Paul Ryan's Anti-Abortion Bill Co-sponsor GOP Senate Candidate Akin (MO): Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Won’t Become Pregnant

Turns out it is not only Akin but the new Romney Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan who are part of this hard right view on abortion:

Last year, Akin joined with GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as two of the original co-sponsors of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill which, among other things, introduced the country to the bizarre term “forcible rape.”

If not for the public outcry, the term "forcible rape" language would have stayed in the bill:

Although a version of this bill passed the GOP-controlled House, the “forcible rape” language was eventually removed due to widespread public outcry. Paul Ryan, however, believes that the “forcible rape” language does not actually go far enough to force women to carry their rapist’s baby. Ryan believes that abortion should be illegal in all cases except for “cases in which a doctor deems an abortion necessary to save the mother’s life.” So rape survivors are out of luck.

Someone must have gotten to Akin from the Senate Republicans or more likely the Romney campaign as he has now released a statement that he misspoke.  Yeah right and there are pigs flying by my window.  The cat is out of the bag as this is not the first time he has made comments about rape as he was part of a group including Paul Ryan in the House of Representatives last year supporting a bill changing the definition of rape to include only “forcible rape.”

More from Michelle Goldberg who explains who Akin and Ryan would likely target:

Under H.R. 3, only victims of “forcible rape” would qualify for federally funded abortions. Victims of statutory rape—say, a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 30-year-old man—would be on their own. So would victims of incest if they’re over 18. And while “forcible rape” isn’t defined in the criminal code, the addition of the adjective seems certain to exclude acts of rape that don’t involve overt violence—say, cases where a woman is drugged or has a limited mental capacity. “It’s basically putting more restrictions on what was defined historically as rape,” says Keenan.

Akin is against the morning after pill given to rape victims as he sees it as a form of abortion.  In his mind if they won't become pregnant from a rape, how does he call the morning after pill a form of abortion?

Do people like Akin and Ryan want women who become pregnant from rape and incest to have to go back to the back alley abortions which were done away with when the SCOTUS ruled on Roe v Wade?  More importantly do the Republican men who think like this neanderthal want women to leave the Republican Party in droves because a lot of women including Republican women find his comments reprehensible.  If he had any integrity, he would withdraw from the race.  So this is what the candidates from the Koch Brothers/Romney Tea Party Republican Party look like?  They truly have started a war on women!

Women in MO better think twice about voting for Akin for the US Senate or for the Romney/Ryan ticket since Paul Ryan shares Akin's views.  If he the best the GOP has to offer in the Missouri Senate race then Republicans deserve to lose big for choosing a far right winger to run for Senate who has offended women of America with his remarks.   No amount of saying he misspoke is going to change most women's minds because his original comments are so outrageous.

GOP Senate Candidate: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Won’t Become Pregnant

By Zack Beauchamp posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Aug 19, 2012 at 5:40 pm 

Senate Candidate and Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) told a local television station on Sunday that “legitimate rape” rarely produces pregnancy because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Akin cited conversations with unnamed doctors for the bizarre claim. 

Watch it: 

Akin in coordination with Paul Ryan sponsored legislation that would redefine rape in federal law to limit funding for abortion providers and has a long track record of uninformed and extreme views about women’s health. He has a consistently radical anti-choice voting record in the House, wants to ban the morning after pill, and has expressed concern that criminalizing marital rape gives women “a legal weapon to beat up on the husband” during a divorce.

Akin’s crusade against women’s access to medical services fits with his broader worldview, which is heavily influenced by a particularly virulent group of fundamentalist thinkers described as “Christian supremacists” by the Anti-Defamation League.  

The NY Times shows the same video in their article which has an update from Senator McCaskill:

August 19, 2012, 5:53 pm
Candidate’s Comments on Rape Draw Criticism
By REBECCA BERG 

Comments by Representative Todd Akin, a Republican running to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, are drawing condemnation after he asserted that victims of “a legitimate rape” have biological mechanisms to prevent pregnancy. 

“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” Mr. Akin told KTVI-TV of St. Louis in an interview that was broadcast on Sunday. 

The comments drew a sharp rebuke on Sunday from Senator McCaskill, who is in a tough fight against the Republican candidate. 

“It is beyond comprehension that someone can be so ignorant about the emotional and physical trauma brought on by rape,” the senator said in a statement. “The ideas that Todd Akin has expressed about the serious crime of rape and the impact on its victims are offensive.” 

Mr. Akin later released a statement saying he “misspoke.” 

(snip)

Mr. Akin has been a staunch opponent of abortion as a lawmaker and on the campaign trail; he also opposes the morning-after pill, which he considers to be a form of abortion. 

Last year, House Republicans, Mr. Akin among them, supported a bill changing the definition of rape to include only “forcible rape.” 

“This is clearly something that he believes,” an aide to Ms. McCaskill said Sunday.  

Excerpt:  Read More at the NY Times

Time to Get Ugly: The General Election Has Begun

This morning while reading my morning mail and then visiting some websites I found an article about the general election which I believe to be true.  First of all I think it will be extremely nasty if you compare Obama against Hillary in 2008 and Romney against all Republican candidates except Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann in 2012.  What you see are two very underhanded and dirty fighters.  Neither one of them seem very friendly with regular people although I would have to get the edge to Obama when it comes to sports and partying which he loves.  Don't see where Romney is particularly likable anywhere in public.  Some of have even suggested that he has OCD with the way he wants everything sanitized.  Just what we don't need.


Now we are facing a general election after a brutal primary campaign waged by Romney against Republicans.  The author has great advice at the end of this excerpted article:

Time to Get Ugly: The General Election Has Begun 

• By John Heilemann  

(snip) 

2. Which should be soon, if the former Pennsylvania Senator is in his right mind. Santorum has achieved something remarkable in this election cycle: emerging out of nowhere and against all expectations as Romney's principal competitor for their party's nomination, racking up wins in eleven states. Put aside the questions of party unity (which are overblown) and Establishment blowback (ditto). This is purely about self-interest. If Santorum sticks around until the next set of contests on April 24 to compete in his home state — the only one where he stands a chance of winning — the Romney campaign is likely to turn Pennsylvania into a veritable Dresden. Together with its affiliated super PACs, in other words, it is all but certain to fire-bomb Santorum as it did Newt Gingrich in Florida. And if Santorum, who holds only a single-digit lead in the state now, is left similarly scorched, it will be an embarrassment eclipsing even his seventeen-point loss in his senate race in 2006. Meaning one that won't easily be forgotten, which should mean something to a man who presumably harbors the intention of hurling himself at the presidency again in 2016 or 2020.  

(snip) 

4. I've said it before and I'll say it again: This general election is gonna be ugly. In his speech last night, Romney assailed Obama in language just as stark and harsh as the president had employed against Romney earlier. (Romney addressed the same audience of editors this morning; more of the same will surely be forthcoming.) For all the discussion of fund-raising problems on both sides, the truth is that Obama and Romney will each have ample resources to finance their broadsides against the other. How personal things will get remains to be seen. But neither has ever demonstrated any reluctance to fight hard and dirty. If you thought the Republican nomination tussle was sickeningly, deplorably, appallingly brutish, I have just five words of advice: Avert your eyes now, people.   

