Rep. Kristi Noem and Senator John Thune are criticizing President Barack Obama for sounding "combative" and "forceful." Really. Rep. Noem spent all last year sounding combative against Matt Varilek and selling her ability to be tough and stand strong and fight. (I Google her campaign website and find 133 results for the word fight.) I guess if the President would just hop on a horse and take a lap around the rodeo arena, his combative forcefulness would be just fine.
President Obama need not apologize for forcefully combating Medicare fraud. His efforts on that front saved us $4.1 billion in 2011 and $4.2 billion last year. Dang—that'll pay for at least fifty Joint Strike Fighters, or maybe some beefed-up anti-meteor missiles. Over the last four years, the Obama Administration's Medicare enforcement efforts have recovered $14.9 billion from cheaters, compared to the $6.7 billion the Bush Administration recovered in its second term. Those increased savings come from anti-fraud tools built into the Affordable Care Act, against which Rep. Noem and Senator Thune have been persistently combative.
While our Congressional Republicans fight the President's tough tone, the President fights Medicare fraud and other real problems.
Our plan to win the US House in 2014 unveiled:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/democrat-we-can-win-the-house-in-2014-87709.html
Another pots and kettle fight. The GOP is so terribly short on real issues they play these stupid little games that insult the intelligence of every thinking citizen.