Shades of Rule 12!
Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has really been on the move lately.
A scant week after introducing “A ROADMAP FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE 2.0“, Paul Ryan flipped his cards and spoke truth to power;
“This budget presents a choice of two futures,” Ryan says. “Don’t look at the president’s rhetoric, look at his actions. His substance implies a different reality. Not only is this budget worse than the last one, but it triples our debt within ten years, features gushers of tax increases, and relies on some partisan commission to do the heavy lifting on fiscal policy after the next election. Make no mistake: This is a budget aimed to advance the administration’s philosophy and ideology. By increasing taxes and letting the country spiral into debt, this budget is a firm step toward transforming America into a collectivist society overseen by a social-welfare state.” [My emphasis]
Despite Obama’s protestations earlier that what Ryan and others were doing was “…telling [their] constituents [that], ‘This guy’s doing all kinds of crazy stuff that’s going to destroy America.’ “, he now was forced to instead concede Ryan put forth a “serious proposal” and recommended it receive a “healthy debate”.
The NYT is calling this “Paul Ryan’s Moment“, saying “…even liberals are paying attention to him”;
Across the first thirteen months of the Obama era, Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, has been one of the few conservative politicians offering detailed alternatives to the Democratic agenda. When Obama released his initial budget, Ryan responded by issuing a sweeping fiscal roadmap that envisioned bringing the U.S. budget back into balance across the next three decades. While many of his fellow Republicans were greeting Obama’s health care push with Medicare demagoguery, Ryan was busy co-sponsoring (with Tom Coburn, among others) the “Patients’ Choice Act,” an imperfect but impressive alternative to the Democrats’ approach. And now, with the release of Obama’s second budget, which projects deficits as far as the eye can see, Ryan has updated his fiscal roadmap as well — and suddenly, people are paying attention to him.
Ryan suggests 2010 “…will be the year for the GOP to show Americans that they are no longer the opposition party, but the alternative party. The president acknowledged that in Baltimore last week. We had a good discussion, and I’m happy he came, but at the end of the day, we come to this from a different premise. We believe that the individual is the nucleus of American life, and they see the government in that role. That is our big difference.”
“This is a choice of two futures,” he continued. “It’s not too late to make the right decision.”
In other words; not the party of no, but the party of alternate ideas, as I mentioned in an earlier post;
When the left and their friends in the media call you “The Party of No”, you need to show them your alternate plan. Slam it on the podium in front of you and say; “Not no, but no to that and yes to this.”
Ryan’s words speak of a different reality from the world of unicorns and rainbows where Obama’s faithful reside. He speaks truth, which no doubt will make them even crazier. Obama acknowledging the proposed Roadmap as legitimate are words to throw down every time the bots come off their hinges.
Rep. Ryan spoke before the vote on the most recent national debt level increase from the House Floor;
The Speaker of the House came and just said something to the effect that this was a proud moment a happy occasion a bill she’s really excited about. The bill we’re about to vote on, Madame Speaker, raises the national debt ceiling by $1.9 trillion. Even if I were a supporter of this bill, I wouldn’t be proud of it.
Video is posted on Rep. Ryan’s YouTube channel and you can watch it below as well.
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Now, if we can just convince the GOP....
IronDioPriest (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 12:50AM EST (link)…. to rid themselves of the perpetual Dem lapdog mindset, and to go for the jugular armed with facts and truth and an agenda like Mr. Ryan is, we might be able to turn back the radical tide.
C’mon, GOP. Follow us.
“If we finally fail in this great and glorious contest, it will be by bewildering ourselves in groping for the middle way.”
-John Adams, 1776
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That's why *we* are precinct committemen, IDP. Because
eburke (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 9:52AM EST (link)*they* have become *us*. And that’s the only way this is gonna get turned around. As Moe said – We *are* the cavalry!
btw – how’d your precinct caucuses go? Personally, I voted for Emmer because he gets the joke re: election reform and ACORNs role in it and has made it a centerpiece of his campaign, but we could certainly do worse than Seifert (he won our county fairly handily because he grew up in this general area).
