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Secretary. its, you know, an outrage. its a disgrace. >> today we learned -- today we learned that paul ryan paid a 20% tax rate in 2011. on a little over the number was $320,000 of income. mitt romney project his 2011 tax rate to be 15.3% on about $20.9 million. i mean, inyou look just at the gop ticket, arent we just being shown how the system is really unfair? >> well, heres the thing, ed. i think what we have to do is, i mean, you know, in all of the outrage, we have to understand that romne...

Up next, "rage against the machine" guitarist tom morello rages against paul ryan after the candidate declares his love for the band. and to the big finish tonight. tea party favorite michele bachmann is losing favor in her district here in minnesota. ill talk with her challenger, jim graves. dont forget, you can listen to my radio show at sirius xm channel 127 monday through friday, noon to 3:00 p.m. and on progressive talk stations across the country. follow me on twitter @ed show and like m...

Chairman of the broward county democratic party in florida and on the executive board of the dnc, and mike pappen tonio with us, attorney and host of ring of fire radio show. first of all, mike, how important is it for medicare to be explains to the florida voters because you know, they have been dealing in bullet points. they have been very effavasive they have not been direct. how important is this issue the the voters down there? >> hes going to need more than mom to explain his position. the...

Welcome back to "the ed show." thank you for watching tonight. i wish every american would gather the information and comprehend what is happening in pennsylvania. this story, this story is the election. if you take one thing from this broadcast tonight, just remember that ed thinks that pennsylvania is ground zero for our democracy. thats right. the state of pennsylvania is making it even tougher for people to exercise their right to vote. now, i want to say this. what are they teaching in high...

One hand, they want to decry it to republican donors. and on the other hand, they want to stand there and pose for holy pictures when those dollars come in. and so -- >> what do -- i mean, if you had to score the first week of the number of lies, how would you characterize their first week on the campaign trail? >> well, let me tell you, ed, it really does cause me pain to hear the romney team claim that theyre not going to end medicare as we know it. to hear them talk about how the president ha...

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Giving insurance companies a bonus to participate in whats called a medicare advantage program. the private replacement for medicare. and the whole idea was if insurance companies could get into medicare, they could operate more efficiently. its been the opposite. theyve had to pay them a lot more, just to stay in the program. so what the presidents trying to do is to end those bonuses over the long haul. and that is one of the ways we achieve these savings. the insurance industry doesnt really ...

Not going to back off this medicare lie. what do the democrats do? >> well, i think they are starting to combat it, ed, but they need to do more. and theres time to do more. and you have to remember to look at the glass half full if youre a democrat. that every day that were talking about medicare is a bad day for mitt romney. remember, he wanted to keep the whole focus on jobs and how obama wrecked the economy and everything else. instead, theyre talking about an issue that has until 2010, and ...

Show." john, great to have you with us, congressman. thank you. harry reid made his claim about romneys taxes over two weeks ago and the candidate is still bringing it up and talking about it. why has it taken romney this long to address the issue? >> well, im not at all sure he has addressed the issue. listen carefully to what he said. he said, i paid 13% in taxes. what kind of taxes? are we talking about fees on his five cadillacs, are we talking about payroll taxes? or are we talking about fe...