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AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
Thu Mar 13, 2014, 01:22 PM Mar 2014

Paul Ryan sounds like he is practicing his rhetoric for his run for president. This will be red meat

for the GOP primaries. His racial insults and reference to Charles Murray , a conservative social scientist who believes African-Americans are, as a population, less intelligent than whites due to genetic differences and that poverty remains a national problem because “a lot of poor people are born lazy.” Ryan says this is a problem “in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work”. Now wait a bit and listen for Cruz, Paul, Perry, Christie, Santorum and the rest of the GOP 2016 favorites chime in and try to outdo him with their stronger insults and hatred. Practice makes perfect.

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Paul Ryan sounds like he is practicing his rhetoric for his run for president. This will be red meat (Original Post) AlinPA Mar 2014 OP
He is, and it is...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #1
He is. No doubt about that. Mass Mar 2014 #2
Is he completely unaware of how "Poor people are lazy" assertions sunk the campaign of his running Aristus Mar 2014 #3
The GOP loves it though, and it's perfect talk for their primaries. AlinPA Mar 2014 #4
there's a whole list of "the ingroup is simply better" Science Warriors MisterP Mar 2014 #5
Murray wrote "The Bell Curve", yes? Myrina Mar 2014 #6
Did not know that. AlinPA Mar 2014 #7

Aristus

(66,325 posts)
3. Is he completely unaware of how "Poor people are lazy" assertions sunk the campaign of his running
Thu Mar 13, 2014, 01:57 PM
Mar 2014

mate?

Bloviate on, Eddie Munster...

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
6. Murray wrote "The Bell Curve", yes?
Thu Mar 13, 2014, 05:10 PM
Mar 2014

He was funded by the Bradley Foundation - from Milwaukee - little Pauly's home turf-ish.
The racist nut doesn't fall far from the money tree.

Surprise, surprise?

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