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Does the call to stop government intervention in end of life care mean that they are repenting what they did to Terry Schiavo?

Why do Republicans get away with so many lies? They are allowed to say anything they want.

They need to be CALLED OUT ON ALL OF THE LIES THEY SPOUT!!!

I'm having this incredible feeling of deja vu– Contract With America, anyone?

Is the GOP pathetic or what????

Here we go again! Republicans spreading cow manure. I hope Americans are intelligent enough to not fall into that.

Such disingenuous 'concern' is masking a real contempt for seniors and their issues and exploiting their fears to score political points and protect insurance companies and others who profit from the current healthcare mess.

The republicans really ought to be shamed of themselves.

This Senior's Bill of Rights issomething that we all agree on. Steele makes it sound as if there is some difference of opinion. The RNC shoud raise the level of discussion. This is really "smoke and mirrors"

List of crap Republicans have believed lately

– Sadam Huesen had WMD
– John Kerry lied about his war record
– Obama's birth certificate is a fake
– There are death panels in the healthcare bill.

The RNC is reacting to Obama's puch for health care. All of a sudden, out of nowhere the GOP is coming up with a bill of rights for health care. We need to start leading and quit playing catch up to democrats!

So instead of trying to work together, or coming up with another proposal, this is what they do instead? Still scaring the old people – how pathetic is that? I'm fortunate to have elderly parents who use critical thinking skills and can see through this. Shame on the RNC for stooping so low, yet again.

I think it is a good idea to pay doctors to discuss end of life options with each patient. Who wants to be stuck in the unfortunate situation of trying to guess what a seriously injured or sick loved one may want in terms of end of life care. Why has this turned into such a big, scary thing. Think of all the chaos that could have been avoided if Terry Schivo had a living will that clearly addressed her feelings about life support.

I don't want the RNC to prevent doctors from talking to their patients about important health care decisions!

Does anyone know how the various bills address attracting and retaining doctors, nurses and other health care professionals? My concern is with up to 49 million new people using the same number of doctors and nurses as we have today, there will be a lot of stress on healthcare professionals. That means more mistakes (sometimes fatal) and rationing by default since demand will far exceed supply.

so we need more than 1 bill of rights?

im sick of nanny state republicans!

So let me get this straight, in the US, a public health plan is considered 'socialism' and is bad bad bad, BUT socialized medicine is okay for retired folks? Say what??? Do Republicans EVER make sense?

And why would you drop a common-sense thing like an end-of- life plan? Right – if you just ignore it, it means it won't happen? Kind of like saying young healthy people don't need health insurance or life insurance...until of course something bad happens....oops

Mr. Steele...The Republicans would not be standing, if they did not
envoke the memory of Regan into every issue in their platform.

the rnc is full of itself(for lack of the other word), or did it not have a voice during the bush dictatorship

What a joke. A bill of rights announced in an ad from a politial party, not brought to the house floor by an actual representative . This "bill" protects against the boogey man (things the right wing nuts say are going to happen to seniors if health care reform is passed that aren't and never have been in any of the bills making their way through the legislative process). Health care reform will help seniors, especially those who fall through the cracks of the current system, and the seniors children and grandchildren. We need health care reform now. We don't need more ads from the RNC!!!!

Leave it to the corrupt democrats to try to steal from our seniors in order to buy votes from the poor and the illegal aliens.

I'd trust the AARP over the scummy lies these republican fear mongers spread. Health Reform is fully endorsed by the AARP.

Remember, the republicans were against Medicare (before they pretended to be for it) and they were against Social Security from the start and have spent decades trying to kill it ever since.

Their only allies among the less wealthy are gross ignorance, fear mongering and lying, intolerce and hate and cynicism.

This (republicans pretending to be on the side of seniors and trying to use/scare and lie to them) is the height of moral depravity and cynicism.

everyone's basic right:

Freedom from Democrat Part tyranny and oppression

The repubs supporting Medicare????..What a joke................These guys did everything they could to oppose medicare, saddled our seniors with the part D donut hole..........NOW they are looking out for the Seniors......NOT................Steele is an Embarrassment

more of the same old republican lie tactics meant to scare old people. problem is they work and the repukes know it. they should be ashamed of themselves, but that would require them to have feelings!
i hope michael steele keeps this kind of stuff up because the newest voters, who actually educate themselves, see right through this crap. steele is taking the gop down, which is great!