Excerpt:  Read More at NY Mag

The American voter needs to be asking themselves how we got in this mess.  For too many years we have been allowing the national parties free reign in what they do because most Americans don't have the means to go to their meetings regularly as national committeemen/women.  Most of the State Parties are not that good either because the whole system is flawed.  There is so much bias in the political ranks that we have seen from the Democrats in 2008 and Republicans in 2012 that if it isn't changed, there will be more than two major parties.

You cannot have a candidate step all over groups of supporters of other candidates and expect them to enthusiastically support the candidate of the choice of less than 40%.  Some might vote for him but a lot will vote 3rd Party or stay home.  Hear it every day.  If you even dare bring up a 3rd Party person on a site, the Romneybots go ballistic against you.  It is amazing to watch.  The same Romney who promised McCain he would help him who never followed through expects the rest of us to follow him like mind numbed robots.  Not happening in 2012

Getting a little bit tired of hearing how we have to vote for Romney and no other candidate on the ballot if we are a Republican.  Why?  Would say most Republicans I know understand politics enough to know if they like someone or agree with them or not.  I would vote for the GOP candidate if I agreed with him 80% of the time or maybe even 70% but I don't believe a word of what Romney says on core issues because he never sounds sincere.  He is more like an actor trying play his part until he has something liberal and then he speaks out.  He may be the worst candidate ever to run as a Republican.

He is going to get the nomination by trashing Republicans with some of the dirtiest ads and tactics I have witnessed in a primary.  Not interesting in hearing that it is the Super PAC when he said he might after to unleash the negatives against Santorum in PA if he doesn't drop out.  What kind of a candidate coordinates with the Super PAC openly?  Hope he is proud of himself and the nasty campaign he has run, but I doubt it because his feelings seems to be toward winning at all costs no matter who he hurts in the process.  Not someone I want representing me because if he is like this with Republicans now who are not rich, he is going to be worse if he was elected.  He will step over any and all to get his way.

All the sites keeping saying Paul Ryan will be the Vice President.  I like Paul Ryan as a person and think he has some good ideas but putting him on the ticket will be like a lightening rod not to mention the Republican team would come from two blue states that are unlikely to change in 2012 to red.  What am I missing?  Are the powers at be taking the Red States fore granted?   Democrats are already poised to strike if Ryan is the nominee for Vice President:

Judging from Obama's speech yesterday, Romney-Ryan is the new Dole-Gingrich. Please recall that in 1996, Bill Clinton's campaign spent the spring hanging the controversial Speaker of the House around the septuagenarian senator's neck like a twenty-ton anvil — and in the process effectively won the general election six months early. Team Obama, like the rest of the Democratic Party, is confident that the same stratagem can work again. That they can win (and win decisively) the argument with the Republicans if they frame the election as a choice between the Ryan budget (and the philosophy animating it) and their vision of the fiscal future.

There is a saying that the Republican Party is the Stupid Party and unfortunately in this instance, I have to agree.  We stood a great chance of taking the White House with the right candidate that would have been a contrast to Obama, but instead we are throwing a MA liberal at him who has the personality of a gnat -- coldest politician I have ever seen and most orchestrated.  Mr. Etch-A-Sketch really is the perfect title for him because one day he can say he is for something like carbon tax and then wipe the slate clean.

Then on the other side is Obama who is friendly when wants to be but has a backbone made of mush so people like Pelosi can lead him around.  He can also get really snippy when not getting his own way when he thinks he should.  Put him on a basketball court and he is the life of the party.  One thing most people can agree about is his love for his two girls -- you can see it in his eyes.  He has been helping them with basketball at school this year which frankly gives him kudos for making sure he spends time with his young family.

All that said, I cannot even fathom how nasty this general election campaign is going to get.  If I I didn't already dislike Super PACs or 527's, they would have gone to the top of my hate list this time.  The fact that wealthy people can actually buy an election as we are seeing because some voters are influenced by negative advertising makes you want to scream 'STOP IT' and go back to some semblance of campaign donations.  The amount of money that Romney has sucked out of the GOP is disgraceful when it has been used to attack Republicans but since it is more obvious he doesn't consider himself a Conservative, it makes no difference to him.    Think I am more disgusted with Romney then I have been any other Republican running by far in my lifetime.  He is the most selfish of our candidates wanting all the money for himself and his election.  It is obvious he could care less about the Congress the way he has been putting pressure on members of Congress to raise money for the Romney campaign.

Makes you want to turn off the TV set and radio for the duration of the campaign.  I am hoping that the GOP considers Oklahoma such a red state that we won't get the ads.  Will let you know if you want to settle here for six months.

The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal

Many of the mainstream sites are putting their spin on the 2013 Budget released by the House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan.  It is important to have the facts not spin so below you will find the details of the House Budget Plan for FY13 from Cong Paul Ryan (R-WI) and the House Budget Committee:

The Path to Prosperity:
A Blueprint for American Renewal

House Budget Committee - Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution

Read Full Report

Read Facts and Summary

A Contrast in Visions

For years, both political parties have made empty promises to the American people. Unfortunately, the President refuses to take responsibility for avoiding the debt-fueled crisis before us. Instead, his policies have put us on the path to debt and decline.

The President and his party’s leaders refuse to take action in the face of the most predictable economic crisis in our nation’s history. The President’s budget calls for more spending and more debt, while Senate Democrats – for over 1,000 days – have refused to pass a budget. This unserious approach to budgeting has serious consequences for American families, seniors, and the next generation.

We reject the broken politics of the past. The American people deserve real solutions and honest leadership. That’s what we’re delivering with our budget, The Path to Prosperity. House Republicans are advancing a plan of action for American renewal.

Our budget:

• Cuts government spending to protect hardworking taxpayers;
• Tackles the drivers of our debt, so our troops don’t pay the price for Washington’s failure to take action;
• Restores economic freedom and ensures a level playing field for all by putting an end to special-interest favoritism and corporate welfare
• Reverses the President’s policies that drive up gas prices, and instead promotes an all-of the-above strategy for unlocking American energy production to help lower costs, create jobs, and reduce dependence on foreign oil.
• Strengthens health and retirement security by taking power away from government bureaucrats and empowering patients instead with control over their own care;
• Reforms our broken tax code to spur job creation and economic opportunity by lowering rates, closing loopholes, and putting hardworking taxpayers ahead of special interests.

At its core, this plan of action is about putting an end to empty promises from a bankrupt government and restoring the fundamental American promise: ensuring our children have more opportunity and inherit a stronger America than our parents gave us.

READ FULL REPORT

Source:  House Budget Committee

Paul Ryan Runs the Best Presidential Campaign Ad of 2012 and He is Not Running!

When a Congressman with a young family decided not to run for President, most of us understood why Cong Ryan wouldn't want to put his family through all of this.  That was until Romney became the front runner and other candidates dropped out leaving us with the four candidates we have today.  Makes you wish we had a different set of candidates starting with Paul Ryan.

Paul Ryan with this ad is a breath of fresh air compared to the ads we have been seeing from this primary in the last few months.

Paul Ryan Runs the Best Presidential Campaign Ad of 2012
Unfortunately, he's not running. 

