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Cletus C.		2012-08-09 07:25:35 PM

Ryan would be a great choice. He's a policy and budget wonk who is very articulate and thinks well on his feet.

Though the VP choice usually offers little voting advantage, Ryan's popularity in Wisconsin just might make a difference in that swing state.

Getting libs in a froth with their claims he wants to unhook granny's oxygen tank will help expose the fact he was one of the few voices in Congress with the political sack to tackle the massive budget hole Bush and Obama have created.

But he does have that Eddie Munster thing going.

Bocasio		2012-08-09 07:28:09 PM

Sabyen91: Johnny Savage: I haven't read any prior comments; so, sorry if I'm repeating...

It doesn't matter if you love him or hate him, he's just about the only asshole among them all that's put out a specific plan for debate. That has to count for something.

The discussion has to start somewhere.

/Somewhere.

Since Romney doesn't have a plan his VP pick should make up for it.

/I am all for this.

Ryan wants:

To give vouchers in exchange for cutting Medicaid
To keep the Bush tax cuts
To be offset by "closing loop holes in tax system TO BE DETERMINED LATER"

Not even on same planet let alone neighborhood to negotiate with that

Johnny Savage		2012-08-09 07:28:52 PM

Befuddled		2012-08-09 07:29:20 PM

Paul Ryan has way too much to lose to accept the role of R-Money's VP.

meat0918		2012-08-09 07:29:22 PM

Cletus C.: Ryan would be a great choice. He's a policy and budget wonk who is very articulate and thinks well on his feet.

Though the VP choice usually offers little voting advantage, Ryan's popularity in Wisconsin just might make a difference in that swing state.

Getting libs in a froth with their claims he wants to unhook granny's oxygen tank will help expose the fact he was one of the few voices in Congress with the political sack to tackle the massive budget hole Bush and Obama have created.

But he does have that Eddie Munster thing going.

Yes, for Obama.

MyRandomName		2012-08-09 07:30:15 PM

Aarontology: SO not only will Obama be able to point to Romney as wanting to raise taxes on the middle class in order to benefit the wealthy and largest businesses, he can add "destroying medicare in order to benefit the wealthy and largest businesses" to it too.

Brilliant.

It always amuses me when farktard liberals equate the Mayan calendar with sensible Medicare reforms. fark the facts that the growth of Medicare is 3x gdp growth. fark the fact that the average Medicare consumer utilizes 3x more than they put in... No reforms needed! Medicare will destroy itself more quickly than if reforms put in place anyways. Who needs cost controls! fark em!

Sabyen91		2012-08-09 07:32:24 PM

Johnny Savage: Sabyen91: Johnny Savage: I haven't read any prior comments; so, sorry if I'm repeating...

It doesn't matter if you love him or hate him, he's just about the only asshole among them all that's put out a specific plan for debate. That has to count for something.

The discussion has to start somewhere.

/Somewhere.

Since Romney doesn't have a plan his VP pick should make up for it.

/I am all for this.

Romney is not a legislator.

Wait, you have to be a legislator to have a plan? Huh, what were all those previous candidates for president thinking having plans when it wasn't their job? What a bunch of maroons.

Sabyen91		2012-08-09 07:33:16 PM

Bocasio: Sabyen91: Johnny Savage: I haven't read any prior comments; so, sorry if I'm repeating...

It doesn't matter if you love him or hate him, he's just about the only asshole among them all that's put out a specific plan for debate. That has to count for something.

The discussion has to start somewhere.

/Somewhere.

Since Romney doesn't have a plan his VP pick should make up for it.

/I am all for this.

Ryan wants:

To give vouchers in exchange for cutting Medicaid
To keep the Bush tax cuts
To be offset by "closing loop holes in tax system TO BE DETERMINED LATER"

Not even on same planet let alone neighborhood to negotiate with that

That is exactly why I want him to be the VP pick. Fish in a barrel.

Meireles16		2012-08-09 07:34:01 PM

CNN has Obama up 52-45, Fox News has Obama up 49-40. And I am guessing Romney's internal polling is similar to this. These deficits make it more likely he goes with Ryan as a Hail Mary.

DrBenway		2012-08-09 07:34:43 PM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Dogberry: Finally! A Munster in the White House.

[i181.photobucket.com image 400x480]

Truly history's greatest Munster

I'm laughing on the outside, but I'm laughing hysterically on the inside. Cheers.

ghare		2012-08-09 07:38:50 PM

Hogbreath: Does the VP elect get to ride into Washington on a white horse too?

VPs are like 2nd string quarterbacks...very popular.

Johnny Savage		2012-08-09 07:39:35 PM

Sabyen91: Johnny Savage: Sabyen91: Johnny Savage: I haven't read any prior comments; so, sorry if I'm repeating...

