Paul Ryan major flip flop on Ayn Rand

[Enrique]

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/04/26/471730/paul-ryan-ayn-rand/

In 2005, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) heaped praise on Ayn Rand, a 20th-century libertarian novelist best known for her philosophy that centered on the idea that selfishness is “virtue”. The New Republic wrote:

“The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand,” Ryan said at a D.C. gathering four years ago honoring the author of “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead.”
Ryan also noted in a 2003 interview with the Weekly Standard, “I give out ‘Atlas Shrugged’ as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it. Well… I try to make my interns read it.”

But today, Ryan is singing a far different tune.
From an interview with National Review’s Bob Costa this week:

“I reject her philosophy,” Ryan says firmly. “It’s an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person’s view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas,” who believed that man needs divine help in the pursuit of knowledge. “Don’t give me Ayn Rand,” he says.

[peacebird]

1. Trying to rewrite history, methinks Ryan is hoping to win a VP nod....

[demgrrrll]

2. Someone probably told him she drew a Social Security check towards the end of her life.

[Enrique]

3. guess who else did?

none other than Paul Ryan, who paid for college with Social Security benefits he got when his father died.

[WillyT]

4. That's Right !!!

Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/20/paul-ryan-already-benefitted-from-the-social-security-fund-he-now-wants-to-gut/

[demgrrrll]

8. I didn't know that, why doesn't some reporter ask him about that publicly or has that already

happened.

[Zalatix]

5. I dedicate this song to Paul Ryan.

[riderinthestorm]

6. Jayzus, sometimes you just can't make this hypocritical shit up! K&R nt

[jwirr]

7. No one is going to believe him as long as his policies reflect her ideas.

[Iris]

9. I was glad to track this down based on one of the comments - US Conference of Catholic Bishops

condemned his budget - http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/222003-catholic-bishops-criticize-ryan-budget-cuts-to-food-stamps