Alcho-- eh-- Achol-- Hummmm-- Alcohol abuse... 
and amphetamines are suspected factors--
Posted on 08/11/2012 6:01:54 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Drudge Report singled out political writer Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker as having the unintentionally hilarious first spin on the reported pick of Paul Ryan to be Romney's running mate. Lizza immediately started to "tally the risks."
"For one thing, Ryan has no significant private-sector experience," he wrote. He wrote this with zero ackowledgment of Obama's private-sector experience scooping mint-chip at Baskin-Robbins. If the rest of the media follows this line, this is going to be shamelessly biased:
Besides summer jobs working at McDonald’s or at his family’s construction company, or waiting tables as a young Washington staffer, Ryan has none of the business-world experience Romney frequently touts as essential for governing. In the run-up to his first campaign for Congress, in 1998, that gap was enough of a concern for Ryan that he briefly became a “marketing consultant” at the family business, an obvious bit of résumé puffing.
But that wasn't blind, deaf, and dumb to Obama's resume enough: he also didn't have enough Washington experience:
But Ryan’s Washington experience is also light, at least for a potential President—which, after all, is the main job description of a Vice-President. Ryan has worked as a think-tank staffer and Congressman, but he’s never been in charge of a large organization, and he has little experience with foreign policy. Given how Sarah Palin was criticized for her lack of such experience, I’m surprised that Romney would pick someone whose ability to immediately step into the top job is open to question.
And the experience that Ryan does have is not exactly what voters are clamoring for at the moment. The bulk of Ryan’s House career coincided with the Presidency of George W. Bush, during which he was a reliable vote for many Bush policies that have not aged well: Medicare Part D; the Iraq War; and the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Ryan told me that voting for all of that spending, which added trillions to the deficit, made him “miserable,” but he’ll need a better explanation in his October debate with Joe Biden.
Presumably, Romney’s main reason for picking Ryan is not his early deficit-busting record but his more recent rise to celebrity as a crusading policy wonk determined to tame the federal government. Romney, who has been extremely vague about what he would do if elected, will now own Paul Ryan’s ideas, which include privatizing Social Security, turning Medicare into a voucher program, bloc-granting and drastically cutting Medicaid, and reducing discretionary spending to levels that would affect every popular government program. This Ryan agenda will now fill the vacuum created by Romney’s unwillingness to lay out the specifics of his own plan. Even before this (apparent) announcement, Democrats were planning on tying Romney to Ryan’s policy platform. Now Romney has done it for them.
Lizza could only say that Romney deserves credit for turning this into a strong ideological choice for voters -- as if Obama's extremely liberal record hasn't already done that:
Romney’s choice of Ryan will undoubtedly be criticized as capitulation to the right, and this pick does seem to demonstrate that Romney is not able or willing to distance himself from the base of his party. But the good thing about the Ryan pick is that the Presidential campaign will instantly turn into a very clear choice between two distinct ideologies that genuinely reflect the core beliefs of the two parties. And in that sense, Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan is good news for voters.
I agree with you that we are removing a valuable member of the house and some one I would have like to see seriously considered for speaker.
However, and it is my hope, that part of the selection process was looking at potential replacements for currently serving congressmen and governors. I think there are big shoes to fill, but I believe my fellow citizens in Wisconsin will send us another good one.
More material for you over here! :)
Wonder how long it will be before the MSM will start picking apart Paul Ryan’s kids like they did Gov Palin’s.
Exactly, and a second term sure wouldn’t give him any more experience especially one that would benefit the country
“Wonder how long it will be before the MSM will start picking apart Paul Ryan’s kids like they did Gov Palin’s.”
NOT A CHANCE...There will be no Katie Couric moments this time. He would eat her alive.
How long before Tina Fey spouts “Ryan can see Canada from his house”?
Alcho-- eh-- Achol-- Hummmm-- Alcohol abuse... and amphetamines are suspected factors--
As Charles Krauthammer said this morning, “The Democrats are largely immune to irony.”
I’ve always said, when someone asks me why I’m going to vote for Rommney that if we only had Elmer Fudd on the ticket against Obama, I would vote for Elmer Fudd.
"Finally a team who knows something about the economy instead rock star status."
Get ready folks.
And away we go. The Obama Media Group is off and running.....
Paul Ryan: A Good Choice, but Please, Not a ‘Serious’ One
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/08/paul-ryan-a-good-choice-but-please-not-a-serious-one/261020/
Paul Ryan, ‘Brown Noser’? The Wikipedia Edit Wars Begin for Romney’s Running Mate
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-ryan-brown-noser-wikipedia-131308008.html
Paul Ryan: Romney’s (Near) Worst VP Choice
by David Frum Aug 9, 2012 10:00 AM EDT
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/09/paul-ryan.html
5 reasons Paul Ryan shouldn’t be Mitt Romney’s VP pick
http://theweek.com/article/index/231746/5-reasons-paul-ryan-shouldnt-be-mitt-romneys-vp
Is Paul Ryan (Social Security Killer) a good Choice for Romney’s VP?
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120810111306AAvxEty
Prospect of Paul Ryan as VP pick splits GOP
Paul Ryan for VP? Not So Fast
http://politix.topix.com/homepage/1712-paul-ryan-for-vp-not-so-fast
Anybody but Obama! Ryan is young but he already has more experience then odummy. We are going to hear much comparison of Ryan to a young JFK (youthful, Catholic etc)Ryan is a breath of fresh air after years of stagnation. I have to say it....
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012
“If anything, Ryan should be at the top of the ticket.”
Romney introduced Ryan as the “first President”....
The obama camp had better remember one thing....obamas failed record. He cannot run on his record. As for them trashing Ryan, let them. His record is even better than the dummy in the WH.
You’re welcome
Reminds me of the press reaction to the woman who testified she couldn’t find a way downtown - to secure a photo ID so she could vote...
She flew from her home in Texas to Washington DC to testify to that effect.
The press bought the story. (for liberal lurkers: if she can ‘find’ Washington DC and get there to testify, she can probably find a court house in her home town)
Obama is going to preach to his choir. Free condoms and abortions, more entitlements, gay marriage, and more promises to the elderly. What else can you do when you know your record sucks.
I would vote for Elmer Fudd.
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I would even vote for ‘The Road Runner’.
At least he has a plan for everything, and he can always blame “ACME CORP” for his shortcomings.
BO will be looking for his own “ACME CORP” if he is forced to inherit what he has sown these last 4 years, but he can still blame G. Bush - that is a winner.
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