Who cares if Ryan voted against Simpson - Bowles.... he’s not the president. What would his vote do ?
Well you have to be liberal to understand the reasoning.
The reasoning is that, while the president didn’t do anything about Simpson-Bowles, that Ryan as a member of that commission voted against the recommendations, meaning that Ryan wouldn’t have done anything with the recommendations either, if Ryan had been president.
I think it’s absurd reasoning, but that’s how liberals view this issue.
Ryan’s vote, and the votes of others on the commission, were meaningless anyway, in terms of legislation. It was all up to the president to review their findings, and then work with Congress to pass appropriate legislation. Obama did nothing. The liberals simply want to deflect blame.
The liberals also don’t want to admit that Obama has piled up trillions in new debt. It’s not his fault according to liberals.
Ryan came out with the equivalent of a minority opinion. When members vote, there are always two or more different opinions. Undeniably Obama had his own opinion. Obviously he did like what the majority recommended. He just filed it away and did nothing.