PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Lucifer on March 30, 2016, 06:38:13 PM
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http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/03/paul_ryans_upsidedown_establishment_vision_of_political_unity.html
With soaring rhetoric, Ryan appealed for unity – unity in Congress, unity among the public, unity as a nation. We should test theories and ideas, he asserted, rather than impugning motives. The cost of political division is high, he noted; it undermines people's faith in their representatives, their faith in government. The system works, he explained, only if we have mutual respect for one another.
The problem is that Washington's elite class, of which Paul Ryan has become a top-ranking member, hasn't had any respect for the rest of us for a very long time. Consequently, yes, we have lost faith in our representatives and in our government. It's not just a bunch of us out here, frustrated over nothing. Most of the reasons for our dissatisfaction, disillusionment, and anger either reside in our nation's capital or are the brain-children of those who do.
Quite frankly, the whole of Ryan's speech comes down to this: a Washington blue-blood reminds us uncooperative plebeians that we should smile and hold hands and trust our leaders so that they can continue to inspire us with their spectacular and never-ending betrayals – betrayals such as Paul Ryan's ongoing embrace of massive spending, lopsided trade agreements, and troubling immigration policies. In fact, in light of this week's fresh attacks by radical Islamists in Brussels, Belgium, Ryan's already unpopular stance on immigration is likely growing more so by the minute.
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That is pretty sad. I had high hopes for Ryan. He seemed to be a real conservative. Now he just seems to be lobbying for "party unity."
Maybe his heart is still int the right place.
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Pretty decent article. The author seemed to nail pretty precisely the problem with the establishment GOP that the people have. I particularly liked this part:
The Founders never intended to make political leadership a focus of the people's admiration. Congressional representatives were never meant to be on a pedestal or become an elite class. They are sent to Washington not to figure everything out "for us" and then do a convincing sell job in order to rally "enthusiasm" for their perspectives, wishes, or agendas. They're not supposed to "win a mandate to protect the American idea." They were always to remain public servants, with a sworn duty to fulfill a constitutional mandate. That mandate is one that we gave them: to safeguard our rights. It's not something that required manufacture in the bowels of some highly paid D.C. public relations firm.
Politicians as a whole seem to forget why they were elected and the purpose of their positions.
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Well, thanks to Trumpy, we will have Speaker Pelosi back next year, along with Majority Leader Schumer and President Clinton. It'll be FANTASTIC!
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Well, thanks to Trumpy, we will have Speaker Pelosi back next year, along with Majority Leader Schumer and President Clinton. It'll be FANTASTIC!
I'm not willing to go that far. Yet. Remember that the majority of state houses are going more and more conservative over recent years and I think has translated (at least in part) to Congress. The Democrats will certainly do their best to capitalize on the Trump phenomenon but I want to see who actually gets the nomination and how the general election cycle plays out a bit before I say Congress is gone (or rather, all 3 branches).
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Well, thanks to Trumpy, we will have Speaker Pelosi back next year, along with Majority Leader Schumer and President Clinton. It'll be FANTASTIC!
Just Bill's plan coming to fruition!
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Paul Ryan is an establishment guy now, just like Rubio. They get elected by Tea Party, then sell out for personal gain, and power. The siren song is strong with these guys. The mahogany walls, and deference, being treated like royalty is a drug.