8/12/12, "Ryan Brings the Tea Party to the Ticket," NY Times Caucus blogs, Michael D. Shear
"Mr. Ryan is now unquestionably the face of the Tea Party caucus in Washington."...
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Paul Ryan isn't even a member of the Tea Party Caucus:
Through 7/12/11, "Members of the Tea Party Caucus," Bachmann.House.Gov
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Two days before Wisconsin's GOP primary, Paul Ryan's influence at an all-time high, Mr. Ryan chose to endorse Ruling Class Establishment Republican Tommy Thompson over the Tea Party candidates. Establishment Republican Thompson used Ryan's endorsement in his radio ads the day before the election, and he ended up winning:
8/15/12, "Tea party's Yoho wins upset in Fla.," AP, A. Miga
"Thompson, a governor for 14 years who was first elected in 1966, enjoyed the most name recognition statewide.
He got a late boost from Ryan, who praised Thompson's record as governor during a rally in Wisconsin on Sunday.
Ryan did not mention Thompson's rivals.
Thompson aired a radio ad on Monday featuring Ryan's comments."...
-------------------------------------------Crony actions speak louder than words:
7/25/12, "Tommy Thompson dogged by ties to 'Obamacare'," Politico, M. Raju
"Tommy Thompson has attacked “Obamacare” relentlessly during his Senate campaign in Wisconsin, calling the sweeping health care law a “budget-busting government takeover,” intruding into the lives of private citizens.
But as a private citizen, the Republican had a much different experience with the legislation: He held positions with eight companies and organizations that either benefited from Obamacare, strongly supported its passage or were considered models for the national law.
After leaving President George W. Bush’s Cabinet in 2005 as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Thompson amassed a vast portfolio working with health care companies from San Francisco to Jacksonville, Fla., providing strategic advice and legal expertise and sitting on a number of boards of directors, according to federal records. While many of the groups would not discuss Thompson’s private advice, some called for passage of the law as he served on their respective teams.
Thompson advised the powerful drug industry trade group, PhRMA, which spent millions to promote the bill and boost Democrats in a nationwide paid advertising campaign ahead of the 2010 midterm elections. He was compensated for his service on the board of directors for St. Louis-based Centene, which praised the law when it passed and now stands to benefit from the statute’s Medicaid expansion. And he provided legal and strategic advice to one of the nation’s largest groups of primary-care physicians, MDVIP, which had projected that the law would substantially drive up business for the Florida-based practice.
Thompson served on the boards of several nonprofits and corporations, including the Jacksonville-based U.S. Preventive Medicine, which touted passage of the health care law when he was serving as its national policy adviser. And a few months ago, Thompson became chairman of the board of TherapeuticsMD pharmaceutical company, which received a boost from the health care law: It mandated that insurance plans cover the kinds of vitamins that the company manufactures.
After beating back attacks from the right over comments he made praising a version of the health care legislation in 2009, Thompson now faces questions over whether his post-government career blossomed because of the law he now wants to repeal.
“He was one of the few Republicans that supported it. Now I think he’s trying to finesse his support,” said Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who is backing former Rep. Mark Neumann, one of Thompson’s three GOP challengers. “That’s a problem.”."...
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Ed. note: Tea Party supporters are happy Ryan is the VP candidate but he had nothing to do with the Tea Party revolution. Ryan has been in the Beltway for many years, isn't even a member of the Tea Party Caucus, and just gave an endorsement that likely made the difference for an over-the-hill Establishment GOP crony, Tommy Thompson.
8/15/12, "How Tommy Thompson’s win in Wisconsin changes the Senate majority fight," Washington Post, Chris Cillizza
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The NY Times hopes to scare voters away by smearing Ryan as "the face of the Tea Party caucus" who "will be a heartbeat from the Oval Office."
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