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Paul Ryan

2016-07-21T15:00:14Z

JoetheV: Grammatical fix

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'''Paul D. Ryan, Jr.''' (born January 29, 1970) is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and was the [[Republican]] nominee for [[Vice President]] in the [[Presidential Election 2012]], as selected by [[Mitt Romney]] on August 11. In 2016, Ryan declined to support [[GOP]] presidential nominee [[Donald Trump]] and as a result faces a spirited primary challenge backed by [[Sarah Palin]].

Paul Ryan has repeatedly caved into the [[homosexual agenda]], beginning as early as 2007 when he voted for special rights for [[homosexuals]] in the EDNA bill. Subsequently he support adoption by homosexual couples, and changing the military to appease the homosexual movement. Ryan also cast votes in favor of funding [[amnesty]], in favor of bailing out [[Wall Street]] ([[TARP]]), and in favor of a budget that continued funding for [[Planned Parenthood]]. Ryan used his power in the House to punish [[conservative]] members, and was a cheerleader to transfer power to [[Obama]] with the Trade Promotion Authority.

He claims a [[pro-life]] voting record throughout his numerous terms as U.S. Representative for [[Wisconsin]]'s 1st Congressional District. He is the chairman of the House Budget Committee. Because Ryan ran for reelection to Congress while being the 2012 Vice Presidential candidate, he was able to continue in public service despite his defeat for Vice President.

In the only vice presidential debate, Paul Ryan defeated [[liberal]] [[Joe Biden]] by a 48-44% margin, according to a [[CNN]] poll.

Ryan publicly endorsed Romney in March 2012, while the more [[conservative]] candidates of [[Rick Santorum]] and [[Newt Gingrich]] were still in the race, and even "asked Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to bow out."<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-scores-key-republican-endorsement-rep-paul-ryan-article-1.1053376?localLinksEnabled=false</ref>

Ryan is an "Inside the Beltway" type - he began as a congressional staffer and has never held a serious job in the private sector. While he has indicated support for reducing government, some of the specifics in his economic proposals have not been particularly [[conservative]] or helpful politically to the [[Republican Party]]. His selection as the Republican [[Vice President 2012]] focused national attention on his economic ideas, steering media attention away from social issues.

Some have criticized Ryan as being a "big spending conservative." He does also support the immigration of [[illegal aliens]].<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/346546/paul-ryan%E2%80%99s-immigration-play</ref>

==Early life==
Paul Ryan was born in Janesville, Wisconsin.
==Speaker==
Many Republicans had promoted [[Eric Cantor]] within the House leadership structure to Majority Leader with the goal of having Cantor become the first Jewish Speaker in history. As a result, Ryan took on roles as Chair of the House Budget Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee as an ally of Cantor rather than as a direct rival. Ryan and Cantor coauthored a book. However, the Tea Party launched a primary challenge against Cantor, and [[David Brat]] defeated Cantor in the Republican primary. As a result, Cantor resigned from the House and the leadership team, effective August 18, 2014. This in turn, placed the then-Speaker [[John Boehner]] in a difficult position, because he relied upon Cantor to deliver conservative Republican votes. As the Republican House caucus grew more fractured, Boehner could not gather the votes necessary to pass appropriations needed to keep the government open and faced demands that his continued leadership be put to a rare mid-term vote. On September 25, 2015, Boehner announced that he would step down as Speaker and resign from Congress at the end of October 2015. At first, Ryan indicated that he would rather remain as Chair of the Ways and Means Committee to allow House Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]] of California to run for Speaker, but when no other candidate emerged with wide-spread support, he agreed to run for Speaker. Boehner officially passed off the Speaker's gavel to Ryan on October 29, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/29/paul-ryan-set-to-be-elected-62nd-house-speaker/ |title=Paul Ryan elected House speaker |work=Washington Post |author=Mike DeBonis |date=October 29, 2015 |accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> Ryan is the youngest Speaker since [[James G. Blaine]] in 1875.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Downs|first1=Rebecca|title=Paul Ryan elected youngest Speaker of the House since 1875|url=http://redalertpolitics.com/2015/10/29/paul-ryan-elected-youngest-speaker-house-since-1875|publisher=redalertpolitics.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref>