It doesn't matter if you love him or hate him, he's just about the only asshole among them all that's put out a specific plan for debate. That has to count for something.

The discussion has to start somewhere.

/Somewhere.

Since Romney doesn't have a plan his VP pick should make up for it.

/I am all for this.

Romney is not a legislator.

Wait, you have to be a legislator to have a plan? Huh, what were all those previous candidates for president thinking having plans when it wasn't their job? What a bunch of maroons.

Reading is fundamental.

IoSaturnalia		2012-08-09 07:41:34 PM

MyRandomName: It always amuses me when farktard liberals equate the Mayan calendar with sensible Medicare reforms. fark the facts that the growth of Medicare is 3x gdp growth. fark the fact that the average Medicare consumer utilizes 3x more than they put in... No reforms needed! Medicare will destroy itself more quickly than if reforms put in place anyways. Who needs cost controls! fark em!

It always amuses me that conservatives think that decoupling medicare cost growth from medical cost growth by issuing vouchers is going to fix anything. Who needs cost controls! fark em.

Sabyen91		2012-08-09 07:41:50 PM

Johnny Savage: Sabyen91: Johnny Savage: Sabyen91: Johnny Savage: I haven't read any prior comments; so, sorry if I'm repeating...

It doesn't matter if you love him or hate him, he's just about the only asshole among them all that's put out a specific plan for debate. That has to count for something.

The discussion has to start somewhere.

/Somewhere.

Since Romney doesn't have a plan his VP pick should make up for it.

/I am all for this.

Romney is not a legislator.

Wait, you have to be a legislator to have a plan? Huh, what were all those previous candidates for president thinking having plans when it wasn't their job? What a bunch of maroons.

Reading is fundamental.

How about Romney just tells us what he plans to do other than not being Obama. We could debate that. Ryan's plan has been debated over and over and has been found lacking. It would be an anchor to an already drowning Romney.

Cletus C.		2012-08-09 07:41:59 PM

I like both Ryan and Christie. Either would make a nice choice.

With them, you don't have the gay-bashing/bible-kissing/gun stroking/flag worshiping/NPR-hating/birth control-eschewing crap.

Talk about the budget and the economy. Those are the things that matter in this election.

Bocasio		2012-08-09 07:42:05 PM

ghare: Hogbreath: Does the VP elect get to ride into Washington on a white horse too?

VPs are like 2nd string quarterbacks...very popular.

Someone say Second String Quarter Back V/P

www.sportsgrindent.com

BorgiaGinz		2012-08-09 07:45:13 PM

Now this is pure discrimination--you straight boys got plenty of T&A shots of Palin, but where are the pics of Paul Ryan in a speedo? Or even posing shirtless? He is 100% pure evil, but he is also a stone-cold fox, tied with Aaron Schock (R-IL) for Member of Congress I Want to Molest.

Aaron Schock at least gives up the beefcake shots. Sadly, he is also evil.

cdn.menshealth.com

Sabyen91		2012-08-09 07:51:06 PM

BorgiaGinz: Now this is pure discrimination--you straight boys got plenty of T&A shots of Palin, but where are the pics of Paul Ryan in a speedo? Or even posing shirtless? He is 100% pure evil, but he is also a stone-cold fox, tied with Aaron Schock (R-IL) for Member of Congress I Want to Molest.

Aaron Schock at least gives up the beefcake shots. Sadly, he is also evil.

[cdn.menshealth.com image 400x450]

I couldn't find any of Eddie Munster in a swimming suit but I did find this lulzworthy pic.

lh3.googleusercontent.com

ariseatex		2012-08-09 07:53:22 PM

BorgiaGinz: Now this is pure discrimination--you straight boys got plenty of T&A shots of Palin, but where are the pics of Paul Ryan in a speedo? Or even posing shirtless? He is 100% pure evil, but he is also a stone-cold fox, tied with Aaron Schock (R-IL) for Member of Congress I Want to Molest.

Aaron Schock at least gives up the beefcake shots. Sadly, he is also evil.

[cdn.menshealth.com image 400x450]

Give Schock three years before the inevitable outing.

/Paul Ryan? Really?
//Different strokes for different folks I guess
///Slashies come in threes

colon_pow		2012-08-09 07:59:01 PM

let's all crank our speculators up to 11, shall we?

deadcrickets		2012-08-09 08:00:50 PM

ComicBookGuy: Um, liberals in this thread: what if this ticket got ELECTED?

Not a liberal but let me pose you the same question. What happens if Romney is elected and the Democrats when Congress? You do know that he will pass ANYTHING they give him as he proved in Massachusetts right?

Isitoveryet		2012-08-09 08:02:15 PM

colon_pow: let's all crank our speculators up to 11, shall we?

speculation is pretty much all we have to go with in regards to the Romney campaign.

winds sock & all that.

ursomniac		2012-08-09 08:05:49 PM

vernonFL: I have a theory:

Much like he did at Bain, Mitt Romney started with something that was a little weak but had a lot of promise.

