Romney to pick Paul Ryan for VP

brianlux

Zoso wrote:

Paul Ryan being the VP nominee will kill Romney once and for all.

That's pretty much the story I'm seeing through a number of news sources. Basically most are saying Romney has committed political suicide. You suppose Cheney will same thing about Romney's choice as he did about McCain choosing Palin?

Zoso

brianlux wrote:

Zoso wrote:

Paul Ryan being the VP nominee will kill Romney once and for all.

That's pretty much the story I'm seeing through a number of news sources. Basically most are saying Romney has committed political suicide. You suppose Cheney will same thing about Romney's choice as he did about McCain choosing Palin?

tough to know what Cheney thinks about Ryan... Ryan is a really extreme version of Dick the former VP.. which is scary in itself... At this point it seems Obama is well ahead in most polls.. I don't think choosing someone that is trying to get rid of medicare and increase taxes to the normal folk is a good move when you're trying to seem in touch.

norm

well the koch bros got their puppet

Johnny Abruzzo

What I read said that the CBO report on Ryan's Budget said there will be no federal budget surplus for the first 3 decades. :roll: :fp:

Really gonna cut that deficit, huh? :?

Zoso

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

What I read said that the CBO report on Ryan's Budget said there will be no federal budget surplus for the first 3 decades. :roll: :fp:

Really gonna cut that deficit, huh? :?

just going to cut what they don't believe in..

1) helping people in need

brianlux

Zoso wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

What I read said that the CBO report on Ryan's Budget said there will be no federal budget surplus for the first 3 decades. :roll: :fp:

Really gonna cut that deficit, huh? :?

just going to cut what they don't believe in..

1) helping people in need

Exactly and services are already cut quite a bit. An argument could be made for the fact that there is a lot of waste in social services- it's true- but cutting them back or cutting them out all together as opposed to making improvements just doesn't make sense.

ComeToTX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWyk-Mr6cfc&sns=em

I'm more energized to make sure these two fuckers never get close to the white house!

ComeToTX

Cut everything for the non-wealthy but don't fucking touch defense spending. Great platform.

norm

ComeToTX wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWyk-Mr6cfc&sns=em

I'm more energized to make sure these two fuckers never get close to the white house!

yeah but ryan will still go back to congress where he can cause the most damage

Newch91

Indifference wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Romney introduced Ryan as "the next President". :fp:

Gaffes happen - just like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... ElChQ6g2Io

Yep. I remember that and a some other one's that he said.

Newch91

ComeToTX wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWyk-Mr6cfc&sns=em

I'm more energized to make sure these two fuckers never get close to the white house!

Makes it even more clear for whom I'm voting for.

Don't touch my Pell Grant! :x

norm

also, it shows just how confident the campaign is in this pick that they leaked it late at night on a friday and made the official announcement early saturday morning

kenny olav

norm wrote:

also, it shows just how confident the campaign is in this pick that they leaked it late at night on a friday and made the official announcement early saturday morning

seriously, when has that ever happened before? it may be too early to call the Romney campaign dead in the water, but the one thing that could have breathed new life into it seems like it will fall flat.

it will be interesting to see how these numbers move in the coming days:

http://electoral-vote.com/

norm

http://www.skybarn.net/post/29198960484 ... ed-biggest

CROJAM95

I'm not in any way gonna count out Romney, even though if you take a good look at him it's obvious he panders like a mofo like no other I've seen, looking at you Mass Healthcare plan.

The electoral college is a scam, and as long as its in place anything can happen.... And with bigtime $$ and the right negative story on your opponent within our 24 hr news cycle... It's a lose lose for the Average American

Why can't they just do a majority vote across the board and be done with it?

Even though I don't agree with Ryan on vittually anything, he's a strong candidate for their base. He might rub some independents the wrong way... But it doesn't matter if the base doesn't show up.

norm

kenny olav wrote:

norm wrote:

also, it shows just how confident the campaign is in this pick that they leaked it late at night on a friday and made the official announcement early saturday morning

seriously, when has that ever happened before?

turns out 4 years ago...the obama campaign did the same

We’re seeing a lot of people ask this, so we’ll note: Joe Biden’s selection broke in the wee hours ahead of a Saturday morning roll-out too. The Ryan pick went public on Friday because reporters broke the story, which the campaign probably wanted them to so that Saturday’s roll-out would unfold as they’d planned. (Stories in the morning paper, etc.) The deal is you get two days of packed, enthusiastic campaign events because people don’t have to go to work—and then a running start going into the next week.
http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/2919 ... ul-ryan-vp

chadwick

CROJAM95 wrote:

I'm not in any way gonna count out Romney, even though if you take a good look at him it's obvious he panders like a mofo like no other I've seen, looking at you Mass Healthcare plan.

The electoral college is a scam, and as long as its in place anything can happen.... And with bigtime $$ and the right negative story on your opponent within our 24 hr news cycle... It's a lose lose for the Average American

Why can't they just do a majority vote across the board and be done with it?Even though I don't agree with Ryan on vittually anything, he's a strong candidate for their base. He might rub some independents the wrong way... But it doesn't matter if the base doesn't show up.

thank you!

Newch91

Gotta have some humor in this thread.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/b ... onsin.html

LESS INTERESTING PERSON THAN ROMNEY FOUND IN WISCONSIN
Posted by Andy Borowitz

U.S.S. WISCONSIN (The Borowitz Report)—An exhaustive manhunt that took months and spanned the country came to a dramatic end today as a less interesting person than Mitt Romney turned up in Wisconsin.

On the deck of the U.S.S. Wisconsin, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records were on hand to certify the result of the search.

“This man is in fact the least interesting person in America,” one Guinness official said, adding that Mr. Romney himself had held that title since 1947.

Mr. Romney and the man made a joint appearance, after which the audience was advised not to operate heavy machinery.

The man of the hour used his brief remarks to lay out his vision of America, saying that billions of dollars could be saved by eliminating food, clothing, and shelter.

kenny olav

norm wrote:

kenny olav wrote:

norm wrote:

also, it shows just how confident the campaign is in this pick that they leaked it late at night on a friday and made the official announcement early saturday morning

seriously, when has that ever happened before?

turns out 4 years ago...the obama campaign did the same

We’re seeing a lot of people ask this, so we’ll note: Joe Biden’s selection broke in the wee hours ahead of a Saturday morning roll-out too. The Ryan pick went public on Friday because reporters broke the story, which the campaign probably wanted them to so that Saturday’s roll-out would unfold as they’d planned. (Stories in the morning paper, etc.) The deal is you get two days of packed, enthusiastic campaign events because people don’t have to go to work—and then a running start going into the next week.
http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/2919 ... ul-ryan-vp

howaboutthat. i guess it makes sense then. i just remember that Sarah Palin was announced during the middle of the week.

norm

kenny olav wrote:

i just remember that Sarah Palin was announced during the middle of the week.

well that was due to mccain's campaign panicking over obama's celebrity...they wanted to make a big splash with that one