Romney to pick Paul Ryan for VP

kenny olav

norm wrote:

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

good point. and that big splash caused a tidal wave which later sunk the ship.

prism

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

this is a shameless play to appease the teapartiers. the former governor of mass has gone way right with this pick....let's see how it works.

Just when we thought this party couldn't get any more extreme. :roll:

The Medicare thing is going to kill this ticket. Good - you reap what you sow.

ryan is flat-out scary. add to the medicare thing he's strongly anti-women, anti-gay, anti-environment, anti-planned parenthood, anti-heathcare, anti-public education, anti-animal welfare, against seperation of church & state...pro-gun, pro-punishment, pro-corperate, pro-war and favors sealing the borders are some of his extremist views.


http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm/


seems as though by picking ryan, romney didn't just tie the pooch to the car roof this time... he screwed it

cincybearcat

The interesting thing is, no one that has commented here would have said anything different no matter who he chose.

I got do some research, should be interesting.

Jason P

I'm just curious how The Onion runs with this news ...

Jason P

peacefrompaul

cincybearcat wrote:

The interesting thing is, no one that has commented here would have said anything different no matter who he chose.

I got do some research, should be interesting.

I disagree

RW81233

Jason P wrote:

His bio on FoxNews says he listens to Rage Against the Machine and Zeppelin.

he got much of his interest into getting into politics through his reading of Ayn Rand, a known sociopath, guess I really know who I'm not voting for now - as if that's a shock.

Prince Of Dorkness

It's like Ken and G.I. Joe together... empty heads, plastic smiles, shellacked hair, no balls and posable by whomever buys them.

Prince Of Dorkness

All kidding aside, this just solidifies my feeling that he doesn't want to win. He wants to become a darling of the extreme right wing Tea Bagger set and get Sarah Palin-size 7-figure speaking deals. Sell a few books and make some more money, eventually get a show on Fox News for a few more million per year.

There's no way that he can expect someone like Paul Ryan to do anything but turn off just about every demographic but rich, straight, christian, snobby white people.

prism

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

It's like Ken and G.I. Joe together... empty heads, plastic smiles, shellacked hair, no balls and posable by whomever buys them.

exactly

prism

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

All kidding aside, this just solidifies my feeling that he doesn't want to win. He wants to become a darling of the extreme right wing Tea Bagger set and get Sarah Palin-size 7-figure speaking deals. Sell a few books and make some more money, eventually get a show on Fox News for a few more million per year.

There's no way that he can expect someone like Paul Ryan to do anything but turn off just about every demographic but rich, straight, christian, snobby white people.

i was thinking the same thing... he really doesn't want to be president.

even amongst those rich, straight, white christians...there's some ultra christians that won't vote for this ticket simply because romney is mormon & ryan is catholic

RW81233

this is similar to the Dems decision to send John Kerry out there in 04. They had to have someone so vile to even their own base that he couldn't beat an unpopular president, but set the stage for Obama or Clinton in '08.

peacefrompaul

RW81233 wrote:

this is similar to the Dems decision to send John Kerry out there in 04. They had to have someone so vile to even their own base that he couldn't beat an unpopular president, but set the stage for Obama or Clinton in '08.

That's a great thought!

Johnny Abruzzo

cincybearcat wrote:

The interesting thing is, no one that has commented here would have said anything different no matter who he chose.

I got do some research, should be interesting.

I wish he picked this guy:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/herman-cain-lifts-suspension-of-presidential-campa,29129/


Democrats are getting too cocky about this. Paul Ryan has atrocious viewpoints, but he is a gifted politician who has won a Democrat-leaning district 7 straight times. People, this isn't Sarah Palin. He's not going to panic in a Katy Couric interview.

Obama campaign really needs to push the message of what's in that "marvelous" budget of his, and all other terrible things he supports.

norm

putting aside cincy's Kreskin-like abilities this pick raises questions for me...

has the gop given up on florida and the latino vote in general?

and i agree with rw, i think the gop is conceding this election...romney is not a strong leader or particularly good politician...by picking ryan, they are upping his cred for 2016 but this ticket won't win...then i don't think anyone they picked could get romney into office

RW81233

i'm definitely not saying it's over by any stretch, but this seems really weird to have a guy so oppositional to Romney. Could have something up their shirts that I don't see though. Maybe it helps get the obviously large libertarian vote to get on board with Romney for prez?

peacefrompaul

RW81233 wrote:

i'm definitely not saying it's over by any stretch, but this seems really weird to have a guy so oppositional to Romney. Could have something up their shirts that I don't see though. Maybe it helps get the obviously large libertarian vote to get on board with Romney for prez?

It may help get the Libertarian leaning Republicans but not full on Libertarians such as myself.

PJ_Soul

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

All kidding aside, this just solidifies my feeling that he doesn't want to win. He wants to become a darling of the extreme right wing Tea Bagger set and get Sarah Palin-size 7-figure speaking deals. Sell a few books and make some more money, eventually get a show on Fox News for a few more million per year.

There's no way that he can expect someone like Paul Ryan to do anything but turn off just about every demographic but rich, straight, christian, snobby white people.

Asuch as I hate to defend anything related to the guy, I don't agree with this. He's already got mountains of money. I think he's after the sense of ultimate power now. I have no clue how people are going to react to this choice.... but I never underestimate the ability of the right to continue being brainwashed.

inlet13

Admittedly, I know little about Paul Ryan, but today I heard he sleeps in his congressional office. If that's true, that part .... there, that, that's pretty cool.

Otherwise, I don't know. Will be interesting. I don't see this swaying too many people.

RFTC

inlet13 wrote:

Admittedly, I know little about Paul Ryan, but today I heard he sleeps in his congressional office. If that's true, that part .... there, that, that's pretty cool.

Otherwise, I don't know. Will be interesting. I don't see this swaying too many people.

if he slept w/a eunuch i could give a rats ass where he 'is reported to sleep'

ryan's story will be told and it aint pretty. this election will be a blood bath...