5:55 PM, Mar 15, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAY 

Behold what could have been:

Source: Weekly Standard

Rep Paul Ryan Urges 'United Front' in the House

Rep Ryan speaks with so much common sense and understanding of how the political process works.  You don't show your hand and allow the opposition to get the upper hand which is exactly what has been done by the 'no' caucus.  It is like going to play poker and showing the other players your hand.  It is not smart in poker or government.  We have some grand standers on both sides who would rather get face time then be politically smart.  That way their base will continue to vote for them.  How about getting a backbone and doing what is right for the Country and their constituents no matter if it is right or left.

Excuse me but when you are elected to Congress, you are to represent all the people of your district and do what is best for your constituents.  Sometimes you have to compromise to get the job done in Government.  No one side can be the party of 'NO' and unwilling to listen as their minds are already made up.  What is the difference when the left in the House for four years refusing to listen to Republicans and said 'NO' to Republican initiatives or to President Bush and now with a group doing same on the Republican side?

It has to be frustrating for Ryan and others to deal with the arrogant, know it all in the White House, who has no interest in compromising and wants to have his way on everything.  Then he has to also deal with fellow conference members with the attitude no matter what they get in spending cuts their vote is 'no.'

July 18, 2011 4:00 A.M.Ryan Urges ‘United Front’ The “no” caucus should consider the big picture. 

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, tells National Review Online that as the debt-limit negotiations continue, House Republicans should present Democrats with a “unified front,” pushing for spending cuts, instead of pledging to block an extension under any circumstances, which would “weaken our hand.” 

“No one is interested in default,” Ryan says, when asked about Republicans, such as Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.), who have firmly opposed raising the debt ceiling — the party’s “no” caucus. “But look, when someone says they are not interested in participating in this process, it does lower the strength of our majority to get spending cuts.” 

“The debt limit is an opportunity to cut spending,” Ryan says. “There is no budget process, since the Senate is not going to do a budget.” Any bloc that fails to recognize this, he says, “weakens our ability to present a unified front and get more spending cuts.” 

Last Friday, Ryan reiterated this message to his colleagues at a closed-door conference meeting. “I always talk about how we have to see the forest through the trees, and I reminded them not to forget about the forest,” he says. “We cannot have irrational expectations when we control one-half of one-third of the government.” 

Ryan is hopeful that Republicans this week will be able to pass “Cut, Cap, and Balance,” a legislative package sponsored by the Republican Study Committee. “It mirrors our budget framework,” he says. “It also puts down the marker, showing the other side where we stand.”
But numerous GOP aides tell NRO that “Cut, Cap, and Balance” faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Ryan acknowledges that buzz, but says little about the GOP strategy should it stall. “No one has hit the panic button,” he says. “There remains a strong appetite for cuts. [House Republicans] have already voted for $6 trillion in cuts, so folks are more worried about them being too small than too big.” 

Beyond the details of any potential deal, Ryan says that he is very frustrated with how President Obama has handled the negotiations, especially in how he has painted Republicans as intransigent. Recent presidential press conferences, Ryan says, have notably soured the White House’s relationship with the House GOP, perhaps to the point of no return. Such a development, he sighs, is unfortunate for the country, which wants the president to work with Congress. 

Ryan, who was elected to Congress in 1998, says Obama is a stark contrast to former president Bill Clinton, who often disagreed with House Republicans but for the most part respectfully engaged with lawmakers. Obama, he says, could learn a couple of things from Clinton, who knew how to negotiate in a divided government. “I was pretty new when Clinton was president,” Ryan says. “But I learned then that presidents serve themselves well when they say the same thing in public as they do in private, dealing with congressional leaders earnestly and honestly.” 

“[Obama] has made it harder to establish trust, which will make it harder to find compromise,” Ryan says. “As much as he wants to come off as a leader, every time he talks about Republicans holding out to save fat-cat corporate-jet loopholes — which he knows is false — or leaks alleged spending cuts to the press, he reduces his leadership. He knows how that damages his credibility up here. Yet he continues to spin.” 

Excerpt:  Read More at National Review

It is easy to just say 'no' then it is to lead and make sure you get the best deal possible.  Like Cong Ryan and others most of us are not willing to take a chance on default for not raising the debt ceiling.  It is too big of risk.

Paul Ryan Embraces American Exceptionalism, Rejects Isolationism in Foreign Policy Speech

What have we learned about the Republican field for President in the last few days?  We are going to start with Paul Ryan who is no longer a solid "NO" but wants to see how the field plays out and is being encouraged not only by the RNC Chair Priebus who is also from Wisconsin but by others to get in the race.  We will see how the candidates break out in the next month or so.  Paul Ryan would be definitely someone to consider.

Paul Ryan Embraces American Exceptionalism, Rejects Isolationism in Foreign Policy Speech 

7:53 PM, Jun 2, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN 

Paul Ryan defended America's role as the leading defender of freedom and liberty in a foreign policy address this evening. Speaking to the Alexander Hamilton Society, Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, laid out a vision that defended America's exceptional role as a world leader and drew sharp contrast to those who advocate for isolationism and withdrawal. 

"A world without U.S. leadership will be a more chaotic place," Ryan said. "A place where we have less influence, and a place where our citizens face more dangers and fewer opportunities. Take a moment and imagine a world led by China and Russia." 

Ryan spoke at length about American exceptionalism as it relates to America's role in the world. "America is an idea," he said. "And it was the first nation founded as such. The idea is rather simple. Our rights come to us from God and nature. They occur naturally, before government." 

This belief in the American idea, Ryan said, should inform the nation's foreign policy. "Now, if you believe these rights are universal human rights, then that clearly forms the basis of your views on foreign policy," he said. "It leads you to reject moral relativism. It causes you to recoil at the idea of presistent moral indifference toward any nation that stifles and denies liberty, no matter how friendly and accommodating its rules are to American interests." 

Ryan squarely rejected the position of increased isolationism. "Today, some in this country relish the idea of America's retreat from our role in the world," Ryan said. "They say that it's about time for other nations to take over, that we should turn inward, that we should reduce ourselves to membership on a long list of mediocre has-beens. 

"He continued, "Instead of heeding these calls to surrender, we must renew our commitment to the idea that America is the greatest force for human freedom the world has ever seen."

Source:  Weekly Standard

With Donald Trump saying he might consider an independent run if he doesn't like the GOP candidate, Republicans are looking at giving the election to Obama if they are not careful.  This wanting a pure candidate has to stop or we are looking at four more years of Obama with the my way or no way on a candidate.

New Jersey Governor Christie is no longer a solid NO along with Rick Perry of Texas although we believe Perry would support Christie in a heartbeat if he chose to get in the race.  The fact that people from Iowa already made the trip to NJ to encourage Christie says a lot.

Stay tuned as more people throw their hat in the ring and maybe we can get a candidate that enthuses most Republicans.  After what happened yesterday prior to Romney's announcement when Palin decided to take the limelight away from the man who as head of the Republican Governor's Association was in many ways responsible for her becoming Governor, it showed the lack of class on her part not to honor a fellow Republican.  If the situation were reversed the victim act by Palin would have been out in full force and Palinbots would have been on the attack.

Enjoy the weekend!

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Ryan: Obamacare "Raids Medicare and It Rations Medicare ... For Current Seniors"

Cong Paul Ryan is joining fellow Congressmen Steve King (R-IA) and Mike Pence (R-IN) in giving fiery one-minute speeches on the floor of the House.  We have been amazed at how King and Pence can put so much into a one-minute speech and now Paul Ryan is joining them. 

