The irony: Republicans try to disown Ryan

[ProSense]

In Congress, Paul Ryan played the part of policy wonk. Republicans lined up to support his dangerous and nonensical proposals. House Republicans spent all their time doing nothing but voting on these extreme policies.

Throw Ryan's ass on the national stage as Mitt's running mate, and watch him trying to run away from his Congressional record. Even Boehner tried that shift.

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What a difference from two years ago, when Boehner was instead trying to reassure voters that House Republicans wouldn't be crazy enough to actually support Paul Ryan's agenda:

Representative John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, the minority leader, has praised Mr. Ryan but said the Roadmap would not be a part of the Republican agenda this fall.

“There are parts of it that are well done,” Mr. Boehner told reporters last month. “Other parts I have some doubts about, in terms of how good the policy is.”

The difference between then and now? Back then the tea party didn't control the GOP. Now it does. And despite Boehner's attempt to put lipstick on the pig, Republicans are right to be nervous about the politics of the Ryan plan.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/15/1120438/-John-Boehner-tries-to-reassure-Republicans-nervous-about-Ryan

Priebus: GOP platform 'not the platform of Mitt Romney'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021172348

Republicans don't want to own up to their extremist proposals. So who exactly owns the Repbulican platform?

GOP Approves ‘Most Conservative Platform In Modern History’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021178791

[Viva_Daddy]

1. The Republicans are so busy running away from each other records...

it's hard to know just where they will end up...but wherever it is, i don't want to go there.

[ProSense]

2. Lies, that's all they have.

That's the only way they can try to win over sane people, lying to them.

They've already locked up most of the self-loathing/wingnut votes.

[Kalidurga]

3. Then when they realize theirs is even worse...

They panic and pull a Romney.

[Cha]

4. Bullshit, Preibus. The gop platform is the Platform

of mitt the wimp romney. He's not gonna run away from his own dawg damn platform, you weaseling weasel on wealsel .

Own up to your stupid, stupid.

[ProSense]

5. Yup! n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Exactly

They just approved the teabagger dream of a platform and can't keep trying to agree that it's their platform but then say that it isn't.