Paul Ryan Responds to Calls for Him to Run for President
- Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:54pm by
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Sure, Paul Ryan appeared on the cable shows this morning to talk about his Medicare plan being demonized by Democrats. And sure he revealed that he holds no hard feelings toward Newt Gingrich for the former House Speaker’s blasting of the Ryan plan. But really what people are wanting to know is, will he run for President?
The answer? Well, I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, but he did seem to leave the door open.
“No, I have no plans to do that,“ he told ”Fox and Friends” with an aw-shucks look on his face. But in a political landscape where Chris Christie can deny he‘s running multiple times and people still wonder if he’ll throw his hat in the ring, a “no plans to do that” is a wide open door.
Watch Ryan’s comments on Medicare, Newt, and running for president below. His answer to 2012 starts at about 5:40.
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liberalsarealiens
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:57pmI‘m sure BO’s goons are after Ryan already! They must be scared at The Soros house to have attack dogs out already! Do worry BO it won’t work because we are coming after you with a vengence! You will be history come 2012.
Report Post »Michael Washington
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:53pmPalin/Ryan!!!!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:59pmYou MUST be a Obama supporter if you think that’s a good team.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:46pmWhy is everyone talking about this stupid election with the FAKE Tea Party candidate? How about talking about WISCONSIN where the Democrats spent so much time and energy to fight conservatives? Where’s the story about OUR victory there? PROSSER wins and it’s a huge victory for Walker and you hear nothing? LAME. SOMEONE ASK THE DEMOCRATS… WHERE’S YOU BUDGET OR ANY PLAN AT ALL? Ignoring the problem so you can just attack others who actually HAVE A PLAN? Idiots. Doctors won’t accept Medicare patients NOW, what will happen down the road?
PAUL RYAN FOR PRESIDENT!
Report Post »Falcon16
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:44pmIt shows true leadership and maturity when an individual knows his place. Paul Ryan is right where he should be. He is the only person who can bring about the budgetary changes we so desparately need. As far as his candidacy to be president, …………..all in due time.
Report Post »11:11
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:43pmRun ryan pleeeeaaaassssseee!!!!!!
Report Post »ofallon
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:30pmRepublicans should keep them guessing until December 25th and then come out swinging. The Dems have all this money to slander and destroy Republicans running for President. They are chomping at the bit to attack and destroy. Hold back as long as possible while filling the field with as many candidates as possible. Keep them guessing until the last minute then go for it.
Paul Ryan will make a brilliant toast in England when he visits.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:27pmIf he ended up the candidate, I would vote for him. There are some I wouldn’t be happy about but I am with the one who would vote for the bag of chips before I would let Obama back in.
Report Post »tom
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:26pmSome presidents play ping pong with royalty while disaster strikes our country. Pray for those who lost everything!
Report Post »Blazer334
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:23pmHe’s going to be a great Conservative candidate some day. Right now, we need to run the candidate that seems to scare the liberals the most. Only one possibility exists. The one person who can reliably walk in the shadow of Ronald Reagan and carry the Conservative banner is Sarah Palin. When she announces her candidacy, she will lead in the polls for the remainder of the 2012 election cycle and will carry more than 45 states in the November election. You can take that to the bank.
Report Post »rienheart
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:17pmCain/West
Report Post »Bachman/Cain
West/Bachman
Cain/Bachman
West/Cain
Anyone but the candidates the RINO’s Will Shove Down our Throats
Including what Bill O’Rielly is putting out. He is not including Cain or West in his Poll for who we want to run as Pres and VP.
No to Romney
No to Pawlenty
No to any RINO candidate, or who the Main Stream Media or the Democrats decide who we should vote for.
tifosa
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:50pmHuntsman, Romney, TPaw… Roger Ailes doesn’t like yours :(
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:33pmLOL, WOW
Tea baggers hate President Obama so much you people are desperate.
Report Post »DavidD
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:15pmPaul Ryan can articulate the facts forcefully and this hurts liberals’ feelings. I don’t think Ryan is running for prez, but he’s doing a fantastic job where he is. No complaints.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:58pmIf by facts you mean made up numbers (0% unemployment..yeah sure Paul) then I agree.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:14pmHahaha, what kind of terrible reporting is this?
‘The answer? Well, I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, but he did seem to leave the door open.
