Paul Ryan on the Ex-Im Bank, bailouts: Tactics trump purity

TheBlaze Books ^ | 2014-08-25 | Benjamin Weingarten

[fredericbastiat1]

During the interview, Ryan addressed several issues on which conservatives have been critical of the Republican Party, from perpetuating crony capitalism to immigration.

Perhaps most interesting was the congressman’s defense of votes he and fellow Republicans took in favor of TARP and the 2009 auto bailout, and his belief in the efficacy of a short-term reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.

When asked how his votes for TARP and the auto bailout comport with the populist, free market philosophy Rep. Ryan espouses in his new book, noting that he "did not enjoy" such votes, Ryan justified them on grounds of "defensive voting."

[GeronL]

RINO please

[Opinionated Blowhard]

"The takeaway lesson from that is, the leadership matters because they frame the choices that you make in Congress…between…lesser evils. That is something that I think is a very important lesson that I learned…that we all need to learn…and we – myself included – as Republicans have got to make amends with the fact that we have not been perfect on minding our principles and policies like crony capitalism."

That makes no sense. If the Republicans need to "make amends" for supporting crony capitalism in the past, then why vote for it? Here is the reality that Ryan doesn't want to say -- Hank Paulson came to Capitol Hill and scared the s__t out of Republicans, saying that if they did not support the bailout that the entire World economy would collapse, so Ryan and the rest just raised their had to vote yes on whatever Paulson put in front of them, which turned out to be a bill filled with benes for his Wall Street buddies.

[humblegunner]

How come you only post stuff you wrote yourself?

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[BlueStateRightist]

Does anyone really care what Paul Ryan has to say anymore?

[SharpRightTurn]

“When asked how his votes for TARP and the auto bailout comport with the populist, free market philosophy ... Ryan justified them on grounds of ‘defensive voting.’”

Yeah, he talks out of both sides of his mouth like the rest of the Big Government Republican cabal.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Paul Ryan is dead to me. FUPR.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

“Does anyone really care what Paul Ryan has to say anymore?”

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I sure as hell don’t care what he has to say. His mouth and his anus are interchangeable parts. He is in the pocket of the U.S. chamber of commerce amnesty pushers.

[patriot08]

Shut up and go away, RINO.