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Romney picks Ryan for running mate
AP ^ | 8/11/12 | KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLES

Posted on 08/10/2012 11:26:35 PM PDT by OPS4

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate, according to a Republican with knowledge of the development. They will appear together Saturday in Norfolk, Va., at the start of a four-state bus tour to introduce the newly minted GOP ticket to the nation.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2012veep; mittromney; paulryan; romney; ryan; teaparty; virginia; vp; wisconsin
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To: jneesy
And John McCain/Sarah Palin still LOST!!! So how is it invalid? So tell me what reason would the so called independents, that so crucial as everyone says, and any of the opposition party members have invested in voting for someone because they can shore a few more votes from the Top-of-the-Ticket's base? Really these people are going to switch their vote because they liked the warm up act? Someone who will have no power what so ever do anything for those votes should they win.

Bottom Line if the Headliner can't carry the ticket it is a lost cause.

John McCain and so many others have proven it time after time.

41 posted on 08/11/2012 12:52:30 AM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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To: OPS4

Awesome choice!


42 posted on 08/11/2012 12:54:28 AM PDT by Dragonspirit (Always remember President Token won only by defecting on his CFR pledge.)
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To: OPS4

Part of the Group, along with Mitch and the Gang, that went right along and willingly met with The Undocumented Coffee Server at Blair House.

They all should have never shown to begin with.


43 posted on 08/11/2012 12:54:28 AM PDT by Varsity Flight (Extortion-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
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To: OPS4

Ryan is great I know he is great. Ryan in the VP office is effectively neutralized and can do nothing beyond what the president wants him to do. The VP can not cut spending only congress can do that.


44 posted on 08/11/2012 12:55:34 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Come on RNC, throw that socialist under the bus and nominate some one who can take it to the marxist)
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To: DJlaysitup

“Ryan won’t sell in Florida”

Rubio will do that. He is still campaigning for Romney. Get a grip, we’re winning Florida.

BTW, the youth is not going to turn out for the assclown Kenyan this time.


45 posted on 08/11/2012 12:56:46 AM PDT by 1035rep (Obama: "I killed Bin Laden" ...you didn't do that. Somebody else made that happen.)
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To: W. W. SMITH

Paul Ryan Thrashes Obama’s Speech: “Exploiting People’s Emotions” Is “Demagoguery”!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT30c5qbk90&feature=related
Ryan is the man to bring the base into our camp for beating Obama if you cant see it too bad for you!


46 posted on 08/11/2012 12:57:29 AM PDT by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!Jesus is Lord)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Romney WINS in 2012 and so does Ryan. Then the people that deserve to be happy will be, and those that aren’t happy with that result can pound sand and go cry some for Obama.


47 posted on 08/11/2012 12:58:02 AM PDT by Dragonspirit (Always remember President Token won only by defecting on his CFR pledge.)
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To: jneesy
sorry for the spelling errors but i’m pretty lit

LOL It's cool drinking and posting are OK LOL

Hmm...I don't think they issue cyber PWI's

Just in Case: As a PSA I do not endorse drinking and posting which can lead to bad spelling, very poor grammer, and whacked out crazy thoughts processes. Thank you.

48 posted on 08/11/2012 12:59:18 AM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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To: Gene Eric

Romney winning would be the result of running unopposed. Then if he acted as he said he would when speaking to the student body at the Citadel he would eclipse Reagan and leave him looking like the Democrat he was in the thirties. But if Romney acts the same as he did when governor of Massachusetts then he will be reviled and hated to such an extent that Ryan will be painted the same. Actions have always spoken louder than words.


49 posted on 08/11/2012 1:11:01 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Come on RNC, throw that socialist under the bus and nominate some one who can take it to the Marxist)
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To: W. W. SMITH

Just think of him as “future President Ryan” and you will feel better.

Nominating a future leader of the party is a priceless gift that can only be given by a man with vision who actually cares about the future of the country.

Think about it.

As a bonus Ryan will be the attack-dog on the campaign trail. That is a game changer. He will chew up the Obiden team.


50 posted on 08/11/2012 1:12:05 AM PDT by cgbg (No bailouts for New York and California. Let them eat debt.)
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To: OPS4

Ryan is the man who could bring the base. What causes you to think Romney will let him do so?

Remember McCain putting Palin in a cage and not letting her take it to Obama, well watch the repeat.


51 posted on 08/11/2012 1:15:51 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Come on RNC, throw that socialist under the bus and nominate some one who can take it to the Marxist)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

So sez the rumor mill. Thanks OPS4.


52 posted on 08/11/2012 1:18:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cgbg

I agree. This was an awesome pick.


53 posted on 08/11/2012 1:19:10 AM PDT by 1035rep (Obama: "I killed Bin Laden" ...you didn't do that. Somebody else made that happen.)
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To: cgbg

Nominating a future leader of the party is a priceless gift that can only be given by a man with vision who actually cares about the future of the country.

Neutralizing someone who could be a future leader and set back your political agenda is a political ploy that has been used before. Teddy Roosevelt was picked as VP to side track him into oblivion. Due to the death of the man doing the picking it did not work as expected.


54 posted on 08/11/2012 1:24:02 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Come on RNC, throw that socialist under the bus and nominate some one who can take it to the Marxist)
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To: W. W. SMITH

Romney wants to win, McCain didn’t.


55 posted on 08/11/2012 1:37:38 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: W. W. SMITH

Troll Zotz, Romney Ryan will win


56 posted on 08/11/2012 1:50:02 AM PDT by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!Jesus is Lord)
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To: OPS4

Ryan is good. Romney should pull out NOW and save
America, but his destruction of the GOP and Gov. Palin
requires he continue.


57 posted on 08/11/2012 2:09:09 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: OPS4

Just saw this link at Google —— and clicked on it -— Oops. It’s been pulled.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/11/why-we-can-forget-paul-ryan-for-vp?newsfeed=true

“Why we can forget Paul Ryan for VP”

The Guardian - 5 minutes ago

“The biggest reason to select Paul Ryan is that he’s adored by the Republican base. That was one of the big arguments for selecting Sarah Palin, and it made ...”


58 posted on 08/11/2012 2:13:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: MissesBush

Those polls wat overpolls Democrafs, esp this new crapola Fox poll.
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The only Fox polls I’ve seen are done online and the “responders” are free to declare themselves as D/R/I and vote any way they wish. They are garbage.

I agree with you that Rasmussen is, and has been for years, the most accurate poll because they don’t overweight Dems and they only poll likely voters.


59 posted on 08/11/2012 3:19:46 AM PDT by octex
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I was reading the AP link at Drudge and all of a sudden it refreshed and said the article I was looking for is no longer there!


60 posted on 08/11/2012 3:34:03 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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