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Who's the conservative heretic, Mr. Speaker?
World Net Daily ^ | 5/25/16 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 05/26/2016 8:10:26 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck

In his coquettish refusal to accept the Donald, Paul Ryan says he cannot betray the conservative “principles” of the party of Abraham Lincoln, high among which is a devotion to free trade.

But when did free trade become dogma in the party of Lincoln?

As early as 1832, young Abe declared, “My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance. I am in favor of a national bank … and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles.”

Campaigning in 1844, Lincoln declared, “Give us a protective tariff, and we will have the greatest nation on earth.”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/whos-the-conservative-heretic-mr-speaker/#8B7eVe4jRDqPfIDJ.99

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: buchanan; tariff; trade; trump
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The GOP establishment has been more than willing to make excuses for any and all ideological "heresies" on the part of its nominees (Mitt Romney's support for Obamacare Lite, George W. Bush's "compassionate conservative" expansion of the welfare state and crony capitalism, support for amnesty and open borders by McCain and the Bushes, etc), but the one ideological deviation that they won't tolerate is support for protective tariffs, in spite of the fact that the Republican Party has historically been the party of tariffs.

The take-home message is that the only core principles the GOP establishment holds to is outsourcing and cheap labor. Everything else is negotiable, at least when one of their own gets the nomination.

1 posted on 05/26/2016 8:10:26 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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CANTORIZE THIS WEASEL. WISCONSIN!

Lyin’ Ryan will continue to work against the citizens and for the Cheap Labor Express until he is removed from office.


2 posted on 05/26/2016 8:13:30 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ek_hornbeck

Ryan has built a career on betraying the conservative “principles” of the party of Abraham Lincoln.

What’s nest?

Will politicians claim the Founders were devoted to sexual freedom for cross-dressers and pedophiles as justification for their support of sexual perverts?


3 posted on 05/26/2016 8:13:40 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals Were Rebublicans 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: ek_hornbeck

This marks the first time I’ve seen a Speaker of the House described as ‘coquetish’. Paul RINO does seem to be playing hard to get, and at his own peril. Watch it, boy, the Trumpers plan to Cantor you, big time. If you don’t
‘get your mind right’, you may be getting schlonged.


4 posted on 05/26/2016 8:15:24 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ek_hornbeck

RINO RYAN is nothing but Barky’s butt kisser, that’s why he was put in there to replace the ‘drunken one’...

We don’t need Ryan for anything, and I hope Trump replaces him as speaker at the Convention, he’s another Hillary on the opposite side...


5 posted on 05/26/2016 8:15:52 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Lyin’ Ryan will continue to work against the citizens and for the Cheap Labor Express until he is removed from office.

Ryan and the rest of the GOP establishment are intellectually and morally bankrupt. Voters have finally woken up to the fact that they stand for nothing except feeding their donors' appetite for cheap labor with outsourcing and liberal immigration policies.

6 posted on 05/26/2016 8:16:52 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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This marks the first time I’ve seen a Speaker of the House described as ‘coquetish’

Well, he does seem a little light in the loafers.

7 posted on 05/26/2016 8:17:38 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

Reagan used import taxes very effectively


8 posted on 05/26/2016 8:21:48 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: lee martell; All

Lyin’ Ryan deserves a schlonging that only a proctologist could envy.


9 posted on 05/26/2016 8:23:23 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: ek_hornbeck
Just think, we would have been cheerleading Romney's re-election (well, others, I would have been banned soon after Romney expanded ObamaCare to include illegals and his triumphant signing of the Open Arms Act, welcoming illegals who simply need mail in a post card form to get their residency...) along with this guy who would be the presumptive presidential nominee for 2020.

I'd say thank you, Obama, but like always, it was simply handed to him by Romney rather than actually having to work.

10 posted on 05/26/2016 8:34:36 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Ditch the GOPe's pathetic princeling, Paul Ryan.



There is an alternative.

www.paulnehlen.com



Make it Happen!

Vote Paul Nehlen August 9
11 posted on 05/26/2016 8:35:11 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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In fairness in the 1830s and 1840s Lincoln was a Whig and there policies favored, for example, lots of government spending on canals and other infrastructure plus tariffs and strong currency. The whig party wasn’t particularly conservative in the sense of “small government” and using their platform from almost 200 years ago isn’t a good analog to today’s GOP.


12 posted on 05/26/2016 8:39:54 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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The Whore of Planned Parenthood, the Whore of the Cheap Labor Express, the Whore of Obama’s Amnesty, is so very, very concerned about his virtue!


13 posted on 05/26/2016 8:42:11 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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In fairness in the 1830s and 1840s Lincoln was a Whig and there policies favored, for example, lots of government spending on canals and other infrastructure plus tariffs and strong currency. The whig party wasn’t particularly conservative in the sense of “small government” and using their platform from almost 200 years ago isn’t a good analog to today’s GOP.

Investing in infrastructure is a legitimate function of the Federal Government. If minarchist purists had their way, we'd still be driving on dirt county roads rather than using the interstate, and transporting everything on river barges rather than railways.

14 posted on 05/26/2016 8:45:00 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Paine in the Neck

I wish Nehlen the best, but never underestimate the power of incumbency, the RNC political machines, and GOP Super-PACS. If conservative states like AZ and SC can’t get rid of McCain and Graham in the primaries, I won’t hold my breath for Ryan’s Congressional district in Wisconsin to primary him out either.


15 posted on 05/26/2016 8:47:20 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

I was not familiar with the word “minarchist” so I learned something. My point is that the whig platform of of the 1840s is not similar in just about any way to the GOP platform of 2016. The GOP, for instance, isn’t advocating a huge investment in public works today like the whigs of that time were. Cherry picking the issue of tariffs from the Whig platform as a comparison to today’s GOP is not really that honest or relevant. That’s all.


16 posted on 05/26/2016 8:51:44 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: HarleyLady27
Not even the president, much less the nominee, has the authority to replace the Speaker of the House. That is a job for the majority party in the House.

Of course, the issue is moot if Ryan loses his congressional seat. Any word on how that's been polling?

17 posted on 05/26/2016 9:00:20 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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This from the guy and the uniparty that is going to bailout P.uerto R.ico in the middle of the night right before they go on the paid vacation!

FU P.R.! Yeah both of you:-)


18 posted on 05/26/2016 10:15:21 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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What I was talking about was at the Convention, I believe Trump has the power to pick who he wants as speaker there...


19 posted on 05/26/2016 10:40:17 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: pepsi_junkie
The whig party wasn’t particularly conservative in the sense of “small government” and using their platform from almost 200 years ago isn’t a good analog to today’s GOP.

Maybe Marx and Engels would be more appropriate.

20 posted on 05/26/2016 10:44:26 AM PDT by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't finish a sentence, but he will finish a term.)
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