Never had any dealings with Medicare until Mom moved to Norman.  Since then I have learned that people better have supplemental insurance or they are in a world of hurt.  Even on a hospital stay that is covered by Medicare for a family member, they paid all but $1,132 and acted like they had done a huge favor.  Fortunately, Federal Blue Cross/Blue Shield picked up the $1,132.  It took 11 pages for Medicare to say they didn't pick up the full amount and at the end give an appeal form if you disagreed with their findings.  When BC/BS said they had paid the bill, they sent two pages.  Found out over a month ago that BC/BS had paid but Medicare is just now paying?  There is a reason federal employees who retire are told to keep the Federal BC/BS. 

Yet, the federal government wants to take over all of healthcare?  My limited experience with Medicare says it is going to be a nightmare.  Private industry does it much better IMHO. 
Ryan: Obamacare "Raids Medicare and It Rations Medicare ... For Current Seniors"
11:45 AM, Jun 2, 2011 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

This floor speech from Paul Ryan is about as fiery as the Wisconsin congressman gets:

Transcript available at The Weekly Standard

GOP Rep. Ryan swipes at Gingrich: 'With allies like that, who needs the left?'

Cong Paul Ryan is 100% correct about Gingrich! From the day he traveled with Hillary for Healthcare to when he decided Pelosi was right about Global Warming he has been sinking lower and lower. He wasn't very high to begin with on my radar after his despicable performance during Monicagate. Glad to see Paul Ryan go after him. Don't know who Gingrich is hoping to get on his side but it is sure not most Republicans.

Gingrich is near the bottom of anyone we could fully support for President because like others he is too thin skinned if you remember his whine when he had to exit the back of Air Force One after attending a funeral with Clinton. Anyone whoever ran around with Hillary and Pelosi is a non-starter for most of us.

GOP Rep. Ryan swipes at Gingrich: 'With allies like that, who needs the left?'
By Michael O'Brien - 05/16/11 10:45 AM ET

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took a swipe Monday at Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich after the former House Speaker criticized hiss proposed Medicare reforms.

"With allies like that, who needs the left?" Ryan told guest host Raymond Arroyo on conservative talker Laura Ingraham's radio show.

Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, defended his 2012 budget proposal that includes significant reforms to Medicare.

Gingrich on Sunday distanced himself from Ryan's plan, which would transform the program into a voucher-based system for Americans under the age of 55.

"I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering," Gingrich said of Ryan's plan on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate."

Ryan strongly disputed Gingrich's description of his plan, which House Republicans approved last month.

"Hardly is that social engineering and radical," he said. "What's radical is kicking the can down the road."

Ryan, who's considering running for the Senate in Wisconsin, refused to say that Gingrich's criticism should disqualify him for the GOP presidential nomination.

"I'm not going to get into any of that," he said.

Source: The Hill

Obama Displays a Mean Streak as he goes into Campaign Mode

We are seeing more articles about the mean streak of Obama but we only have to look back to his verbally attacking the Supreme Court Justices at his State of the Union speech on January 27, 2010, to understand that Obama is not Mr. Nice Guy. If a President will attack the Justices of the Supreme Court sitting in the front row, it is not shocking that Obama attacked Paul Ryan sitting in the front row of his speech on Wednesday night about the budget followed by his attack at a fundraiser later in the week.  What other President has been so nasty to someone he invited to hear his speech? 

Unfortunately, we agree with Mark Tapscott's last paragraph of his column which appeared at the Washington Examiner this morning, Mean streak: Obama is not as nice as he looks:

Odds are we will see more of this meaner side of the Obama persona in the months ahead because, as columnist and former GOP presidential aide Pete Wehner notes, "now that he finds himself intellectually outmatched by Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, and in a precarious situation when it comes to his re-election, Obama is dropping his past civility sermons down the memory hole. Decency and respect for others has suddenly become passe. Talking about our disagreements without being disagreeable has been overtaken by events. Not impugning the character of the opposition is fine as long as it's convenient, but it's to be ignored whenever necessary." In other words, we're now seeing the real Obama in what promises to be an ugly campaign.

We can see Obama along with the Obama media turning this into one nasty Presidential campaign. We remember how Obama treated Dr. Coburn and Senate McCain after he was elected when they extended their friendship to him with his words "I Won" which spoke volumes about the low class of this man who had been sworn in as President. Dr. Coburn went out of his way to help Obama learn the ropes of the Senate after he was elected, but obviously that didn't make any difference to Obama.

We didn't understand the 'nice guy' tag to Obama to begin with because what 'nice guy' could sit in Rev Wright's anti-white church for years and be a 'nice guy?' Rev Wright's sermons were used to inflame blacks against whites in sermon after sermon that Obama said he didn't hear but he went to Church all the time. That should have been a clue in the general election campaign that Obama and the truth are not friends. How many people did Obama end throwing under the bus during the election? Every time you turned around he was disavowing someone else. The man has 'zero' core values except he knows he wants to be king or a dictator not a President who answers to the American people.

Now his latest target is Cong Paul Ryan who took a machete to the Obama budget while Obama in his do-over speech on the budget Wednesday night brought first grader scissors to the budget but he brought a mean streak he used to attack Ryan in his bitter speech that most of the media is having trouble spinning.  With the true mean-spirited Obama coming out this week, is the Obama media going to continue to spin or are they finally going to tell the truth that deep down Obama is not a nice guy?  The Obama media has seen it up close and personal but only a few like Jake Tapper and Chip Reid have been willing to report up until now. They media has not done a good job spinning the Paul Ryan attacks so what are they going to do when he keeps attacking Republican candidates running for President with lies and untruths during the campaign? We don't think Obama when backed in a corner knows any other way except to attack. In his mind, he cannot to be shown up by anyone including his wife from all accounts.,

The review of Obama speech he delivered on the April 13th, is blistering in an editorial from The Wall Street Journal, The Presidential Divider Obama's toxic speech and even worse plan for deficits and debt starting out with the first paragraph:

Did someone move the 2012 election to June 1? We ask because President Obama's extraordinary response to Paul Ryan's budget yesterday—with its blistering partisanship and multiple distortions—was the kind Presidents usually outsource to some junior lieutenant. Mr. Obama's fundamentally political document would have been unusual even for a Vice President in the fervor of a campaign.

This morning when you read Mark Tapscott's column you are left with the thought that this President doesn't act Presidential but is now acting like a spoiled brat who wants to be a king or dictator where no one dares to question what he says or what he submits to Congress:

Mean streak: Obama is not as nice as he looksBy: Mark Tapscott, Examiner Editorial
04/16/11 8:05 PM

Liberal Democrats were often befuddled by President Reagan's "Teflon presidency."

By their lights, Reagan could commit the most heinous acts, but their criticisms were usually shrugged off by the American people, who judged him a "nice guy" who deserved the benefit of the doubt. President Obama has enjoyed something similar during his first 2 1/2 years in office. Even as public opposition mounted to his policies -- Obamacare, the failed economic stimulus program, cap and trade, skyrocketing government deficits -- Obama retained a reserve of public good will reflected in consistently strong personal favorability ratings. People who didn't like his policies generally still saw Obama as a likeable guy, somebody they would enjoy having over for dinner with the family.

