Posted on 08/11/2012 3:15:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Talk about an unnecessary statement. Maybe there was a time when he was a formidable debater but the ideologue Biden can barely put two coherent sentences together these days. He remains, however a highly reliable gaffe machine, the likes of which is nearly unprecedented in the anals of American politics. Ryan's challenge in a debate will be stepping down his cerebral level to avoid giving the impression he is being condescending to Old Joe.
Okay, he sort of was in the military as a 2nd Lt. reservist with ‘limited’ service due to nearsightedness. Sorry.
This article is a complete ‘hurl’. Ryan is Palin?
Yep. I’m surprised the author didn’t try to inject Katy Couric into this piece.
Oh really, Cooper?
We have Obozo and his goon who never saw the inside of a Greek temple stand in front of styrofoam columns and talk about changing America the way we know it...
What a superficial, small-minded, myopic, biased member of the journolistic community...a**hole.
...After completing fourteen home-study Army Extension Courses, Reagan enlisted in the Army Enlisted Reserve on April 29, 1937, as a private assigned to Troop B, 322nd Cavalry at Des Moines, Iowa. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the cavalry on May 25, 1937.
Reagan was ordered to active duty for the first time on April 18, 1942. Due to his nearsightedness, he was classified for limited service only, which excluded him from serving overseas. His first assignment was at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation at Fort Mason, California, as a liaison officer of the Port and Transportation Office. Upon the approval of the Army Air Force (AAF), he applied for a transfer from the cavalry to the AAF on May 15, 1942, and was assigned to AAF Public Relations and subsequently to the First Motion Picture Unit (officially, the “18th Army Air Force Base Unit”) in Culver City, California. On January 14, 1943, he was promoted to first lieutenant and was sent to the Provisional Task Force Show Unit of This Is The Army at Burbank, California. He returned to the First Motion Picture Unit after completing this duty and was promoted to captain on July 22, 1943.
In January 1944, Reagan was ordered to temporary duty in New York City to participate in the opening of the Sixth War Loan Drive. He was re-assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit on November 14, 1944, where he remained until the end of World War II. He was recommended for promotion to major on February 2, 1945, but this recommendation was disapproved on July 17 of that year. While with the First Motion Picture Unit in 1945, he was indirectly involved in discovering actress Marilyn Monroe. He returned to Fort MacArthur, California, where he was separated from active duty on December 9, 1945. By the end of the war, his units had produced some 400 training films for the AAF....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan
“Ryan’s likely to be a very good debater against Joe Biden
Talk about an unnecessary statement. Maybe there was a time when he was a formidable debater but the ideologue Biden can barely put two coherent sentences together these days. He remains, however a highly reliable gaffe machine...”
I’ve had meatloaf with more intelligence than US Sen Joey Bidet (IDIOT-DE). Ryan v Bidet = Lions eat the natives. I hope Ryan is merciless.
Thank you. I stopped reading. These hacks have to write whether they have worthwhile ideas or not
What horse hockey! I'm not taking anything away from Paul Ryan, because he's obviously VERY smart, and I believe a great pick. But this PDS that continually percolates is ridiculous! Sarah Palin had been in politics, albeit local, for many years, and was the Governor of the largest (in land area) state in the US! She was no political neophyte, I just don't think she expected the duplicity from the GOP elites that she received. I'm fully expecting some of those same people to come out against Ryan at some point, because of his strong Catholic faith, and his pro-life views.
That was my first thought, but Ryan could be extremely effective, riding herd on the Republicans in Congress, because he KNOWS them, personally. I think Paul Ryan will be a great asset in the office of the Vice-Presidency.
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