“No, I have no plans to do that”‘
How the heck does that leave the door open? I really feel this should have been his response to “Will you run?”
Report Post »“Bahahaha, hell no! Are you kidding? My plan got ripped to shreds because it creates an Obamacare-style medical system, scared the heck out of seniors, and didn’t even have a prayer to solve our economic woes. I rode the popular support for all it was worth and then it evaporated. Now I’m trying to keep my political head above water while taking abuse from all sides.”
GERATMO
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:26pmHis plan was based upon real numbers and facts. Either make serious cuts to entitlement programs or go broke. Plain and simple. At least he had the guts to tell the truth unlike the misleading liberal left who are telling lies and spinning the true message he is sending.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:38pmHis plan was based off number for sure, but not numbers based in reality. In the future it suggested there would be 0% unemployment… zero? Most economics agree that 3.5-5% is healthy in an economy, otherwise there aren’t enough workers for jobs. And he told half the truth – entitlements MUST be cut, but without raising taxes it would be impossible to balance the budget without completely ostracizing his base… which is exactly what happened. Once senior citizens heard that their healthcare costs would go UP and their social security checks would go DOWN (even when the changes were only technically for those 55 and under), they freaked, Ryan’s fellow GOP members freaked, and they slashed his plan to ribbons.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:14pmRon & Rand Paul could be the only pair of TRUE Conservative Republicans in the party and they have to fight off their own party, how sad. But we all need to know is that Progressivism started in the Republican party with Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and his bull moose party in the late 19th Century. Progressives have seen a larger majority in the Democrat Party though, since they hide behind the “Liberal” label.
It was Woodrow Wilson that re-segregated America started with the Armed Forces During WWI and after that it seeped into American Culture.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:14pmNeed Ryan too badly right where he is!!
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:09pmLove to see a Cain/Ryan ticket. . .
Report Post »dwolf
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:07pmjust run already. and use it to get the word out about the changes. its simple
Report Post »The_Plumber_Says
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:05pmPotato chips! BWAAAAA HAAAA HAAAA
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:04pmTo Owebama: Quick!!!! Get the lowdown on this guy!!!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:53pmdo you recall the Swift Boat for Truth gang? ok, so shut up.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:04pmIf we‘re going to run on your budget and you’re the only one that can articulate it properly, then you better run Paul. The rest of these cowards are getting ready to dump it over one loss in N.Y. of all places. If you and Obama face off in debates, you’re the next president. You owe it to the country wether you want it or not. The fact that you don’t want it that bad makes you even more qualified in my mind.
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:03pmlet this warrior season just a bit more. he can be of big help to whomever runs against BHO.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:01pmWhere are the true leaders?
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:21pmThey got actual jobs and stopped playing in politics!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:54pmHe’s in the White House and will be until 2016.
Report Post »Proud American Lady
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:38pm@simpletruths…..Obama has lied continually to the American people and completely dis-regarded what the populace wanted on health care and his Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid henchmen had to do everything behind closed doors….he clearly lied to his base and hasn’t kept most of his campaign promises to all his little progressive friends…so you should change to…..simpleliesofprogressives….
Report Post »I pray every day that he loses the 2012 election, just like Jimmy Carter got trounced when people realized how incompetent he was and they are finding out that now about the annointed one!!!!
Paul Ryan has more classin his toenail than obama and his henchmen have all together!!!!!!
Sergei
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:01pmRun!!!!!!!
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:08pmAway!
Report Post »spirited
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:45pm“It’s just a little rabbit” -Montey Python
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:01pmThey’re really scared TO DEATH of Ron “The Real Tea Party” Paul.
It’s funny how many unvetted and ridiculous people posing as “candidates” are being pumped into the GOP field in order to try to obscure Ron Paul.
Absolutely hilarious.
We are soooo on to you.
Report Post »conversationcanwork
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:05pmWho is scared to death? The people coming out and vocally telling the elected that they think it’s a terrible plan? No one is scared of the Tea Party, not since Sharron Angle and Christine O‘Donnell didn’t win.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:10pmLOL .. you still touting two out of an otherwise landslide thoughout the country … too funny!
TEA!
2012 .. the end of an error
Report Post »conversationcanwork
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:13pmWhat I was bringing up is that those were two of the most high profile and radical members of the Tea Party fad, and if they had won their respective elections it would have solidified the Tea Party as a formidable opponent more than just a label.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:21pmNeocons and Liberals are SCARED TO DEATH OF RON PAUL.
