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Flashback: Glenn Beck Interview With Paul Ryan From 2010

Editor’s note: The following is a recording and transcript of Glenn Beck’s radio interview with Paul Ryan from April 2010. It is being republished as Mitt Romney prepares to formally introduce the Wisconsin congressman as his Republican running mate.

GLENN: 888‑727‑BECK. One name that I hear an awful lot about and, you know, it’s strange. I’m getting a lot of heat now from this article that was in Forbes magazine called Beck, Inc. It was on the cover. I think it’s ought on newsstands today, the cover. And it starts with the opening line of, I could give a flying crap about politics. I care about principles. I don’t care about the process at all. And there’s a followup story in Forbes now on that because so many people misunderstood it. Or they are using it to smear me. I don’t follow the people day to day in Washington, but when I hear names over and over again, I look into them. Paul Ryan is a name I keep hearing of just, you know, he’s a god among conservatives. So I asked Stu, I don’t know, about a week ago. I said, Stu, can you look into Paul Ryan, found out what you can about him. He found a speech that I read to you or portions of that he gave in Oklahoma, and it appeared to me that he was standing up for progressivism which doesn’t really sit well with me. We heard from Paul Ryan’s office as soon as the show was over and they said, no, you’ve got that all wrong. If I get it wrong, I don’t care what political party it’s in; I will correct the record. Heritage.org has corrected the record today and the guy who wrote the article is a guy who I know hates progressives because he’s one of our researchers on the progressive movement. And the best guy to do it is Paul Ryan. So he joins us now. Hello, congressman, how are you, sir?

PAUL RYAN: Hey, nice to meet you.

GLENN: Nice to meet you, sir. Tell me, tell me your thoughts on progressivism.

PAUL RYAN: Right. What I have been trying to do, and if you read the entire Oklahoma speech or read my speech to Hillsdale College that they put in there on Primus Magazine, you can get them on my Facebook page, what I’ve been trying to do is indict the entire vision of progressivism because I see progressivism as the source, the intellectual source for the big government problems that are plaguing us today and so to me it’s really important to flush progressives out into the field of open debate.

GLENN: I love you.

PAUL RYAN: So people can actually see what this ideology means and where it’s going to lead us and how it attacks the American idea.

GLENN: Okay. Hang on just a second. I ‑‑ did you see my speech at CPAC?

PAUL RYAN: I’ve read it. I didn’t see it. I’ve read it, a transcript of it.

GLENN: And I think we’re saying the same thing. I call it ‑‑

PAUL RYAN: We are saying the same thing.

GLENN: It’s a cancer.

PAUL RYAN: Exactly. Look, I come from ‑‑ I’m calling you from Janesville, Wisconsin where I’m born and raised.

GLENN: Holy cow.

PAUL RYAN: Where we raise our family, 35 miles from Madison. I grew up hearing about this stuff. This stuff came from these German intellectuals to Madison‑University of Wisconsin and sort of out there from the beginning of the last century. So this is something we are familiar with where I come from. It never sat right with me. And as I grew up, I learned more about the founders and reading the Austrians and others that this is really a cancer because it basically takes the notion that our rights come from God and nature and turns it on its head and says, no, no, no, no, no, they come from government, and we here in government are here to give you your rights and therefore ration, redistribute and regulate your rights. It’s a complete affront of the whole idea of this country and that is to me what we as conservatives, or classical liberals if you want to get technical.

GLENN: Thank you.

PAUL RYAN: ‑‑ ought to be doing to flush this out. So what I was simply tying to do in that speech was simply saying those first versions, those first progressives, they tried to use populism and popular ideas as a means to getting ‑‑ detaching people from the Constitution and founding principles to pave the way for the centralized bureaucratic welfare state.

GLENN: Okay. So you and I have ‑‑ wait, wait, hang on just a second. You and I agree because ‑‑ the way it was worded.

PAUL RYAN: Yeah.

GLENN: It sounded like you thought that Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt and their progressivism was good and that’s ‑‑

PAUL RYAN: Yeah. There was one blog which I think you cited that completely misinterpreted my remarks.

GLENN: Thank you.

PAUL RYAN: All the other blogs that wrote about my speech I think got it accurately. What I probably should have done was added a couple more sentences. I cut the thing back for time.

GLENN: No, no, that’s fine.

