“Ryan gets back to reality”
“Ryan gets back to reality."
GOOD to hear STAN MILAM on WCLO again yesterday morning! His INTERVIEW with re-elected US HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RYAN was broadcast. VERY valuable conversation with US House District #1 Rep. Paul Ryan. With Stan's incisive and poignant questions and Paul's forthc oming responses, I evaluate the interview to be “A+”. What is YOUR evaluation?
Yes, it was VERY GOOD to hear STAN MILAM on WCLO yesterday morning! I do miss STAN’s outstanding journalism on WCLO (1230 AM). I remember waking up to STAN’s voice as he reported the NEWS morning after morning when we first moved to JANESVILLE.
I remember with GRATITUDE the high quality of information with perspective and analysis provided on THE STAN MILAM SHOW on WCLO. I miss that QUALITY on WCLO these days so I listen much less often. What is YOUR comment re. “Your Talk Show” these days on WCLO?
YESTERDAY morning STAN MILAM’s INTERVIEW with re-elected US HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RYAN was broadcast. A reminder of the HIGH QUALITY of STAN’s professional journalism. I appreciated very much the incisive and poignant questions which STAN asked Congressman RYAN. And, I appreciated very much the forthcoming responses articulated by PAUL. I evaluate the interview to be “A+”. What is YOUR evaluation?
IF you missed the interview yesterday, it is available on PODCAST on WCLO Radio’s website, “Paul Ryan & Guys on Ice.” FREE & EASY ACCESS via the link above.
I had read STAN MILAM’s report of his interview with CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN as the lead article on the front page of yesterday’s JANESVILLE GAZETTE, “Ryan gets back to reality: Janesville native reflects on ‘positive experience’ of presidential campaign.”
Again, STAN’s skills as a journalist shine through in this feature article. (I am NOT allowed to give you a link to the Gazette feature article, but YOU will HEAR the interview on WCLO’s podcast. LINK ABOVE.)
Having known STAN MILAM and PAUL RYAN since moving to JANESVILLE, I was VERY HAPPY to hear this direct and candid interview. Better to hear than to read since one gets a better FEEL of the communications. Stan and Paul are both REAL! I mean they reflect their REAL personalities.
To be honest, I prefer the PAUL RYAN, native son of Janesville, WI over PAUL RYAN candidate for Republican Vice-president. I agree with PAUL’s very incisive analysis of the differences of his image and reputation in those two roles.
PAUL asserts that as representative of US House District #1 he has been identified as a “SON OF JANESVILLE, WI” with MORE awareness of him as a Janesville native without the strict REPUBLICAN partisan identity while as REP Vice-president candidate he was clearly identified as a conservative REPUBLICAN. I agree. Do YOU?
I think many voters in US House District #1 were SURPRISED as they learned about Rep. Ryan’s role and identity in WASHINGTON, DC. His right-wing Republican identity was NOT CLEARLY communicated in ROCK COUNTY, WI before the national campaign. In fact, were you too stunned by the fact that PAUL RYAN chose to have his homecoming rally after being selected to be VP candidate by Mitt Romney in WAUKESHA, WI?
“Romney-Ryan bus tour rally in Waukesha, WI" This is the C-Span video from August 12, 2012. C-Span reports, “The event was called a ‘homecoming rally.’...” “HOME”?! Why NOT Janesville, WI? I am suggest that Paul Ryan and the Romney campaign KNEW that there was RISK of SMALL TURNOUT in Janesville, WI. What do YOU think?
If you listen to the STAN MILAM interview of Congressman Ryan, YOU will hear the JANESVILLE PAUL RYAN. He is the HOMETOWN BOY both in terms of his identity as spouse and father living on Courthouse Hill in Janesville. He is the father who goes to the “Y” and Scouts with his children. He is the grateful and friendly neighbor.
Again, PAUL clearly articulates his awareness of the SHIFT of role and identity when he was Vice-president candidate with Romney. NOW, who is PAUL RYAN? Is he the ideologue of Washington, DC and the ROMNEY CAMPAIGN or is he the REPRESENTATIVE of ALL the people of US House District #1?
Paul claims that he is focused on being the REPRESNTATIVE of ALL the people of US House District #1 NOW. He sets aside STAN MILAM’s inquiry about thoughts about a Presidential campaign in 2016. NOW is NOT the time to start thinking about 2016, Paul asserts.