Why? Because neocons ARE liberals. They support all the social programs too. They’re just the warmongering kind, and now we see the convergence of neocon and liberal ideology, Barack Obama continuing the neocon Bush agenda of “preemptive war” under the guise of “humanitarian aid”.
We’re dropping humanitarian “love bombs” on Qadaffi.
Expansion of the Police State started under Bush and continued by Obama.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:39pmA few others: Carl Paladino, Ken Buck, Joe Smith, one in the mideast..?
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:04pmSinista MACE,
I don’t really believe that this is any kind of attempt to obscure Dr. Paul. There may be a feeling that the current field is weak. Like Hannity, I don’t buy it. I think we have several viable candidates available now or coming in the near future. I consider Dr. Paul among those viable candidates. If he chooses his running mate correctly, he could defeat Obama/Biden.
I realize that you are a fervent Paul supporter, and that’s fine. My biggest concern is that we get a candidate that can win. If it’s Dr. Paul, great. If it’s someone else, great. If it’s a loser, like Gingrich, then bend over and kiss your rear good-bye because there won’t be another chance in 2016. (I don’t mean to pick on Gingrich, there’s several other losers out there.)
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:14pmI think Ron Paul is the only viable candidate, because he is the only one with the cajones to end the Fed.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 3:26pmhow much are you guys going to flip when obama wins the election… currently his approval is high, he has all the money in the world, and the republicans can’t find a decent person to run. and most americans remember george “big government” bush.. oh and the plan to kill medicare… not wise, seniors vote, and they vote for their self interests. i don’t see the point in telling them you want to mess with their healthcare. if “we don’t have the money”, then take it from our ridiculous military budget… i’d rather my tax money help our old people, than some hellhole sandpit 10,000 miles away, and so would most people. so don’t count your eggs catb, and plan for 2016. cause this ballgame is ovah….
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 4:21pmSinsta MACE,
Ending the Fed is not up to the President whoever he or she may be. It will take an act of Congress.
Clive,
There are several candidates who can defeat Obama. He can’t run on his record. He can only try to sling mud at his opponent. It’s possible that he can win again, but it’s FAR from “ovah.”
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 5:35pmMr. Nice Guy
That’s exactly the point. Ron Paul is the only congressman who keep offering legislation to audit and end the Fed every session of Congress – which makes him the only viable presidential candidate in my opinion.
Nevertheless, Ron Paul has the BEST CHANCE of beating Obama, more than ANY OTHER CANDIDATE.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 8:36pm@CLIVE
Aren’t you the guy that went to a good school, got your paper, and got drunk with girls?
And then you mentioned that you never felt like you were “indoctrinated”
Keep up the good work, It’s appreciated.
Report Post »whiskeybomb
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 8:37pmSinista, I agree with you 100% and the American people as well as the people on this website need to drop the un-electability argument. It is weak nor does it refer to a single issue on which running representative stands for. If you want to continue to say someone is un-electable please offer real arguments as to why. Dr. Paul might not be the guy for you, but guess what Obama was the farthest ideal for my personal choice of a Presidential candidate and he won. The only we are going to be able to have a shot at removing the current administration is to be able to have the exact same debates, here in these forums, as we expect those running to have on the National platform and we need as many of them as possible. So far Dr. Paul has many controversial ideas, but he also has a great magnitude of ideas and possible solutions that are all based on how he perceives the principles of the Constitution were originally put in place for. Now we might not all agree on many topics, but we need a candidate that resembles the best ideas of all of us and Dr. Paul has quite a few. So if you don’t like him fine, but understand that he has really good ideas and make sure the guy you back at least ad hearse to the understanding that the Fed is crippling this country and every day our liberties are being stripped away from us. We must be the debate we expect to see in the primaries.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 11:38pm@Whiskeybomb
Ron Paul is not electable. (To the Presidency)
I have already posted my reasons. I am not going to rewrite my entire previous post, but the main reason he will not win is the total ignorance of a huge percentage of the voting public.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:59pm“Dear Satan, Anybody BUT Ron Paul” campaign.
Report Post »LibertariansUnite
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:41pmDont throw information at them that they havent seen on fox, you might confuse them.
Report Post »besides they are still waiting on hannitys permission to vote for ron paul.
