Romney to select Paul Ryan for VP slot

[SilenceDewgooder]

Doesn't this break another rule of the GOP... don't have time to look, leaving for a MRI

 

[sailingaway]

I hate this, the media will parrot him as being an ultra conservative when the guy is just as big government as Obama. Just that this guy pretends he's cutting spending.

Yeah, I hate that too.

 

[jolynna]

I'm so glad that it isn't Rand on the stage having to say what a great president Romney will make. Every time Paul Ryan has to give Romney kudos and say how great Romney is, I am HAPPY that neither Ron Paul or Rand Paul aren't the ones up there "saying it. Hearing Rand say Romney could be a "solution" would be unbearable.

That is most enthusiastic crowd and the most clapping I've ever seen at ANY EVENT based on Romney being there. I don't dislike Paul Ryan, he didn't spend the last decade writing op-eds glorifying torture. I'd vote for a Paul Ryan and Rand Paul ticket in 2016.

 

[sailingaway]

So what happens at the convention? I thought the vp was picked there.... ??

In the convention-as-coronation tradition imposed by party establishment since 1976, the party tool delegates would accept the 'presumed nominee's choice by acclaim.

If they cheat to the extent (meaning multiple states) that Ron doesn't have 5 states, that would be one thing.

If they live by their rules or only cheat a little more Ron should have 5 states and his delegates can nominate him on the floor for a 15 minute Presidential nominee speech. If he wins the subsequent ballot, great. If he doesn't, I don't see why his delegates on the floor couldn't then nominate Ron for a second 15 minutes as a VP nominee.

They could have given him an unedited - longer than 15 minute speech with the first round. They did not.

15 minutes isn't enough time.

But maybe that is just me.

 

[AdamT]

I hate this, the media will parrot him as being an ultra conservative when the guy is just as big government as Obama. Just that this guy pretends he's cutting spending.

Yep, and the public buys it hook line & sinker no questions asked.

 

[KingRobbStark]

The blind leading the sheep.

 

[sailingaway]

If you want to see something sad but hilarious, check out this headline: http://www.latimes.com/news/politic...tual-leader-of-the-gop-20120811,0,35529.story

 

[wgadget]

One of my neocon acquaintances posted his raves about Ryan on Facebook. I replied, "Why. How," about 10 minutes ago and it's already been expunged.

LOL

 

[AuH20]

Remember this??? Good ole Rand:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/paul-ryan-rand-paul-fight_n_852080.html

 

[LibertyEagle]

Question. How many years is it before Ryan's plan balances the budget? Is it 28 years or is it 40?

 

[donnay]

Then it is not "tomorrow'. he is not picking him tomorrow,, he was picked yesterday. or last week.

why do they play these games,, worse yet, why do folks by these games.

And Mitt Romney didn't pick him.

 

[AuH20]

Question. How many years is it before Ryan's plan balances the budget? Is it 28 years or is it 40?

2063 I believe.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Thanks. I'm just spreading some joy on Facebook. I was getting sick at all the salivating over Paul Ryan.

 

[sailingaway]

2063 I believe.

really? I had heard twenty. I have to change my comments on twitter...

 

[AuH20]

really? I had heard twenty. I have to change my comments on twitter...

Verify though. I heard something about 2063.

 

[AuH20]

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/10/135275350/paul-ryans-2012-budget-good-bad-and-ugly

There are budget elements that Gillespie says Ryan just punts on. He offers no specifics on Social Security reform, for example.

In the end, Ryan's proposal actually increases spending 30 percent over the next decade, Gillespie says.

"That is not austerity, and it doesn't bring us near a balanced budget," he says. And the plan doesn't offer a balanced budget until 2063, which Gillespie calls "tantamount to giving up."

But then, "budgets are aspirational," Gillespie says. "They're political documents," and not always realistic. At the very least, he says, Ryan's plan may set the scope of the conversation about spending cuts.

"Ryan's spending plan should at best represent the ceiling of what is considered worthy of discussion," Gillespie says.

 

[Tyler_Durden]

I believe Ryan's plan balances the budget in 28yrs - 2040

"I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on." -- Dick Cheney, May 2011

 

[AuH20]

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Paul Ryan is so fantastic with numbers that he can balance the budget in 40 years.

"The gang that couldn't budget straight" - hows that for a new slogan?

-t

 

[Tyler_Durden]

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/10/13527...ch Gillespie calls "tantamount to giving up."

Your article quote is a little more recent than mine.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/paul-ryan-my-plan-can-balance-budget-10-years

In other words, if the economy grows faster than current government estimates predict, Ryan’s budget could balance within 10 years, well before the 2040 date it is currently projected to balance in.