Ryan: I Didn’t Explain Tax Math Because People Would Change The Channel

[RandySF]

Paul Ryan defended his refusal to go into the specifics of Mitt Romney's tax plan during a Sunday interview, saying on Monday that he likes Fox News host Chris Wallace too much to turn off his viewers by talking math.

“I like Chris,” Ryan told Wisconsin radio host Charlie Sykes Monday, via the Washington Post. ”I didn’t want to get into all the math of this because everybody would start changing the channel.”

Ryan also said that the Obama campaign is mischaracterizing the plan. “When you’re offering very specific bold solutions confusion can be your enemy’s best weapon,” Ryan said.

During a Sunday interview, Ryan declined to discuss any math behind Romney's tax plan, saying, "It would take me too long to go through all of the math."


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ryan-i-didnt-explain-tax-math-because-people

[reformist2]

1. We don't want "math," we want a list - a short list of the tax deductions you would eliminate!

[jmowreader]

12. Thank you!

Simple executive summary: What deductions and credits are you going to eliminate from the tax code and what programs are you going to eliminate to pay for your rate cuts and quadrupling of defense spending? (You KNOW they aren't going to stop just at fucking with taxes; there are a vast number of programs Grover Norquist does not like and a Romney victory gives him the chance to eliminate them all.)

The reason he wants to obfuscate by claiming "it's all too complicated" is the 47 percent of America Romney has already blown off is enough to send Obama back to the White House with enough Congressional Democrats to get something done, and he knows it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. I remember Ross Perot using charts and getting into a lot of detail and numbers

in his 1992 run. He rented out large blocks of time on TV and it was fascinating. And from the number of votes he got, it was interesting to a lot of other people.

[Avalux]

3. Yeah right.....in other words....

Ryan: If we told the American people our actual plan (or lack thereof), they''d know we're snake oil salesman. We'll just insult their intelligence instead.

[HooptieWagon]

4. "Change the channel" = switch their vote

[jsr]

5. We believe ya, lying rodent

[hughee99]

6. He's probably right about that.

They should post the math online and let those that want to see it look it over.

[Initech]

7. To translate -Ryan basically admitted smart people don't like the Republican Party.

[Lex]

8. Maybe he could get out some crayons and draw something for us since we're all too stupid

to understand math.

What a condescending asshole.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Yeah, Ryan didn't want to bore the peons with his super-complicated math-like talking

This is the political genius we're supposed to be worried about? First he refuses to state his case because there's not enough time, then he insults the audience for being too dumb and distracted to understand him?

Jesus, what a buffoon.

[Sheepshank]

10. They have a web site, right?

is it explained there for those that would like to know? They could include graphs, stats, links. It would be awesome.

So is it out there for those with the attention span to handle it?

[B Calm]

11. He's right! Republican voters

don't want to be informed!

[DLine]

13. Ryan: I can't talk about math. It would be a waste of time.

The simpletons who blindly follow the GOP would have no idea what I was talking about. haha haha haha

[spanone]

14. bullshit

[David Zephyr]

15. Ryan is such a fraud. He's no "math" wizard. He cultivates this phony image of his.

He used Ayn Rand to appear "intellectual" to the right-wing nuts and he cloaks himself with "math" when he couldn't teach math in middle school. He's as fake as it comes.

HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT.

[Hippo_Tron]

16. Okay, so why don't they post it on internet?

Just put up a list of deductions that they will use to offset $5 trillion. Those of us that want to read it can, and no viewers will flip the channel because god forbid you start talking about math.

[Marie Marie]

17. The Vice Clown is just as funny as the Clown.

Their grasp of facts is just pathetic.

[bluestate10]

18. Apparently that asshole has never heard of a summary.

Ryan is just a run of the mill bullshitter that some people have mistaken for smart.