What we really need is an official opinion from the American Bar Association as to whether attorneys who serve in public office are bound by their codes of professional ethics to not blatantly lie to the public in order to use misinformation as a tool for skewing democracy by wrecking the public's ability to make educated, informed decisions. I'd love to see some of these GOPer jerks face disbarment for what they've done and are doing.

What a complete Joke for a party that was against Social security,and Medicare and any kind of social program for the Seniors now cares? Pathethtic. anyway the things that are in the Seniors bill of rights are also in the Healthcare reform bill do Republicans really think people are stupid?

That's sad... The GOP is taking advantage of the lack of knowledge that senior citizens receive on such topics, and they're also using scare tactics to get them to oppose health reform. Wow, how do you guys sleep at night knowing that your party does such things?

Good idea. Use all your energy to protect us from things that were never going to happen anyway.

Your fear tactics don't work, Steele. Your'e such a shill for the Party of nothing. You all didn't want us to have medicare in the first place. We can read who voted against it – the Repukes.

The RNC spends more money on ads to make the Democrats spend more money on ads for a debate no one apparently wants to have. When it comes to healthcare, I'm reminded of the parable of the Good Samaritan. When it comes to Congress and the Administration, I'm reminded of when Jesus cast the demons into the swine and the parable of the Three Talents. They have all this money for ads, but we have to borrow all this money from China? Go figure. Something in that town just ain't right.

First, Republicans say no to government in health care. Now, they want to protect Medicare. Isn't Medicare a government run helath care plan? The hyprocisy of the Republican seems to have no bounds!

What a ..................................................................... joke

Why would any Seniors trust these lying Republicans that oppsed the creation of SS and Medicare? Michale Steele is one of the biggest jokers in the Republcans party.

This so-called "Senior Bill Of Rights" does not help jump start the economy, it does not produce jobs, it is not a renewable source of clean energy, it does not help end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it does not help domestic companies and it does not provide a reasonable answer to health care. And it sure doesn't do anything for domestic security.

So what's the point of this "ad" again? What solutions does it suggest? It's just like the Birthers, the Tea Parties and the Town Hall Rowdies...all smoke and mirrors. All fluff and no stuff. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Lead, follow or get out of the way!

Sounds a lot like the "Contract with America" back in the 90's. New format for old lies....these guys are shameless.

So, instead of calling for healthcare for all, they're calling for a senor's bill of rights....LOL Senor Citizens already have every coverage available.
These republicans are just plain stupid!

How about that Contract With America Mr. Steele? Will it superceed the Seniors Bill of Rights? Which stupid Republican gimick is more important???

How about a Health Care Bill of Rights for everybody, not just seniors? It could end insurance company death panels and denial of insurance due to pre-existing conditions, guarantee affordable premiums and a reasonable standard of care for everybody, and regulate medical practice so that people don't waste time on useless or fraudulent treatments and quacks face swift and sure punishment.

Oh, wait - the Republicans oppose all that stuff. Never mind.

Any senior who falls for this divide-and-conquer piece of nonsense deserves to lose their Medicare coverage. But then they probably didn't know that Medicare is a government program to begin with...

I am soooooo sick of these Ads, lies, and more scare tatics, from the Repubs. This unedcated fool MIKE Steele should go back to School, and try learning how to read, write and speak, he shows NO education at all. Why is he in the Repub's Party. He is a big loser, and left over from way back when.
He just look and sound so out of place and touch, Give a Dog a bone, to carry, and he will bring one back. MIKey,please let it go son.
you will never be anything close to President Obama, no way no how.
Right now I don't think the Black community want to have anything to do with you either.
(LOL)

Typical Repbulican vapor-ware and scare tactics. This is realling getting tiresome and annoying. They have nothing to offer. Their stewardship has failed the country. And now they want to scare us older folks into supporting them?

Class clown Steele and his cronies are worthless. They should all be retired and put on the street without all the government benefits they believe they deserve. Live like the rest of us and see how they like it.

