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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:32 AM Oct 2015

Paul Ryan: Why He's Everything That's Wrong With The GOP (The Progressive)

http://progressive.org/news/2015/10/188356/paul-ryan-why-hes-everything-that%E2%80%99s-wrong-gop


But the idea that Paul Ryan is the answer to the GOP’s troubles is not a healthy sign. A closer look at Ryan shows that he embodies many of the problems plaguing the GOP, causing them to alienate voters and lose elections.

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1. Before he put on his “budget genius” costume, Ryan came to power by representing the “partial-birth abortion” crowd, running a lurid campaign with heavy support from the most extreme anti-women’s-health wing of the Republican party in Wisconsin. His Todd Akin-like comments on rape might please his base, but are a big turnoff to women.

2. Ryan moved on from his abortion obsession to become an advocate for Social Security privatization and a chief cheerleader for the War in Iraq - neither of which have turned out to be winners with the public.

3. Ryan’s next stab at seizing national recognition was his famous budget blueprint which earned a loud and public rebuke from Catholic leaders for its harshness toward the poor. That policy document, which landed with a thud when Ryan first produced it, was revived as evidence of his brilliance within the Republican party establishment when he became Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012. Ultimately, Ryan’s budget vision helped lead to Romney’s defeat, cementing the ticket’s image as a campaign for the 1%, trickledown economics, big tax breaks for corporations and the rich, and austerity for the poor.
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Paul Ryan: Why He's Everything That's Wrong With The GOP (The Progressive) (Original Post) Scuba Oct 2015 OP
Everything that is wrong with Ryan and the GOP brer cat Oct 2015 #1
But The Republicans want him as their leader. UCmeNdc Oct 2015 #2
You noticed that too, eh? Scuba Oct 2015 #3

brer cat

(24,402 posts)
1. Everything that is wrong with Ryan and the GOP
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 09:17 AM
Oct 2015

is graphically illustrated by his remarks about "catch and release" of immigrants. To them, people of color are nothing more than animals.

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