Proud American Lady
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:29pmMr. Libertarian did you see the latest ratings on news shows?? Evidently not because Fox News blows them ALL away.
Report Post »I‘m not a ron paul supporter but it’s not because I don‘t like him it’s because he is totally un-electable.
Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:58pmTotally unelectable based on… (crickets)
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 3:03pmElectability…even if he could deliver a bar of gold in every house, he would not win.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 3:08pmYou neocons really need to flesh out your “electability” argument.
The man has been reelected 11 times. You sound dumb.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:59pmI’d vote for him over obama.
Report Post »But then I’d vote for a bag of potato chips over obama.
I think he needs a little more time, though, for the presidency.
Let him develop a financial plan to save our country, vote in a consevative in 2012, and then in 2016 or 2020…President Paul Ryan.
Has a nice ring to it.
CatB
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:03pmI think all the Republicans shoud ‘leave the door open” .. Dems are investigating any and all possible candidates …let’s keep them busy and spending their money!
TEA!
Report Post »coladude
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:04pmI would definitely vote for Ryan in 2012.
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Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:14pm^______^______^
Report Post »We must be careful with all candidates we cannot get caught up with one as the socialists did with BHO. I agree with CATB if anything we need to flood the primary with candidates to keep them off guard. Massive diversions to keep them up against the wall, we have got to start playing dirty folks. Like GB has said they are way ahead of us in everything they do. We can either save face, look good by not stooping to their level, while we still have our a__es handed to us (like in this vid example http://youtu.be/EgOyX8xDh5M ) or rewrite how this game is played. What are you prepared to do, continue getting the bloody nose and lip or dealing out some of their own medicine?!
Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:15pmCatB,
Good idea, let’s get the whole party into the race. Overwhelm the system. Hmmm. I like it.
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:15pmThe field has more room in it, but Paul Ryan has bigger issues to deal with right now. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/p/campaign-status.html
Report Post »clockn63
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:16pmI totally agree CATB. Lets keep em’ guessing.
I think he’s one of the good ones out there and they are few and far between.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:22pmI would vote for Paul in a continental flash.
FYI that’s faster than a New York second.
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:39pm@ I.GASPAR I agree with you as far as the bag of chips goes lol.. I would just like to know what kind what brand and what kind of record does said bag of chips have?
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:46pmCATB
You mean spend their money in a losing cause like the Repb’s did in NY-26 district? You people are in big trouble if you can’t even win a deep red district after outspending the Dem. 2 to 1.
Report Post »NatalieF
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:46pmExactly CATB!!!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:51pm@adouglass1, the brand is inconsequential, the record is not important. It could be an empty bag of generic chips and I would still prefer it to obama….
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:53pmAt least that would help spark the debate and possibly give me someone to vote for over Romney… And hey, at least he HAS a plan, it may not be perfect but at least he’s trying.
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mill
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:59pmI believe,firmly, that just like the recent NW upstate race…there will be a lot of fake candidates in the racet to divide the race……..Republicans fall for this crap…….Democrats do not and Obama and his stormtroopers will be relected.
We need to fully vet any and all candidates………Ryan will not be elected if he runs…period. He’s a good man possibly, but he’s not strong…the country will not elect him..
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:00pm@ Simpletruths that jackbooted thug that took away 9% Jack Davis as a spoiler was the problem. Those votes would have gone to the Republican but the left doesnt know how to play fair at all and is a bunch of thugs and babies. And true Americans of all colors and types will show you real soon as in the 2012. You code pink lefties marxist socialist demoncrats (i am calling it as I see it) as long as you guys call names as your only response then whats fair is fair time is up!! You all are really jackbooted thugs that have to lie and steal your way to victory and get your way, keep your hands outta my pockets do you whatever you want but I dont want to pay for it pain and simple take care of yourselves. All you can do is spew hate and vileness to the Ryan plan but no Democrat has provided a reasonable alternative to it just ads about grandmas getting thrown over cliffs, really grow up!!
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:02pm@ I.Gaspar lol point taken and well put, I vote for Ruffles or Doritos lol. My dogs poop can be an alternative as well.
Report Post »Budweiserdan13
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:07pmWell Said!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:14pmDid Arizona pass the eligibility law, where candidates have to show their birth certificates in order to be put on a ballot? Did any other states pass a similar law?
Report Post »Ryan can stay where he is. All our candidates haven’t come out yet, it is still early.