PAUL RYAN: I should have just added a couple more sentences. What I was basically saying is the progressives we have now who are the people we have run our government, they don’t even try to do that. They don’t even try to pretend to be advancing a popular agenda. They try to cram through their agenda as fast as they can while they have the power that they have in order to get this stuff in place. So that is basically what I was saying is the kinds of progressives we have today, you know, aren’t even pretending to do what people want for the country.

GLENN: Paul, how is it that you and I have never met?

PAUL RYAN: You know, I don’t ‑‑ it’s a really good question. You don’t go to Washington much, do you?

GLENN: No, I avoid it like the plague.

PAUL RYAN: I go to Washington and Wisconsin every week and I don’t really go anywhere in between, except for Oklahoma where my in‑laws live.

GLENN: Do you watch or ever listen to the show? Are you familiar with what I’ve been saying?

PAUL RYAN: I’m familiar with it but you are on at a time of day that I just can’t get to a television. You are on too early. So I just haven’t had a chance to watch. I’ve watched you on O’Reilly and you’ve been replayed on Greta. So obviously I’m familiar with you.

GLENN: I’m just ‑‑

PAUL RYAN: And I know you’ve been going after progressivism which is exactly what I’ve been trying to do as well.

GLENN: I mean, I’m just surprised that, I mean because it sounds like you’re on exactly the same ‑‑

PAUL RYAN: Yes.

GLENN: ‑‑ road that I’m on, and I have been feeling, and I imagine you are, too, feeling wildly alone on this because most people don’t even understand progressivism.

PAUL RYAN: Right.

GLENN: So many dopes out in America are just like, yeah, well, I’m for progress.

PAUL RYAN: That’s right.

GLENN: Jeez, it’s not about progress. It’s not even about the Constitution. I just gave a talk this weekend where we were talking about, you know, we’re fundamental ‑‑ the president of the United States is saying we’re going to fundamentally transform the country.

PAUL RYAN: Right.

GLENN: Into what? We’re going to make progress to where?

PAUL RYAN: Right.

GLENN: What are we progressing to?

PAUL RYAN: If you read the entire Oklahoma speech, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. That’s what I’m saying, here’s what this means ‑‑

GLENN: My fault, my fault.

PAUL RYAN: They are leading us to a social welfare state, cradle‑to‑grave society where they create a culture of dependency on the government, not on oneself. It is meant to replace the American idea. And the reason I’m doing a lot of these speeches ‑‑ the reason I’m talking about Hegel and Faber and Bismarck, you know, and what those people stood for and what they did and said and all their disciples, you know, in America is because I really believe we’ve got to have a debate and a political realignment fast because we will win the debate now. We are a center‑right country. But if they succeed in moving us faster down the tipping point where more Americans are dependent on the government than upon themselves, where a debt crisis sparked money entitlement explosion brings us to, you know, a really tough fiscal situation, then down the road we may not win that referendum and so that is why I’m trying to, you know, do what I can from my position in congress to sound the alarm bells on what this agenda really means, what this philosophy’s all about and how we need to have a referendum in America in real elections to untangle this mess they created and prevent us from reaching this tipping point where we are a social welfare state, cradle‑to‑grave society, dependent on the government that lulls us into lies of complicity and dependency versus the America idea of, you know, making the most of your life, equal opportunity, equal natural rights. You know, those are the things that got us where we are and that’s why I put this roadmap plan out there. I introduced it three years ago. I put a new version out in January. You can go to my website, Americanroadmap.org. It is a very specific economic and fiscal plan. It’s a piece of legislation that says there is an alternative to this progressivist vision for America. There is a way to reapply and reclaim the founding principles in America and still get America back and make this century another American Century appeared that’s why I’ve been, you know, speaking from the hilltop. It’s not popular and it’s ‑‑ and for my party, we can’t afford to screw up again. But we’ve got to get people to stop being worried or afraid of taking on this debate and that’s what I’m simply trying to do.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. I mean, I don’t think I’ve heard a politician, really, I’m looking at my producers. Have we had a politician on this show since when, when we first met Santorum maybe, maybe. DeMint is really, really good but I don’t know anybody, not even Santorum, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody ‑‑ I need to find out more about you, Paul. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody ‑‑

PAT: Nobody’s articulated progressivism like that.

GLENN: ‑‑that is articulating the problem in this country and knows what the root is like you have.

PAUL RYAN: Look, I grew up in the orbit of Madison, Wisconsin. I know who these people are, I know what they think, I know what they believe. And so I would just encourage you, go to my roadmap website, read the roadmap.

GLENN: Give me the website.

