Man, did this guy go over to the dark side.
Keep counting your money Paul. Hope its worth it. Your sh***ing on the middle class just fine.
Was he never not on the dark side? His budget reforms targeted Medicare (beneficiaries of which are typically Republicans who have paid into the program all of their working lives) instead of Medicaid, food stamps and housing subsidies for cradle-to-grave welfare recipients (typical beneficiaries of which are Democrats who haven't paid a dime of Federal income tax). Ryan is a politician whose specialty is sticking it to Republican voters. The day he is defeated, whether in a GOP primary or during the general election, will be a happy day for GOP voters.
He was ALWAYS on the Dark Side. Which is exactly why Mitt RomneyCare picked him as VP. The fix was in from the beginning of 2012 Republican nomination season which began in 2011. It was back then that Ryan was plastering his tones all over talk radio to “sound” like the Conservative underbelly of a weak GOP Nominee. In fact, Ryan has been about as big of a Progressive Republican as you could have. He’s voted in favor of: TARP, Bailout of AIG; Bailout of GM; Bailouts of FANNIE & FREDDIE; Capping CEO Pay; and Boehner’s horrific Plan B. So it should be no surprise that he who casts such a voting record would be a foot race to grant Amnesty to all sorts of new government dependents to which he can preach all of his policy wonkiness, to show us all how smart he thinks he is. When you look at all of these votes from Paul Ryan, I submit there was never any “going over” to a dark side wherein he was already living anyway, albeit as stealthily as he could. Until now.