It's too bad the media has lost it objectivity that it screens out the truth but spends hours on air debating the lies of self-evident liars. Grassley claimed the proposals would kill Grandma – that was a lie. The New York times reported that there is one website which sends out chapter and verse citing pages "quoting" proposed reforms which are distortions and primarily lies. So now i know that CNN is more interested in being politically correct and moderation than a clear unvarnished view of truth. Whomever screens comments should be checked for wisdom, judgement and their concern for reporting the truth like Edward R Murrow did about McCarthy.

Fear Fear Fear Fear...that's all republicans know...they have no substance or ideas...so lets just scare the bejesus out of senior citizens...who are the real criminals here? who are the ones who are really trying to kill off senior citizens? my guess...REPUBLICANS & THEIR FEAR! the worry and stress put on our senior citizens by these types of lies and fear spread by the right is what's going to kill them off...thank god we have a new era of younger voters who aren't easily persuaded by your ignorance!

How does the DNC get away with calling anyone else a liar?.This is the most convoluted article I have ever read. Michael Steele can't talk straight no matter what lie he is telling.We haven't heard the presidents complete program as yet but if you are happy with your present plan, you keep it, if not there will be others for you to choose from. I'm 84 years old and have NOO fear that anyone is trying to pull the plug on me.To do nothing as the Republicans are doing will leave thousands of people young and old without any health care. Get behind your president and let's get this program going like intellegent Americans.

Lies from a liar.....

A senior Bill of Rigths is not a bad idea. I was just windering why the Republicans want to follow it when the previuos administration ignored the country's Bill of Rights?

Just another ploy to steer people away from the truth. Michael Steel is a joke as well as the entire Republican Party. How can they even say anything relating to 'disagreeing with Washington.' The Republican Party is in it's last days. Let's hope more moderate Republicans such as Meghan McCain can jump start a new party for the none-crazies on the other side of the aisle.

the RNC should add a strong provision to stop the Republican's from lying about health care proposals, and mandate that they should shift their focus from impeeding reform for to gain power back in the next election – to get power back by caring about the problems of their fellow Americans and doing something functional and constructive. After over 40 years of experience arranging health care benefits for small and some large companies from personal experience I know what too many Republicans either avoid recognizing or just are ignorant of. Henry Schoenberger

This guy is looking like a clown instead of the GOP Obama he is supposed to be.

why do a commercial about a topic that no one in the democratic party is disputing.??? no one wants to take anything away from seniors. just more smoke to divert the real message don't allow access to all who need it.

No, Steele, your lying, fear-mongering evil (sorry, no other way to say it) is the problem.

No matter how many times these Republican outright lies are exposed; the GOP continues their dishonest, immoral assault in our innocent seniors. Shame on you, xGOP!

People are in need of compassionate health care, and too many Republicans would rather play Party First games than provide constructive reforms to help seniors with Medicare and a reasonable public option for other Americans.

Reforms Now, because it is the morally correct thing to do for America, as we elected.

This guy is as dumb as the Democrats in Congress. No wonder the Republicans can't get it together. The Seniors don't need their own seperate Bill of Rights. This country already has a Bill of Rights for everybody. That is the foundation of this country. Instead he is taking the same approach as the Democrats in splitting people up into groups. That is exactly what the protestors at the town hall meetings are talking about. "We are Americans and want to be treated equally....no special treatment because of anything!" People want to see their taxes used effectively, and most important they want government, left or right, out of their lives. Lets face it, 99% of what government spends its money on the average American never sees a dime. If this guy wants seperate but equal, then go somewhere else. We don't want you here.

If Republicans are really concerned about patient's rights, why don't the propose putting a cap on how much health care insurance and big pharma executives can get paid?

We are never going to bring health care costs under control as long as these coorporate criminals are allowed to make $$$$$$$$$$ by overcharging the American people.

It's time for the Republicans to set aside their extremist "free market"
ideology and begin to do what is right for the American people.

This guy is funny, like most of those who are against a public option. I think they should stop using the word "socialism" because Medicaid is "socialism" in their definition. Bill of rights for Seniors? It's like an empty talk, let's have a bill of rights for children... and who's going to implement them? Come on, Steele should step down for the good of GOP...

Bravo RNC! This Independent applauds you!

They tried this before, and it is always the same thing with them only repackaged differently.