PAUL RYAN: Americanroadmap.org. Read the full text of the Oklahoma speech, read my in Primus Hillsdale speech on progressivism and healthcare. Those three things right there, I mean, I could go on and on but those three things tell you what I’ve been trying to lay out and do just from my perch, you know, in congress.

GLENN: Paul, tonight and for the next five nights I am going to be softening the ground. I am laying out an idea of cutting the budget, doing what we did in 1920 after the first progressive ‑‑

PAUL RYAN: Yeah, Calvin Coolidge, sure.

GLENN: And I’m going to cut the ‑‑ show America that the budget can be cut by 50%. It’s going to cause pain, but it has to. It has to be cut or we die. And show a way that we can reduce taxes to be ‑‑ do what Georgia did to Russia. Just keep lowering the taxes.

PAUL RYAN: Right.

GLENN: So they could survive. We need to do that. And I’m telling you that it’s ‑‑ I’ve been telling the audience it’s going to be wildly unpopular. You are going to hate me by the end of the week because everybody will experience pain. But man, I’ve got to tell ya, I’m not running for anything. If you can get people in Washington to actually stand up and say, I mean, I’ll soften the ground and show people why it has to be cut, but we’ve got to cut this and we need somebody with a spine in Washington that will stand up. I’m ‑‑ boy, I hope I don’t find out ‑‑ you are not like a dirt bag, are you?

PAUL RYAN: Yeah, right.

GLENN: I just don’t want to find out, oh, jeez.

PAUL RYAN: Look, I ‑‑

GLENN: You don’t know Eliot Spitzer ‑‑

PAUL RYAN: No.

GLENN: Or anything like that, right?

PAUL RYAN: I’m not running for president. I’m not trying to be somebody else. I’m not trying to be somebody I’m not. I’m not running for president. I’m a ranking member of the budget committee. You know, my background is in economics. That’s my aptitude. If you read my roadmap, it is basically a plan that lays out how to relimit government, how to turn these entitlements into individual ownership programs where you are not dependent on the government for all these things, where you are more independent. And how you can basically reclaim the 21st century for the American idea instead of ‑‑ and we are very quickly approaching this tipping point in this country.

GLENN: I know.

CALLER: Where I mean, 60% of our fellow citizens right now get more benefits from the federal government in dollar value than they pay back in taxes. So we’re already very quickly going down this path. Throw healthcare on top and then cap and trade and implement this Obama budget and you are way down that path.

GLENN: Well, we won’t survive that.

PAUL RYAN: So and that’s what I lay out on my roadmap. I show you using Congressional Budget Office numbers just how we are going to implode. We have an economic implosion on the horizon. Everybody knows this but nobody’s doing anything about it. And that’s why I’ve decided to put this plan out there ‑‑

GLENN: God bless you.

PAUL RYAN: ‑‑ that has been certified by the CBO as doing what I say it does.

GLENN: Okay.

PAUL RYAN: So I encourage you to take a look at it.

GLENN: I will. Paul, and I would like to stay in touch with you. I appreciate your correcting my error and I apologize for that.

PAUL RYAN: Look, that one blog really misinterpreted what I was trying to say and you know, as you just mentioned in your lead‑in, you get misinterpreted sometimes.

GLENN: Well, I’m glad we’ve cleared it up and we’ll stay in touch. Paul Ryan, thank you very much, sir.

PAUL RYAN: Sounds good.

GLENN: Appreciate it. You bet. Bye‑bye. Oh, my gosh.

PAT: You weren’t already married, I think you would have proposed to him.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

PAT: I think you would have proposed to him then. I saw the look in your eye.

GLENN: You know what it is? You know what it is? Hope, why, because someone knows the truth and knows how to articulate it.

PAT: He really does and did. That was really good.

GLENN: Let me ask you something. Let me ask you something. I said that my time would be done when I found somebody else that would articulate it.

PAT: I think you are in the clear.

GLENN: Can I go home now? Can I go home?

Comments (53)

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  • Neesey
    Posted on August 12, 2012 at 7:59am

    I remember driving to work and hearing this speech and getting goosebumps. I also watched Ryan tear down the Pied Piper in that healthcare pow-wow and it drove me to go back to Washington in March. Sadly, the tens of thousands of us who showed up during that week over and over had no impact. Watch out…Paul Ryan is in the House.

