Posted on 09/25/2012 4:04:40 AM PDT by markomalley
Talking at length about a Republican campaign that has been feverishly second-guessed, Paul Ryan professed all will be well in the end.
"We're going to beat him," he said of President Barack Obama. "But it's never easy to beat an incumbent, especially one who's such a gifted politician."
In an exclusive interview with the Journal Sentinel as he flew home to Janesville from Florida on Saturday night, Ryan answered questions about the state of the race, about conservative frustrations with the Romney campaign and about the political debate that exploded last week over "makers and takers" in American society:
Ryan said people who rely on government aid don't do so "by choice" - as compared with Romney's recently reported remarks at a 2012 fundraiser, where he characterized 47% of Americans as dependent on government, having a "victim" mind-set, and feeling entitled to food, health care and housing.
Ryan, who has called those comments "inarticulate," said Obama's policies have led to "economic stagnation" and "more able-bodied people becoming dependent upon government." But he said those people are becoming dependent "because they have no alternatives . . . they're not there by choice."
He rejected the notion that there's a partisan line between Americans who pay taxes and Americans who get government help (as Romney's remarks suggested). Asked if "the makers are Republicans and the takers are Democrats," Ryan said, "Oh, gosh no, absolutely not." While Ryan himself has warned about "takers" outnumbering "makers," he said in the interview that "growth is the secret" to preventing that from happening.
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Guys, I think you’re missing his backhanded compliment to the current retard-in-chief. “Gifted Politician” is Ryan’s way of saying he’s very good at lying and deceiving as a politician and making people believe it.
I saw that quote as a jab, not a compliment.
How long until we hear that “beat” is a racist dog-whistle code word. You know, because disobedient slaves were beaten.
I like Ryan much more than Romney but I'd have to agree with Romney on this statement (maybe not the 47% exactly). Because there are a lot more people with the "victim" mind-set than there should be.
Just 42 days to go until America FIRES Obama.
Keep working...
Instead of saying “gifted politician” I would have said Obama is a Gifted Liar.
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