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10 Funny Things About "Brown-Noser"
Paul Ryan. 

Does Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s VP pick really scare me? Should he scare you?

Yes, but no. America, as a democracy, needs and welcomes healthy debate. And campaigns are a wonderful, powerful, though cash-slurred debate on a national scale.

Still, he’s an extreme candidate—a Tea Partier, friend to the Koch Bros, and no friend to you or me—unless you’re really, really, really rich and don’t care about other Americans, much. 

Paul Ryan’s budget would create the “largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the top in modern U.S. history.”
~ New York Magazine.

“What policies turned Clinton-era surpluses into Bush-era deficits? In large part, two tax cuts, two wars and a massive prescription drug benefit, and Ryan voted for all of them.”
~ Washington Post. “…He also voted for TARP, by the way…”

10 Funny Things:

1. Ryan is a young, visionary leader for the Republicans. His vision?

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Yours,

Waylon Lewis
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elephantjournal.com, Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis

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