But that may be changing. Recall that Obama invited House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to George Washington University to hear his Wednesday address on the federal government's dire fiscal situation. The speech was advertised by the White House as a major address in which the president would join the serious conversation initiated two weeks ago by Ryan in his detailed proposal for cutting spending. What Obama instead delivered, with Ryan sitting in the front row, was, in the Wall Street Journal's unsparing description, a "poison pen" speech dripping with mean-spirited partisanship, gross misrepresentations of fact, and sophistry of the lowest sort concerning Republicans' alleged desire to hurt old people, the poor and mentally challenged children. It was the sort of harangue one would expect from a rabidly devoted partisan hack, with no relation whatever to the thoughtful appeals to reason and common values that historically have characterized presidential leadership in this country.

Obama then spent Thursday evening regaling an audience of Democratic donors with what he thought were off-the-record insider jabs about his recent budget negotiations with House Republicans, including this cheap shot at Ryan: "When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure he's just being America's accountant, that he's being responsible, I mean this is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for. So it's not on the level." The reality is that the Iraq and Afghanistan wars under President Bush were regularly funded by Congress, claiming tax cuts must be "paid for" is a hoary piece of Democratic class-warfare demagoguery, and the prescription drug plan Ryan supported cost half as much as the Democratic alternative then on the table. Such fact-free commentary is to be expected from blind partisans, but not the president of the United States.

(snip)

Read more from Mark Tapscott at the Washington Examiner

The spin from the White House after Obama was caught on an open microphone attacking Paul Ryan for not being sincere is mind boggling as we learn from the Washington Examiner's, Byron York:

White House: When Obama said Paul Ryan is 'not on the level,' he meant Ryan is 'absolutely sincere'

In his caught-by-an-open-microphone remarks to a private fundraiser in Chicago Thursday night, President Obama questioned the sincerity of House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan's effort to reduce the federal deficit. Ryan's approach, Obama told Democratic donors, is "not on the level."

"When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, you know, he's just being America's accountant…," Obama said, "this is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for. So it's not on the level. And we've got to keep on, you know, keep on shining a light on that."

Read more at the Washington Examiner

Would someone like to explain how the new White House press secretary, Jay Carney, could spin those remarks into Ryan is "absolutely sincere" when questioned by a reporter on Air Force One about Obama's remarks. We have heard spin but Jay Carney's spin is one of the biggest whoppers yet. When Obama picked Carney was he looking for someone who wasn't afraid to look foolish while spinning for Obama? If he was, he picked the right person.

House Passes Budget Bill for FY12

H Con Res 34: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021, passed on 15 April 2011

In a 235 to 193 vote the House passed the FY12 budget bill which has to be come kind of record especially since the one for FY11 was only passed out of the House on the 13 April 2011 although it was due 1 October 2010. That means Cong Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his Budget Committee were able to complete the FY11 budget which the Democrats deemed passed while also passing a budget for FY12 which begins on 1 October 2011.

We expect a lot of going both and forth but the fact that there is an actual budget this year speaks volumes about the efficiency of the House Budget Committee headed by Cong Paul Ryan. Now the ball is in the Democrats court in the Senate where we will see if the Senate is serious about cutting spending along with the deficit or are they going to stick to funding their pet projects with no cuts.

In taking a look at the breakout of votes, four people didn't vote, and four Republicans voted with the Democrats: Jones (NC-3rd), McKinley (WV-1), Ron Paul (TX-14), and Rehberg (MT). We would suspect that the three who voted with Ron Paul are Paul supporters. We knew a few had been elected and with this vote looks like we most likely know who they are.

This was a very good week for the American people as the effort to get the Country back on firm financial footing has started.  What some people have to realize is that there will be given and take on the budget with the Senate as there always is -- in fact expect a few knock down, drag out fights but there is plenty of time to get the budget in place by 1 October 2011 if the Senate will do their job.  The key fact is that there was an actual budget passed out of the House today which is much earlier then a budget has been passed by the House in years. 

Obama's Reset Budget Speech

The internet is filled today with articles about Obama's speech where he is supposed to lay out plans to cut more and address entitlements. Is Obama going to throw Harry Reid under the bus by tackling Social Security or Medicare/Medicaid? Is Obama going to bring a pair of first grader scissors to cut his budget?   He already submitted a budget for FY12 which continued the overspending but now he wants to start over.  Maybe sports teams should ask for a redo of the game if they don't like the score.

Pushing the reset button is all for a political show which he thinks will gain him support. Obama doesn't seem to have a clue that the majority of Americans already have him pegged as a follower not a leader. This is just another example of that with him following Paul Ryan's lead after Ryan's budget was so well received. Obama cannot stand being upstaged on the budget especially by a Republican. By sending his political hack to discuss the budget instead of the OMB Director, it is sending signals this is all politics.

Is this how the Obama Administration is going to react from now on as he just opened his reelection campaign? Sending out the political hacks instead of the experts to discuss issues? Americans are going to get even more sick and tired of Obama in campaign mode when so much negative is happening like the price of gas going up 20 cents or more a week which is driving up the price of groceries and other goods. I forgot we are supposed to be patient about the cost of gas according to Obama who doesn't think twice of flying Marine I to hop on Air Force I for a quick trip to a state where he is on the ground for an hour or two and then back to DC.  Yet Obama wants us to be patient when we have to use gas for going to work, the grocery, the doctor, etc.  Totally offended by his rhetoric on oil and gas as he has tried to tank the industry here in the United States in favor of foreign drilling, e.g. Brazil where he sent our tax dollars to do off shore drilling which is pretty much shut down by the Obama Administration in the Gulf. 

To announce his campaign so early is ludicrous and shows he has no intention of governing but instead campaigning for his agenda if he has figured out what that is today -- could change tomorrow.  Obama has zero respect for the American people as he wants us all to do without while he continues to have his lavish White House parties for his friends every week or fly to South America for spring break.  Most of us would have a hard time buying an airline ticket now with the prices skyrocketing due to the price of jet fuel.  Wonder if he is aware that AF 1 and Marine 1 both use fuel -- maybe he thinks they wave a magic wand and their fuel appears instead of it being paid for by tax dollars.

Obama's foray into Libya is a perfect example of lack of leadership -- on the same day we could be bombing the rebels and the Ghadafi forces as noted by former Secretary of State John Bolton. This is beyond bizarre as both groups have been threatened by NATO bombing. Why are we in Libya at all?

Sending the political hacks to do the interviews is a continuation of his 2008 campaign.  Looks to us like he has been in campaign mode this whole.  The latest of why he plays golf to get out of the White House was one of the more sickening stories out of the Obama media.  Why didn't they ask him why he ran for President if he wanted his privacy. 

In fact he still wants his privacy when it comes to his records.  What is he hiding?  What is on the birth certificate?  Why not release the records for Columbia or is he afraid we will see he took money as a foreign student to attend Columbia?  We want honesty and release of all records and as American citizens we have a right to know if he was eligible to run for President or was it a scam?  We can handle it but not sure the Democrats who know the truth can.  What would that do to all the bills he has signed including Obamacare if he was ruled ineligible to be President.  The Constitution is clear, Obama is not clear on anything to do with his records.  Why spend over $2M to put a phony birth certificate on line?

