Posted on 01/27/2013 4:52:53 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press this afternoon, former GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) praised Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and lamented that she did not win the presidency in 2008, as he believes that would lead to a better chance for deficit reduction today than under President Obama.
Host David Gregory showed Rep. Ryan video of Sec. Clinton speaking with him at the inaugural luncheon, which Ryan characterized as “chumming it up” over a variety of personal topics.
The congressman then praised Clinton: “Look, if we had a [Hillary] Clinton presidency, if we had Erskine Bowles as Chief of Staff of the White House or President of the United States, I think we would have fixed this fiscal mess by now. That’s not the kind of presidency we’re dealing with right now.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
Hey Paul,just because Hillary can ride a broom doesn’t mean that she could fix the budget.
Why do they go on these shows? Hillary will use this in her 2016 commercials unless she is drooling from another “brain event”.
Looks like Ryan lost more credibility, but he wasn’t really conservative enough, anyway.
I suspect that Ryan is just trying to cause trouble. a lot of the hillaryites are still pissed off at Barky Obama over the primary fight in 2008.
I believe there are still PUMAs out there . . .
The Republican party should just close up shop and merge with the Communist Dimocrap party.
This is was Sarah’s one fault: the insipid praising of shrillery - who has all the same goals as ubama - except for maybe the destruction of Israel.
No way Paul. Big mistake on your part.
Ryan-another useless ‘Republican’.
His soul is gone. He should go.
I agree with him.. But I think anyone would have done better than Obama and that is what he was saying.
He’s just trying to get at Bambi. That said, Hillary is horrible, but she probably would have been more rational than Obama.
But this is just a dig at Obama, who is an incompetent ideologue and on top of that has treated Hillary as lower than dirt. So I think Ryan may also be making the Dems ask themselves some questions they’d rather not face. (Such as, how did this Marxist Muslim fraud take over our party?)
So Paul was a better fit for Mitt Romney than we thought at the time?
There is truly no where left to turn...
He saw how his and Mitt's victory was stolen by the Democratic machine...he knows.
He may compliment Hillary, but he is preparing for the future.
Don't sell him short, he is doing his best...and whether or not it is good enough, it will still be good.
We have to start somewhere...and we need good leaders. Let's honor those who will try to lead the conservative side.
Ryan is quickly sliding down the slope of GOP obscurity. I don’t care for those who schmooze with our current Marxist, or the one looking to replace him/
I suspect that Ryan is just trying to cause trouble. a lot of the hillaryites are still pissed off at Barky Obama over the primary fight in 2008.
I agree with both of those points.
I also suspect the GOP would love to run against Hillary in 2016.
Paul Ryan is waaaay to green to be President. He needs about 10 more years experience dealing with the Dems.
Ryan's unfortunate comment prepares Hillary for a future presidential run.
Pretty boy Paulie looks like he’s jumping the shark.
Whatever he knows, we must hope it is infinitely more than we know.
If not...we are royally f*cked.
I am preparing for WWIII or CWII (you choose)...either way, I would be happy if someone on our side takes a stand.
Go Ryan, go Rubio, go Cruz, go Palin...anyone...just frikken go.
Obama is scaring a lot of Dems. They know the score. The entire reason behind the draconian “gun-control” bill is to distract us from Benghazi. It’s all they’ve got and the leaders pushing it are all sitting comfortably in strong D states and districts. It’s a trap.
Our focus should be on F&F, Benghazi (there isn’t any US mission or ebmassy there), and a host of other corrupt wasteful Obama deals. He’s dirty.
Well said!
bad reporting
Ryan did not say Hillary
And you could argue he meant Bill because he mentioned Bill’s Chief Of Staff
dumb is not realizing the Clintons were pragmatists, not neophyte rigid ideologues like Obama
Ryan is a drip who couldn’t carry his own state. Good mind, no backbone.
Open mouth insert foot.
That does lt. Ryan is nothing but a rino
“Pretty boy Paulie looks like he’s jumping the shark.”
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Ryan jumped the shark the day he endorsed Romney.
The Hildabeast would have no more control over that than Obama.
Remember, when it comes to Democrats, the special interests control everything!
There is a reason Ryan was comfortable running with RINOmney...
He needs to register in the democrap or communist party, they suit him far better than the Republican parth.
THIS IS A F**KING "CHOICES" FOR 2016? RINOs and wannabe RATs across the board? You have got to be kidding!
PLEASE...can we get an FR list of REAL conservatives we can get behind and build a movement for NOW? And please do NOT include Sarah Palin (too obvious) or Newt Gingrich (fake conservative).
Of course, that is little more than the proverbial example of one's being damned with faint praise...
Wow, Paul’s FBI file must have been among the 400, even though he was in junior high at the time! (Pulled Suzy’s pigtails in kindergarten?)
RYAN DID WHAT ? NO HE DIDN’T
Republicans should remember when they get on these shows they’re always “on camera”. Ryan was refering to the 1st liar Bill Clinton specifically metioning Erskin Boles, not to the 2nd liar Hillary Clinton. ABC is doing the number on Obama and busily promoting Hillary for her run which the lead paragraph is doing plus putting Ryan on the defensive from attacks re FR comments posted here .
A valid observation, I’m so damn sick of everyone pouncing on every dang one of OUR guys.
If I were a flaming lib, I’m be laughing my tail off, our side can’t come together on anything.
I once had great hopes for Ryan, now I learn he is a friggin dingbat.
I should have known better.
Exactly. Before people start throwing him under the bus they should stop and think he has his reasons. Obama has made a career out of pitting people against each other. Ryan knows that the Clinton’s hang over everything he does. Ryan is just fomenting some good rivalry on their side for once.
Scary is that on another thread we had someone defending Paul Ryan at all costs...and questioning whether he supported Illegal Alien Amnesty (Ryan does, he even said as much to Marco Rubio).
Folkks, Paul Ryan is not a Conservative. Wake up, people.
“The Republican party should just close up shop and merge with the Communist Dimocrap party.”
They Should...there’s really no difference anymore. Lets have a CONSERVATIVE Party, and the Democrats!
Agree...it was a brilliant rope-a-dope trap.
Sorry..but on freeper only the second coming of Christ would be a conservative enough candidate...on second thought, hmmm, maybe not even Jesus or Moses.
and Ryan is right...Hillary would have gone Bill’s way, try to go center a little politically and thus less insane spending.
Jindal is absolutely correct, the R party is scary stupid.
Agree with your read.
Its no wonder nobama was able to beat us at every turn, our side can rapidly assemble the circular firing squad with astounding tunnel vision and little regard for the big picture.
I ‘ve already started against hiIllary! as the next president,
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