STAN deftly moves the interview to the “FISCAL CLIFF.” That’s the KEY issue facing the US HOUSE now as the lame duck session convened yesterday. Congressman Ryan articulated his expectation to be named CHAIR of the House Budget Committee for the new session of the House which starts January 2013. He reports that Speaker Boehner and he have talked about the appointment and he is assured of being the Chair. IF SO, that makes Rep. Ryan KEY in the “FISCAL CLIFF” negotiations with the US Senate and US President Obama. Which ROLE will Rep. Ryan take in WASHINGTON, DC in those negotiations?
STAN brought into focus a KEY issue which critiques of the Romney campaign brought into the spotlight again and again, “What are the specifics on increasing revenues?”
This interview – in print and broadcast – clarified for me what the Romney campaign meant with its plan. SET A CAP ON DEDUCTIONS – Romney proposed $35,000 cap on deductions - and let taxpayers choose where to take those deductions. This plan would INCREASE the tax revenue from wealthy taxpayers since most of them have MORE deductions than middle-class taxpayers. I LIKE THIS IDEA! What do YOU think?
If you want more information, read Jonathan Weisman’s article published by the New York Times yesterday, “Democrats Like a Romney Idea on Income Tax.”
It appears that President Obama is supportive of this idea. In fact, Weisman’s article reports that the President has had an income tax deduction cap proposal, “The cap — never fully detailed by Mr. Romney — is similar to a longstanding proposal by Mr. Obama to limit income tax deductions to 28 percent, even for affluent households that pay a 35 percent rate. But a firm cap of around $35,000 would hit the affluent even harder than Mr. Obama’s proposal, which has previously gotten nowhere in Congress.”
Putting the fiscal cliff negotiations in context NOW – post-election – Weisman quotes, Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, “’The worst time to work together on a bipartisan basis is right before an election. The best time to work on a bipartisan basis is right after an election.’” Now to see what is DONE now that it is the “best time to work on a bipartisan basis”! I am HOPEFUL! Are YOU?
I do, however, have reservations: Having observed the partisan stances on various public policy issues through decades, I wonder how the DEDUCTIONS CAP idea will fair. DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS are ALL guilty of shifting their support for a particular public policy away when THE OTHER PARTY picks it up so as to AVOID a BI-PARTISAN policy. Consider the dynamic as you look at various public policy discussions since 2009 with special attention to the 2012 campaign cycle. WILL THE REPUBLICANS NOW MOVE AWAY FROM THE $35,000 DEDUCTION CAP public policy proposal by their Presidential Candidate Romney as President Obama and the DEMOCRATS endorse and support it? What do YOU think?
I wonder how Rep. Paul Ryan, assuming he continues to be the Chair of the House Budget Committee, will stand on this very significant way to INCREASE REVENUE without changing TAX RATES. What do YOU expect?
IF you want another interview with re-elected Congressman Paul Ryan, read Bill Blaubers' "After trying campaign, Ryan says losing a race 'a foreign experience'" published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, 11/12/2012.
Here we go…
Mr. E.
John Eyster lives in the Edgerton area. He is an adjunct professor of political science at UW-Waukesha and an advocate for democracy/civics education in Wisconsin high schools. John is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff. His opinion is not necessarily that of the The Gazette staff or management.
Nov 19, 2012 at 11:36 a.m.
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I learned to watch what people DO not what they SAY...Paul claims to be a “SON OF JANESVILLE, WI”...Yet his actions tell a different story..PAUL RYAN chose to have his homecoming rally after being selected to be VP candidate by Mitt Romney in WAUKESHA, WI...Yeah, he is an OPPORTUNIST....I guess he thinks we are not paying attention...I guess Janesville is not big enough for his GOP friends, so he turned his back on us...yeah, some loyalty.
Nov 16, 2012 at 4:10 p.m.
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wislady...ryan groupie.....yawn
Nov 16, 2012 at 11:42 a.m.
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! It took 8 years of Bush's bad foreign and domestic policy, massive tax cuts for the rich, 2 wars, deregulation of wall street and banking systems for this country to be on a run-away train that was headed to a full Depression. Obama put the brakes on and the train took a long time to slow down and finally stop.