I think a bag of potato chips could vote present for almost two years.
Showtime
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:14pmI would definitely vote for Allen West in 2012.
Paul Ryan is just in hogs’ heaven dealing with numbers. I’d love to see him in a position where he could, say, fire Geithner!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:14pmPlease Paul run, the current GOP freak show needs a court jester.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:37pmSimplytruths is certainly correct. If a Repuplican candidate (well financed by “jackbooted thugs” as someone pointed out above), can‘t run on Ryan’s budget plan in a deeply Republican district and win, how is anyone going to win supporting Ryan’s plan? Let alone Ryan himself.
Report Post »tommee
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:41pmKeep it up Mr. Ryan. You are just making yourself and the Republican party irrelevant. The 2012 elections will be a Democratic heaven.
You say: If America doesn’t fix Medicare it will have a debt crises down the road. Mr. Ryan, open your eyes. America already has a debt problem!… and it wasn’t caused by Medicare or Social Security. America has a debt problem because two unpaid wars were started while taxes were actually cut. Never before in America’s history has that happened. Where’s the sense in fighting multiple wars while lowering taxes at the same time? It increases the debt big time.
Added to the budget wows are hundreds of billions of dollars given as tax cuts to wealthy individuals and corporations. These tax cuts were also unpaid for. Over the next couple of decades the unpaid for Bush tax cuts, which you want to continue, will balloon into a multi-trillion dollar debt problem that dwarfs any budget problems Medicare and Social Security may have.
Topping off the current American budget problems is the unpaid for George Bush Medicare Prescription Drug Plan that makes it illegal for Medicare to bargain for reduced drug prices. This Drug company subsidy adds hundreds of billions of dollars annually to the debt.
Mr. Ryan, your priorities are misplaced. Why are you going after average middle class American workers who’ve paid into Medicare and Social Security all of their working lives? Today‘s seniors and tomorrow’s future seniors are entitled, yes
Report Post »docvet
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:42pmNo matter how capable Paul Ryan is as a potential President, all the left has to do is run the absurd “grandma dumped over a cliff” video every hour and there are enough sheeple who would believe it and think it is the truth about his budget bill. I think he would be more valuable where he is for this go-around.
Report Post »tommee
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:45pmcontinued … Mr. Ryan, today‘s seniors and tomorrow’s future seniors are entitled, yes entitled, to the benefits they’ve paid into. And it’s not as you seem to suggest, that Medicare is bloated beyond sustainability. The overhead cost of Medicare as a percentage of it’s total budget is just under 2%. Compare that to the overhead of private insurance companies at 20 – 30%. Medicare is the most successful government program in history and it is working as it should.
Mr. Ryan, stop picking on the American middle class and it’s seniors. Your foolishness is beyond transparent.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:47pmBring it on Ryan:
Last night a huge victory for the Democrats in upstate New York.
The Republican in the race, Jane Corwin, fully endorsed Ryan’s plant GOP to alter Medicare, while the Democrat, Kathy Hochul, defended the social safety net.
Kathy Hochul‘s victory tonight is a tribute to Democrats’ commitment to preserve and strengthen Medicare, create jobs and grow our economy. And it sends a clear message that will echo nationwide: Republicans will be held accountable for their vote to end Medicare.
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 3:00pmThe Cloward and Piven approach to liberal politics and elections….use their paranoia against them! Great thinkin’ CATB!!!
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 4:04pmCATB
don’t be stupid. It works both ways, Democrats investigate, Repubs investigate.
Report Post »Money is being wasted or used to destroy both parties.
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 5:27pmRon Paul supporters, please pass this video along. And for all those still on the fence about Ron Paul, please watch.
The Last Nail – Floor Speech May 25 2011
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-olNr4UuVqY
MiketheTrucker
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 10:50pmwhile I commend him for his effort the plan is too little, too late. I have to agree with Rand Paul that we need a budget that will balance within 7 to 8 eights max, and run up another $2-$6 trillion in debt before that time.
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 1:23am@CATB… I agree. The Dems certainly like to dig dirt. I wonder why the public only takes the dirt on Republicans seriously? I wish we had an honest election cycle where the candidates on both sides would just discuss their proposals so the electorate could judge each person on the facts. Perhaps I am asking for utopia?
Report Post »one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 7:50am@CABT… I think you’re right…
TEA !
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