In response to Mitt Romney's remarks that he would protect Medicare and Social Security, this afternoon DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz held a conference call which was formally dubbed the Mitt Romney will destroy Medicare and Social Security conference call."

“[Romney's] plan would be an absolute disaster for seniors here in Florida and across the country, sending them out into the private insurance market to fend for themselves,” said the DNC chairwoman.

In December, Politifact named the Democratic claim that "Republicans voted to end Medicare" the lie of the year. And that inspired a lot of liberals to throw the liberal-leaning "fact-checking" outlet under the bus. A number of conservatives, who have grown tired of all the times Politifact gets its facts wrong, agreed that the

wreck or destroy

1.

  1. fend for themselves

  2. new plan let's them buy into.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/dec/20/lie-year-democrats-claims-republicans-voted-end-me/

inspired a lot of chin-tugging throughout the blogosphere. Was it really a lie to say that "end"

It's certainly misleading in that it gives the impression