. . . And this from the political party that calls Medicare "tyranny"; and, was as opposed to its passage with as much vehemence, lies and distortions as they are health care reform. Truly amazing the number of hypocritical liars sniveling morons in the Reputrid Party.

You have the right to shut up.
You have the right to be called a racist.
You have the right to euthanasia.
You have the right to serve your country as Soilent Green.

A nation that cares so little for its most vulnerable young will give even two sh!ts less about it's most vulnerable elders.

P!ssing off America's elders (who are the largest and most dedicated voting block) is a surefire way to ensure Barry is one and done, four and the door.

I don't know why this Idiot open his mouth, He has nothing new to offer than fearmongring seniors. Come out straight and tell American people ( SENIORS ) that what is your plan for health reform . American people can't expact anything from party of " NO "......................

How like the Republicans to use scare tactics, especially made up lies, directed to seniors and vets... what's next? Ethnic groups?

Oh, wait, they've already DONE that one for years.

Michael Steel wants to make sure that killing seniors is profitable. He works for the insurance companies that make a KILLING off of the murder of our society via denial of claims and treatment.

Michael Steele is a heartless advocate of 'for profit genocide".

Vote all republicans out that wish to continue the whole sale murder of our citizens at the hands of the insurance companies. Which is ALL of them.

I don't want those arrogant fools representing me in their so called seniors bill of rights now they care!! hypocrites

The republicans do not have to waste money on ads to frighten the seniors. They already vote for the republicans. What a joke.

My God, Republicans do think that Americans are stupid, don't they! (Unfortunately, judging from the polls, they're right.) They're still acting like the Democrats want to kill off senior citizens and cut back on medicare. The part about keeping government out of end-of-life decisions is the biggest joke, or possibly the highest form of hypocrisy as the government, especially as practiced by conservatives has steadfastly fought any form of doctor assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. I wonder what they think that is? As for medicare, Republicans I talk to all say we need to cut spending for social programs, which medicare certainly is.

Mr. Steele ought to just cut to the chase and tell America what the Republican agenda really is, get government out of the way of business profit making and, as for the American public, too bad, they shouldn't have joined.

Does Steele know a black guy talking to them is S-C-A-R-Y to old people who are infirm enough to believe this tripe

"A focus on things we can all agree on?"

Seeing as how none of the things the GOP has fabricated and is pretending to save the elderly population from are actually contained in any of the proposed draft bills, we've already reached agreement, so you can crawl back into your land of daydreams and cartoons Mushmouth.

Lies, lies and more lies. This appears to be all that is left of the Republican Party. What has happened to the morals of the leaders of this Party that they will spend millions of dollars to spread information they no to be false? I don't agree with everything that is being proposed in the health care bills that are before Congress, but I do know that I don't need to be concerned about anything that is mentioned in this ad, because it's just a bunch of trumped up scare tactics spreading false information.

This so-called "Senior's bill of rights" is nothing but a hypocritical tactic being used by Republicans to block health care reform.

The only "rights" these people are working for, is the "rights" of health care insurance and big pharma executives to increase the size of their executive compensation packages by continuing to allow them to raise the cost of health care insurance whenever they want to.

Message to RNC. There is no Healthcare bill yet. Work together with the DNC and come with something you both can agree upon that will fix the broken Healthcare system in The USA.

That's right seniors. THINK! Which party has consistently benefitted seniors' and defended them from the harmful policies proposed by the 'other' party...for well obver 70 years now! THINK! The 'other' party is counting on you being weak and dumb; they expect you to fall for the same empty-minded fearmongering that the rest of the country is falling for....fall for their little trinkets and baubles....a seniors bill of rights? Will your generation have successfully fought foreign rightwing powers, in the form of the Nazis and communism, only to fall prey to our homegrown version of the taliban?

Steel is a token tool. Shame on him.

When are the "seniors" going to band together and stand up against governmet interference by rejecting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security?

This nonsense from the party who, under Newtered Gingrich in 1994 when they took control of Congress, cheered wildly when Newtered annouced that the GOP would let Medicare/caid "wither on the vine."

Is irony just too complicated for these dolts or what?

