Paul Ryan ISN'T Gilligan; He's Mulligan!

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1. Ryan/Romney would be a BUSH DO-OVER!

George W. Bush Praises Paul Ryan As Mitt Romney's VP Pick

08/11/2012

The Mitt Romney campaign blasted out predictable statements of top Republicans praising the choice of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for vice president, but one name stood out -- former President George W. Bush.

"This is a strong pick," he said. "Governor Romney is serious about confronting the long-term challenges facing America, and Paul Ryan will help him solve the difficult issues that must be addressed for future generations."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/george-w-bush-paul-ryan_n_1767873.html



Let's be clear. Ryan is a return to Bush's falied policies: Privatizing Social Security, Tax Cuts For The Wealthy, Increased Military Spending, Letting The Middle Class Bear the Costs.

And the results will be the same: more war and more recession.

Ryan/Romney would be a BUSH DO-OVER!!!!

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2. Paul Ryan is a latter-day deficit hawk who supported deficits under Bush

Paul Ryan is a latter-day deficit hawk who supported deficits under Bush

August 14, 2012
By: Robert Bowen

Let’s look at some of the budget busting, deficit spending things Paul Ryan supported under Bush.

Ryan supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan without paying for them. Ryan supported adding the cost of these wars to the national debt borrowing from China to fund them.

He supported the Bush tax cuts, the largest in history, without any off setting spending cuts. We just borrow the money from China to pay for them—and we still are. And he wants to double down on tax cuts for the top.

He supported TARP, the bailout of Wall Street Banks, enacted under Bush before Obama was inaugurated. When Obama took office, however, he voted against the second phase of TARP. Apparently, it matters who proposed it.

He supported the auto industry bailout, to his credit, while Romney was advocating Detroit going bankrupt. However, he blames Obama for the deficits as though Congress did not approve it.

Now Ryan spends his time blaming Obama for the huge debt the spending he voted for and ran up. Bush added $6.8 trillion to the debt. Obama added about $4 trillion. Some of the Obama debt is interest on the $6 trillion debt Bush and Ryan ran up.

Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/paul-ryan-is-a-latter-day-deficit-hawk-who-supported-deficits-under-bush

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3. Ryan = More Bush

with thanks to this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021138122