{"id":6022,"date":"2011-05-16T09:49:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T00:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haakondahl.com\/blog\/?p=814"},"modified":"2011-05-16T09:49:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T00:49:53","slug":"meet-the-newt-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/meet-the-newt-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Newt Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newt Gingrich opposes the Ryan plan<\/a> because it is supposedly too radical. \u00a0Newt says that he is not in favor of left-wing social engineering, and therefore not in favor of right-wing social engineering either.<\/p>\n

That’s a well-crafted sound bite, but it ignores the fact that there is currently a system spiralling out of control which threatens to swallow up our entire economy. \u00a0This is no time for such dainty distinctions. \u00a0Ryan’s plan saves the country. \u00a0Newt’s plan?<\/p>\n

Thought so.<\/p>\n

Republicans who cannot see their way to support the Ryan plan can either submit a better one, or keep moving–they won’t find a seat at my table.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Tom Coburn says the same thing, via HotAir: If you can’t offer a MediCare plan better than Ryan’s, then keep your mouth shut.”<\/a>
\nYup.<\/p>\n

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Newt Gingrich opposes the Ryan plan<\/a> because it is supposedly too radical. \u00a0Newt says that he is not in favor of left-wing social engineering, and therefore not in favor of right-wing social engineering either.<\/p>\n

That’s a well-crafted sound bite, but it ignores the fact that there is currently a system spiralling out of control which threatens to swallow up our entire economy. \u00a0This is no time for such dainty distinctions. \u00a0Ryan’s plan saves the country. \u00a0Newt’s plan?<\/p>\n

Thought so.<\/p>\n

Republicans who cannot see their way to support the Ryan plan can either submit a better one, or keep moving–they won’t find a seat at my table.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Tom Coburn says the same thing, via HotAir: If you can’t offer a MediCare plan better than … Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,254],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-politics","category-newt-gingrich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}