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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Our precinct went heavily for Emmer
IronDioPriest (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 10:13AM EST (link)But there was never really any doubt of that that I would have foreseen. We are smack in the middle of the most reliably conservative area in the 6th district, and Tom is our state Rep – true-blue, conservative man to the core.
I think Seifert’s a good man too, with a decent track record. I’ll be glad to get behind him if he ends up with the nomination, as it appears now that he may. But there’s still time for things to develop, and it is clearly a two-man race.
“If we finally fail in this great and glorious contest, it will be by bewildering ourselves in groping for the middle way.”
-John Adams, 1776
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Same here, IDP. I'd like to see Emmer take it all for the
eburke (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 10:30AM EST (link)reason I stated, but Seifert seems to have a good track record and is, IMHO, definitely to the right of where Pawlenty is so I’d be happy to support him and even send him shekels (which is the *true* litmus test of my support for a candidate).
Having said that, I’ll be supporting Emmer at the county BPOU. I’ve been impressed with his campaign materials (which means he knows how to run one) and he had an even bigger presence down here than Seifert even though this is Marty’s backyard. That tells me he’s not afraid to contest the ‘opposition’ anywhere and everywhere which we’re gonna need if we’re going to compete in the Iron Range and in Ramsey and Hennepin counties.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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It feels so nice to hear TRUTH! from someone in Washington.
marshmom (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 1:03AM EST (link)I just can’t believe this guy is from Wisconsin…..the state in which even Obama has claimed “started the Progressive movement”.
If we only had 100 or so more of him in the Congress we’d be once again on the right track as a country.
Word.
yambles (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 5:45PM EST (link)Gotta say I wanted him to get in the governor’s race a little bit, but that was like a year ago. We need him in Washington to slay the beast. It seems like Ryan has been pretty upset/angry lately and he’s becoming a lot more outspoken than he has been in the past, which is totally rad and stuff.
-Relieving oppression on a daily basis-
He is quite IMPRESSIVE and he is....
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 4:29AM EST (link)articulate and clean and smart with just a small “white” dialect….he might have a future…heh!
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Leopard1996 (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 7:54AM EST (link)is expected of white folks, it’s us ignorant black folks, that it comes as suprise to white liberals, that we can put two sentences together without slipping into ebonics, or shave, and put on a suit and look professional.
BTW, I agree with you that a guy like this would definitely be someone I could vote for.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
Hey, you don't corner the market on that.
Steph C (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 9:32AM EST (link)Try telling someone you’re a hillbilly and you get the same reaction.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
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Well, Steph, that would be because you and Leopard
eburke (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 10:01AM EST (link)being a white woman and a black man, are just part of the great unwashed, ignorant masses that Brian H. talked about in his diary who should just be grateful that you have an overseer who is benevolent enough to deign to give you the crumbs off of the massah’s table.
The friends of mine who happen to be minorities *despise* affirmative action because they consider it totally and absolutely demeaning to their abilities and believe that their hard-earned achievements are therefore dismissed by the general masses as having been achieved because they were given preferential treatment along the way.
Oh…and every single one of them is an ardent supporter of choice and voucher programs; go figure. It’s why I believe that the NEA may just be the most racist organization in the country. They want their power and if hundreds of thousands of African-American, Hispanic and whatever kids are consigned to a life of poverty because they attend the NEA’s fracking worthless inner-city schools, well then so be it.
I have *always* thought that the GOP is missing a golden opportunity to make inroads into minority communities by not preaching school choice all day, every day. I realize this may come as a surprise to the elitist snobs in both parties, but black and brown parents want their kids to get a good education so they can succeed just like ‘normal’ parents. I know…hard to believe, ain’t it. Go figure.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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I'd start by going after the ideological premise.
Steph C (Diary) Saturday, February 6th at 10:59AM EST (link)Too often we accept the premises instead of challenging them and showing them for what they are.
