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Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence.
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RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence.
August 12, 2012 at 10:57 am (This post was last modified: August 12, 2012 at 11:04 am by cratehorus.)
Since Paul Ryan loves everything about Ayn Rand except her atheism, and now loves Thomas Aquinas (a 13th century catholic bishop who apparently can fly) whose only economic accomplishment appears to be arguing that raising prices when demand is high (supply and demand) is a form of theft, and since Ayn Rand rejected every form of government. Does this mean Paul Ryan is admitting he's a fundamentalist theocrat?

Quote:“I reject her philosophy,” Ryan told the National Review in April. “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…Don’t give me Ayn Rand.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79612.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AynRand
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Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by Brian37 - August 12, 2012 at 7:21 am
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by Tiberius - August 12, 2012 at 8:45 am
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by A Theist - August 12, 2012 at 8:50 am
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by Tiberius - August 12, 2012 at 8:58 am
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by A Theist - August 12, 2012 at 9:59 am
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by Tiberius - August 12, 2012 at 11:51 am
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by A Theist - August 12, 2012 at 12:42 pm
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by Reforged - August 12, 2012 at 12:54 pm
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by A Theist - August 12, 2012 at 1:54 pm
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by Brian37 - August 12, 2012 at 4:16 pm
RE: Ryan attacked for Ayn Rand Influence. - by cratehorus - August 12, 2012 at 10:57 am

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