Now we have Obama wanting a do-over budget. Enough to make you want to shout "stop the insanity!"  But then the Obama press corps is in full protect Obama mode to get him reelected.  The Obama media hasn't learned a thing from what the American people are saying or they would ask for transparency with the Obama records and his Administration.  They wanted it from John McCain but not from Obama.  Why?  Do some of them know the truth?  If they did and it comes out he is President because of fraud, then they need to be fired retroactively to when they started doing the cover-up for Obama.

The Obama media couldn't even report that the budget deal reached was for FY 11 which began 1 October 2010 and should have been passed by September 30, 2010, when the Democrats had complete control of Congress and the White House.  They couldn't be bothered with the budget so they allowed this budget with continuing resolutions to go into 2011 still not passed and still no real budget as it was deemed past without hearings or votes on the various parts.  It took Congo Paul Ryan and his Budget Committee to write the budget for FY 11 after they took control of the House in January 2011.  Dereliction of duty is what it is from Obama and the Democrats but the Obama media continues to cover for anyone with a (D) behind their name.   If it was Republicans that had done the same thing, the media would have tarred and feathered them sometime ago.  Media bias is alive and well in favor of Obama. 
Can just imagine how the Obama media are going to oooooh and aaaaaah over the do-over budget of Obama with their 'he is so smart.'  Makes me ill to even type that.  I am taking bets the media will make us all sick with their praise of Obama and his budget reset.

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 04/11/2011
Obama’s do-over budgetBy Jennifer Rubin

President Obama introduced a budget that was widely panned. It didn’t touch entitlements, froze discretionary spending at inflated levels and threw in a $1.5 trillion tax hike. Then Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) rolled out his budget, which was widely praised. It addressed Medicare and Medicaid, froze discretionary spending at pre-Obama levels and proposed pro-growth tax reform. Following Obama’s shellacking by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Obama is now going to try it again. His political adviser David Plouffe announced on the Sunday damage-control tour of four Sunday talk shows that the president would be rolling his long-term vision for addressing our debt problems (how appropriate that it was the political hack and not the OMB director, the Treasury secretary or any other serious economic adviser making the announcement). This is, not to mince words, pathetic.

As Bill Kristol put it on “Fox News Sunday,”Obama’s 2012 budget “had increases in spending, domestic discretionary spending, and no reform of entitlements. Now he’s going to have to reform his proposal this week, as David Plouffe said. That’s a very big moment for a president to do that, three, four months into his third year of the presidency. And he is now — Paul Ryan is leading and Barack Obama is following.”

Sounding more presidential every day, Ryan put out a written statement:

I’m encouraged to see House Republicans’ leadership advance a budget debate the American people deserve. The President, having already put forward an irresponsible budget, has failed to lead on fixing our fiscal problems. But if he does choose to follow with serious proposals that address the drivers of our debt and the anchors holding back our economy, the door is open.

The President and his party’s leaders will hopefully set aside the political rhetoric we’ve come to expect, and get serious about saving our health and retirement security programs. We need a clean break from the politics of the past. Leaders from both sides of the aisle will need to work together to put the budget on the path to balance and the economy on the path to prosperity.

Excerpt: Read More at the Washington Post

Cong Paul Ryan sounds much more Presidential than Obama -- sincerely wish he would consider running and choose a VP with executive experience. His grasp of the economy is second to none along with his ideas how to obtain financial security for this Country. He would certainly have my full support.

IBD Editorial: Ryan's Budget Plan Gets The Job Done

Think it is time that both sides of the aisle pay attention to Congressman Paul Ryan on the budget. He has the answers that are eluding others including the President. In a weak economy you cannot provide everything to all.

Having a hard time believing that we are taking care of foreigner's who are here for health care and for education paid for by the Federal government but we make our veterans who served in a war zone go through hoops to get what has been promised them by the VA.  Same thing for welfare people who have never worked -- they get all kinds of benefits.  What happened to the overhaul of welfare under Clinton?

Editorial: Ryan's Budget Plan Gets The Job Done

Posted 06:39 PM ET

America's Fiscal Future: Paul Ryan's budget plan dramatically slows spending growth, gets entitlements under control and begins the arduous task of easing the nation's crippling debt load. So what's not to like?

As Congress argues over a measly $33 billion in cuts to the 2011 budget to keep the government from shutting down, the plan by House Budget Chairman Ryan for 2012 and beyond not only reverses the Democrats' profligacy but returns the U.S. to a path of fiscal responsibility.

The plan trims $6.2 trillion from President Obama's budget (see chart), driving outlays back below 20% of GDP, their historic average, and well below the 25% in Obama's budget.

As for the squealing of the Democrats over vicious "cuts," spending actually grows from 2011 to 2021 under Ryan's plan by $1.12 trillion — an increase of 31%, or 3.1% a year. So those who say government is being "slashed" are being disingenuous.

In contrast, since Democrats took over Congress in 2006, spending has risen $1.2 trillion, or 44%. That amounts to a yearly gain of 9% that has pushed us to the brink of insolvency.

One thing that Ryan does slash is the deficit — by $4.4 trillion over 10 years. That's $4.4 trillion less for our children and grandchildren to repay. More importantly, debt peaks at a projected 74.5% of GDP in 2013, then recedes to 67.5% by 2021 — vs. 87.4% under Obama's budget.

This is accomplished mainly by reforming entitlement and welfare spending in ways that lower costs while giving people more choices.

Ryan starts by overturning ObamaCare, saving hundreds of billions of dollars in higher taxes. Then, for the first time ever, he proposes serious reforms for Medicare, the greatest danger to America's fiscal health.

Instead of government paying providers directly and deciding what their services are worth, new retirees would receive "premium support" to help them buy insurance on the open market — similar to the much-envied plan that Congress itself has now.

Ryan also reforms the welfare system, giving block grants to states for both Medicaid and food stamps. This gets the federal government out of the business of micromanaging Americans' choices and puts states in charge, as it should be.

None of this, of course, works without a healthy economy. To that end, following President Reagan's notably successful lead, Ryan proposes a bold tax reform — one that reduces the top corporate and individual tax rates from 36% and 39.6%, respectively, to 25%, and gets rid of many of what Ryan calls "deductions and loopholes" that make our tax code hideously complex and costly.

This is a great plan. And it's one that Americans, weary of the Big Government meddling of recent years, are ready to embrace. The only question is: Can Democrats muster the political wisdom and courage to support something from the opposition that would work?

Source:  Investors Business Daily

Paul Ryan: Romneycare 'Not that Dissimilar to Obamacare'

My favorite part of the interview with Paul Ryan (R-WI) are these two paragraphs which many of us have been saying keep Romney from being a serious candidate for President in 2012 no matter how much of his own money he spends:

Asked about the Massachusetts health care plan signed into law by Mitt Romney, Ryan said, “It’s not that dissimilar to Obamacare, and you probably know I’m not a big fan of Obamacare. I just don’t think the mandates work … all the regulation they’ve put on it.”

“I haven't studied in depth the status of it," he continued, "but I think it’s beginning to death spiral. They’re beginning to have to look at rationing decisions. I don’t think this health care system works. That’s why I’m a believer in a consumer-based medicine, in consumer-based patient-centered reforms health care reforms.”

