Comments on: Next President Ryan

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:54:18 +0000

I predict that if the GOP runs the tale they’ll do away with the filibuster rule.

By: Lord_Byron

Lord_Byron — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:58:40 +0000

Andrew,

I am foreseeing another four years of the filibuster which will mean that unless they get 60 votes they will not get anything done.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:34:36 +0000

Sorry, that last sentence should read “if the GOP takes the White House… “

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:33:59 +0000

Byron – have a look at top analytical sites. There is virtually no chance that the House will swing Dem. Also, this is the year the big Dem surge in 2006 comes up for a re-election (meaning that more of the seats up for re-election are held by Dems)… Current projects suggest that the Dems will lose seats in the Senate, and the Senate will end up either 50/50 or 51/49 Dem. If it’s 50/50, remember that the VP suddenly becomes very important because he breaks the tie in the Senate. If the Dems take the White House, they’ll pretty much have everything sown up (again), and you can bank on another rough decade for America.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:30:45 +0000

Few things worth noting:

1) Ryan is fairly uniformly anti-gay (anti-marriage, anti-adoption, pro-DADT), with the exception a stated support for anti-discrimination on the basis of employment.

2) Obama made an identical slip-of-the-tongue when introducing Biden as his running mate in 2008. Make nothing of this.

3) TampaZeke said: This also marks he FIRST time in history that the presidential ticket won’t include a Protestant Christian. And to many, if not most, Americans it will represent the FIRST time that the presidential nominee is not a Christian. I assume you mean for the Republican party… Barack Obama is a Protestant Christian, so if they “want to be safe and vote for the Protestant”, they know how to vote…

By: Lord_Byron

Lord_Byron — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:45:56 +0000

@Snowman
Rand also stated that altruism was a sin, but of course Ryan is now denying that he was impacted by Rand’s philosophy. Even though he stated that he joined public service because of Rand, weird I know, he gave out Atlas Shrugged as Christmas presents, and he tried to get his interns to read Atlas. Ryan is probably the worse selection for Romney, which makes it even better for liberals like myself.

Having said that, if Romney/Ryan actually wins I just hope that the senate and house go to the democrats because the Ryan plan is just disastrous. What concerns me most is that Ryan feels the reason tuition at colleges is so high is that people are getting financial aid from the government, a position Romney seems to share. Part of his budget would cut pell grants by 200 Billion and would cut off 1 million students from being eligible.

Though have to say I loved with Romney’s spokeswoman stated that if someone lived in Romney’s MA they would have health insurance.

By: Donny D.

Donny D. — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:35:20 +0000

Mark F., in what ways do you see Paul Ryan being a “conservative phony”?

(I’m not gonna disagree with you, by the way, I’m just interested in thinking that isn’t my own.)

By: Donny D.

Donny D. — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:32:27 +0000

Mark F., in what ways do you see Paul Ryan being a “conservative phony”?

(I’m not gonna disagree with you, by the way, I’m just interested in thinking that isn’t my own.)

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:18:16 +0000

Mark F., Still waiting…

By: Donny D.

Donny D. — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:10:32 +0000

jpeckjr wrong,

Maybe he was signalling that he’d rather vote for Ryan than for himself?

That’s it exactly. Eddie Munster champions the rabidly pro-wealthy politics that richpig Romney must love but feels he can’t fully admit to before the election. Ryan’s other politics Rmoney either agrees with or doesn’t care much about.