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Issued a statement questioning, quote, why ryan has a self-professed catholic would put the teachings of ultracapitalist ayn rand, of who she has spoken glowingly, before the teachings of jesus and the church. that's when paul ryan, who had made reading ayn rand's books mandatory for his staff, that's when he started saying, quote, i reject her philosophy, it's an atheist philosophy. here's how he put it to brit hume yesterday on fox news. >> it's something i completely disagree with. it's an atheistic philosophy. >> here's what he used to say about his hero. >> i grew up on ayn rand. that's w...

Their soul searching in trying to find out who they are and what they believe, and you learn about yourself. i grew up reading ayn rand and it taught me quite a bit about who i am and what my value systems are and what my beliefs are. 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. >> in 1967, when late-night tv truly was great, the greatest of them all, johnny carson, dropped the jokes one night and introduced ayn rand to america. johnny did his show in those days in a studio just three floors above me, above where i...

Would be, what? in college? in his 20s? when he was working in congress as a republican staffer? or would later in life be, oh, i don't know, april of this year? is that when he's claiming that he just discovered what her philosophy was and that she was an atheist? because later in paul ryan's life, in fact, in 2005, he actually wrote a speech about ayn rand that he then delivered at a meeting of the atlas society, a group of rand worshippers. all of whom were well versed in rand's philosophy and her atheism. >> i grew up on ayn rand. that's what i tell people. you know, everybody does their s...

When he was working in congress as a republican staffer? or would later in life be, oh, i don't know, april of this year? is that when he's claiming that he just discovered what her philosophy was and that she was an atheist? because later in paul ryan's life, in fact, in 2005, he actually wrote a speech about ayn rand that he then delivered at a meeting of the atlas society, a group of rand worshippers. all of whom were well versed in rand's philosophy and her atheism. >> i grew up on ayn rand. that's what i tell people. you know, everybody does their soul searching, in trying to figure out w...

Institution covered up a rape? are they going to get it? >> i think it's a great question. frankly, no, they won't get it. i think they get it now. the minute the football season starts -- i was on the penn state athletic website today. right at the top in the right-hand corner, 40 days, 12 hours and 13 minutes until the opener against ohio university. they won't get it. the minute they sit in that stadium and the minute they start losing to traditional rivals like ohio state, they're going to say, you know what? we got screwed. this is unfair. this is the actions of the few. they won't unders...