When people realize the premises are false to begin with they join in the fight and can in turn convince others.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
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Leopard1996 (Diary) Sunday, February 7th at 1:21PM EST (link)I totally agree with all you said. I can’t stand the whole affirmative action thing either. It always seemed like a cop out instead of addressing the real issues of people’s prejudices being able to slip into the roles of power that allow their prejudice to turn into racism and exert power over the person they have a predjudice against in a negative fashion.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
That's pretty funny nt
aesthete (Diary) Monday, February 8th at 11:27AM EST (link)The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
Paul Ryan is doing something different.
Flagstaff (Diary) Sunday, February 7th at 12:41AM EST (link)He’s supporting conservative principles because he believes in them. I hope.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Let's appreciate Ryan but let's not fall for the lib. krap
renny (Diary) Sunday, February 7th at 1:33PM EST (link)that Reps. never offered any detailed anything.
In 2006-7-8, Reps. already were offering health care proposals. This is how Obamanation voted on them:
1) NO expanding opportunities for small business medical insurance plans (motion to invoke cloture, May 11, 2006),
2) NO allowing the use of private HSA funds for insurance purchases (HR 2, January 25, 2007),
3) NO allowing the purchase of medical insurance across state lines (HR 976, April 2, 2007),
4) NO requiring immigrants on Z Visas maintain minimum health coverage (S 1348, June 6, 2007),
5) NO preventing the erosion of coverage (amendment, HR 976, August 2, 2007),
6) NO preserving employer-sponsored coverage (amendment, HR 976, August 2, 2007),
(2007 was a banner year for NO votes of health care reform)
7) NO allowing deductions of health care costs (amendment, March 3, 2008).
Reps. in 2003 and 2005 offered leg. changing how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were regulated but were fought by Chris Dodd in the Sen. and Barney Frank in the House, who wanted to “gamble” on how much more both bodies could slide into the pits of subprime mortgages. We know those results.
The biggest diff. is Reps. often offer incremental “reform,” whereas, the Obamanations of the world want to turn everything upside down and inside out at once and then see how bad the results are.
A true cons. feels “all change is for the worse.”
Paul Ryan
Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Monday, February 8th at 10:10AM EST (link)I once had the opportunity to share dinner with Paul and let me tell you the man is absolutely just as impressive in a private setting. His knowledge of the subject matter enables him to create visions based in realistic, achievable and sagacious ideas.
Democrats want to talk about how we have no ideas on healthcare and the other issues more important to Americans? They obviously have not been listening to Mr. Ryan who has been speaking and publishing his positions for some time now.
It is absolutely hilarious that even Mr. Obama knew better than to continue his mendacious lecture with Mr Ryan. That would have publicly exposed the fallacy of his so-called outreach to Republicans. It also would have provided one of the few public venues afforded to Republicans in which they could articulate alternative positions that have been in the public domain for some time know and simply ignored by Democrats in their one-party, tyrannical rule.
If we are smart, Mr. Ryan will be somewhere on the next Presidential ticket.
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
"...a collectivist society overseen by a social-welfare state.”
redneck_hippie (Diary) Monday, February 8th at 12:01PM EST (link)True. And judging from Obama’s remark about Bolsheviks at the House retreat, Rep. Ryan seems to be having an effect. And Hayek smiles from the beyond.
Paul Ryan - Whittling down the $900k of Gov liabilities per family
sagehand (Diary) Wednesday, February 10th at 10:59AM EST (link)Paul Ryan has a tiger by the tail. Government has run up roughly $900,000 per family in unfunded liabilities. See https://www.mygovspending.com/beginners/new for more detail.
It’s a sorry state we are in, when there is only one voice in Congress making detailed proposals to balance the budget.
This is not a criticism of Paul, after all he has to acknowledge political reality, but the economic reality is that we’ve actually got to get to balance faster than even Paul will take us
In theory, theory and practice are the same. It’s only in practice that they differ.
Sounds great, but...
tcgeol (Diary) Monday, February 15th at 8:21PM EST (link)Its hard to whole-heartedly support anything that helps preserve medicare, medicaid, and social security. Those programs are just as bad as any other entitlement programs – being around for a while doesn’t improve their efficiency or constitutionality any.
Otherwise, it sound very good and probably is the best we can do at this point. I wish that Ryan was my rep.
Just your typical bitter gun- and God-clinger
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