UNITED STATES 2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACE- YOU NOW HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT- GET ACTIVE

UNITED STATES 2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACE- YOU NOW HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT- GET ACTIVE
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Starting with the rise of the Tea Party, The Citizens United decision, the Republican Revolution and now the selection of Paul Ryan as the running mate to Mitt Romney...it should be obvious to all Americans that conservatives are trying to give this country a giant TKO.[1]

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan stood on a platform in Norfolk, Virginia, and introduced themselves to the country as “America’s Comeback Team.”[3]

“Go Back Team” would be more appropriate—because a Romney-Ryan administration is the definition of a fast track back to the failed, top-down economic policies of the past.[3]

When added together, the assault on the social contract, the social safety net and even our democracy (voter ID laws, abuse of filibuster, threatening to default on the debt ceiling) it is clear that Republicans want no more tinkering around the edges. [1]

They want an all out assault on the poor, the middle class and anyone living on the margins. They also aim to push women to the margins.[1]

WE VOTE FOR A PARTY TICKET. HERE IS WHAT THE REPUBLICAN TICKET STATNDS FOR

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential pick, is a virulent denier of climate science, with a voting record to match.[2]

A favorite of the Koch brothers, Ryan has accused scientists of engaging in conspiracy to “intentionally mislead the public on the issue of climate change.” He has implied that snow invalidates global warming.[2]

Ryan has voted to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from limiting greenhouse pollution, to eliminate White House climate advisers, to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from preparing for climate disasters like the drought devastating his home state, and to eliminate the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E): [2]

This isn’t a matter of opinion:

• As an architect of the extreme GOP budget, Ryan will be Romney’s biggest advocate for his plan to give more tax breaks to millionaires, paid for by $2,000 in higher taxes on middle-class families with kids.[3]
• The Ryan plan, which Romney said is “an excellent piece of work, and very much needed,” calls for deep cuts in education—from college scholarships to Head Start—critical scientific research, and clean energy investments, all to help pay for those tax cuts.[3]
• Ryan authored the original plan to convert Medicare into a voucher program, costing seniors an additional $6,000 or more each year.[3]
• Ryan talks tough on balancing the budget, but his own plan would fail to do that for a generation. The burden of balancing any Ryan budget falls squarely on the backs of seniors and middle-class families—while no one at the top is asked to pay even a dollar more.[3]
• Both Romney and Ryan are severely conservative, threatening to take us backward on women’s issues and civil rights. Ryan cosponsored a bill that would ban common forms of birth control, in vitro fertilization, and abortions even in cases of rape or incest. He voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, voted against the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and sponsored a constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality.[3]
• On so many issues, Paul Ryan, like Mitt Romney, has taken extreme positions that are out of touch with the values most Americans share.[3]

Paul Ryan Promoted Unfounded Conspiracy Theories About Climate Scientists. In a December 2009 op-ed during international climate talks, Ryan made reference to the hacked University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit emails. He accused climatologists of a “perversion of the scientific method, where data were manipulated to support a predetermined conclusion,” in order to “intentionally mislead the public on the issue of climate change.” Because of spurious claims of conspiracy like these, several governmental and academic inquiries were launched, all of which found the accusations to be without merit. [Paul Ryan, 12/11/09] [2]

Paul Ryan Argued Snow Invalidates Global Warming Policy. In the same anti-science, anti-scientist December 2009 op-ed, Ryan argued, “Unilateral economic restraint in the name of fighting global warming has been a tough sell in our communities, where much of the state is buried under snow.” Ryan’s line is especially disingenuous because he hasn’t been trying to sell climate action, he’s been spreading disinformation. [Paul Ryan, 12/11/09] [2]

Paul Ryan Voted To Eliminate EPA Limits On Greenhouse Pollution. Ryan voted in favor of H.R. 910, introduced in 2011 by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas pollution. [Roll Call 249, 4/7/11][2]

