Congressman Paul Ryan is the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, and this clip of him schooling Katrina vanden Heuvel – one that’s been going around the blogosphere lately – is well worth watching. Ryan lays out the problems with the Democrat approach, and demonstrates vanden Heuvel’s misunderstanding of the issues superbly:
But the real surprise is not that Ryan did so well, it’s that vanden Heuvel didn’t come better prepared. Ryan has been consistently taking apart his liberal opponents for a while now. When I saw this debate, my first thought was of how he disarmed Arianna Huffington a few weeks ago in a debate over PayGo:
Ryan masterfully took apart Peter Orszag during the debate over the president’s budget, and the false ‘savings’ Obama has claimed:
And looking back at his debate against Joe Crowley over the stimulus, Ryan seems prescient:
And watching him respond to Chairman Neal last year demonstrates how hypocritical Democrats are when they talk about the deficit:
If those interest you, here are a few more that are worth attention:
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
I would vote for Paul Ryan for ANYTHING
Sundayjack (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 12:41PM EST (link)And I eagerly await the day he expands his campaign beyond Wisconsin.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.”
I really like the way
marshmom (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 12:52PM EST (link)he’s not apologetic or bashful about calling the left out on their hypocrisy and has lots of facts and information to back up his argument. He’s got my vote.
Paul Ryan rocks.
Vegas_Rick (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 12:55PM EST (link)He doesn’t back down to interviewers, he fights back. He tells them, in exquisite detail, just how wrong they are.
Conservatives have got to love this guy!
“God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”- Billy Currington
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Imagine this. . .
Sundayjack (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 1:08PM EST (link)It’s 2012, and Paul Ryan POTUS candidate walks onto the debate stage with the winner of the Democratic Party primary (heh). Even with the benefit of three years on the job, I don’t think Barak will have been able to grasp simple economics. The flop sweat would be flowing like beer at a racial reconciliation.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.”
Romney/Ryan 2012
UncommonRight Thursday, July 30th at 1:28PM EST (link)I’d love to see Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan rip apart liberal economics in the 2012 campaign. Ryan VS. Biden in a Veep debate would be hilarious to watch.
I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek opportunity to develop whatever talents God gave me–not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
~Dean Alfange
Time To Keep Score
Maybe not- Romney is no Conservative
Scope (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 2:22PM EST (link)n/t
Maybe not- Romney is no Conservative
Scope (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 2:22PM EST (link)n/t
Paul Ryan...
ATLconservative Thursday, July 30th at 1:51PM EST (link)Where have you been all my life?
Rep. Ryan on Facebook
Sundayjack (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 2:08PM EST (link)http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=paul+ryan&init=quick#/pages/Paul-Ryan/89309491492?ref=ts
Fairly new, with a rapidly growing following.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.”
Romneys a conservative?
Alberta (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 2:11PM EST (link)-nt
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
Abraham Lincoln
Rising Stars
marysue Thursday, July 30th at 2:13PM EST (link)Two GOP rising stars seem to be making the case lately, there is plenty of life in the party. Paul Ryan always makes an intelligent case for fiscal conservatism and he makes it over the din of leftist MSM spin. There is no disputing, IMO, that Jim DeMint has put himself on the national stage. Obama made the mistake of elevating him in an effort to paint the GOP as the problem with his failing agenda.
My Rep
Jon E. Schultz II (IlliniJon) (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 2:48PM EST (link)I’m borderline giddy that Ryan’s my rep here in SE Wis. We moved here 4 years ago from IL knowing nothing about Wisconsin politics, and quickly realized we were lottery winners in regards to who represented us in congress.
He’s awesome in Washington, but more importantly, he’s just a damn nice guy all around.
-IJ
Wow
Wing Zero (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 3:39PM EST (link)This guy is good. Facts straight. Doesn’t back down to the lefties.
Makes clear and intelligent cases for conservatism. I’m glad you posted this diary! I’m going to call or email him and tell him to keep up the good work.
1-21-09 – We are so screwed… Wait… maybe not just yet.
Ryan's political future is bright
beafrank Thursday, July 30th at 4:08PM EST (link)It is edifying to know we have good people like Ryan in the trenches. His political future is definitely on the rise. Katrina’s face seem so contorted with gile to hear Ryan talk because she knows he can clean the Dem’s clock. Palin must cause Katrina nightmares.
We need to clone Ryan
Common_Cents (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 6:36PM EST (link)Imagine someone who has a little common sense and knows the numbers. He makes your average elected elite politcal hack even that more disgusting in comparison.
Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
VandenHueval---OWNED!!
General_Maximus (Diary) Thursday, July 30th at 7:39PM EST (link)To quote Dennis Hopper from the movie “SPEED”:
“BE PREPARED! It’s the Boy Scout marching song.”
What Ryan succeeds at is being direct and unafraid
to confront the emotional argument by throwing it back
on them with confidence and firmness.
“Strength and Honor.”
“What we do in life, echoes in eternity.”