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GOP lawmaker flips on AIG bonus tax
Politico ^ | 26 March 2009 | PATRICK O'CONNOR

Posted on 03/27/2009 6:27:39 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate

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Hey Ryan! You are suppossed to KNOW these things! That is what we PAY you for.
1 posted on 03/27/2009 6:27:39 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate
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What does this guy do for a living when he's not wasting our money in Congress?

If he's a lawyer (and he probably is), he got this one in Constitutional Law I his first year in law school.

2 posted on 03/27/2009 6:29:46 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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How the hell did you not know? How did every bone in your body NOT scream “UNCONSTITUTIONAL!” when this madness was proposed????


3 posted on 03/27/2009 6:30:20 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: An.American.Expatriate

My opinion of this guy sure slipped big time over this comment.

Such utter cluelessness in a Congressperson is something I expect from the leftist loons.

No wonder the GOP is adrift if this is one of the better people we have.


4 posted on 03/27/2009 6:30:47 AM PDT by chrisser (The Two Americas: Those that want to be coddled, Those that want to be left the hell alone.)
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OK, he was a "marketing consultant" before he entered Congress.

I'm a little less irritated at him. But he ought to have checked on this before he voted.

5 posted on 03/27/2009 6:31:08 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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Every congressman takes an oath of office to preserve and defend the constitution. Voting for an obviously unconstitutional tax is a violation of that oath. Mr. Ryan cannot take his vote back now. He voted with his emotions and he violated his oath. He should be removed from office.


6 posted on 03/27/2009 6:31:14 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

What an embarrassment. This guy should resign in disgrace.


7 posted on 03/27/2009 6:31:24 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (We are at an awkward stage: too late to fix things from within and too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Con Law is second-year, I believe.


8 posted on 03/27/2009 6:31:30 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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If you don't know ... ask.

And don't vote until you know.

9 posted on 03/27/2009 6:31:31 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse, Ryan.
10 posted on 03/27/2009 6:32:13 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Only after disaster can we be resurrected." -- Tyler Durden)
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Wasn’t Ryan paying attention during the debate?

I can’t blame someone for “not knowing”, but the tenor of the discussion was pretty much unprecedented and would make any alert individual reach for the constitution as congress never did anything like this before.


11 posted on 03/27/2009 6:32:23 AM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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If this was not so serious it would be hilarious.


12 posted on 03/27/2009 6:32:23 AM PDT by maggief
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Where do we get these idiots?

It took me (and my fellow Freepers, I'm sure) all of a nanosecond to know that it was blatantly unconstitutional!

Fail stuff here

13 posted on 03/27/2009 6:32:55 AM PDT by Seeking the truth (Ocents.com - Obama "Zero" faux postage stamps, tees, mousepads, bumper stickers)
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Here here, Marlowe!!

The lunatics are surely running the asylum; and, we are all the poorer for it.


14 posted on 03/27/2009 6:33:41 AM PDT by delphirogatio (I am the indication, not the confirmation; I'm the inclination, the determination)
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Not at Emory. At least not in 1977. It’s still a 2nd semester first year course, but it was taught 1st semester then.


15 posted on 03/27/2009 6:34:09 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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I like Paul, but this is part of the job description of his staff. It makes the GOP look stupid. Maybe the first question of all this legislation should be whether it violates the Constitution or not.
Congressmen should all be informed before they vote. All of them, no matter what party. This Congress is a joke, and not a funny one.


16 posted on 03/27/2009 6:34:21 AM PDT by madinmadtown (It is good to be right.)
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Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the top Republican on the budget committee, said Thursday he would have voted against the 90 percent tax increase if he had known that legal scholars would deem it unconstitutional.

Ryan, you're an idiot. Of COURSE it is unconstitutional.

17 posted on 03/27/2009 6:34:46 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: 1rudeboy

First year at my law school.

IIRC this was required

Property
Torts
Contracts
Con Law
Legal Writing
Drinking Heavily


18 posted on 03/27/2009 6:34:50 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: I_Like_Spam

You can’t blame an elected representative for not knowing as much about the Constitution as your average 5th grader? I sure can.


19 posted on 03/27/2009 6:34:59 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (We are at an awkward stage: too late to fix things from within and too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Sheesh! Another dumbazz or liar or both.

Earth to Ryan....WAKE UP AND DO YOUR JOB.


20 posted on 03/27/2009 6:35:05 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Welcome to 0bama's America... Be afraid, be very afraid)
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