Paul Ryan Voted To Block The USDA From Preparing For Climate Change. In 2011, Ryan voted in favor of the Scalise (R-LA) Amendment to the FY12 Agriculture Appropriations bill, to bar the U.S. Department of Agriculture from implementing its Climate Protection Plan. [Roll Call 448, 6/16/11][2]

Paul Ryan Voted To Eliminate White House Climate Advisers. Ryan voted in favor of Scalise (R-LA) Amendment 204 to the 2011 Continuing Resolution, to eliminate the assistant to the president for energy and climate change, the special envoy for climate change (Todd Stern), and the special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation. [Roll Call 87, 2/17/11][2]

Paul Ryan Voted To Eliminate ARPA-E. Ryan voted in favor of Biggert (R-IL) Amendment 192 to the 2011 Continuing Resolution, to eliminate the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E). [Roll Call 55, 2/17/11][2]

Paul Ryan Voted To Eliminate Light Bulb Efficiency Standards. In 2011, Ryan voted to roll back light-bulb efficiency standards that had reinvigorated the domestic lighting industry and that significantly reduce energy waste and carbon pollution. [Roll Call 563, 7/12/11][2]

Paul Ryan Voted For Keystone XL. In 2011, Ryan voted to expedite the consideration and approval of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. [Roll Call 650, 7/26/11][2]

Paul Ryan Budget Kept Big Oil Subsidies And Slashed Clean Energy Investment. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposed FY 2013 budget resolution retained a decade’s worth of oil tax breaks worth $40 billion, while slashing funding for investments in clean energy research, development, deployment, and commercialization, along with other energy programs. The plan called for a $3 billion cut in energy programs in FY 2013 alone. [CAP, 3/20/12]
[2]

Paul Ryan’s top-down budget plan is a sham

Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney both support trillions in budget-busting tax cuts for millionaires that will result in tax hikes on the middle class and deep cuts in education and other investments we need to grow. Ryan’s extreme budget plan, which Mitt Romney has embraced, would make deep spending cuts now to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, which would weaken the recovery and cost the economy jobs.
[3]

Paul Ryan’s plan would raise taxes on the middle class and cut taxes for the wealthy

Ryan’s extreme budget plan would benefit the wealthy while raising taxes on middle-class families, slowing our economic recovery and hurting seniors and the middle class.
[3]

To pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest, Paul Ryan would gut investments critical to middle-class security.[3]

Like Mitt Romney, Ryan’s severely conservative positions are out of touch with most Americans’ values. He would take us backward on women’s health and equal rights.[3]


SOURCE
[1]
Sean Kosofkz facebook  thread

[2]
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/11/677051/meet-paul-ryan-climate-denier-conspiracy-theorist-koch-acolyte/?mobile=nc

[3]
http://www.barackobama.com/romney/ryan/?source=20120808_dnc_splash&action_code=FgxRWxYUOVIKQV0YAFUDUE4J&td=TY9RT8IwFIX_StMnTGC2wHCOF9EsxhjAzEVC1DTdWqCxa5uu1YDxv9vBgr713Pudc3q_Ia-pkDCFRZbn65tZUSzzRba-nS0es7yI7pZz2IcHYQIxTmI0CspyJiyvHPG2NYYJ2XrBuicpqZTadUobRz7bnfJS9mGjva142A0RHqIEY9IYSZsdsXuqAt_48owEaXZa8bPX6dBMNkLyBqav72EitsobstG2Jsd-jBAOtspy6jhhrisaoGSARwDFaYxTNPkjhCGUMRuwqzgajnGUxBEe_QN8wy2hW67aqLk-CCnp22UcIdCrdG2oE6XkUzB_fsjAdYSmYCUU018NWBRgEuGgl6vJeAoKK1gIOVov2vgdNS5En34dBu0Nitbt3S9PoHevQUmrD1BwWrd8rZmXvANOZ8OfXw

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