As Speaker, Ryan is the highest Republican elected official currently serving in government, and was mentioned as a possible 2016 candidate for President. He has been scheduled to serve as co-chair of the 2016 Republican National Convention. When [[Donald Trump]] was projected as receiving a majority of the delegates at that Convention, the Republican leadership divided on how to react. Most Republicans said they would support him as the nominee, but Ryan among others withheld their support. In response, the Tea Party, including [[Sarah Palin]], are promoting Paul Nehlen in the June 2016 primary. However, Ryan leads Nehlen 78% to 14% in the polls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightwisconsin.com/opinion/daily-takes/paul-ryan-has-massive-78-14-lead-over-primary-challenger|title=Paul Ryan Has Massive 78-14 Lead Over Primary Challenger|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref>

==Athletics==
Ryan pursues an intense cross-training fitness program called [[P90X]], and hosts a group of Congressmen for early morning workouts.<ref>Janice Lloyd, "[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-13/paul-ryan-fitness/57039866/1?csp=34news Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan could run circles around most of us in the gym]," ''USA Today'', retrieved November 16, 2012.</ref>

In a radio interview, Ryan said that he had run a marathon in under three hours;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/3229320e-2c55-4122-93f1-2ebe4fbc8663|title=Paul Ryan Interview|date=August 22, 2012 | work=hughhewitt.com}}</ref> he later stated that he forgot his actual time and was just trying to state what he thought was a normal time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wing|first=Nick|title=Paul Ryan Explains Marathon Time Snafu: I Made Up What I Thought Was 'An Ordinary Time'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/paul-ryan-marathon-lie_n_1858384.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012|accessdate=23 October 2012|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=09/05/2012}}</ref> His one official marathon time is recorded as slightly over four hours.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/02/paul_ryans_marathon_lie/|title=Paul Ryan’s marathon lie|date=September 2, 2012 | work=salon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/|title=Paul Ryan Has Not Run Sub-3:00 Marathon |date=August 31, 2012 |work=Runner's World}}</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.house.gov/ryan/ Official Site]
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/277244/rule-law-paul-ryan Speech by Paul Ryan at Hillsdale College]
*[http://ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm Ryan on the Issues]
*[http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/politics/ryan-issues/index.html CNN: Ryan's conservative stance extends beyond fiscal policy]
*[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/16/Democrats-Plan-A-Ryan-Too-Conservative-Plan-B-Not-Conservative-Enough Democrats unsure whether to exaggerate Ryan's conservatism or to downplay it]

==References==
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RINO

2016-07-21T14:58:46Z

JoetheV: Updated leader of the House of Representatives

[[File:Kel-rino.jpg|thumb|250px|Sergeant [[Jesse Kelly]] runs for Congress in Arizona in 2009 and attacks the RINOs in the GOP]]
A '''RINO''' ('''R'''epublican '''i'''n '''N'''ame '''O'''nly) is an officeholder or candidate who is a member of the [[Republican Party]], but holds views to the political left of most Republican voters, or simply does whatever the [[liberal media]] wants. The term "RINO" describes politicians who claim to be [[Republican Party|Republican]] but are in fact [[liberal]] or puppets of the liberal media, and therefore generally debase the winning conservative coalition base of the Republican Party.

RINOs are often Republican only to the extent it serves their own interests, and will abandon conservative principles as soon as it is in their own interests to do so. RINOs often provide support for raising taxes, [[abortion]] as [[Pro-choice|a right]], [[gay rights]] and [[gun control]]. Some RINOs have connections with [[Planned Parenthood]] or corporations that support goals of [[population control]]; other RINOs pay lip service to [[pro-life]] values while in practice not advancing those values.

