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Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
Paul Ryan was in the top 3 or 4 on the short list and makes sense on several levels:
1) He will energize he conservative (tea party) base more than most others considered.
2) You wont here others talk about the "name" but it is a consideration (almost subliminal):
a) there is the alliteration from the "R" first letter of the last name ("Romney-Ryan")
b) 3 out of 4 of the letters in RYaN are shared by RomNeY (pleasing to the subconscious)
c) Romney has 6 letters which is greater than Ryan with 4 (President > Vice President)
(i) The total of Romney & Ryan (as it will be used together) is 10 letters suggesting completion
(ii) not relevant to the VP but I just noticed that "ROMnEy" has "ROME" in it ("all roads lead to...")
As to #2 above; OBAMA-BIDEN has the subtle alliteration in the "B" sound and both names have 5 letters (balance and totals 10).
edit on 11-8-2012 by CosmicCitizen because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
Romney chose Paul Ryan?
The guy who voted yes on making the Patriot Act permanent?
The guy who voted yes on the NDAA?
The guy who is committed to continued military aid and support to Israel?
The guy who voted yes on authorizing military action against Iraq in 2003?
The guy who wanted to privatize medicare?
I mean, exactly what will Paul Ryan contribute to the ticket other than to woo tea party voters who will vote for Romney regardless?
Does Romney want Wisconsin that badly? I hardly think Wisconsin is worth Romney risking Paul Ryan on his ticket.
Originally posted by babybunnies
And then Romney introduces Ryan as "The next President of The United States" then backtracks and decides he meant Vice President.
He can't even get the announcement of his running mate correct, potentially the biggest announcement of his campaign. Why are people voting for him?
www.bbc.co.uk...
Originally posted by babybunnies
I'd love to see a Romney / Ryan debate. Paul Ryan would slaughter Mitt.
Debate predictions? Obama will beat Romney handily in both debates, Ryan and Biden will probably split theirs, one each.
Is there only one VP debate? If so, I'd give it to Ryan.
Originally posted by Domo1
reply to post by hdutton
I am not sure of who else is on my local Democratic ballot, but a straight vote would be the surest way of NOT voting Republican and getting some Tea Party Crazy!
It takes a brave man to admit he is a fool. You're obviously very brave. Screw research! Just go D!
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
Does Romney want Wisconsin that badly? I hardly think Wisconsin is worth Romney risking Paul Ryan on his ticket.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Rubio would have made more sense. I wonder if he was asked and said no.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
I'm surprised he didn't go with Rubio.
But it's a good choice. Although it means he just lost Florida.
Originally posted by AngryCymraeg
Isn't Ryan the idiot from Wisconsin who wants to effectively gut Medicare and whose budget ideas are utterly unrealistic? That Paul Ryan? Holy underwear, is Romney really that clueless? He just seems to tack aimlessly about. Hmmm. Looks like the Romney Unit has more software problems than I thought.
Originally posted by LifeInDeath
Yes, that's pretty much who he is. One of my friends, who is not only a political junkie but a pretty brilliant political prognosticator for these things -- and also very liberal -- said to me last night that if he could have chosen any of the potential Republican VP nominees to put on their ballot to give them the least chance of winning he would have picked Ryan for them. He's overjoyed by this. From his point of view the Obama Campaign will have an easy time of painting a Romney/Ryan ticket as the guys you should elect if you want to crush the middle class and the poor and further enrich the already wealthy. The ticket you should pick if you want to ensure that you have no safety net in place for you when you get old, etc., etc. He's usually right about these things, I'm interested to see if he's right again.
Side Note - Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged was excellent reading and she made some very good points. Have you actually read the book or are you just having a knee-jerk reaction to the fact that she exposed looters and leeches for what they are??
Originally posted by buster2010
Looks like four more years of Obama. The GOP threw away their chance at the white house when they turned on Ron Paul.
Romney to tap Ryan as vice presidential running mate
Originally posted by babybunnies
I'd love to see a Romney / Ryan debate. Paul Ryan would slaughter Mitt.
Debate predictions? Obama will beat Romney handily in both debates, Ryan and Biden will probably split theirs, one each.
Is there only one VP debate? If so, I'd give it to Ryan.
Originally posted by VaterOrlaag
reply to post by LifeInDeath
Paul Ryan is the second awful coming of Sarah Palin.
I truly cannot wait to see the media circus fire up full circle over this.