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    • SteveSD
      Posted on August 12, 2012 at 12:27pm

      Consider this. Do you suppose that Romney was aware of that little gathering we all put on in Dallas two weeks ago? You suppose 65,000 people yelling at the top of their voices could possibly have had an effect on Romney’s decision. A small voice is whispering to me ‘absolutely; you did this’.

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  • texrubarts
    Posted on August 12, 2012 at 2:52am

    I LOVE Glenn Beck and I am glad he is showing us this clip – if you don’t follow Glenn you have NOT heard this – but I follow him so I remembered it – but I enjoyed it more now that Paul Ryan is the VP pick!!! So Beck haters – BACK OFF GLENN BECK.

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    • TurboCat
      Posted on August 13, 2012 at 5:03am

      Oh WOW. When Beck gets on the radio or GBTV Monday he is going to praise Mitt Romney to the rafters for choosing Paul Ryan as his V.P. Can’t you all just hear it now? I sure can and it’s gonna be GOOD! You know, all the Progressives, mostly Democrats have been saying they look forward to chewing up Mitt Romney’s pick for V.P. I’ve been hearing them say this for two days now. I’ll just bet that in reality they are shaking in their shoes. They are NO MATCH for him. They will rue the day. And rue the next day. And the next and the next and so on and so on…….on and on anon…..etc….etc…etc……..

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on August 12, 2012 at 2:11am

    I remember thia interview and I was amazed there was a politician in Washington that knew the truth and wanted us to once again live by it. Love Paul Ryan and Glenn Beck.

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  • hipconservative
    Posted on August 12, 2012 at 12:22am

    PLEASE Blaze writers and editors: PLEASE do your research and verify facts. In your transcript of Paul Ryan here, you write that his speech for Hillsdale College was “put in there on Primus Magazine.“ The publication referred to is ”Imprimis,” (which is pretty clear even when listening to Ryan) so the transcript should read: ” put in their Imprimis magazine…” Mistakes like this are unacceptable for a legitimate news outlet.

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  • Freedombeliever
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:13pm

    Why is Blaze posting this? What relevence can an interview from 2 years ago have? Oh right, the Glenn Beck promo. Gosh I know he is ya’ll boss but really? Does he have to be pimped at every chance? It deducts from the credibility of this as an unbiased newssite.

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    • truthb4fiction
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:41pm

      Your are on the pinhead of putz… Freedombeliever? Really what sort of freedom? Personally I found listening to the interview to be quite enlightening, I have a much better picture of who Paul Ryan is now. He will be making the left nutz! Huh… nutz and putz? sort of rings now don’t it!

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    • PoliticiansRCrooks
      Posted on August 12, 2012 at 12:04am

      Glenn Beck is a sell out. I watched his show on Fox and all he talked about was George Soros, The Founding Fathers & The Constitution. Than he goes and picks a sell out Commie Flip Flopping NDAA Suppoorting Romney. Disgusting.. Shame on you. He is voting for him because of his Religion.

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    • hipconservative
      Posted on August 12, 2012 at 12:33am

      I think it’s extremely important and relevant to hear past interviews, we get a glimpse into how consistent someone has been in his/her ideology—whether in the spotlight (now) or a no-name, which Paul Ryan basically was two years ago, he seems to have an actual deep belief in conservatism, something I don’t think can be said about Romney.

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    • TreeTrimmerJim
      Posted on August 12, 2012 at 2:14am

      Why the article.

      Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. – George Washington

      What I heard was a man who says what he means and means what he says. No excuses.

      Its been my experiences that people who are good at excuses can not be counted on to get much done. Bush made me say that.

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    • Freedombeliever
      Posted on August 12, 2012 at 9:42pm

      I failed to mention. I am a fan of Beck and have followed him longer than most of you – BEFORE he ever appeared on TV and just had a radio show. My point is, like it or not, as the MSM has painted him to be a nut job- and clearly they are wrong obviously the man isnt – that Blaze needs to have a lighter touch with tying Glenn Beck into so many stories and featuring him in a good 20% of their stories. The honest truth is this site will always be considered “on the fringe” as long as they continute this practice. I am one who would like to see the Blaze not blazenly(hehe) affilating with one party or belief, but just reporting the news that is the truth. The occasional Beck trumpet is fine. But they can report the same awesome news articles they always do, but with less Beck, and they will reach a broader audience. An interview from over 2 years ago is not going to hold any relevence in the policital court. Blaze should know that, and they posted it to put Beck’s name out there once again. All I’m saying..** RandR 2012**!!!

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  • glennrocks
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 6:44pm

    There has to be a tape somewhere with you know who saying he was just a poor boy born in Kenya.