[[Double standard]]s by RINOs are common: a birther comment by [[Romney]] during his campaign was supposedly a "nothing", but [[Todd Akin]]'s [[pro-life]] comment would somehow "absolutely" cost RINOs control of the [[U.S. Senate]]!<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/todd-akin-rape-missouri-senate-race-reince-priebus-/1#.UDpUhNZlQ7s</ref>

RINOs, like Democrats, typically come from states in [[New England]], the Mid-Atlantic; or states on the [[Left Coast]]. A less-used term is '''[[cafeteria conservative]]''', for a person who picks and chooses which [[conservative]] principles to believe, as a person might choose foods in a cafeteria instead of ordering the full-course ''menu'' selected by the chef at most restaurants.<ref>[http://www.manp.org/association-spotlight/archives/james-carville-mary-matalin-he-said-she-said James Carville & Mary Matalin: He Said, She Said]</ref> In contrast to RINO's and cafeteria conservatives, [[movement conservative]]s understand that since conservative philosophy is a coherent whole, it is untenable to discard part of it without discarding all of it.

A majority of the [[Young Republicans]] leadership are also RINOs and use the [[Twitter]] hashtag #RINOsUnite and #YRMafia.

The RINO targets of attack argue they follow [[middle of the road]] policies and are not liberals; they claim they get results, and insist that without them the [[United States Congress|Congress]] would be totally controlled by liberal [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] and Republicans would rarely have any success. Conservatives respond that in the heyday of "Rockefeller liberalism" in the GOP the Democrats always controlled Congress, and the GOP only took power when [[Newt Gingrich]] launched a national conservative "Contract with America" in 1994, ending 40 years of Democratic control of the [[United States House of Representatives|House]]. The notion that we need to elect Democrat-lite type of politicians is false. The election cycles of 2010 and 2012 proved that many RINO candidates are unelectable. RINO candidates wasted millions of dollars; Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Scott Brown, Linda McMahon, and many others could not connect with the people in liberal blue states.

In recent Republican [[Primary election|primaries]], voters have been rejecting establishment RINOs in favor of those with stronger conservative principles. Their commitment to self and not party is evident in their refusal to endorse the candidate that beats them. In some instances, they refuse the will of the voters and their party by running for office on an [[Independent candidate|independent ticket]]. It is important to vote for someone who's more conservative on the issues rather than for a Republican because anyone can join a party and be they can be RINOs.
In Presidential primaries, however, RINOs are often heavily favored. In 2008 and 2012, RINOs [[John McCain]] and [[Mitt Romney]] were nominated, respectively and RINOs such as [[Chris Christie]] are being considered for 2016.

The House of Representatives and the Senate have RINOs in Republican leadership: [[Paul Ryan]] and [[Mitch McConnell]], respectively.
==Former RINOs who have since left the Republican Party==

* Former [[New Mexico]] Governor [[Gary Johnson]] supports same-sex marriage and abortion (although he opposes abortion once the fetus becomes viable outside the mother's body). After switching to the [[Libertarian Party]] in 2012 to run for President, he openly admitted that he governed New Mexico for eight years as a RINO, even using the phrase "Republican in name only" on multiple occasions. The Libertarian Party is [[liberal]] on social issues (with the exception that they support [[gun rights]]) but are fiscally very conservative.

* Former Senator [[Arlen Specter]] of [[Pennsylvania]] supported ObamaCare and switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party to give the latter a 60-40 edge in the Senate and allow them to enact [[cloture]] on the Republican [[filibuster]].

*Former Senator [[Lincoln Chafee]] of [[Rhode Island]], who became an Independent in 2007. Turned Democrat in 2013.<ref>http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lincoln-chafee-to-switch-parties-sources-say-91994.html</ref>

*Former Senator [[Lowell Weicker]] of [[Connecticut]], who left the party and formed his own local one in 1990, then became an Independent in 1995.

*[[New York City]] Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]], who became an Independent in 2007. As it is not possible to campaign as an Independent in New York State, Bloomberg runs on the line of the [[Independence Party of New York]].

*Former Senator [[Jim Jeffords]] of [[Vermont]], who left the Party and became a Democrat in 2001, giving control of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] to the Democrats.

*Former Governor [[Charlie Crist]] of [[Florida]], who became an independent in 2010 after it was clear he would lose his Senate bid. Crist joined the [[Democratic Party]] in 2012.

*Former Representative [[John Anderson]] of [[Illinois]], who became an Independent after losing his party's presidential primary in 1980.

