Posted on 06/12/2015 6:29:20 AM PDT by Mariner
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The civility chorus may at last be getting what it wants, a shutdown of debate in the name of piety and good manners. Honest debate frightens the chorus, whose sopranos and tenors forget that debate, sometimes gentle and sometimes loud and robust, is what Congress is meant to be about.
Rep. Paul Ryan, once the tough numbers cruncher for the Republicans, has been the eager point man for President Obama in the campaign to give him authority to make unilateral trade deals that include far more than mere trade. Mr. Ryan is having trouble dealing with partisan stress on the eve of the Friday vote. He has lately become a sidekick for Nancy Pelosi,
He lost his cool in an exchange on the floor of the House with a Republican colleague who was pressing him to say out loud, in plain English, what’s actually included in the Pacific Rim trade deal that President Obama regards as crucial to his “legacy.” Mr. Ryan told him, with the heat that Republicans usually regard as a violation of the civility code, that the contents of the legislation are “classified,” that everybody can find out what’s in the legislation once it is adopted and the president signs it. The public should shut up and mind their betters.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Wes Pruden nailed it...
TiSA: A Secret Trade Agreement That Will Usurp America’s Authority to Make Immigration Policy.
Money quote:
“The leaked TiSA text makes it clear that contrary to the claims by proponents of fast-track trade promotion authority, the reality is that those voting for fast track are ceding key powers to make immigration law and policy to an unelected group of corporations and foreign governments.”
I’ll believe a conservative with a PHD in economics (Congressman Dave Brat )
Brat is against it.
https://www.numbersusa.com/pages/house-tpa-social-media-page
I fail to see how Wes’ opposition to something that Obama wants very badly and something about which GOPe leadership is so hell-bent on giving him the power is not conservative.
Frankly, what Ryan is doing is carrying water for Obama and he isn’t doing a very good job of it.
This alone tells me this is another monstrosity a la obamacare. It should go down in flames. It's grounds for impeachment and for tossing out anyone in Congress who votes for it. And finally, what the hell happened to Paul Ryan?
Any deal that gives Obama even more power to exercise can’t be good. It’s that simple.
How I do wish that the Wash Times would clean up that mess of a website.
“Frankly, what Ryan is doing is carrying water for Obama and he isn’t doing a very good job of it.”
Thankfully. Asking the people to trust an increasingly tyrannical government to ink secret deals so critical to America’s sovereignty is the height of foolishness.
Fool...or traitor?
It wouldn’t surprise me if the regime has pictures that would destroy Ryan’s political career. They might be holding pictures of him with his gay lover or something even more sinister/criminal. They are all worthless.
I think Paul Ryan a few of the GOPe leaders would be more comfortable in the Democrat party.
Paul Ryan hasn’t changed his views.Its just more apparent what they are since he is more in the public view since 2012.
I don’t think anything “happened” to Paul Ryan. I think lots of people opened their eyes.
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