Brokaw and Gregory on Ryan and his “ideological amnesia”

NBC News Analyst Tom Brokaw and “Meet the Press” host David Gregory speak with Chris Matthews about vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and his voting record amnesia.

Brokaw began, speaking of Ryan:

“He is a man — as I know that you’ve all referred to this — who did vote for the auto bailout, he did vote for TARP, he did vote as well for both wars that were not funded, and he voted for Part D of Medicare, and he’s spent his entire life in government. And tomorrow night, Gov. Romney will come here and talk about bringing a new presidential ethos to the Oval Office that is based on his business experience, on his private-sector experience, and a man who lit up this room tonight has spent his entire adult life in government.”

Gregory went on to accuse Ryan of suffering from “ideological amnesia” and went on to note:

“There is a kind of ideological amnesia here on the part of Paul Ryan. He represents this new generation, a new strain of the Republican Party which at its core is about fiscal rectitude and responsibility, and yet he did not stand up to the Bush administration on two wars, on major areas of entitlements, as Tom [Brokaw] suggested, on the prescription drug benefit.”

You can see the clip below.

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