Who is Paul Ryan? Romney's VP choice is follower of militant atheist activist (The smears begin)

America Blog ^ | 08/11/2012 | John Aravosis

[SeekAndFind]

IS THIS THE BEST THEY CAN DO?

PAINT A DEVOUT CATHOLIC AS A DEVOTE OF AN ATHEIST?

LOOKS LIKE GUILT BY ASSOCIATION.

I BELIEVE THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST, SO DOES ADOLF HITLER, THEREFORE, I AM AN ANTI-SEMITE?

[MrB]

Wow! The list above is almost as good as your parody!

[C19fan]

Rather have a disciple of Rand then a follower of Christian Socialism like the USCB.

[DoughtyOne]

You can dearly love certain aspects of someone’s writings, and not identify with their full spectrum of beliefs.

I’m not an atheist. I do think at least some of Ayne Rand’s writings are quite good.

The DNCp is so full of hate.

[kempster]

Isn’t it possible to have two inspirations, one religious and one political philosophy? And, one could be somewhat contradictory to the other on certain issues, but both can be beneficial to restoring both faith and fiscal responsibility in this country.

[PapaBear3625]

I suppose that it’s even more objectionable for a Christian to like the philosophy of a pagan like Aristotle.

[Pining_4_TX]

Agree with you. As a conservative Christian, I can still appreciate some of Rand’s writing. God grants some gifts to the reprobate. The rain falls on the good and evil alike.

[Bender2]

Re: Wow! The list above is almost as good as your parody!

Well, I must confess, being from the year 3012... I do have a leg up what those Liberal, Commie, Pinko, Scumbag Democrats are up to--

[SeekAndFind]

RE: You can dearly love certain aspects of someone’s writings, and not identify with their full spectrum of beliefs.

As I said before, Democrats cannot argue cogently.

If you’re a conservative, They will desperately try to find something in common that you share a hated historical figure and then on that basis tell the world — AHA, see, he is an anti-semite, or a sympathizer of a mass murderer.

[DTogo]

militant atheist activist Ayn Rand

So what does that make Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright??

[YankeeReb]

As the title said, Let the smear Begin
AxelGrease and the boys from Chicago have NOTHING positive
for this so called president to run on, so his ever complaint
media will paint the opposition as the second coming of Hitler.
Who cares if it's true or even if it sticks for more than a week at a time,
at least it keeps the focus off the train wreck of an economy.
Sadly, the average boob (aka "the undecided independent voter")
only hears the smear in between episodes of American Idol and their vote counts the same as yours & mine.

[butterdezillion]

The final line displays the intellectual level of the piece:

“Fun fact: Ryan’s childhood nickname is “P.D.,” which in French means ‘f*g.’”

[mnehring]

A lot of Christians are fans of Rand's philosophy. There is a lot to learn from her, especially on economic and liberty issues without having to accept her atheism.

I think as a Catholic, Ryan is being true to St. Thomas Aquinas' philosophy, ~truth is truth no matter where it is found~.

Christian Objectivism

[rockrr]

Sounds like my kind of guy.

[duckman]

Looks like the rats had a smear ready for all the GOP VP picks.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Ryan's favorite philosopher . . . made it her life mission to kill God and replace Him with man.

It is simply an appeal to the aged 1960s Marxist-Alinsky campus radicals (psycho spoiled brats) and their bratty ideological issue that's all that means.

[rockrr]

“Fig”? ;-)

[mnehring]

“Fun fact: Ryan’s childhood nickname is “P.D.,” which in French means ‘f*g.’”

Of course.. obviously it has nothing to do with the fact his name is Paul Davis Ryan. Nope, has to be for the other reason.

[brewcrew]

Bring it, Aravosis.

[DoughtyOne]

Isn’t that a great saying. Very nice. Thanks for the comments.