*Former Governor [[Buddy Roemer]] of [[Louisiana]], who became an Independent after losing his party's presidential primary in 2012.

==RINO McCain==

A majority of conservatives distrust RINO [[John McCain]] even though many of his policies are that of a true conservative. Key RINO principles rejected by McCain include support for [[gay rights]], support for [[abortion]], and support for [[earmark]]s. He has positioned his career as a bipartisan moderate, reaching across the aisle whenever possible. This is also his downfall. The era of reaching across the aisle passed—when [[statist]], [[socialist]] Democrats became Senators. His major political blunders mostly came during the 21st century political period. He was against both the Reagan and Bush [[tax cuts]], and employed [[class warfare]] rhetoric in trying to stop the tax cuts from taking effect. His support for amnesty was the complete opposite of what conservatives wanted. He has always complained about [[waterboarding|enhanced interrogation techniques]], calling them "[[torture]]". In non-election years, he likes to trash conservative positions and icons in order to get the [[Mainstream media|media]]'s and Democrats' approval. However, during the election he refused to go after [[Barack Hussein Obama]]'s associations with [[Jeremiah Wright]]. He believes in the junk science known as [[global warming]], and has supported cap-and-trade programs. Another [[Middle East]] war, without a goal, without full commitment to win, without Congressional approval- McCain supports the President. It didn't stop there and in July 2011, he called the [[Tea Party]], the people that care about fiscal sanity in Washington, they are "hobbits".<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/27/mccain-refers-to-tea-party-hobbits-blasts-bachmann-backed-idea/?hpt=hp_t1</ref>

The sacrifices he has made serving this country cannot be overlooked. John McCain has earned war hero status but also the status as a D.C. zero.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/05/1615233/in-senate-primary-california-republicans.html In Senate primary, California Republicans run away from RINO label]
* [http://www.commieblaster.com/RINO/index.html CommieBlaster RINO Index]

==See also==
*[[RINO Backers]]
*[[PLINO]] - [[pro-life]] in name only
*[[XINO]] - [[Christian]] in name only
*[[Republican Party]]
*[[Moderate Republican]]
*[[Conservative Democrat]]
*[[Blue Dog Democrat]]
*[[Reagan Democrat]]
*[[Catholic in name only]]
*[[Liberal media conservative]]
*[[Republicans for Obama]]
*[[Steve Schmidt]]
*[[A.J. Delgado]]

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Liberalism and racism

2016-07-04T22:24:40Z

JoetheV: Deleted "the"

Liberalism is infamously renowned for perpetuating a system of race-based prejudice in societies where it has taken root. For instance, in the [[socialist]] and [[communist]] former nation of the [[U.S.S.R.]], the regime of [[Joseph Stalin]], an avowed [[Marxist-Leninist]] and liberal enacted a policy of the deportation of the [[Soviet Jewish]] population to the far-eastern regions in Siberia, under a new puppet government, the "Jewish Autonomous Oblast". Those who did not cooperate with these laws and statutes were put on trial under the infamous "Doctor's Plot", the blatant racism of which shattered the communist sympathies of many liberals in the Western World. It is largely as a legacy of these policies which have forever stained the ideology of [[liberalism]] as a racist political system.

Despite [[liberal]]s claiming to be for "equality of all people", a large amount of liberals have indeed exhibited [[racist]] qualities. Here are some examples.

