His stances: Gay marriage is wrong He doesn't support adoption for a gay couple Defund planned parenthood Raising corporate tax is bad Voted yes for more sentencing and prosecution for juveniles. Wants to drill in ANWR Voted no on tax credits for renewable energy. Voted no on 4 weeks paid parental leave for federal employees. Votes for PATRIOT act over and over Voted to allow warantless electronic surveillance against us citizens Denied additional funding that would provide expanded child healthcare "Let's build a fence!" Voted NO on reporting / deporting illegal immigrants who received hospital treatment
Etc. A few things I like him on, but mostly he's a "nope" for me. On Mar 13, 2016 4:46 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > Hey, I said I liked him. Just not full on man crush. > > I didn’t see how his math added up for the budgets he proposed. There > were some missing pages where magic happened to balance the budget. Seemed > like the same old voodoo economics. > > So “man crush”, is that like Trump and Putin? At least Putin is > supposedly an 8th degree black belt. He would probably take care of the > protester himself. If Trump thinks he can bully the Putins of the world, > I’m not so sure. I think McCain could take him in a fair fight. Hell, > Bernie could probably take him. I was never fond of Nixon, but the photo > of the “kitchen debate” with Khrushchev is a treasure. > http://spectator.org/articles/41740/how-handle-bully-nixon-vs-khrushchev > > > > *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller <par...@cyberbroadband.net> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 4:19 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Paul Ryan > > > I have actually followed Paul Ryan since the first time he appeared on the > national stage. Very impressed with him. Could almost call him my "man > crush". I'd be interested in hearing what you do not like about him Ken. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 2:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's Supporters Love Him Even More > AfterChicago Violence > > I think the "establishment" is missing why people are fed up with them, > I'm > not convinced it's about left or right. If I had to single out one person > as the poster boy for why the establishment has failed us, it would be > Mitch > McConnell. All 4 leaders in Congress have only been worried about their > own > power and re-election, but McConnell is the worst of a bad bunch. > > I don't agree with Paul Ryan's economics or some of his politics, but I > like > what he has said since being elected Speaker. I would like to see if they > are just words, or if he would translate them into actions. I don't think > we will get to find out, election politics seem to have rendered him > irrelevant. And Mitch the Turtle would have to be replaced with someone > actually interested in governing. I wonder what conservative goals could > have been accomplished in the 7 years Mitch has spent trying to make Obama > fail no matter how much damage it causes. Tort reform? Modifications to > Obamacare? Fix sequestration? Tax reform? Immigration reform? Mitch > doesn't care. Mitch cares about Mitch. That's the problem with the > establishment, they spend all their effort on getting elected and staying > in > power, they don't even pretend to do their job. And let me be clear, I'm > not saying Pelosi, Reid and Boehner were much better, it's just McConnell > is > the most blatant hack of the bunch, every time I see him on TV I feel he > is > giving me the finger. > > I am probably fooling myself that Paul Ryan would be different, but I > don't > think we'll find out. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 1:40 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's Supporters Love Him Even More After > Chicago Violence > > IMO, Obama moved right, and the Republicans moved further to the right. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 3/13/2016 6:01 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > Obama moved right as much as the Republicans moved left. Everybody's > idea > > of compromise these days is you come to where I am and I'll make a deal. > >