Currently, the new Tea party Republicans, backed by the big corporations and billionaires, represented by Mitt Romney,Paul Ryan and Republicans in office, want to replace Medicare with vouchers that wouldn't keep up with health care cost.
We've got big problems in this country due to those bad policies, now Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want to take us back there to try it all over again. Slow growth is better than NO growth, and if anyone wants to study the data of the BEA, our economy is steadily growing.
Nov 16, 2012 at 11:38 a.m.
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So...what has Paul Ryan done for us lately?? The Paul Ryan Budget: The House on March 29, 2012, passed, 228-191, a Republican budget for fiscal 2013 and later years that would eventually privatize Medicare, make Bush-era tax cuts permanent, cut personal and business taxes, simplify the tax code, slash deficits and cut domestic spending. The measure was named informally after Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee. A yes vote was to pass HCR 112. ....And we are paying him to do this kind of work? REALLY ?
Nov 16, 2012 at 11:08 a.m.
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The day the middle class has waited for... The Bush Tax Cuts Finally End December 31... If Congress does nothing, the ax will fall on all the Bush tax cuts on New Year's Eve. Then, on January 1, the public pressure on John Boehner and House Republicans to extend the middle-class tax cuts (already passed by the Senate and waiting to be signed by President Obama) will become irresistible.
...So the middle-class tax cut will eventually get renewed, and we'll have $823 billion more revenue from the top 2% to do great things with...The "Fiscal Cliff" Is A Myth. As Paul Krugman put it, "The looming prospect of spending cuts and tax increases isn't a fiscal crisis. It is, instead, a political crisis brought on by the G.O.P.'s attempt to take the economy hostage."1 Republicans are manufacturing this crisis to pressure Democrats to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and accept painful cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Nov 15, 2012 at 9:33 p.m.
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Woody
Get over that Koch obsession. Anyone can file a lawsuit, didn't see that anyone was arrested in your "story".
Nov 15, 2012 at 5:32 p.m.
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WI repubs paid for by the Koch brothers. Here is a very interesting article about a koch involved in tax evasion and kidnapping.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/13...
Nov 15, 2012 at 4:13 p.m.
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Walker and the republican majority....wonderful reality.
Nov 15, 2012 at 3:43 p.m.
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Back to reality LOL was he ever there? Wislady GET OVER IT THEY LOST No need to try and sell the destruction they would have caused anymore. well said Retiredmilitary!! Shrek needs to see the reality as to the truth of his LIARS CLUB Romney/Ryan
Nov 15, 2012 at 1:45 p.m.
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It's a shame that the big cities decide who our president is. Because of Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, New York City and Philadelphia. Don't believe me? Look at the breakdown of votes county by county in all the states here. http://www.politico.com/2012-election/ma... - /President/2012/
Nov 15, 2012 at 11:47 a.m.
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Shrek said, "Poobah, You got the information from the media, not the candidate."
No actually I got the information directly from the candidate -- Willard Mitt Romney. And from his Republican colleagues.
"I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican — that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive." - Willard Mitt Romney
"I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush." - Willard Mitt Romney
"The reason is simple: Romney is not a conservative. He's not, folks. You can argue with me all day long on that, but he isn't." - Rush Limbaugh on Willard Mitt Romney
"He was running to the left of Teddy Kennedy in Massachusetts in 1994." - Newt Gingrich on Willard Mitt Romney
"He ran to the left of Ted Kennedy." - Rick Santorum on Willard Mitt Romney
Nov 15, 2012 at 11:06 a.m.
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The employment numbers are dismal, and have been for quite some time. Tell the people on food stamps how it is getting better....better than what?
Nov 15, 2012 at 10:54 a.m.
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I know who Paul is,
but who is Peter?
Nov 15, 2012 at 10:41 a.m.
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When you keep robbing Peter to pay Paul you can always depend on all the Paul's votes.
Nov 15, 2012 at 9:28 a.m.
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Rick...when Pearl Harbor was bombed a democrat was president and yet we don't blame Roosevelt for that. Bush did an amazing classy job responding to the terrorists by his speech at ground zero and his speech to the world at the religious ceremony . And he called them TERROISTS, the word that sticks in Obama's throat. Get your head on straight! You sound like a child.