He's gotten lots of money from people like Rove and Sheldon Adelson

So why wouldn't Romney do what he does best? Take the money, suck everyone dry, and leave the Republican party a rusty useless shell while Romney jets off to the Bahamas?

Well - YEAH - but...

Treat the election for President of the US as a vulture capital hostile takeover? That's just not...

... wow. WOW.

It's not like he'd have to STAY in the US after the election --- just pack up and go --- wherever.

Could Romney really BE the Kwisatz Hederach of the long con, the master of trolls?

Angry Buddha		2012-08-09 08:05:54 PM

meat0918: ComicBookGuy: Um, liberals in this thread: what if this ticket got ELECTED?

I'd suffer through the 4-8 years with my head down and nose to the grindstone scrimping and saving and hope they don't drive the economy to a recession so deep that people will long for the good old days of Herbert Hoover.

Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

PawisBetlog		2012-08-09 08:08:04 PM

IoSaturnalia: MyRandomName: It always amuses me when farktard liberals equate the Mayan calendar with sensible Medicare reforms. fark the facts that the growth of Medicare is 3x gdp growth. fark the fact that the average Medicare consumer utilizes 3x more than they put in... No reforms needed! Medicare will destroy itself more quickly than if reforms put in place anyways. Who needs cost controls! fark em!

It always amuses me that conservatives think that decoupling medicare cost growth from medical cost growth by issuing vouchers is going to fix anything. Who needs cost controls! fark em.

But don't u see, when this happens every American that can't afford healthcare will spontaneously grow bootstraps and pull themselves up by them, and all problems will be solved, automatically making republicans the winner of everything forever.

vernonFL		2012-08-09 08:10:59 PM

Bialystock / Bloom 2012

Lackofname		2012-08-09 08:19:36 PM

Serious Black: This would either result in a disaster for the GOP or a disaster for the country. If Obama won, there is absolutely no way the Republican Party could say they were not "conservative" enough;

Oh, they would.

Ideologically consistent the GOP are not.

mrshowrules		2012-08-09 08:21:15 PM

PawisBetlog: IoSaturnalia: MyRandomName: It always amuses me when farktard liberals equate the Mayan calendar with sensible Medicare reforms. fark the facts that the growth of Medicare is 3x gdp growth. fark the fact that the average Medicare consumer utilizes 3x more than they put in... No reforms needed! Medicare will destroy itself more quickly than if reforms put in place anyways. Who needs cost controls! fark em!

It always amuses me that conservatives think that decoupling medicare cost growth from medical cost growth by issuing vouchers is going to fix anything. Who needs cost controls! fark em.

But don't u see, when this happens every American that can't afford healthcare will spontaneously grow bootstraps and pull themselves up by them, and all problems will be solved, automatically making republicans the winner of everything forever.

that's the best part

Bocasio		2012-08-09 08:29:40 PM

Do you want to see a real social experiment?

Wait 'till people can feel and tell they don't have to stay in the same mind/spirit farking job for health insurance

Shrugging Atlas		2012-08-09 08:33:17 PM

They'll pick him for the same reason they picked Palin in 2008: They're farked as things are, so take a shot at it.

Ryan beats a sharp stick in the eye, and he'll get out more voters than Portman or Pawlenty. Not enough for Romney to win, but it might prevent an utter collapse along the entire front with the close House and Senate races.

mrshowrules		2012-08-09 08:35:12 PM

Bocasio: Do you want to see a real social experiment?

Wait 'till people can feel and tell they don't have to stay in the same mind/spirit farking job for health insurance

This. I live in Canada and as much as I can sometimes hate my job (mostly like it though), I know I can always quit or if I get laid off or fired, my family's health care is not affected. I think people in the US would be so much happier (less stressed) if their health wasn't linked to their employment. It would have a measurable health benefit on its own basis.

I also wonder the type of abuse (perhaps sexual harrassment) employees allow themselves to tolerate because they have sick family at home that depend on for health insurance. Many parents would put up with almost anything to ensure health care for their children. That's farked up and no way for a society to function.

sparkeyjames		2012-08-09 08:35:55 PM

The Douchebag ticket. A flip flopping conswervative/progressive/liberal and a Randite.
What a lovely couple.

Bashar and Asma's Infinite Playlist		2012-08-09 08:54:23 PM

At the height of the convention, with the eyes of the nation upon him, Mitt Romney will take the stage with an awkward smile and a gleam in his eyes. He'll fidget nervously, then start and stop his prepared speech a few times. Republicans in the crowd will start look at each other, some in fear and some with resigned acceptance that even the least offensive shiat-flavored ice cream is still edible if libs have to eat it too. People will rise angrily in their seats. Some will shrug to themselves. Eventually a sweat will break out across Romney's forehead. His eyes will dart back and forth across the convention. With slumping shoulders, he'll lean in towards the mic for one last chance at redemption...

