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Linda Chavez-Thompson


Peppers and Pigs but No Chorizo

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Linda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for Texas Lieutenant Governor had a few choice words on Governor Rick Perry's strategy to bring Hispanic voters to the Republican Party. 

"You can stuff a jalapeño pepper in a pig, but that doesn't make it a chorizo."

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So, President Obama and the Democrats did not weaken Medicare. They strengthened Medicare. When Congressman Ryan looked into that TV camera and attacked President Obama's Medicare savings as "the biggest, coldest power play," I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Key cuts that $716 billion is exactly to the dollar the same amount of medicare savings that he had in his own budget.

Democratic National Convention, September 5, 2012
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