Michael Steele advocated for Medicare cuts before he didn't

By GottaLaff

Michael Aluminuminum really should go back and read transcripts of the shows he's been on before he opens his big mouth... again:

Blanket opposition to entitlement changes is, as the Democrats have proven, good politics, but it isn't exactly the hallmark of the Republican Party, and a Democrat notes that it hasn't been RNC Chairman Michael Steele's position either. A Democrat notes that in a 2006 Maryland Senate debate, Steele expressly advocated for Medicare cuts.

The exchange:

MR. RUSSERT: Your Web site, Mr. Steele, says you want to control runaway federal spending.

LT. GOV. STEELE: Mm-hmm.

MR. RUSSERT: What programs would you cut?

LT. GOV. STEELE: Well, what I would like to do is something that we did in Maryland. We — Governor Ehrlich and I came into office, we had a $2.2 billion deficit staring us in the face and a bloated government to contend with. And so we stepped back and evaluated exactly what the priorities of our government should be. Seventy-eight percent of our spending is in two areas: education and health care.

MR. RUSSERT: It’s the same in the federal government.

LT. GOV. STEELE: It’s the same. And my point...

MR. RUSSERT: Seventy percent is Social Security, Medicare and Defense.

LT. GOV. STEELE: Absolutely. Absolutely.

MR. RUSSERT: Would you touch those?

LT. GOV. STEELE: Abso — Tim, everything has...

MR. RUSSERT: Everything’s on the table.

LT. GOV. STEELE: Everything has to be on the table, my friend.

Of course, you won't see this anywhere on the librul media newsotainment shows. Then again, much of what we post here or what you might read on other blogs isn't available on the Tee Vee Machine. That's probably because we unprofessional bloggers don't fact check.

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