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But we were talking about this earlier, you know, dennis kucinich is not called a deficit hawk just because he wants to cut defense spending, because he has a critique of how much we spend on defense. as for the plan, look, i'm reminded of the opening scene in "the dark knight rises," where a different bane, an evil bane says, it doesn't matter who we are, what matters is we have a plan. in that case, an evil plan to take out gotham. the problem for these guys is what meshes, to go on the krauthammer quote. they both have similar plans to decimate medicare. it's not going to work in florida an...

Has invigorated tea partiers and fiscal conservatives who see him as a deficit fighting comrade. only one problem with that theory. that branding. it is not true. a look at his 14-year congressional record. and he's not an outsider. he was often willing to vote for expensive government programs without worrying to pay for a nickel of it. he voted for the $70 billion bank bailout, auto bailout, the wars in iraq and afghanistan and for bush's prescription drug benefit. he backed the 2005 highway, transportation legislation, highway bill, the bridge to nowhere. he voted for no child left behind. ...

All the pressure is on one leg. he wants to reduce taxes on the whole. he wants to increase military spending and cut the deficit. that means everything we do to improve the quality of life at home, build highways, build public transportation, clean up the water, have the fbi out there helping us, it all has to get slashed deeply. >> well, you know, the right wing calls ryan a deficit hawk. but look at his record. he voted for the bush tax cuts adding $1.7 trillion to the deficit. voting to extend the bush-era tax cuts adding another $620 billion. authorized military force in iraq. $853 billio...

Same boat, which is, they are very, very specific about precisely what huge tax cuts they would enact, especially for the rich, but have said not one single word about what deducti n deductions or loopholes they would get rid of to pay for those tax cuts. and as the brookings institution has proven, it's mathematically impossible to gain enough revenue by getting rid of deducdeduck ductions and loopholes to pay for that reduction in tax rates for the rich. and pby the way, the corporate tax rate also comes down to 25% in ryan's plan. >> so, if, for example, you wiped out every deduction includ...

Thank you. coming up, hey, big spender. paul ryan voted by the way, for expending medicare for both wars, for the auto bailout, t.a.r.p. without paying for any of it. nothing. and his budget's not going to bounce for 1,000 years, apparently. so how do you calm a deficit hawk? if they're playing for medicare is such a big deal, why wait ten years? sneak it past the older voters today so the later voters will get stuck with it. we should have it with real people. also, remember president obama's executive order providing a two-year amnesty for people brought up in the united states illegally, ...