re: #36 Obdicut

Except that Ryan’s response is just as insane and irresponsible, it’s just more cogent. He’s seriously advocating raising taxes on the middle class and slashing services in order to pay for a tax break for the rich.

He’s Dick Armey V2.0, another Rand-loving ideologue.

I once worked with a doctor, a very intelligent man and an excellent physician, who also had strong political opinions and considered himself an avid follower of political news, mostly through blogs. He insisted that he had a non-ideological view of politics, and that while he had opinions, they were not based in tribalism, that there were in fact many Democrats he thought were good statesmen and whom he agreed with. I asked who they were. His answer?

Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor.

I have no doubt that if he found the time to look, he would in fact find out that they were not Democrats. The point is more that heavy access to a certain kind of media gives people strong opinions, yet little grasp of facts.