The worst for me was the deliberate plan to NEVER address Ryan by anything personal. It was intentional that he called him “my friend” 20 times as if Ryan is just another person he’ll debate along his guv-mint journey.
The ‘my friend’ term is used in congress and the senate. I think Joe was doing that to remind people Ryan was a congressman...and try to connect the dots of ‘voted for two wars on a credit card’, etc.
Most people really don’t know much about Ryan...they saw a young, smart guy with a plan. Joe wanted to pin him as an unpopular congressman.