[sheikdetailfeather]

This is showing the whole rally. Ryan will be up soon.

[sheikdetailfeather]

http://www.wesh.com/news/politics/Paul-Ryan-speaks-in-central-Florida/-/11788048/16182326/-/4lxonbz/-/index.html

[blueyon]

thank you

[animal172]

Ryan is going into the belly of the beast. Stole that line from Fox. I do think we may be turning the tide in our direction on the Medicare front.

[CitizenM]

I am so anxious to hear Ryan and see his relationship with his mother. I have always found it very telling how Obama has never proclaimed how much his mother and grandmother meant to him, how they helped him, trained him, gave him values, inspired him, guided him, etc. It has been obvious to me that he holds neither in respect or in his heart. And, neither does he show any true love or appreciation for his wife. Rather, he only jokes about what she does not allow him to do, or tells him not to do. He even uses his daughters for his own policy advancement, such as "..never want them to be saddled with a burden," when talking about abortion.

I have also always argued with Dems who say that Republicans hate women, and would hurt women and old people with their agenda. Do Dems think that Republicans don't have women and older parents, relatives, friends whom they love and would not want to see struggle or hurt? This ridiculous belief and lie has been spread by the Left...yet it is their leader who has no attachments to women, or senior citizens for whom he has a heartfelt concern or appreciation.

[TomGuy]

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/category/239949/additonal-live-stream

[jch10]

Ryan doesn’t seem to have the spark and sparkle that I have seen in the last week....wonder why?

They love him though.....

[Mamzelle]

I can tell you unequivocally that my “gaydar” does not go off!

[paul in cape]

First thought...no teleprompter...a few notes......from the heart!

[CatherineofAragon]

Okay, I really like Paul Ryan. But he just said, after describing the polarization Obama has created in the country, that Romney “reached across the aisle” to the Democrats in Massachusetts, and that’s what we need now. If Ryan thinks that’s what we need, or that’s what conservatives want to hear, he needs to wake up FAST.

[kabar]

Ryan is really hitting IPAB—the “Death Panel” of 15 unelected bureaucrats—who will be making decision on what Medicare will or will not fund. To me, this is critical to winning this issue. Yes, raiding Medicare to fund Obamacare is a big issue, but the most visceral issue that will connect with the public, especially seniors, is that this board will affect today’s recipients immediately. No amount of spinning with numbers will change that. Romney and Ryan must continue to hit this hard.

[tomd2]

Where did his advance team dig up these corpses. Show so enthusiasm. that mummy with the Palm Springs hat and flag shirt has not changed his expression. He could not raise his hand when Ryan asked if he there is anyone here over 55.

Ryan is great. Love the message and that he is willing to take it into the belly of the beast. a real game-changer.

But seriously get some supporters who show they are alive for better visuals.

[Josh Painter]

Ryan: “We will not try to transform this country into something it was never meant to be.”

[loveliberty2]

Ryan repeated the most important principle which distinguishes the ideas underlying American liberty from those of so-called "progressives" who promote a counterfeit idea of "government-over-people."

Summarized years ago, in a book celebrating our Constitution's 200th Anniversary, the following message summarizes Ryan's point well, and could be used in conjunction with his amazing campaign statement:

Our Constitution embodied a UNIQUE IDEA. Nothing like it had ever been done before. The power of the idea was in the recognition that people's rights are granted directly by the Creator - not by the state - and that the people, then, and only then, grant rights to government. The concept is so simple, yet so very fundamental and far-reaching.

CREATOR

People

Government

America's founders embraced a previously unheard-of political philosophy which held that people are "...endowed BY THEIR CREATOR with certain unalienable rights.." This was the statement of guiding principle for the new nation, and, as such, had to be translated into a concrete charter for government. The Constitution of The United States of America became that charter.

Other forms of government, past and present, rely on the state as the grantor of human rights. America's founders, however, believed that a government made up of imperfect people exercising power over other people should possess limited powers. Through their Constitution, they wished to "secure the blessings of liberty" for themselves and for posterity by limiting the powers of government. Through it, they delegated to government only those rights they wanted it to have, holding to themselves all powers not delegated by the Constitution. They even provided the means for controlling those powers they had granted to government.

This was the unique American idea. Many problems we face today result from a departure from this basic con­cept. Gradually, other "ideas" have influenced legislation which has reversed the roles and given government greater and greater power over individuals. Early generations of Americans pledged their lives to the cause of in­dividual freedom and limited government and warned, over and over again, that eternal vigilance would be required to preserve that freedom for posterity.

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Footnote: "Our Ageless Constitution," W. David Stedman & La Vaughn G. Lewis, Editors (Asheboro, NC, W. David Stedman Associates, 1987) Part III:  ISBN 0-937047-01-5

[TornadoAlley3]

Jan. 2012

excerpts-

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-01-08/news/fl-older-florida-voters-20120108-17_1_mitt-romney-senior-citizens-iowa-results

“Looks like the older voters are leaning toward Romney,” said Susan MacManus, a political scientist at the University of South Florida and author of “Targeting Senior Voters.”

She said some elderly Republicans are buzzing about Romney's TV ad claiming that he's “a man of steadiness and constancy.” In the ad, which began running in Florida last week, Romney says: “I've been married to the same woman for 25 — excuse me, I'll get in trouble — for 42 years. I've been in the same church my entire life. I worked at one company, Bain, for 25 years.”

Many older voters can relate to that message, MacManus said, because they too remained loyal to the same company through their careers and tend to frown on those who jump from marriage to marriage. She said older Republicans, especially military veterans, also relate to Romney's ad message that he “will never apologize for the United States of America.”

A senior backlash to the health-care law helped Republicans win all six of the closely contested congressional races in Florida in 2010.

A nationwide exit poll of voters that year found that 58 percent of those 65 and older wanted the law repealed. Some 59 percent of voters in that age group voted for Republicans for Congress.

[Artcore]

For anybody who missed it, C-Span just put up the video. About 35 minutes.

http://www.c-span.org/Events/VP-Candidate-Paul-Ryan-Speaks-to-Retirees-in-Florida/10737433225-1/

[coconut47]

I missed this today. does anyone know where I can watch a video of it? I”ve searched all over the internet but not having any luck.