Right Pundits

“there was a big decline in interest among non-FOX watchers.”

That makes as much sense as saying gay men have a declining interest in women.

Duh…

Oh, so now Newts in your corner huh ?
Both sides are all full o sht twisting this any convenient way.
Heres the bottom line no matter what you are.

Herman Cain;
On Thursday, the Obama Administration issued a directive allowing states to waive the work requirement – and only the work requirement. The directive explains: “The Secretary (Kathleen Sebelius) is interested in using her authority to approve waiver demonstrations to challenge states to engage in a new round of innovation that seeks to find more effective mechanisms for helping families succeed in employment.”

In fact, Sebelius has >>>no authority<<< to grant such waivers. The bill makes that very clear by limiting the allowance of waivers to one section only, and it very explicitly excludes the work requirement from that section. This was not an accident. The power of the bill, and of the whole idea, was that it would only succeed if the work requirement was mandatory for all states and for all recipients."

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/fact-check-president-obama-gutted-welfare-reform/
"Newt Gingrich, speaking alongside his wife, Callista, tonight in Tampa, revived the Romney camp’s claims that the Obama administration had “gutted” welfare reform by offering waivers for states seeking more flexibility in meeting federal work requirements.
On Aug. 7, Romney released an ad claiming that “under Obama’s plan, you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check.”
But as Gingrich himself told CNN just two days later, “We have no proof today, but I would say to you under Obama’s ideology it is absolutely true he would be comfortable sending a lot of people checks for doing nothing.”
Tonight, Gingrich doubled down.
“Tragically, President Obama gutted this achievement and, like Jimmy Carter, over four years he produced little effective legislation that brought the two parties together,” he said. “Waiving the work requirements in welfare reform is just one example of his direct repudiation of President Reagan’s values.”
The language from the memo in question, though, belies much of the Republican claim.
The Health and Human Services department “will only consider approving waivers relating to the work participation requirements that make changes intended to lead to more effective means of meeting the work goals of [the 1996 reform legislation],” it says.
In effect, the Obama administration has stated it would be willing to give states the option to propose more efficient ways to get welfare recipients back to work. Any such plan would require the state to increase the number of people moving from welfare to work by 20 percent.
Among the states to file for the waivers so far are Utah and Nevada. Both have Republican governors."
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So tell me Buzz, who decides who gets these waivers ?
Electoral votes come to mind ?

Try again

The GOP did not attack Barry personally. The attacked his policy. Dems will attack on a personal level because they have nothing to offer except lies, division and deceit. Let’s count how many times during their convention they say, “This is for the children, working families and the seniors.” Hey we know the GOP hates those 3 groups cause BSNBC said so.

Ummm..no.

I watched him on Anderson Cooper. While he squirmed he did in fact admit that there was no proof that the ad was true and admitted that it was done to appease two Republican Governors who wanted to change the training of people on welfare.

Damned if you do…

Oh well, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

The fact that Newt later repeated the lie, even though he admitted it was one, does not change the facts.

BUZZ

Who cares what he said on Cooper.
The facts are in the actions of Barry and Sebelius are clearly laid out for you.
What two governors opted for are only relevant in your argument as its governors of any stripe who should decide whats best for their state.
Barry is allowing his socialist surrogate, who has no authority, to issue vouchers omitting some from a national directive at her discretion. A directive which originally was supposed to be a concerted effort between states and the fed.

To be more precise (God forbid) Obama is accused of “gutting” welfare reform.

Not true, but he has “weakened it” on a national level, giving states less say so by letting the unauthorized socialist Sebilius decide on what states are granted these waivers.

“After the law was enacted, every state was required to design a plan to move people into the workforce, along with more funds to help pay for training, childcare and transportation. As a result, millions of people moved from welfare to work.

“The recently announced waiver policy was originally requested by the Republican governors of Utah and Nevada to achieve more flexibility in designing programs more likely to work in this challenging environment. The Administration has taken important steps to ensure that the work requirement is retained and that waivers will be granted only if a state can demonstrate that more people will be moved into work under its new approach. The welfare time limits, another important feature of the 1996 act, will not be waived.”

Guess who said that.

And tell me.
The reform act undoubtedly was one of Clinton and Gingrichs best accomplishments…

Why is Barry changing anything ?
And does this not stink just as much as waivers omitting states from Obamacare which a majority of Republican governors are now fighting for ?
And what difference does it really make when every other freebee under the sun has become more accessible to every tom dick n harry ?
Unemployment extensions like we’ve never seen, food stamp accessibility like we’ve never seen, mortgage bailouts like we’ve never seen, corporate welfare like we’ve never seen.
And you actually believe Obama does not want welfare more accessible previous to an election ?

You’re high, and I couldnt care less about talk shows but more about what those in power have actually doing and said.
Wise up.

@ George

Well God bless you and I’ll drop a note in his box asking for your continued good health.

Heh-heh-heh, Vick,

Sorry if you had any nightmares visualizing Alan Alda and Phil Donahue as mammary glands. And yes, they both are still alive.