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Krugman slams Romney advisor: Truth on Ryan’s ‘fraud’ plan is ‘anti-bipartisan’
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman once again slammed Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R) budget Sunday morning, chastising Mitt Romney’s advisor Eric Fehrnstrom for firmly standing behind it. “The plan’s a fraud,” Krugman said. “The plan is a big bunch of tax cuts, some specified spending cuts, basically for poor people,…
Rep. Paul Ryan denies budget lacks compassion for those in need
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R) on Monday denied claims that the Republicans’ reconciliation budget would hurt those most in need. Catholic bishops in the United States have claimed that budget cuts in the legislation are “unjustified and wrong” because they would hurt the poor. “You know, I think…
Rep. Paul Ryan: Ayn Rand’s philosophy ‘completely antithetical to mine’
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) at a town hall event on Friday denied his worldview had been influenced by the libertarian writer Ayn Rand, who advocated the “virtue of selfishness” and called Christianity the “the best kindergarten of communism possible.” In video obtained by Think Progress, one of…
Paul Ryan loves Catfish noodling: ‘Crazy but exhilarating’
It seems that cutting Medicare and programs for the poor isn’t Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) only favorite pastime. In an interview published by The New York Times on Sunday, the chairman of the House Budget Committee declared his love for Catfish noodling. In many Southern states, Catfish “noodlers” use their…
WATCH LIVE: Obama calls Paul Ryan’s budget ‘social Darwinism’
President Barack Obama is expected to call the Republican budgeted created by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) “thinly veiled social Darwinism” at an Associated Press luncheon on Tuesday. The event was scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast April 3, 2012. Photo: Shutterstock…
Romney: Obama wants to ‘establish a religion called secularism’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday said that President Barack Obama had taken his war on faith to the next level by wanting to establish a new “religion” for the purpose of rejecting all religious doctrines. At an event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a supporter asked the candidate what the…
Romney: Gov. Scott Walker is a ‘real champion… a great leader’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday praised Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as a “real champion.” Campaigning with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in Green Bay, the candidate told a group of supporters that Wisconsin’s anti-union governor had encouraged him to share a story about the time he chose an…
Paul Ryan helps pull April Fool’s Day prank on Romney
President Barack Obama’s chief political opponent got pranked on April Fool’s Day this year, and not just pranked by anyone. Appearing in Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) was prepared to address an affluent group of Republicans for a campaign brunch, but his staff warned that…
Fox News host urges viewers to ‘vote Republican’
It’s no secret that Fox News leans to the right, but one host may have crossed the line on Friday when he actively encouraged viewers to “vote Republican” if they didn’t like big government. During an interview with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy seemed to…
Trump: Paul Ryan’s budget ‘very dangerous’ for Romney
Billionaire Donald Trump voiced his major concern over Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget proposal Monday, calling it “very dangerous” for GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney to support. Appearing on Fox and Friends, The Apprentice host displayed his annoyance with the timing of Ryan releasing the House Republican budget last week…
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