now, the democrats argue that that s in itself a complete misrepresentation of what the romney-ryan plan is, but it s unfair to accuse the president of raiding medicare. they make the argument that the $716 billion that the obama campaign took from medicare to put into the affordable carack, obamacare, is not all that different from the $716 billion that paul ryan said he would trim from medicare by ending waste, fraud and abuse and cutting some services. rick: you spoke with him today. he has not done a lot of, speaking with reporters. you asked about foreign policy because he s been criticized a little bit that he doesn t have a lot of experience in that area. what did he say to you? he makes no bones about his inexperience comparatively. he said i spent 14 years in congress, i know what i m talking about. mitt romney wouldn t have picked me if he didn t think i was ready. listen to a little bit of our interview. what would you say to russia and china in their refusal to trial
he wouldn t do anything to take away her medicare and therefore, seniors around the country shouldn t fear it. it was a warm welcome, a big crowd at the villages. and for mr. ryan, this was the culmination of a week long vice presidential candidacy that many hoped would change the debate from personal attacks to real substance. and he did a little bit of both. listen to paul ryan on the stump today. we will end the raid of medicare. we will restore the promise of this program and we will make sure that this board of bureaucrats will not mess with my mom s health care or your mom s health care. [ cheers and applause ] that got something of a rise from the crowd because some of the folks were like our mom s health care, what about us? all the folks are 55 years and older. and mr. ryan said that they can be assured their medicare would not be changed for current and soon to retire medicare recipient, no threat to their medicare. what the romney-ryan ticket hopes to do is offer an alte