Posted on 10/12/2012 9:45:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It was all psychology Thursday night at the vice presidential debate. The unspoken issue—about which nary a word was spoken—was really, in my opinion, all that mattered. Sigmund Freud himself would have enjoyed watching.
Coming on the heels of a presidential debate in which challenger Mitt Romney outdistanced President Obama, leaving him to chase Romney in the polls, the bulk of the American electorate really only had one question left: If Mitt Romney were, tragically, to die in office, would Paul Ryan be able to take over and be a credible president of the United States?
That unconscious question—which I believe is the last one voters needed to answer before delivering the White House to Governor Romney—was answered by Ryan with a resounding “yes” Thursday night. Whether one agrees or disagrees with his policies, whether one is Democrat or Republican, few people would say that Paul Ryan lacks the knowledge base or gravitas or commitment to be our commander in chief.
Even Joe Biden seemed to know that that was the question of the night, and the only one that really mattered much. When Biden quipped, “Oh, now you’re Jack Kennedy,” after Ryan mentioned the former president, his tone sounded less derisive than it did alarmed, and with good reason.
Yes, Mr. Vice President, Paul Ryan, so young and so sure of himself and so convinced that America can be the greatest it has ever been, does evoke memories of Jack Kennedy.
And, yes, last night, looking at you and Ryan together on the stage, there was just a hint of the Kennedy-Nixon debate when one man looked tired and wasn’t terribly likeable (Nixon/Biden) and the other looked fresh and new and full of ideals and not unkind (Kennedy/Ryan)....
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Wasn’t there a lady at a Ryan event this spring that got up to ask him a question and then got on her knees and asked him to jump into the Presidential fray?
I don’t remember that one. Maybe someone else here does...
Seems like he said something to the effect that his mother would be very flattered, but thank you, no.
Seems like he said something to the effect that his mother would be very flattered, but thank you, no.
Yes, he does have that “every mother’s son” quality. I have to believe that the elderly who have been hearing threats that he would roll their wheelchairs over the cliff were surprised to see such a thoughtful and genuine guy. And his demeanor and conduct last night have only served to enhance his image and the Romney/Ryan ticket.
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