God, I want Paul Ryan to run for president.
Ryan has the ability to get to the heart of an issue and express it in a way that's concise and clear.
He's not abrasive. He doesn't have a grating delivery. He's confident without appearing arrogant.
In short, he's a very effective communicator.
Yesterday on Meet the Press, Ryan schooled host David Gregory, Leftist. Ryan didn't permit Gregory to define the debate on the Obama contraception mandate as a "faith-based broadside and an attack against the president's leadership."
Ryan explained the roots of the concern about the mandate. He defused Gregory's attack on Rick Santorum and Obama contraception mandate opponents by politely but firmly directing the discussion's focus to be about Obama's violation of our founding principles.
Gregory tried to paint Obama as a victim, being demonized by his detractors.
Ryan turned that around and showed that we are the victims.
Obama's violation of the Constitution is an attack on us.
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Transcript
REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI): Well, I couldn't hear all of that clip from Rick Santorum, but what I would say is what we're getting from the White House with this conscience issue, it's not an issue about contraception, it's an issue that reveals a political philosophy that the president is showing that basically treats our constitutional rights as if they're revocable privileges from our government, not inalienable rights by our creator. And so what I would simply say is we're seeing this new government activism, sort of a paternalistic, arrogant political philosophy that puts new government-granted rights in the way of our constitutional rights. And so what I think it really is is that it's an argument for freedom, for our founding principles and for protecting those constitutional rights which right with his new mandate from HHS, like I said, it's really not about contraception, it's about violating our First Amendment rights to religious freedom and of conscience. That's what I think he's trying to get at.
DAVID GREGORY: You think it's an appropriate part of the debate for a Republican contender for the White House to say the president has a phony theology as part of his agenda and say things like, "Well, if he says he's a Christian then he's a Christian." Haven't we been through all of this before trying to demonize the president?
RYAN: Yeah, I wouldn't, I wouldn't characterize it that way. I would simply say that he has a political philosophy that believes that he can mandate certain benefits and activities of the American people which conflicts with their constitutional rights. He believes that these new government-granted rights trump our constitutional rights such as our First Amendment rights to conscience, to freedom of religion. So I would, I would go after him on his political philosophy, which violates our founding principles.
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GREGORY: Congressman Ryan, do you think this is an issue that's legitimate for the presidential campaign? Do we have to come to a point where the country reconciles different views about this and we have a consistent way of looking at same-sex marriage?
RYAN: Actually, I came on to talk about the debt crisis we have and the budget and I think that's really the driving issue of this, this election.
GREGORY: Mm-hmm.
RYAN: But I supported the Wisconsin amendment to define marriage between a man and a woman. Look, Bill Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act. If I recall from the last presidential campaign, President Obama, Vice President Biden said that they support marriage as being between a man and a woman. So you know, I don't know why we're spending all this time talking about this. We've got a debt crisis coming and the administration just gave us a budget that just simply charts another path to debt and decline. It's an unserious budget that just fails at tackling these challenges and I think that's what we ought to be talking about right now.
Ryan emphasizes the debt crisis. He's not interested in yapping about issues not at the forefront of the people's concerns.
The Leftists, naturally, don't want to talk about the fiscal mess, the horrible economy.
In spite of Gregory's idiocy, Ryan remains cool.
The 2012 election is not about contraception.
Good grief.
He isn't bombastic or pompous. He's reasonable. He makes sense. He conveys his message in a manner that's very palatable.
He's smart. He's likable. He's conservative.
If only...
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