Paul Ryan will hurt Romney's campaign
To be fair, Paul Ryan has a lot more substance than Sarah Palin. Still, one would doubt if Ryan is the smartest choice.
Mitt Romney already has solid support among his party voters. What he needs most is those swinging in between the two extremes. The smart move would be someone who could attract those voters.
If anything, instead of winning them over, Romney, after bringing on the hawkish Ryan, will only frighten them away.
Furthermore, Ryan, with his promise of austerity that targets social services for senior citizens and the poor, plays well into the hand of Democrats.
Ryan comes in to alienate the swing voters.
George Hunsucker
Northland
9 months, 2 weeks agoOh, so Ryan is also now “hawkish”. How many negative characteristics can you donkeys come-up with?
You donkeys are truly a hoot…. What’s another name for a donkey I wonder?
William R. Nelson
9 months, 1 week agoIf I was a Liberal, I’d be more concerned about Barack Obama hurting Obama’s campaign.
George Hunsucker
Northland
9 months, 1 week agoJoin the other younger people rushing to Romney Yanwen….
Romney offers a resurgant America, the big 0 offers, well, we don’t know since he has no plan other then spending more money and never-ending deficits….
http://washingtonexaminer.com/a-romney-first-over-40-of-youth-vote-back-him/article/2504893#.UCueg91lREN
Mark Hastert
9 months, 1 week agoI still don’t get the logic. The Romney people have perfected the opaque campaign. Why tie themselves to Ryan’s positions?
This could not have been their idea.
Phil Cardarella
9 months, 1 week ago“Paul Ryan will hurt Romney’s campaign”
From your keyboard to God’s ears!
Good hair, good teeth — but not just Palin with a penis. He has read several books, not just the Old Testament.
But, an “intellectual?” Hardly. It took him two decades to notice his hero Ayn Rand was an atheist. He still considers her a great moral philosopher — a position most college juniors have grown out of, Bill Buckley he ain’t.
Bucklye would say he is “less than meets the eye.”
Mitt chose him because he like to be brown-nosed — by a guy who could easily be his 6th son — and it shut up the GOP base. And because no one can tell a rich guy like Mitt that he has a dumb idea — and keep his job.
Good hair, good teeth, and — come 1/1/13 — a GREAT contract on FOX News.
George Hunsucker
Northland
9 months, 1 week agoSure will be great to read lewis’ blog posting on how tolerant some of his libs are:
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/08/14/NBP-Threaten-Cracker-Republican-Tampa-Convention-Wont-Be-Tolerated-Our-Feet-Will-Be-On-Your-Necks
Kent Mueller
9 months, 1 week agoPhil can’t talk without getting personal. Pretty much a sign of a small thinker.
Phil Cardarella
9 months, 1 week agoHeadline:
AT AGE 42, PAUL RYAN FINALLY NOTICES THAT AYN RAND IS NOT GREAT MORAL PHILOSOPHER!
SEVEN TERM CONGRESSMAN REACHES ANALYTICAL SOPHISTICATION OF AVERAGE COLLEGE JUNIOR!
I hope that next he plans to reconsider his apparent position that Herbert Hoover’s vast business experience ended the Great Depression — since he seems to think lower taxes on the wealthy and balanced budgets are the most important thing to reduce unemployment.
Or did I miss that part, too?
Of course, Rand’s Social Darwinian economic views cannot be separated from her amoral philosophy. Ryan is just embarrassed to admit his admiration for an atheist elitist outside the rightwingnut circles that admire her.
But, the reason he is taking grief from the Catholic bishops — who are usually happy to give a pass to anybody with a pulse who opposes abortion — is that his budget is Randian, not Christian, in its approach to social justice.
“Blessed are the rich and those who help them become richer” is not a Beatitude.
PS: I once found a fact on FOX. It involved a sports score.
