My sister is Florida called me right after the announcement. She’s giddy with approval of this choice. I don’t know much about Ryan, but I am cautiously optimistic.
Video: Paul Ryan Up Close (including his direct obamacare confrontation with Obama)
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/11/video-paul-ryan-up-close/?eref=ib_politicalticker
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ABC Wraps Ryan in ‘Conservative’ Tags; No ‘Liberal’ Labels for Joe Biden in 2008
Excerpt:
Ryan, ABC’s team accurately pointed out, is as fill-in co-host David Muir put it, “a favorite among conservatives;” a candidate who “rallies the conservative base,” as George Stephanopoulos later opined.
According to the American Conservative Union, Ryan has a solid 91.69 conservative rating (100% being a perfect conservative score).
But Biden in 2008 had a nearly mirror-opposite ACU score of 12.67%, yet ABC avoided using the “liberal” tag when he was chosen.
Instead, he was touted as a voice of “experience” and foreign policy expertise. As then-co-host Bill Weir set up the August 23, 2008 show:
BILL WEIR: This morning, experience trumps change. Barack Obama taps a senate veteran to be his number two. Why Joe Biden as a running mate, And can his foreign policy clout help the Democrats win the White House?
This morning, ABC fixated on Ryan’s ideology, and his “controversial” plan to cut the budget. Unstated: how Ryan’s supposedly brutal budget includes continued growth in federal spending (the cuts are only in the projected rate of growth, not in the programs themselves), and how even his supposedly stern approach would not reach a balanced budget for years.
Here are the relevant excerpts of the August 11 Good Morning America, with the “conservative” labels in all-caps to make them easier to see:
DAVID MUIR: They’re going bold, no question about it. Mitt Romney, choosing Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, of course, to be his running mate. We understand that Romney has called some of the other contenders on that short list to notify them that they have not been picked. Paul Ryan, of course, a favorite among CONSERVATIVES....
JON KARL (on the telephone): He’s also somebody who has become a hero to CONSERVATIVES because more than any other Republican in congress, he has driven the Republican agenda to focus on the issue of getting the government’s budget back in order. Dealing with the fiscal crisis. And you mentioned it, Bianna, that proposal on Medicare is the centerpiece of his plan. And, boy, is it controversial....
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My 2 cents:
OUR ENEMIES, IN GOVT & MEDIA, WERE ALWAYS AND ARE ALWAYS GOING TO DEMONIZE WHOMEVER THE VEEP CHOICE WAS AND ALL OF OUR SIDE.
AND THEIR GOAL IS TO LIE, OBFUSCATE, DEFLECT, AND DIVERT TO TRY TO DEMORALIZE AND WEAKEN US AND OUR RESOLVE. ARE WE NOT YET ONTO THEIR GAME .. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF ALL THESE LYING LIB CRETINS??
WE FIGHT ON!