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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Nichols: Paul Ryan's Rapid Rewrite of Election History
from The Nation:
Paul Ryan's Rapid Rewrite of Election History
John Nichols on November 14, 2012 - 9:38 AM ET
Paul Ryan, who famously suggested that the General Motors plant in his hometown closed because of Obama administration policies when it actually closed under President Bush, is now going for an even bigger rewrite of history.
He is claiming that his austerity agenda -- at least the part that makes tax cuts for the rich the supreme imperative -- remains popular. Indeed, to hear Ryan tell it, those ideas almost prevailed.
In an ABC News interview a week after the election, Ryan was asked whether President Obama has a mandate to call for raising taxes on the rich. "I don't think so," said Ryan, who argued that, "This is a very close election."
Ryan rejects the notion that his ideas lost. Indeed, he says of the Republican ticket: "It was a well-run campaign. We made this campaign about big ideas and big issues, which is the kind of campaign we wanted to run, so we ran the kind of campaign we wanted to run." ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/171238/paul-ryans-rapid-rewrite-election-history
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John Nichols: Paul Ryan's Rapid Rewrite of Election History (Original Post)
marmar
Nov 2012
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Stargazer09
(2,132 posts)1. In other words
His ideas got spanked, and he's desperate to hide the red marks.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,858 posts)2. He's still floating down that river in Egypt, I see.
struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)3. Ryan-Palin 2016!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)4. YES
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)5. Paul Lyan Ryan caught in republican Mudslide