this can happen:
WALLACE: Are you saying that as part of your budget you would repeal -- you assume the repeal of Obamacare?But if you go to FoxNews.com and read about this Obamacare discussion, you're never told that Wallace was skeptical. Wallace's response isn't mentioned at all. Here's the FoxNews.com story in its entirety:
RYAN: Yes.
WALLACE: Well that's not going to happen.
RYAN: Well, we believe it should. [...]
Ryan: New House Republican budget includes ObamaCare repealNot a word about what Wallace said. What the Fox News host said is too critical of the Fox News line to be reported by Fox News.
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said Sunday that his new budget includes the repeal of President Obama's health-care reform law known as ObamaCare.
Ryan told "Fox News Sunday" that the new proposal will make enough cuts to balance the federal budget in 10 years, compared to his previous one that tried to achieve that goal in 25 years.
"We think we owe the American people a balanced budget," the Republican congressman said.
Ryan said the focus of the ObamaCare repeal would be to stop the expansion of Medicaid, the federal program that provides medical services to low-income U.S. families.
"Our budget does promote repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with a better system," said Ryan, who did not say whether his 2014 budget is based on a full repeal.
Ryan, the Republican 2012 vice presidential nominee, said he wants states to run Medicaid through federal block grants.
Ryan said his proposal attempts to reach a balanced budget, in part, by slowing the rate of federal spending from 4.9 percent to 3.4 percent. Other parts include consolidating federal job-training programs and reforming the federal Food Stamps program to ensure only qualified applicants receive the benefits.
"I've very confident this is the way to go," said Ryan, whose budget would have a better chance of passing the Republican-controlled House than the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The story is accompanied by a complete seventeen-minute clip of the interview segment. But the exchange is buried many minutes into the clip. You have to find it. Fox News isn't going to tell you what its own host said.
Fair and balanced....
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"Our budget does promote repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with a better system," said Ryan, who did not say whether his 2014 budget is based on a full repeal.
Wait, what?
WALLACE: Are you saying that as part of your budget you would repeal -- you assume the repeal of Obamacare?
RYAN: Yes.
He did say whether or not his budget is based on a full repeal. He said yes, it assumes a full repeal.
Maybe they're assuming he left in some wiggle room, where when Ryan flatly asserted that it assumed "the repeal of Obamacare" he really MEANT the repeal of some subset of Obamacare?
Who even knows. It's Fox.
Ryan's budget i-deers and the substance that emerges from a cows behind bear a striking resemblance to each other. Any 'Murr'kin who is unaware of that fact is woefully uninformed. Or self-delusional...
Nice catch Magnum. Needs to be percolated.
No fear...
Hmm...
Do you think Ailes gave Wallace a disciplinary verbal warning, or a more serious written one?
If he wants to keep his job, Chris Wallace needs to remember that when he's talking to a Republican, especially a 'Young-un,' his job isn't to really question them, it's to 'God them up" for the base.
Wallace has always had some leeway to criticize the dominant message of Fox, because Ailes can then point to his deviation and say, "See? We're fair and balanced. How dare you say we're a propaganda outfit!" Shepherd Smith gets similar leeway. But that leaves the ratio of propaganda to dissent at about 99:1.
Ryan's going after the Medicaid expansion? The Medicaid expansion that even the most anti-Obamacare governors have decided to implement so their states don't go broke? Great idea, Paul..
Republicans can chase whatever car they want between now and 1/20/17, knowing they don't have to worry about what happens if they catch it.
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