Does Ryan Now Agree with Gingrich? [And now, here's the rest of the story]

American Thinker ^ | February 18, 2012 | Kevin Tharp

[Cincinatus' Wife]

There is a perception lingering about NewtGingrich that he was a critic of PaulRyan's budget plan and therefore a critic of conservative fiscal policy in the House of Representatives. Is that conclusion true? Or is it an oversimplification? Like many misconceptions floating around during a heated political season, it is not true. Let's examine the facts.

On April 5, 2011, Representative PaulRyan, the HouseBudgetCommittee chairman, introduced the Republican budget for 2012. Included in that budget was a premium support model for Medicare. This budget was based on a similar plan previously laid out by Ryan called TheRoadmapforAmerica'sFuture. That document had been a RepublicanParty policy call to change the budget and put it on sound fiscal grounds compared to the Democrats' unwillingness to budget at all and tax and spend into infinity. The Harry Reid-run Senate has not passed a budget for over three years, even though they are required to by law.

Gingrich praised the Ryan plan in an article in Human Events on April 13. He called it the most serious attempt by an elected official to rethink our public finances and the modern welfare state in a generation. That is quite a compliment from a former speaker of the House to a current committee chairman. Using a golfing metaphor, Gingrich celebrated the plan, calling it a Ryan "eagle." Is that comparison a negative critique, or is it commendation? One week later, on April 20, Gingrich in the same space heaped more praise on the plan. He compared PaulRyan to PaulRevere, one of our nation's great heroes, and compared the Ryan Medicare plan with his own previous welfare reform. Why would he disparage something he would compare to one of his greatest achievements? Gingrich later said he would have voted for the plan if he had had the opportunity......

[Cincinatus' Wife]

We want Rush to stay on, get back on, message.

Big DITTO that!!

Rush's weeks long defense of certain candidates was such over-kill and did nothing, NOTHING positive.

[txrangerette]

For a guy who professes to see the end of America as we know it, if Obama and Reid stay in charge, he has digressed so much it’s unbelievable.

Obamacare alone is worth nearly all of his precious air time.

But there’s tons more he should be hammering on.

So what does he do? Becomes obsessed with defending Cain, and I’m worried he will do the same with Santorum.

And gives the shortest shrift to the most qualified leader in the race, Newt.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

....But there’s tons more he should be hammering on.

I'd like to hear Rush rant about this!

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