Asserts the conservative Republican pundit: "So Paul Ryan’s high crime [according to Democrats] is being courageous, honest and leveling with the American people about the tough realities facing us. He, like most Republicans, believes that raising taxes, when our economy is growing at half its historical average, and with the unemployment rate 40 percent higher than its historical average, is economic suicide. So Ryan takes on the major culprits in driving our long-term fiscal crisis — entitlements spending. Is this 'magical thinking?' No, it’s guts."
She continues her commentary: "And what courageous measures do Democrat critics take on? No major spending-reform proposals and no across-the-board tax hikes, which [Congressional Budget Office director Douglas] Elmendorf suggests as the alternative. Just the usual class-warfare rhetoric. Tax the top 1 percent, who already pay 39 percent of income taxes, and who alone could never cover the huge deficits that CBO is projecting."
More: "Paul Ryan is courageously delivering truth to the American people, boldly and clearly. He can’t make anyone drink the water. But if honesty and courage is no longer what sells in America, we can be sure that the future is not pretty. Romney’s bet, and I think it is a good one, is that the American people are ready for Paul Ryan and an adult conversation."
Star Parker: "USA Is Ready For Paul Ryan's Adult Conversation"