It is even more amazing that Romney thinks the passage of his healthcare bill in Massachusetts was a good thing. Not even close. The man has to have a hard head to think the voters would get behind him after all that has happened with Obamacare.

When Romney came into Oklahoma and held a Town Hall in 2008, he would only allow campaign staffers in Oklahoma or members of his Church to ask questions. That did it for me. Frankly think he is arrogant if he thinks he will get any traction when he couldn't beat McCain in the primary in 2008. Most people I know like him less now as the promises he made to campaign for McCain never came true in 2008. Took him forever to fold his campaign -- he is not a team player and never will be.

Understand completely why Paul Ryan would not want to subject his young family to a campaign for President. He is doing the right thing in putting his family with his young children first. His position as head of the Budget Committee puts him in the perfect position to have a lasting affect on America.

Paul Ryan: Romneycare 'Not that Dissimilar to Obamacare'
Budget chairman and GOP star talks 2012.
11:09 AM, Mar 2, 2011 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

This morning at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the American Spectator, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan talked about what he's looking for in a Republican presidential candidate, reiterated he won't seek the White House, and left the door wide-open to accepting a vice presidential nomination.

Ryan said that in recent weeks he's talked to Governors Haley Barbour, Tim Pawlenty, and Mitch Daniels, but is keeping his mind open about a potential endorsement. “I don't really have a strong preference right now," Ryan said of the prospective 2012 field. "I want to wait and see what these people are made of and what they're going to talk about.”

“To me, what matters most is someone who really has conviction in their heart and mind on these core principles," he continued. "We can't just give it to the next person in line or [have] a personality contest. We will lose a personality contest. We will win an ideas contest.”

(snip)

Asked if he would rule out running for the presidency himself as emphatically as Chris Christie did by threatening to commit suicide, Ryan replied, with a laugh, "I guess I wouldn't talk in suicidal terms."

"I feel I can do more for the country and the cause where I am right now," he continued. "This is my focus. Like I tell people at home, my head’s not that big and our kids are just too small." Ryan went on to emphasize that he couldn't handle missing his kids on the presidential campaign trail for two years. "You would have to spend a year and a half running around the country in nice states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, but they’re not Janesville, Wisconsin," he said. "Our kids are six, seven, and nine. I want to be in their lives. I’m away from them four days a week on average. I don’t want to be away from them seven days a week for two years."

Ryan seemed pretty serious that he wouldn't run, but I couldn't help but notice that he used the present tense and the phrase "right now" in his response, just as Chris Christie curiously did the other week when he said isn't ready to run. Hmm.

Asked about running as the GOP's vice presidential nominee, Ryan replied: "I'll think about that when [it's] the time to think about that. I want to get this budget right. I want to get 2011 right, which is: we owe this country the choice of alternatives."

Paul Ryan Reacts to the 'Fugitive 14' Fleebaggers

Cong Ryan hit on the topic that has been bothering a lot of us from Day One of the Senators fleeing Wisconsin for Illinois. Republicans were out manned by Democrats in 2006 when they control of the House but nothing compared to 2008 when they were few in number after the disastrous 2008 election.

Did they run away when bills were passed without their being able to read them or committee hearings held without them or bills drawn up in backroom deals that they had no input. Pelosi ran the House like a dictator something that is not happening in WI since Republicans took over. Republicans continued to fight and stand for us against all odds. Occasionally some Democrats would join Republicans but even then they didn't have enough votes to stop the Pelosi Progressives. As we kept hearing 'elections have consequences' and from Obama's own mouth -- "I Won!"

Now Wisconsin Democrats are waking up to the fact that 'elections have consquences' in Wisconsin, and they don't like the fact. Yet unlike when Democrats were in charge, the Republicans have allowed the Democrats to have plenty of debate time and offer amendments. Democrats got in a snit because their amendments failed. Excuse me but that is how it works if you are in the minority.

Maybe if Democrats hadn't been in charge all of these years in Wisconsin and made sweetheart deals with public service unions, the budget of Wisconsin would be in better shape.

The funniest part of all of this is the Illinois Senator who wants to tax the runaway Democrats since they are working in IL:

“If you make a movie in Illinois, we’re going to tax you. If you’re the New England Patriots and you play at Soldier Field, we’re going to tax you,” Tryon said. “We’re going to tax these legislators just like we tax the Packers.”

Since Wisconsin and Indiana legislators have chosen to work in Illinois instead of their home states, we agree -- TAX THEM!

The best part of the video comes in the very beginning, when Rep. Paul Ryan tells the WMC Business Day audience on Wednesday that he finds the flight of the Fleebaggers “curious.” The last two years of Democratic control in Washington weren’t a lot of fun for Republicans, Ryan says, but none of them ran away from their jobs. “Elections have consequences — they won, we lost,” Ryan says. “That’s the way it works. So I just don’t understand this lack of respect for the rule of law.”

The Fleebaggers continue to insist that all they want is negotiation and debate, but according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the debate in the Assembly was the longest that anyone can remember:

As debate on the budget-repair bill begins its 48th hour, longtime Capitol figures said it was the longest in their decades of memory.

The Assembly first came in shortly before noon on Tuesday to debate Gov. Scott Walker’s bill to repeal most union rights for public workers. Dick Wheeler, the dean of the Capitol press corps who has covered the Legislature since 1972, said he had not seen such a long-running debate.

“There has never been anything since I’ve been here that’s been a continuous 48-hour debate,” Wheeler said.

Longtime legislators of both parties agreed.

After 61 hours, some Democrats in the Assembly still complained that Republicans illegitimately “cut off” debate … after 84 amendments had been held for votes, most of them defeated. It isn’t about debate, it’s about the inability to accept the fact that elections have consequences, chief among them that the minority doesn’t control the agenda. Steve Eggleston reminds people that the last budget-repair bill in Wisconsin came when Democrats controlled the legislature and a Democrat was governor — and the debate lasted 24 hours combined in both chambers with no public hearings at all.

The Fleebaggers say they’re protecting democracy, but it would appear from those measures that democracy improved when Republicans took charge. That’s one consequence Wisconsin voters should appreciate.

Update: The fortnight-long campout at the capital is now over,

Excerpt:  Read More at Hot Air

Cong Eric Cantor's Leadership Schedule for January 5th, 2011

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5TH


On Wednesday, the House will convene for the start of the 112th Congress at 12:00 p.m. There will be a recorded quorum call at 12:00 p.m. following the Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Last votes expected: 4:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Election of the Speaker of the House

Swearing-in of Members and Delegates

H.Res. 5 - A resolution providing for the House Rules of the 112th Congress (Privileged Resolution)

Congressmen Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, and new Budget Chairman Paul Ryan formed Young Guns for the NRCC.  They recruited a lot of the new candidates from across the Country and spent countless hours campaigning for these candidates who will now be sworn in tomorrow as members of the Freshman class of the 112th Congress.  Kevin McCarthy is just one of many rising stars in the House for Republicans -- very impressed with his demeanor and speaking ability.  His tireless campaigning for new candidates has won him wide support from the Republican Caucus.

These three men -- Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy are well suited to hold the top three positions in the Congress for Republicans.