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  • bdandsl
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:54pm

    Tea, anyone?

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  • betterthantv
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:35pm

    He sounds better than Romney. At least Ryan’s not afraid to talk to Glenn! Just bought Young Guns (Ryan’s book) at Amazon. It’s only 5 bucks! Only a few left though

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  • Vickie Dhaene
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 1:21pm

    Our responsibilities don’t end at the voting booth. We must hold them accountable and keep them obligated to our principles and value.
    We The People will be our own watchdogs.

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  • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 12:55pm

    If you haven’t read “Young Guns, A New Generation of Conservative Leaders” You will be Very, Very Pleased when you do so. It gave me hope in 2010. It says it all. TEA? Romeny/Ryan 2012

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  • NickyLouse
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:42am

    I think that one of the main reasons that Romney has not interviewed with Glenn is that he realizes that it would seem that Glenn was promoting him because of their religion. The left would have certainly accused them of it.

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  • No Grass
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:31am

    Is an audio file of the interview available?

    By the way, has anyone found a decent means of downloading some of the GBTV/TheBlaze videos?

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  • buyundbuy
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:05am

    Unlike Obama whose roots are firmly established on anti-colonial, muslim, anti-capitalist, socialist principles we have both Romney and Ryan who believe in the equality of opportunity, individuality, the Constitution and rights coming from God and not the government.

    My donation ro Romney/Ryan will be sent online shortly. I dislike wasting paper checks.

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  • Eaglesnest
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:37am

    I wonder how long it will take for this young, bright, intelligent, family man to be labeled a hateful, bigoted, racist, homophobic idiot with horns and a pitchfork? Look what they have turned Romney into. They somehow took an accomplished business leader, center-right moderate governer, executive, investor, cheritable, kind-hearted family man and turned him into a cruel, heartless, evil right-winger who likes to kills dogs, eliminate jobs, shutter businesses, outsource, hide money in off shore accounts, and evade taxes. Some independents are buying this, which is scary.

    I am betting Ryan is a monster by Monday or Tuesday.

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    • HealthUSA
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:10am

      Give it a few days if its not already in progress, he already hates old people right?

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    • texrubarts
      Posted on August 12, 2012 at 2:47am

      Obama is at the printers as we speak!!! By tomorrow morning Paul Ryan will have committed murder and run over a few babies along the way. LOL-LOL….

      I LOVE Paul Ryan… I think Romney is showing us AGAIN how smart & intelligent he is!!

      Romney/Ryan 2012

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    • mtman2
      Posted on August 12, 2012 at 6:21pm

      They’ve already got Ryan + the rest of us telling the elderly to “die quickly”; + him shoving “our grandmother’s” off a cliff in a wheelchair kicking + screaming to cold, heartless, deaf ears. How much worse can it get? Grandmothers are probably the most influential beloved people in our lives after parents + grandfathers[hopefully]. Then he was only in the “distance” [2yr.term] now they have to look up to see him,. bet they really like that! Tho he won’t look down on them, he’ll keep doing what many of us are + should: preaching the truth in/for love of God + country for our families futures sake. “we” are all in this boat called the USA together, setting sail not really that long ago with a hope in “justice” for all. Look what 12 disciples [w/Paul] did. They turned the world upside down. America truly is the manifestation of that. These great leaders of tomorrow will be Believers w/faith + mercy.

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    • PATRIOTMAMA
      Posted on August 13, 2012 at 8:08am

      @EAGLESNEST

      A couple of days? A monster by Monday or Tuesday? Try less than a day. They already have an ad out basically calling him a Medicare cutting grandma/grandpa hating evil conservative. The nerve of these people (the very people that won’t tell you that THEY cut $500 billion from Medicare for their precious Obamacare) to accuse him of wanting to cut Medicare. Oh just keep accusing him of being an “evil” conservative to the core. I dare you. That‘s what’s going to get both of them elected. Oh and I soOOO look forward to seeing him mop the floor with Biden. THis is going to be gOoooood!!!!!

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  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:25am

    I think it was a step forward for Romney , however, it was also a sad day for the US Congress. Ryan is a fighter and I hope WI. is able to replace him with the like. Romney/Ryan 2012! I think it’s a good ticket!!!!! AMERICAS COMEBACK TEAM=GREAT SLOGAN!!

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  • Individualism
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:21am

    he hasn’t gotten much accomplished.

