Posted on 08/13/2012 7:41:15 PM PDT by i88schwartz
"I've been covering politics since way before Tim Tebow was born," Dan Rather, the disgraced former anchor for CBS' "Evening News" said on the Monday night broadcast of MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" program. "But these things unfold as time goes on. And while right now Ryan looks like he is toxic for the ticket, it could be as we get deeper in the campaign, that this intelligent man, he is intelligent and serious man, will show something that people do not now see."
"In the early going, in the early going, Ryan damages the ticket because rightly or wrongly, he's perceived as someone out to kill Medicare and Medicaid, and for that matter, doesn't feel all that good about Social Security," Rather said. "Now, this is toxic in Florida. I'm not saying Romney will lose Florida. I'm saying that as of today, he has less chance of carrying it than he had before."
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You know Ryan is the right VP pick now. Too bad ticket isn’t upside-down.
Rather is rather dumb .
Dan Rather is still alive? Who knew?
I can breathe now. I was anxiously waiting for Dan Rather’s opinion on the republican VP pick. /s
Dan who ?
Dan still cannot find the correct frequency......
Actually, Dan Rather is right in a way as of now.
We do need to have a candid and honest discussion re: our fiscal situation and how SS and Medicare affect that but both are popular
Poor ole Dan—trying so hard to be relevant. He must think someone cares what his opinion is......................
If he still had a vacation home in my neighborhood, I would put a Romney/Ryan sign in his front yard. We had lots of fun putting a Bush/ Cheney sign there during that election...........It stayed there until sometime after Christmas before he came here and saw it!
“CBS NEWS projects Al Gore wlil win Florida...”
Dan Rather also slyly hinted to Richard Maddow that he’s heard some troubling things about Paul Ryan from his trusty source, Lucy Ramirez. He hopes to have something in writing very soon. He will present it in his regular nightly newscast, which he does at his kitchen table in his underwear to an audience consisting of his dog, his parakeet and Teddy Ruxpin.
Rather’s on the Food Channel now,isn’t he?
Dan Rather A lying sack of crap speaking to Rachel Maddow who is so drunk on the kool-aid she thinks she is a 15 year old boy.
P.S., She looks like one too.
I don’t recall this kind of chatter about a VP pick with the exception of Cheney
thou sayest a mouthful.
Thanks Dan, you’ve put everyone at ease now. ROTFLMAO!!
I don’t recall this kind of chatter about a VP pick with the exception of Cheney
He has them scared spitless. Here’s a “Letter to the Editor” I spotted earlier:
Ryan is scariest kind of threat
Sorry, but for me Romney/Ryan conjure up haunting memories of McCain/Palin with one exception.
Sure, Mitt’s vice presidential pick goes hard right and is an everybody-for-themselves “tea party” favorite. And, yes, he’s probably not your choice if you’re unemployed, into education, female, minority, gay, sick, can’t obtain health insurance, poor or old.
The exception? Ryan’s an intelligent insider. He knows the ropes. This version of the tea party is much more scary.
— John Serpe, Peoria
The dems seem awfully concerned the pubbies made the wrong VP pick. This reassures me that Ryan’s the right pick.
Rather... Rather... it does ring a bell. What does he sell?
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