We wish them well as they begin the tough task of governing to begin to right the ship.  They will need our support and our prayers in the days ahead as they fight the far left liberal agenda from Obama and the Pelosi democrats.  We believe these three and others of the Republican Leadership Team are up the task. 
At noon tomorrow would suggest you turn into CSPAN so you can see Speaker-Elect Boehner elected by the House and the swearing-in of Members and Delegates which will officially commence the new 112th Congress under the new leadership of Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Whip Kevin McCarthy from CA.

The Grinches who Stole Christmas!

We have chosen to enjoy the Christmas Holiday season and not even try to make sense of what Harry Ried and Nancy Pelosi are doing in DC as they have chosen to play the Grinch with Christmas forcing the Congress to stay in session to pass their pet bills before Republicans take over the first week of January.

The Senate finally passed continuing the Bush Tax Cuts for everyone until December 31st, 2012, but then added in more pork which was to be expected from the Grinches.  As Cong Paul Ryan said yesterday there is no choice but to vote for them.  If I trust one person when it comes to the economy, it is Paul Ryan. This video from four days ago provides his stance on the tax cuts and what will happen if they are not passed.




Would vote for Paul Ryan for President in a minute. He has a better grasp of the economy than anyone that speaks IMHO. He also understands what it takes to get the job done unlike some of the 'sky is falling crowd.'

The Tax Cuts will expire the end of 2012 so in two years this will be brought back up but if the planets stay aligned, Congress should be able to make them permanent after the 2012 election even if they have to be made retroactive when the new President and Congress takes office.

As for the rest of the garbage that Reid and Pelosi are trying to get passed, we can get upset about it and let it ruin this Christmas holiday season or we can file it away for the 2012 election which is exactly what we are doing. Not going to allow the Democrats to put a damper on our Christmas holidays and trip to the Fiesta Bowl for the Oklahoma Sooners game at Connecticut.

Just returned from celebrating Christmas with my two granddaughters in Colorado -- had a great time and didn't even touch a computer. Family is so important all year but at Christmas it gives a chance to give back to those who mean so much to all of us. Hearing my youngest granddaughter (20 months) going around saying 'Grandma, Grandma' and her older sister saying 'I love you Grandma' over and over again puts everything into perspective. No matter what happens in one's life, family is so important.

Now looking forward to my youngest daughter and her boyfriend coming to Norman for the Christmas weekend to join her brother, his wife, and my precious grandson to celebrate Christmas. My brother will be here next week for Christmas and then off to the Fiesta Bowl where the Oklahoma Sooners are hosting Connecticut. Great way to start the New Year with our closest Sooner friends from around the Country.

We will be giving periodic updates if it is important but if we gave updates on all the stupid things the Democrats are doing right now, we would be in a horrible mood about something we cannot change. The Democrat leadership is the absolute worst ever in the Congress and bet we could get a lot of Democrats in both Houses to agree. They cannot believe they are slated to spend another Christmas Eve in DC instead of with their families and friends. Shows how little the Democrats in charge value their families and could care less about anyone else's that is in the Senate or the House.

Rallying cry needs to be Remember Christmas 2010 when the Democrat Leadership Grinches stole Christmas from members of Congress to pass their own agenda!

Members of the House and Senate needs to tell the Reid/Pelosi group to stuff it and leave town except for one person to ask for a quorum. I nominate a Blue Dog Democrat who was defeated because of Reid/Pelosi/Obama to do the honor!

My recommendation is to turn off your radio or turn to stations that carry music unless it is sports talk. The 'sky is falling' crowd is out in full force on political talk radio. No amount of blustering is going to change one thing about the Grinch who runs the Senate or

The Grinch that runs the House --

Have a terrific day and remember the fight begins in January when Republicans take over the House and pick up members in the Senate. The cost cutting will come on the budget that starts October 1st, 2011, which is something a lot of commentators are forgetting along with website posters. The new Congress will take up the next budget. This Democrat dominated Congress couldn't see fit to pass the FY11 budget starting October 1st, 2010, until the lame duck so they could add pork knowing they are going on a diet beginning in January when Paul Ryan and his Committee write the FY 12Budget.


Have faith in America and the people we elected in November to begin to right this ship in January.

Merry Christmas!

The Journal Editorial Review: Deficit Commission -- Paul Ryan: What Conservatives are Missing!

The first part of the The Journal Editorial Review with Paul Gigot video from The Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2010, covers the Deficit Commission where Paul Ryan sits as a member. Cong Paul Ryan (R-WI) gives the real facts on Tax Reform by the Deficit Commission. It turns out it is not about raising taxes that we are hearing from some conservative sites and pundits unless you are talking about no mortgage deduction on a 2nd home or a mortgage over $500,000 for starters.  Seems they completely missed the recommendation to lower tax rates on business and individuals with the top rate of individuals going to 28%.

Ryan as a member of the Commission and doesn't like everything and doesn't expect lower tax rates to get approval from Obama because he is a class warfare person who believes in redistributing the wealth of Americans. Ryan said Republicans need to be a pro-growth, low tax party and what the Republicans plans are for the 112th Congress beginning on January 3, 2011. Obama didn't want Medicare or Medicaid looked at by this Commission so they ignored these programs. IMO best guess is because he didn't want Obamacare looked at with a fine toothed comb especially with Paul Ryan sitting on the Commission.

Congressman Paul Ryan takes over the Chairman of the Budget Committee in January and gives his plans on the second part of this video. Gigot reveals that Dave Camp (R-MI) will be taking over as Chairman of Ways and Means which writes the Tax Laws and is made of the same cloth as Paul Ryan. Things should get very interesting House starting on January 3rd.

The video also gives an update on TSA Reviews. Long but well worth watching. Paul Gigot does a very good job of interviewing.




It is time that we start questioning some of the Conservative websites along with the liberal ones and ask what is in it for them when they come out with less than truthful information. One thing is to get contributions to continue their fight from both sides. Be very wary of any site charging to send a fax as this is a great way to raise money for the people who run the site.  It pains me to see the same tactics being used by some members of the right that the left has used.

Anyone can log onto the sites of the Houseor Senate to find the websites of their member of Congress or Senators, click on their link, and leave their comment or call their office if you don't like something. Personal contact with the member from their constituent is much better than a petition signed by many people not in their district or state. Don't forget if you are going to criticize a member be prepared to thank them when they do the right thing. Even if you don't like something they have done, being rude is not going to get you very far. Be reasoned with your complaint because the person answering the phone is not the Member of Congress.

Don't know about anyone else but this 'sky is falling' mentality from some conservative websites is getting really annoying. So many emails I am getting have no basis in fact. On Friday received numerous emails saying a bill was about to be passed in the Senate and send faxes at their website, but the bill has never left Committee.

Then we have the threats now from National Tea Party people along with some Conservatives to do as they say or else. That's beyond annoying and starting a blow back from a lot of individual Tea Party people along with Republican grassroots. What we saw out of the Tea Party Patriots sending out private cell phone numbers and email accounts of incoming Freshman was so wrong and so arrogant. These people talk about elitist, then they should look in the mirror.

The holidays are coming up and time for some people to chill out and not expect to see the bogeyman around every corner. Enjoy the holidays, spend time with your family, and remember on January 3rd, 2011, a new day dawns as the 112th Congress is sworn into office.