George Hunsucker
Northland
9 months, 1 week agoYou just have to “understand” him Pappy…
See, phil is realizing that his beloved big 0 is now losing the younger people too as it is becoming increasingly clear to these people that jimmy II’s policies make these young people cenja’s(college educated no jobs available) and they see Romney as offering them the opportunity at a future vs. govt. wards under obama.
phil sees the great lib experiment that started 3+ years ago coming to an end as we take back our country from the left who want us to be part of Europe again.
Feel sorry for him Pappy, he is one distraught little lib puppy….
Kent Mueller
9 months, 1 week agoI did see that Obama is ahead 42-20 among those who don’t expect to vote.
That poll was far more interesting than anything condescending Phil has said.
Steve Alleman
Kansas City
9 months, 1 week agoKent Mueller: “Phil can’t talk without getting personal. Pretty much a sign of a small thinker.”
And calling Phil a small thinker isn’t personal? Please. And what are we supposed to do, only talk about Ryan and Romney as if they were abstract concepts?
Kent Mueller
9 months, 1 week agoSteve, my comment wasn’t from just Phil’s last comment, or even just from his comments on this blog. He consistently gets personal as he attempts to characterize people with whom he disagrees. Perhaps I shouldn’t have mentioned the size of his thinking. But if you cross out his condescending remarks about how many books he thinks people have read, references to hair and teeth and other perceived personal traits, then there really isn’t much to what he says. And when asked a question, he very rarely ever answers.
So, Steve, it’s ok for Phil to talk of Ryan’s hair. How far would I get referencing Obama’s hair? There is no difference, but we would be treated very differently.
George Hunsucker
Northland
9 months, 1 week agoOn a lighter note, I think the sun is bleaching-out the big 0’s hair from his 104 rounds of golf.
It’s got to be either that or some dreaded right-wing conspiracy that has changed the Griecian 44 formula….
:-)
Phil Cardarella
9 months, 1 week agoCome on, Kent. My referneces (complementary) to Ryan’s great hair and teeth were in keeping with my observation that he — like so many failed GOP politicians — would find a home making big money on FOX. Hardly an insult from a guy with a bald spot the size of a small solar panel.
I do not think (or say) that Ryan is not as deep a thinker as your average politician. That pool is not a deep one in general. I do think it is highly unwarranted to declare him an intellectual. It is a criticism both of the GOP and of the press that he could be characterized so.
I have criticized the “dumbing down” of the GOP. The GOP used to be the party of the smart, educated elite. that has changed. Its anti-science, theocratic leanings have forced lots of bright guys to play dumb or get TeaPartied in the primaries. Mitt is no genius (but for $$$), but he has had to back away from his previous reasoned stands to get the nomination, not because he has actually changed his thoughts.
Like Henry of Navarre, he has concluded compromising his integrity is necessary to become king.
Those who actually are anti-science and theocratic bring a dangerous wave of ignorance to our political process. Those who do not share but choose to exploit that ignorance are worthy of our contempt.
The earth is not 6000 years old. Cave dwellers did not — like Fred Flintstone — ride dinosaurs. The climate is changing. On none of these can reasonable men actually differ.
Kent Mueller
9 months, 1 week agoPhil, you can’t say that you were complimenting Ryan with a straight face, can you? After all, you have repeated the hair and teeth line just has you have your other lines that amuse you only.
And why are we debating what in essence is the definition of a real life intellectual. Frankly, more times than not, they should be avoided for serious policy work. Ryan is quite intelligent, as are others on both sides of the isle. To debate if he is an intellectual is a futile and meaningless exercise.
And there you go again…the dumbing down of the Republican Party. Condescending Phil is at it again. Sure there are those on the left who express some pretty ill informed opinions. But there are plenty of those on the left also. Those don’t seem to bother you, but them maybe your actually believe them.
And as far as your “climate is changing” point. Once again the left misstates the issue. The issue is not whether the earth’s climate is changing. The earth’s climate has fluctuated throughout the entire history of the world that we have been able to research. The question is, after all of the prior fluctuations, if man is causing the most recent warming, er cooling, er warming…ohhh changes.