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    • Eaglesnest
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:48am

      More than most in the toxic DC climate.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 1:58pm

      If he hasn’t accomplished much, then why does the Obama camp keep going straight for his jugular vein and insult him on national tv? I’ve never seen them go after Ron Paul like that … wonder why.

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:20am

    Being a insider to the radio and listen via podcast of Glenn. I kept a few good shows. This one has been on the Computer for the 2 years because I knew Paul Ryan would be a keeper. I kept no other shows or hours from April or any for the rest of 2010.

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  • DoomsdayProphet
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:10am

    You cannot go home. Gotta keep the boot on the throats ROMNEY/RYAN 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • olddog
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:07am

    Washington DC, the seat of OUR goverrnment has become a very corrupt place that does not represent OUR true values.

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  • adeleeeee
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:06am

    I feel so much better for Romney now! There is hope and change to a place called Republican!

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  • azcowboy1
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:00am

    Maybe There is Hope… I would just like to tell them to take it slow.. Rome wasn’t built in a day.. I’m 100% for this ticket… YES
    j.H…

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  • barber2
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:52am

    Just remember that no matter who is in the White House, the media is in the hands of the international Left. The media is now our fourth branch of government. They leak. They suppress. They propagandize. They filter. They influence. And the Left is still trying to marginalize conservative Rupert Murdoch to suppress his conservative outlets over in the UK. They want to destroy Fox over here . The Left, like the poor, ” we will always have with us.” Unfortunately biased…

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    • Eaglesnest
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:07am

      I agree, the dishonest media has become an agent for the left. They are not content with some dissent either, they want a complete monopoly. Destroy FOX (who is only center-right), discredit Murdoch, and complain about talk radio on the AM dial. They own the American and indeed the international culture by controlling the press, entertainment, most of the state and local government agencies, education, and academia. There is no way to correct this imbalance in a few years without being labeled a complete lunatic and cast away. We need to wake up, organize, and restore slowly; in other words, we need to become them, only in reverse.

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    • kathleenlee
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:29am

      This definitely makes me feel better about Romney. This was a great choice. As for the media, they’re supposed to be the watchdogs of the Republic…to keep government inline with the founding principals and the Declaration of Independence since it is so easy to lose control…Now the watchdogs are the dogs. Complicit in the fall of America. And if America fails completely, some of the main culprits are NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, BBC, CNN and even Fox…Because in the last year FOX HAS CHANGED…Like someone else took control, and isn’t telling the whole truth. You need to stay connected with you patriot friends online…read good websites that tell the truth like, the Daily Caller, WND, CNS, American Thinker, Western Journalism, etc…and of course Breitbart. Now is the time AMERICANS…WE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO COME OUT ON NOV. 6, COME TOGETHER, AND TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY..IT IS NOW OR NEVER!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA! GOD SAVE AMERICA! AMEN!!

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    • kathleenlee
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:40am

      And one more thing I might add. Ryan has always been proud of America, unlike our first lady…and I use that term lady, lightly.

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  • Wildblue3
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:42am

    I think Ryan is a better pick that some of the others. Progressive Slayer, I know he voted for those items but I also think he was coered into it. As VP, he will have more authority to act independenly instead of shutting up and coloring.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:31am

    Ryan says he understands the threat of progressiveism to our republic but he has voted for tarp and to raise the debt ceiling,just hope he has a change of heart about spending when he’s VP.

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  • BS61
    Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:27am

    I remember his Ayn Rand comments too – I like that he can articulate the problem and that he’s an economist! I wish his budget didn’t take 20 years, but we do have to broach the subject with the rest of America that is asleep due to the MSM!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:33am

      Agreed; still with Romney and Ryan in the White House, we the people still need to watch and ensure that they do not become corrupted by the ongoing perversion and darkness of DC.

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    • Eaglesnest
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:48am

      I think he is trying to correct this without too much civil unrest and while maintaining the government as much as possible during that time. We could do it in 10 years, but there would be an out and out civil war in the streets. Think about how the progressives have slowly chipped away since the early 1900s. That is over 100 years to arrive at this tipping point and while I certainly agree that we do not have the luxury of 100 , 20 years sounds reasonable to me.

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    • Searcher4Truth
      Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:38am

      Eaglesnest, I completely agree. What makes me concerned is that 20 years is five presidential cycles, and if we aren’t vigilant and critical of ALL politicians, the correction process can be reversed. The Tea Party needs to continue to be critical of all politicians regardless of party to protect our principles and ensure we stay on the path to recovery.

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