*Liberals frequently attack critics of [[Barrack Obama]], claiming that any criticism of him is somehow racist. By using his ethnicity as a shield to his critics, they make themselves appear racist.
*Many liberals, such as [[Rachael Maddow]], have attacked trade agreements with the foreign countries of China and India.
*Historically, the [[Democratic Party]] was the party that favored slave owners and racist policies. This is clearly seen in [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s ideology.
*[[Democrats]] supported racism and segregation and liberals such as [[George Wallace]] and [[Lestor Maddox]] attacked civil rights protesters with dogs and fire hoses and arrested and jailed [[Martin Luther King]] several times
*[[Joe Biden]] said "You can't go to a 711 without having a slight Indian accent"
*[[Jesse Jackson]] and [[Al Sharpton]] call white republicans "crackers"
*[[Bill Maher]] called Allen West an ape
*[[Keith Olberman]] has an obsession with racial demographics at [[Tea Party]] rallies
*[[Hillary Clinton]] was endorsed by [[Ku Klux Klan]] grand dragon William Quigg
*[[Lyndon Johnson]] after passing the [[Civil Rights act of 1964]] quoted "I'll have those niggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years".
*[[Jesse Jackson]] called New York City his "Hymietown"
*Liberals attack Republican president [[Richard Nixon]] for his so-called [[Southern strategy]] in 1968 as a method to attract white Southern voters with racist "code words" (when in fact Nixon supported civil rights throughout his tenure in political office), but ignore the fact that it was Democrats that used [[Jim Crow]] to make segregation legal. The ridiculous notion that the parties "switched" on civil rights upon Nixon's election is repeated constantly by liberals to paint the [[Republican Party]] as racist, when clearly Democrats have the more racist past.

==References==
Joseph Telushkin. ''Jewish Literacy''. NY: William Morrow and Co., 1991.

==See also==
*[[Communist Racism]]
*[[Essay:Liberalism is the root of all racism]]

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Liberalism and racism

2016-06-23T22:27:48Z

JoetheV: Added another piece of information

Liberalism is infamously renowned for perpetuating a system of race-based prejudice in societies where it has taken root. For instance, in the [[socialist]] and [[communist]] former nation of the [[U.S.S.R.]], the regime of [[Joseph Stalin]], an avowed [[Marxist-Leninist]] and liberal enacted a policy of the deportation of the [[Soviet Jewish]] population to the far-eastern regions in Siberia, under a new puppet government, the "Jewish Autonomous Oblast". Those who did not cooperate with these laws and statutes were put on trial under the infamous "Doctor's Plot", the blatant racism of which shattered the communist sympathies of many liberals in the Western World. It is largely as a legacy of these policies which have forever stained the ideology of [[liberalism]] as a racist political system.

Despite [[liberal]]s claiming to be for "equality of all people", a large amount of liberals have indeed exhibited [[racist]] qualities. Here are some examples.

*Liberals frequently attack critics of [[Barrack Obama]], claiming that any criticism of him is somehow racist. By using his ethnicity as a shield to his critics, they make themselves appear racist.
*Many liberals, such as [[Rachael Maddow]], have attacked trade agreements with the foreign countries of China and India.
*Historically, the [[Democratic Party]] was the party that favored slave owners and racist policies. This is clearly seen in [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s ideology.
*[[Democrats]] supported racism and segregation and liberals such as [[George Wallace]] and [[Lestor Maddox]] attacked civil rights protesters with dogs and fire hoses and arrested and jailed [[Martin Luther King]] several times
*[[Joe Biden]] said "You can't go to a 711 without having a slight Indian accent"
*[[Jesse Jackson]] and [[Al Sharpton]] call white republicans "crackers"
*[[Bill Maher]] called Allen West an ape
*[[Keith Olberman]] has an obsession with racial demographics at [[Tea Party]] rallies
*[[Hillary Clinton]] was endorsed by [[Ku Klux Klan]] grand dragon William Quigg
*[[Lyndon Johnson]] after passing the [[Civil Rights act of 1964]] quoted "I'll have those niggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years".
*[[Jesse Jackson]] called New York City his "Hymietown"
*Liberals attack Republican president [[Richard Nixon]] for his so-called [[Southern strategy]] in 1968 as a method to attract white Southern voters with racist "code words" (when in fact Nixon supported civil rights throughout his tenure in political office), but ignore the fact that it was Democrats that used [[Jim Crow]] to make segregation legal. The ridiculous notion that the parties "switched" on civil rights upon Nixon's election is repeated constantly by liberals to the paint the [[Republican Party]] as racist, when clearly Democrats have the more racist past.

==References==
Joseph Telushkin. ''Jewish Literacy''. NY: William Morrow and Co., 1991.

==See also==
*[[Communist Racism]]
*[[Essay:Liberalism is the root of all racism]]

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