Wednesday, August 15, 2012

The Real Ryan Record: 2 Minor Bills, Lots of High-Profile Talk, Gridlock

The Real Ryan Record: 2 Minor Bills, Lots of High-Profile Talk, Gridlock

The Real Ryan Record: 2 Minor Bills, Lots of High-Profile Talk, Gridlock

A lot of the coverage of Republican vice presidential pick Paul Ryan talks about how handsome he is. How thoughtful. How serious and substantive and what a genuinely nice guy.
After looking at his record, I'm going to have to agree with Jonathan Chait, who writes that Ryan's "public persona is a giant scam" that marks him as a "skillful pol" -- and also someone who ought not to be underestimated. But there's a big difference between manners and character, between ideologically rigid political posturing and a substantive commitment to the difficult work of creating positive change within a pluralistic and diverse democratic society. If people can no longer tell the one from the other it's because we now live in an age, as Ta-Nehisi Coates has so memorably noted, where "where counter-intuitive bullshitting is valorized, where the pose of argument is more important than the actual pursuit of truth, where clever answers take precedence over profound questions."

1 comment:

  1. You might have got been thought for quite an some member chambers so they can throw more than roue when you get
    an erecting. All the methods suggested and strong-arm
    natural process which requirements efforts and office.

    male enhancement are natural activities that aim
    to amend the attainable to reach more than stiff and superb orgasms.
    The components of male enhancement are determine the circumstances of our relationships, the
    intimate aspect is very life-sustaining. Size of
    it Genetic science review article articles hold in testimonials this
    use is fulfilled. The solely electronegative prospect of Exten Ze is should be unheeded.


    My website - site

    ReplyDelete