It's all just lip service. the republicans didn't vote for medicare and social security, and they've been battling it ever since – why would anyone with live brain cells trust what they're saying now? Actions speak louder than words, too bad michael steele thinks we're all as dumb as he is. that's his first mistake.

If I remember correctly, Medicare & Medicaid are both products of former President Johnson's administration. At that time too, it was called "socialism". The GOP opposed that program at that time but it looks like the GOP is now the strongest defender of a Democrat "socialist" program.

Senior's "bill of rights" my arse. The only "rights" that these Republicans are fighting for, is the "rights" of health care insurance and big pharma executives to continue to increase the size of their executive compenstion packages by overcharging the American people.

IF you are a senior and believe,anything the RNC has to say well you deserve whatr happens.

The GOP the party that will say anything to get a vote. Something they learned from the Democrats.

Liberals are fighting a loosing battle........heatlhcare reform is as dead as Teddy........

Come on Dem's, start insulting seniors again and calling them an "angry mob" or "Astroturfers" and tools of the Republican party.

You know that you have lost the debate on having our Government take over our Health Care system so time to turn to the only tactic you know how to use. Instead of working with Republicans to pass legislation fixing the problems we have with Heath Insurance coverage, focus on insulting Americans. Way to go Dem's

A seniors bill of rights?!?! So the RNC believes that Senior citizens should have more or fewer rights than I have? Or are they doing this to fuel fears.
They created this lie about senior citizens facing death panels. And now it looks like the RNC is going to step in and protect the senior citizens from the lie they created.
Just like the town hall meetings. Repubs, big pharma and the health insurance lobby create these angry mobs and when people point out that they are, in fact, an angry mob, The repubs come in and defend them and call them citizens or constituents.
That is a 2 faced move. Your actions and intentions are obvious to most.

Hypocrisy! Outright hypocrisy!

If the Republicans were honest with the American people, they would be openly sponsering a health care insurance executive's "bill of rights."

The right to charge as much as they want, so they can increase the size of their executive compensation packages.

I don't think "Seniors" are going to be fooled by the GOP. They're smarter than what Republicans give them credit for. I hope they all reflect on the past eight years and are not led to slaughter by Republicans.

Michael Steele is an idiot and the commercial is a bunch of hype. Seniors have Medicare due democrats not republicans. Get that through your thick skull then come to talk to me.

The GOP is very good at flipflopping. They were against Social Security and Medicare and now they are the saviors? I think not.

So let me get this straight:

1) The Republican Party is putting themselves up as the Pro-Socialism, Pro-Government-Waste Party (not wanting cuts in government waste within the Socialist Medicare program)

2) They want to bar healthcare rationing based on age, which is already barred. Maybe next they'll want to pass a law requiring that when 2 is added to 2, it equals 4.

3) They want to make sure that seniors are on their own when it comes to living wills and other planning, so that the government can take control of assets when a person passes away naturally.

Imagine if the Dems proposed a "Bill of Rights" protecting those earning less than $1M/year from being required to serve 2 years as child sex slaves to Republican Senators. That's the equivalent.

oh my God. Do I have to wait until am 65yrs to be assured of healthcare? COME ON GUYS! I PAY MY TAXES NOW NOT THEN. HEALTHCARE SHOULD BE BILL OF RIGHTS TO EVERYONE AND NOT ONLY TO SENIORS. STOP THIS DESCRIMINATION BY AGE. WE ALL NEED GOOD HEALTH. SS CAN WAIT BUT NOT HEALTHCARE.

As Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Obama's Special Advisor for Health Policy, puts it, "services provided to individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens are not basic and should not be guaranteed. An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia."

As a senior citizen who is in favor of a national health plan, I am sick to death of the republicans targeting senior citizens who for the most part, unfortunately, are not informed about this subject and who follow the republicans like sheep led to water. When are the two parties going to quit lying to the general populace and start leading our nation instead of taking it further into the gutter just to get their own private agendas in place.

Senior's Bill of Rights? Where was this during the Republican years? Why now the sudden interest in the well-being of seniors? Why not take the opportunity to fix Medicare and Social Security when you had the chance? Privatizing part of Social Security was not a fix in the best interests of the people, it was only in the best interests of profit for Wall Street. This is just a sham. Pure, unadulterated political pandering. An absolute farce.