Posts tagged ‘Paul Ryan’

MoveOn.org presidential campaign ad: Romney & Ryan’s GOP: Back to the Back Alley

by , posted on Friday, August 24th, 2012 at 2:34 pm

from MoveOn.org Political Action

Only decades ago women suffered through horrifying back alley abortions, or they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse.

So when the Republican Party officially promotes forcing rape victims to bear the children of their attackers as part of its assault against a woman’s right to choose–we had to ask:

Why is Romney & Ryan’s GOP trying to send women back. . . to the back alley?

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Robert Reich on the Romney-Ryan Economic Plan

by , posted on Monday, August 20th, 2012 at 7:22 pm

from MoveOn.org Political Action

The five basic features.

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John Nichols and Matthew Rothschild on Paul Ryan

by , posted on Monday, August 13th, 2012 at 1:19 pm

from Democracy Now!

As Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney names Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate, we speak with two Wisconsinites about the seven-term congressman’s record, and how his views are influenced by the controversial philosopher, Ayn Rand. “This is not necessarily a foolish choice by Romney,” says John Nichols, political writer for The Nation magazine. “It is an extreme choice and it does define the national Republican Party toward a place where the Wisconsin Republican Party is — which is very anti-labor, willing to make deep cuts in education, public services, and frankly, very combative on issues like voter ID and a host of other things that really go to the core question of how successful and how functional our democracy will be.” Ryan is chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee and architect of a controversial budget plan to cut federal spending by more than $5 trillion over the next 10 years. “Ryan gets a lot of mileage for understanding so-called the budget and economics,” says Matthew Rothschild, editor and publisher of The Progressive magazine. “But if you look closely, he doesn’t really get it.” Democrats argue Ryan’s planned Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security reform would essentially dismantle key components of the social safety net.

Part Two after the jump.

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Progressives hold Republicans accountable for Medicare vote

by , posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 9:45 am

new video from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee

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Progressive Congress on the Ryan Budget

by , posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 6:50 pm

“It’s time to play #ryanmadness … Join us on Twitter to see which Budget actually reduces debt AND puts Americans back to work (Hint: it’s NOT the Ryan Budget…)”

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