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Topics => Politics/Legislation/Elections => Topic started by: charlesoakwood on March 17, 2011, 03:11:36 PM

Title: Rep. Paul Ryan, is ...
Post by: charlesoakwood on March 17, 2011, 03:11:36 PM
...the legislative equivalent of John the Baptist (http://theothermccain.com/)

Paul Ryan on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK5bh4kfy9A#)
Paul Ryan says he sees controlling the debt as a moral obligation. "I would say that what is draconian is doing nothing and lying to the American people about these fiscal problems that we have," he said.


ETA: http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=221712 (http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=221712)
Title: Re: Rep. Paul Ryan, is ...
Post by: Libertas on March 18, 2011, 07:07:48 AM
Yeah, well...the present leadership seems content with throwing him, the Tea Party members and anyone else bucking the system, under the fricken bus...

So yeah, John the Baptist is an apt comparison!  Like that prophet of old, Ryan seems to be the lone voice in the wilderness...
Title: Re: Rep. Paul Ryan, is ...
Post by: Sectionhand on March 18, 2011, 07:39:58 AM
He's looking more to me like a young Ronald Reagan every day .