{"id":32780,"date":"2013-03-12T20:38:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T02:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/12\/paul-ryan-seems-to-have-forgotten-he-lost.html"},"modified":"2013-03-12T20:38:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T02:38:34","slug":"paul-ryan-seems-to-have-forgotten-he-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/12\/paul-ryan-seems-to-have-forgotten-he-lost.html","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ryan seems to have forgotten he lost"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rather, he and his running mate lost the White House. He still managed to win his House seat, which is why he's back proposing a more draconian budget than he ran on last year.<\/p>\n

But, then, last year, he was trying (unsuccessfully) to convince the public. \u00a0Now he only needs to convince his fellow GOPers (a given) and the media.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Doug Dunfee<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Brandon Badger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

"The Ryan budget is basically 'Back to the Future II' \u2014 a Biff Tannen-dominated dystopia of moral and economic decay whose only unifying ethos is thinking of \u2014 and violently protecting \u2014 oneself."<\/p>\n

"Whether it\u2019s 'Back to the Future II,' 'Robocop,' 'Total Recall,' or any of the dystopian sci-fi classics, private corporations run everything."<\/p>\n

1. A recommitment to the Military State
2. Austerity for Most, Corporate Welfare for a Few
3. Strengthening the Health Insurance Industry Cartel
4. Tax Cuts for the Rich, Tax Increases for Most Others<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The Republican fantasy<\/a>
\n Paul Ryan’s new budget plan reveals how the GOP sees the world, in four easy steps\n <\/p>\n


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Rather, he and his running mate lost the White House. He still managed to win his House seat, which is why he's back proposing a more draconian budget than he ran on last year. But, then, last year, he was trying (unsuccessfully) to convince the public. \u00a0Now he only needs to convince his fellow GOPers … Continue reading “Paul Ryan seems to have forgotten he lost”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28919,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/11\/the-romney-ryan-budget.html","url_meta":{"origin":32780,"position":0},"title":"The Romney-Ryan Budget","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 11-Aug-12 1:41pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Expect to hear that phrase a lot in the next 3 months. \u00a0Romney clearly picked Ryan as VP to draw in the \"fiscal conservative (if not draconian)\" aura of the Wisconsin congressman.\u00a0But he's trying to have his cake and eat it, too, as he immediately follows up with \"Well, yeah,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32782,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/12\/paul-ryan-picks-up-a-key-supporter.html","url_meta":{"origin":32780,"position":1},"title":"Paul Ryan picks up a key supporter","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 12-Mar-13 3:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh.Reshared post from +Richard MooreRyan raises the dead. 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