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Paul Ryan to 'values voters': If Obama wins, there's no going back
Christian Science Monitor ^ | September 14, 2012 | David Grant

Posted on 09/14/2012 12:56:43 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Speaking at the one of the largest annual gatherings for social conservatives Friday, Paul Ryan's message was a punch to the gut: If you allow President Obama to be reelected, there’s no going back.

“If we renew the contract, we will get the same deal – with only one difference. In a second term, he will never answer to you again,” Congressman Ryan said at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., on Friday. “In so many ways, starting with Obamacare, reelecting this president would set in motion things that can never be called back. It would be a choice to give up so many other choices.”

Ryan’s speech – three parts critique of Mr. Obama’s record on issues of faith, foreign affairs, and finances and one part testimonial to presidential contender Mitt Romney’s character – was not just the usual stump speech. It was a pointed appeal to a key element of the GOP base that will have to turn out in force if the Romney-Ryan ticket is to prevail on Nov. 6.

Ryan, Mr. Romney’s vice presidential running mate and a Republican congressman from Wisconsin, spoke to a packed auditorium of some 2,000 attendees, plus a handful of hecklers. The summit is a conclave supported by leading Washington social conservative groups and organized by the Family Research Council.

....“On the seven occasions I’ve been sworn in as a member of Congress, I have never taken an oath to the government.....The oath that all of us take is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, under which government is limited and the people are sovereign.”

That moment clicked for Mary Anne Krupa of Chicago. “He articulated what people in government work for and about so well,” said Ms. Krupa,...“I understood why Romney picked him.”

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


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1 posted on 09/14/2012 12:56:48 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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2 posted on 09/14/2012 1:01:08 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If 0bama wins, the economic crash is probably less than 6 months away,

and it will be seen as an excuse to implement full on communism.


3 posted on 09/14/2012 1:02:14 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Seems to me that Ryan was preaching to the choir on this subject. These are the conservative of the conservative that attend the Values Voter Summit, and virtually no one there is voting for Obama.


4 posted on 09/14/2012 1:04:55 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This was an excellent, excellent speech.


5 posted on 09/14/2012 1:06:36 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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This was an excellent, excellent speech.

Yes it was. Made me think we had the wrong guy atop the ticket.


6 posted on 09/14/2012 1:14:43 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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But they have to be motivated to go out and vote, not just sit home.


7 posted on 09/14/2012 1:17:36 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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...virtually no one there is voting for Obama.

Two hecklers who were given the bum's rush were undoubtedly in the Bamster's camp.

8 posted on 09/14/2012 1:18:46 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

If Romney can win this one and not screw up for 8 years, you might get your wish.

Hopefully, it won’t be too late.


9 posted on 09/14/2012 1:19:25 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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if we can't get a moderate elected in this country on the republican ticket, then the chance of ever getting a Pub elected or anyone else other than Rats is GONE FOREVER....

look at Rat states...Washington...California...they keep the same party in the governorships forever....

10 posted on 09/14/2012 1:19:30 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Love it! Hope he takes this message to every single state he campaigns in. Also hope it makes an ad at some point. Totally true!


11 posted on 09/14/2012 1:19:39 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Ryan speaks clearly and consistently ties specific issues to overriding principles. In constrast, Romney often waffles. The best thing (the very best thing) I can say about Romney is that he chose Ryan.


12 posted on 09/14/2012 1:22:15 PM PDT by vekzen
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This is essentially the same argument used by ABOs: “Not supporting Romney is Supporting Obama.”

In this case, though, it is in the context of “values”, a part of Ryan’s speech being about values, and this being at a value’s voter summit.

Unfortunately, the article doesn’t get into the arguments put forth by those who peruse Romney’s record and become convinced that he is a radical liberal on values. One man, not Ryan, mentioned the military and “don’t ask don’t tell”, but didn’t mention that Mitt Romney, in one of the repub primary debates, was accepting of gays serving openly in our armed forces.

Life, homosexualism, gun control, romney-care, revenue enhancements....all of those are the concerns of those of us who have not bought into Mitt Romney. At the same time, an honest principled conservative must admit that Romney is better on Israel and on foreign policy in general. I can also see that he has more experience at bring bankruptcies back to solvency.

So, on the values concerns that build and maintain a strong America, Romney simply is bad on. However, on a few other issues of concern to me, he is much better. No one can have watched the duplicity of the liberals in government and media on Egypt and Libya, Obama’s initiative, and not been sick for our country.

While Romney cannot get my vote, that doesn’t mean that he should be my primary target.

My conclusion is that I must attack Obama with everything at my disposal. Obama deserves my nuclear arsenal for now. Romney deserves artillery and small arms fire.


13 posted on 09/14/2012 1:38:25 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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Made me think we had the wrong guy atop the ticket.

Yes, but you go to war with the army you have, not the army you wish you had. If RR wins in Nov Conservatives work has just started, not ended.

14 posted on 09/14/2012 1:41:50 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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With us all playing a role to oust Obama-Biden, we will.


15 posted on 09/14/2012 1:44:16 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
If Obobo wins, we will see this!


16 posted on 09/14/2012 1:46:52 PM PDT by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

True that! The damage caused by four more years of this gay, Christian hating, abortion promoting president will be irreversible, especially if he gets a like-minded Congress. The tide of cultural decay needs to break against a solid wall, from the White House, the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court. While we are at it, we need conservative state houses and governors pushing it back.


17 posted on 09/14/2012 1:47:23 PM PDT by pallis
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To: fwdude

Yes but Romney needs to build a bridge to them. That is why Ryan was sent. Elections are won by coalitions of voters. You have to build that coalition and Value Voters have shown they will not show up on Election day if you do not court them.


18 posted on 09/14/2012 1:49:30 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I’m hoping that will be in our future.


19 posted on 09/14/2012 1:51:33 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

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20 posted on 09/14/2012 2:07:23 PM PDT by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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