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Paul Ryan Apologizes For Calling The Poor Takersby Alice Ollstein at Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/23/3762699/paul-ryan-trump-2016/
"SNIP..............
In a Capitol Hill speech billed as a repudiation of the tone of the 2016 election, House Speaker Paul Ryan apologized for his own past rhetoric about poor people of color.
There was a time when I would talk about a difference between makers and takers in our country, referring to people who accepted government benefits, he said. But as I spent more time listening, and really learning the root causes of poverty, I realized I was wrong. Takers wasnt how to refer to a single mom stuck in a poverty trap, just trying to take care of her family. Most people dont want to be dependent.
Later, in response to a question from a Capitol Hill intern, he went further, saying of his past characterization of low-income Americans: I was callous and I oversimplified and castigated people with a broad brush. There is a lot of that happening in America today.
For several years as he has pushed policies to slash Medicaid funding, food stamps, unemployment insurance, and other social programs Ryan has repeatedly referred to poverty as a culture problem among people in inner cities, where generations of men [are] not even thinking about working.
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Iggo
(47,537 posts):middlefinger:
Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)applegrove
(118,503 posts)GOP to become more moderate? Or do they just not want African Americans to come out of Hillary in November. Probably the latter.
AZ Mike
(468 posts)He's still a true believer. Look at his works.
lpbk2713
(42,744 posts)They are only sorry they were caught.
elleng
(130,773 posts)Right, you piece of crap, thanks to you and your friends.
Warpy
(111,175 posts)because your actions for many years have spoken far louder than the words you're spouting because you're just smart enough to have read the writing on the wall concerning support for Ayn Rand devotees and other Scrooges.
Go fuck yourself with a chainsaw.
marble falls
(57,014 posts)and he'll open the big ol' GOP tent to everyone they've offended.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." - Jimmy Carter
marble falls
(57,014 posts)eShirl
(18,480 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)If I remember correctly he used Social security himself to pay for food, shelter and a college education!
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)TeamPooka
(24,210 posts)2naSalit
(86,378 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)in the immortal words of the Brian Jonestown Massacre:
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Is that a requirement for gop house speaker?!
LeftishBrit
(41,203 posts)no doubt they'll recover from their temporary delirium and go back to full rightwingitis; but at least it makes a momentary change.
Raine
(30,540 posts)FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Campaigning starts now.
2naSalit
(86,378 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)And Bernie. One year ago no one cared about working people.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Hotler
(11,396 posts)repug shit stain.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)and hoping for a brokered convention.
This is just another campaign lie.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)not like Craz and Trump - they don't even go there.
I just can't get past the widow's peak. Surely he can ask the Kardashians to manage it's removal
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Moment of clarity? Has he finally come to terms with being a "taker" when he needed help?
Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)Asshole.
eleny
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Looks like Ryan does want to be the nominee.
rurallib
(62,387 posts)and condemned his rhetoric as against the beliefs of his church.
Oh right.
Sorry it seems an offbeat comment but it seems the religious use their religion when it suits them.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)And look at you, in the very spot and position to actually do something for the poor. If you are just now getting around to recognizing them, after you have had this position of power for so long, I really don't think an apology is going to go very far.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)He must hear the rumblings of a brokered convention. Gotta clean up his past moments of candor before the big event. He broke rule number one of the republicans: never tell the non-rich how your really feel about them.
Eugene
(61,823 posts)Same old policies without the Teabaggerisms. F**k him.
irisblue
(32,933 posts)other wise just hot air fella
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)Actions speak louder than words, and Ryan's budget screams over his empty apologies.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Pentagon budget? Welfare for oil companies? Offshore bank accounts?
Things changed when President Clinton ended "welfare as we know it."
sendero
(28,552 posts)... you just realized that part of the canon of idiotic Libertarian beliefs doesn't sit well with most people. Not buying it.
Leith
(7,808 posts)Or any other everyday bill, debate, committee meeting, and vote that make up a representative's time in the House.
He's full of shit. Like others said, let's see some action to go along with those pandering words.
Retrograde
(10,130 posts)He sees the mess that's the GOP primaries, figures the odds of a brokered convention in which none of them have enough delegates and the convention chooses - Paul Ryan!
Now, my predictions are often inaccurate, and if Ryan wants to prove me wrong by moving towards the left (or at least center) and nudging Congress that way, I'll be happy.