"Tank you very much."

Then Mitt Romney will appear to give birth to Andy Kaufman live on stage.

He'll back over to the mic, smile, and deadpan "So... what'd I miss?"

/Tony Clifton will get tapped for VP

The Name		2012-08-09 08:58:58 PM

ComicBookGuy: Um, liberals in this thread: what if this ticket got ELECTED?

I'd emigrate. But emigrating is part of my ten year plan anyway, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

TV's Vinnie		2012-08-09 09:00:59 PM

optikeye: Ryan reminds me of that kid from "The Omen".

More like an evil Dick York, imo.

upload.wikimedia.org

gaspode		2012-08-09 09:01:19 PM

sweetmelissa31:

Unfortunately many people who depend on medicare will support the Ryan plan because they are stupid enough to believe thatit won't effect them and that's all that matters. They got theirs.

ftfy

Dismantling medicare and leaving the rump to deal with old people who arent dead yet would affect them enormously. Ever tried to be part of a dead system with no new users, gradually winding down money, providers jumping ship to the replacement etc etc? not nice, and even more not nice if you are sick, old and stupid.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-08-09 09:06:26 PM

DrBenway: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Dogberry: Finally! A Munster in the White House.

[i181.photobucket.com image 400x480]

Truly history's greatest Munster

I'm laughing on the outside, but I'm laughing hysterically on the inside. Cheers.

*raises glass*

And to you, Sir

Loucifer		2012-08-09 09:10:54 PM

If you really need a Hail Mary, then by all means go with the Catholic.

Skwrl		2012-08-09 09:23:10 PM

vernonFL: [1.bp.blogspot.com image 460x300]

Bialystock / Bloom 2012

I am starting to wonder if that is exactly what is going on here...

Gosling		2012-08-09 09:26:42 PM

Does this mean we can get him the fark out of the House? Because I think Janesville has suffered enough.

Sabyen91		2012-08-09 09:28:15 PM

Gosling: Does this mean we can get him the fark out of the House? Because I think Janesville has suffered enough.

No, Janesville deserves him.

kpaxoid		2012-08-09 09:57:05 PM

I would like to comment, but I am too busy working on my skill of jumping on empty boxcars with their sliding door open.

AeAe		2012-08-09 09:58:44 PM

I lurve Paul Ryan and I hope he gets the VP slot.

That farker is poison.

mrshowrules		2012-08-09 10:19:47 PM

Bocasio: Scientific and Mathimatical Chance (at this point) Romney winning Election
are ... 32.4%

The odds of him winning if the election was held tomorrow would be about 1 in 20. Math can't predict what will happen between now and November unless you are Asimov's Foundation series has become reality.

snowshovel		2012-08-09 10:28:03 PM

Meireles16: CNN has Obama up 52-45, Fox News has Obama up 49-40. And I am guessing Romney's internal polling is similar to this. These deficits make it more likely he goes with Ryan as a Hail Mary.

Good. I'm tired of how the democrats like Obama and Hillary have ruined us by forcing the GOP to considered people of color (like Jindal) and women into important positions.

Mrtraveler01		2012-08-09 10:31:13 PM

snowshovel: Meireles16: CNN has Obama up 52-45, Fox News has Obama up 49-40. And I am guessing Romney's internal polling is similar to this. These deficits make it more likely he goes with Ryan as a Hail Mary.

Good. I'm tired of how the democrats like Obama and Hillary have ruined us by forcing the GOP to considered people of color (like Jindal) and women into important positions.

Yeah, they should stay away and know their place in life amiright?

Bocasio		2012-08-09 10:42:24 PM

mrshowrules: Bocasio: Scientific and Mathimatical Chance (at this point) Romney winning Election
are ... 32.4%

The odds of him winning if the election was held tomorrow would be about 1 in 20. Math can't predict what will happen between now and November unless you are Asimov's Foundation series has become reality.

Not reality, the numbers are a time line where we are at this moment. You add Keynes, Krugman, Asimov, data from Silver, hope from psalms you can get one hell of compas.

AkaDad		2012-08-09 10:43:10 PM

Mrtraveler01: snowshovel: Meireles16: CNN has Obama up 52-45, Fox News has Obama up 49-40. And I am guessing Romney's internal polling is similar to this. These deficits make it more likely he goes with Ryan as a Hail Mary.

Good. I'm tired of how the democrats like Obama and Hillary have ruined us by forcing the GOP to considered people of color (like Jindal) and women into important positions.

Yeah, they should stay away and know their place in life amiright?

To be fair, they have a lot of experience in sammich making and shoe shining. amirite?