Nov 15, 2012 at 9:24 a.m.
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wislady-have you looked at the unemployment numbers lately? 7.9%...and has been on the decline since 2009
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS140000...
so yes, thanks, Obama, for getting us back to work :)
Nov 15, 2012 at 8:46 a.m.
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No, thanks, Sandy, but, nice try.
Nov 15, 2012 at 8:09 a.m.
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How about that unemployment number....thanks, Obama.
Nov 15, 2012 at 8:06 a.m.
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Do us ALL a FAVOR and LOSE the CAPS key.
Nov 15, 2012 at 8:04 a.m.
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Poobah,
You got the information from the media, not the candidate. You can show snippets of speeches from anyone that shows some type of contradiction, amazingly even your beloved one Obama. The simple fact is that people like yourself were unwilling to even learn about Mitt Romney because you made up your mind based on blind partisanship, as evidenced by your many comments on these boards. You dont vote on facts, you vote based on your perceptions of the facts. You dont do any research into issues, you rely on others to do research for you and you believe their biased description. YOU are the problem with the United States, someone who thinks they are smart when in fact they are ignorant. The saddest part about it is that you are too stupid to even realize what you truly are.
Nov 14, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
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Shrek said, "MANY voters did this same thing so they did not get the TRUTH about Mitt Romney's positions."
I think the problem is that voters got several versions of the TRUTH from directly from Romney on his positions (plural being most appropriate when discussing Mitt's multitude of positions on just about every single issue). Mitt had a different version of the TRUTH every few months -- whatever was most convenient at the time. That Etch-a-Sketch tactic didn't work out very well, did it?
Nov 14, 2012 at 2:05 p.m.
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Just want to clarify one point for you John. Mitt Romney DID detail his cap on deductions plan, YOU just chose not to listen. MANY voters did this same thing so they did not get the TRUTH about Mitt Romney's positions.
Nov 14, 2012 at 8:07 a.m.
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I too heard the interview and it was very good. I was surprised when Stan let Congressman Ryan pontificate for at least 2 minutes as he basically recited the Republican finacial platform. I liked the promotion of the Washington Seminar at the end.
As for comparing Your Talk Show hosts. I liked Stan when he was on. While his replacement was more to my side of the political spectrum he was annoying.
Then came Tim Bremel. Oh no I thought, we'll be back to Talk of the Town in no time. I was wrong.
Mr. Bremel has turned out to be an outstanding host. While he does not hide his political persuasion, he lets a caller speaks his/her piece and while he may correct some mis information he leaves it for another caller to respond to the issue.
It would be more than great if Stan Milam was the substitute host on days that Tim Bremel cannot host the show.
Nov 14, 2012 at 7:55 a.m.
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"This interview – in print and broadcast – clarified for me what the Romney campaign meant with its plan. SET A CAP ON DEDUCATIONS – Romney proposed $35,000 cap on deductions - and let taxpayers choose where to take those deductions. This plan would INCREASE the tax revenue from wealthy taxpayers since most of them have MORE deductions than middle-class taxpayers. I LIKE THIS IDEA! What do YOU think?"
Yes I agree, but I had to repost this quote as seldom does Mr. Eyster agree with 'the other side':)
Nov 14, 2012 at 7:12 a.m.
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Ryan has always been in reality, it is you eyester who has a skewed vision of reality!
Nov 14, 2012 at 6:51 a.m.
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The only ones who took issue with the event being in Waukesha, were the raging lefties in Janesville who wanted the chance to display their protesting skills. Who cares what the "local paper" called it?
The event was a welcome back to Wisconsin, since Ryan was on the national ticket, and it was a Romney/Ryan event. The other reason, was that the larger venue was needed. The link you provided was to the event, did not call it a Ryan event.
(Romney-Ryan Bus Tour Rally in Waukesha, WI)
I am glad the democrats think the "Romney idea" is good enough to steal, maybe that is what they will call it. "SET A CAP ON EDUCATIONS"...and I hope the democrats spell it correctly.
"Now to see what is DONE now that it is the “best time to work on a bipartisan basis”! I am HOPEFUL! Are YOU?"
This will never happen as long as the "left" continues to write articles/such as this. The article was simply an endorsement of Stan Milam.
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