Romney-Ryan Announcement Live Thread

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[John W]

Thought we needed this.

[penelopesire]

Hey girl! Missed you! Good to see all the old gang here! The Ryan pick is going to energize this campaign in a lot of great ways. I was getting bored...not anymore....lol.

[factmart]

The only white voters that will be staying home will be the freepers who love conservatism more than America, all the rest of the Conservative freepers who love America first will crawl on their knees to vote for Romney.Thank GOD most freepers are grownups enough to tell the difference between Obama and Romney and will be voting for Romney

[mojitojoe]

Mixed emotions. I can say I like Ryan a lot. I cannot say that I think this was a great choice. I guess we will see how the polls numbers do in the next 30 days.
I think he should have chosen someone with a little more charisma. I can’t stand the way Ryan smiles. His smile is a frown. A nice, big smile is a good thing. Ryan is an excellent speaker and knows what he is talking about, no teleprompter needed and he is a conservative. I don’t hate the choice as much as I did when I first heard about it, but I really don’t think it was a wise choice and I hope that I am wrong.

I will leave it at that.

[ctdonath2]

Wait, what?

[RummyChick]

here is my belief.

We have been flipping one term Presidents. It’s now the Democrats turn.

Obama is one term.

The powers that be have decided that Mitt is going to be the President.

Obama is going to mentally explode in the upcoming battle. He truly is a nut case.

[NoGrayZone]

Otherwise.....?

You vote for barry?

[CaptainK]

Obama mistakenly introduced Biden the same way per of all people Joe Trippi.

[factmart]

Ryan picked the best chice out there, you will see.

[trisham]

My sister is Florida called me right after the announcement. She’s giddy with approval of this choice. I don’t know much about Ryan, but I am cautiously optimistic.

[TomGuy]

Team Obama statement on Ryan selection:

from Jim Messina, President Barack Obama's campaign manager, on Romney's running mate selection:


"In naming Congressman Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney has chosen a leader of the House Republicans who shares his commitment to the flawed theory that new budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, while placing greater burdens on the middle class and seniors, will somehow deliver a stronger economy. The architect of the radical Republican House budget, Ryan, like Romney, proposed an additional $250,000 tax cut for millionaires, and deep cuts in education from Head Start to college aid. His plan also would end Medicare as we know it by turning it into a voucher system, shifting thousands of dollars in health care costs to seniors. As a member of Congress, Ryan rubber-stamped the reckless Bush economic policies that exploded our deficit and crashed our economy. Now the Romney-Ryan ticket would take us back by repeating the same, catastrophic mistakes."

[factmart]

Ryan picked the best chioce out there, you will see.

[hoosiermama]

What say we start a Ryan thread....with lots of pictures and a few links to his “intellectual” prowess.... Ahem

Also demand pictures each time his name is mentioned...For the younger women of course!

[Senator Pardek]

Yes.

[mojitojoe]

As the chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ryan gives Romney a link to Capitol Hill leadership and underscores Romney’s effort to make the election a referendum on the nation’s economic course. Romney also could see his standing improve in Wisconsin, a state President Barack Obama won handily four years ago but that could be much tighter this November.

Even so, Ryan has been a double-edged sword for Romney. The congressman’s endorsement of Romney came at a critical stage of the GOP primaries, giving him a boost in the Wisconsin race that effectively buried Romney’s final threat. But it also meant Romney was embracing the Ryan-sponsored budget proposal that Democrats fiercely target as painful to the poor and elderly.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/08/11/ryan-seen-as-romneys-bridge-to-conservatives/

[KansasGirl]

[ from barackobama.com:

“Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan: The Go Back Team” ]

I think “the comeback team” coined by Ryan today is genius. It connects with the emotions of the American people right now. Obama’s team must have picked up on that too.

[factmart]

Ryan picked the best choice out there, you will see.

[VeniVidiVici]

How long before the democrats roll out the Rolls-Royce symbol for Romney/Ryan campaign? Targeting the rich.

That's alright. I think we can counter :)

[bigbob]

You said it!

[maggief]

Missed you too ... while I was away. :)

[MrPiper]

“How long before the democrats roll out the Rolls-Royce symbol for Romney/Ryan campaign?”

I'm already seeing the old Riche Rich cartoons......I swear the GOP is stupid or wants us to fail :-(

The rich guy and the mean Scrooge that will steal your free stuff.