After NBC News first reported the selection Friday night, Wisconsin U.S. Representative Paul Ryan was formally introduced to the nation as Mitt Romney's running mate on the GOP ticket Saturday morning during an event in front of the U.S.S. Wisconsin in Norfolk, VA.
Ryan had traction when asked who they thought should get the nod, finishing in third place behind U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
At least one participant in that survey, reached overnight, said she was disappointed by the selection.
"Paul Ryan not my pick - Romney needs someone more electric, we need all the help we can get - GOP seems to not get it. Same old same old isn't working - still don't have enough young people or allure of message."
Another participant said early Saturday "the Ryan pick will help put the focus of the campaign on the budget. That highlights the problem of our time: getting our fiscal house in order. And that, plays to Romney's reputation as a corporate fix-it guy. It's a strong ticket."
State Senator John Lamping, not a Patch survey participant, tweeted support for the pick, saying "Ryan is a Fiscal Conservative for a Fiscal Crisis."
Greenfield (WI) Patch:
In Missouri, Romney has a lead of up to 9 points over President Obama according to a variety of polls gathered by RealClearPolitics.
Ryan has gained acclaim for his work as the chair of the House Budget Committee, which produced the so-called "Ryan Budget" which as NBC News reports, "Substantially restructures Medicare; cuts Medicaid, food stamps, and transportation infrastructure; and it reduces the top tax rate from 35% to 25%.
U.S. Representative Todd Akin (R-Wildwood), now the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate race against incumbent Claire McCaskill (D-Kirkwood), served on the House Budget Committee with Ryan and endorsed the budget plan.
McCaskill was already on the attack via Twitter as Ryan was still speaking at the announcement, saying "The part of Ryan-Akin budget I hate the most? Cutting Medicare and then giving those cuts to the mega wealthy. Wrong."
Akin's campaign had not commented about the selection as of early Saturday morning.
Tell us what you think this pick means for Missouri in the comment section.
Again, from my perspective, intelligence has nothing to do with being conservative or liberal as there are intelligent and ignorant people at all points on the political ideological spectrum.
I agree with this if I can change one word - "like" would be replaced with "respect". I really don't care if I like the candidate or not - it's whether thay have the intelligence and ability to do the job that gets my vote.
I do not hate rich people. They probably have good and bad in same proportions as other people. However, it is obvious they have power in this country well beyond their singlular votes. Let me ask you some questions Peter - why do you think wealthy people are donating exhorbinant amounts of money to campaigns of both major parties and lobbying efforts? Do you think it is out of the goodness of their hearts? This research shows a 220 times return on investment for lobbying. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1375082 Naive. When the tax rates on wealthy and investment income were much higher - businesspeople still did OK.
AND, of course if millionaires paid their fair share of taxes, the debt would begin to be paid down. By the way, the last time I read the Bible, Jesus was all for helping the sick and the poor; a lot! What version have you been reading? Personally, I don't mind paying my fair share of taxes. I appreciate having public libraries, police and fire departments, street departments, a military, etc, etc., etc.
USA had 5 1/2% unemployment and under $2 gas prices. 1) They started the Leak. 2) Ok Republican Plumbing could not fix the leak----Fired! 3) In came the Obama Plumbing-Now a Flood--------Margaret wants to give Obama Plumbing more time to Fix it?? 4) Call Ghostbusters as the Horror in USA will start if Mr. Inept is not replaced. NOW! Note: I really would have liked Dem's to run a replacement as I also am not party affiliated.
BUT! Look up year 2006. That is the year congress was changed to 100% Democratic control. Also look up the unemployment rate in 2005. Look up the gas prices in 2005. Look up the US debt in 2005. RESULT?-------The Leaking pipe was created and started (in 2006) under Democratic Control. The congress did Zero to fix-it. They wanted the leak to continue to get people like you and I to change the "Plumber". I can live with that as I also fell for the plan. Margaret --We are heading for the most horrific "Debt flood in history" I cannot believe you want to stay with this Amateur in the White house. I don't.
It seems like he is not the only one who forgets the truth. Romney was asked by fellow Republicans to release his income tax returns. He forgot that he reviewed them over 6 months ago. However, this week he looked at them for the first time and noticed that he never paid less than 13%. This begs the question, how could someone who makes over $200M pay such a low rate? Well the IRS released information on the top 400 tax payers in 2009. Six of these fellow Americans paid absolutely nothing. Zero! I believe a presidential candidate should not set a standard of only releasing taxes for only 2 years. McCain did that, but he served his country in the public eye for years. Mitt believes in transparency. Let him show his tax returns and prove it.
Carbon Footprint is the propaganda. I know it's close to your heart, and you've spent a lot of time studying it. I believe what you've studied, you know. But as always, there's too much left out: HAARP, it's uses, effects & capabilities (that are extraordinary) or how many there are in use around the world, the 1977 treaty between 60 (now 72) nations banning weather manipulation as a weapon except on one's own country (allowed & capable in '77), the lack of success of the "alternative" energy sources (as some of us remember from the 70's) or the Chinese studies concerning them, the amount of CO2 released from even the mildest volcano, the role of Maurice Strong (his goals, agendas, backers, & conflicts of interests), the Hara Corporations of the world (goals & investors), the source of grants & funding for the 'science', that governments across the world know that the ionosphere has free, clean & abundant energy for the whole planet & how to access it (HAARP), that the technology's inventor was removed from textbooks around the time Strong began this carbon-seizure, the amount of money (trillions & trillions per year) involved in the Green movement, who makes that money, the government revenue (cost for us) from the additional regs & lobbies... Just a beginning of the nearly endless list of factors conveniently left out of all of the research. A lot, even for those drinking from a "World's Greatest Scientist" coffee cup.
Seems pretty selective.
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http://nation.foxnews.com/paul-ryan/2012/08/14/making-paul-ryan In it, Mr. Ryan's favorite HS teacher and a mentor to Mr. Ryan says nice cliched things about how he was as a student. Then he catches the hostess, Van Sustern off guard by telling her he will not be voting for Romney/Ryan. In effect, he says Ryan is nice guy, but he does not believe in his politics. Good to see that people can agree to disagree in civil manner.
So it was one of the things where kids appreciated listening to other kids that had different opinions. And everyone had a chance to voice their opinion. I think that is one of nicest things going with Congressman Ryan is we don't see the same way politics, but yet we're good friends. We can agree to disagree, which I think unfortunately has been lost in the last few years in our government. VAN SUSTEREN: Did you vote for him? LOIZZO: No, I have not voted for him in the House elections. To be honest, I voted for a few independents because at the time I didn't think the democratic candidate was a better choice than Congressman Ryan. VAN SUSTEREN: Did he know you didn't vote for him? LOIZZO: I think he knows that. He does right now. He knows my politics. He's a nice enough guy that he would come back and meet with my kids in class.
LOIZZO: I think the biggest thing is education for me. When Representative Ryan would come and talk about issues in class, I would bring up something about education. Of course, his response and logical one, would be that that is a local matter. I would come back with, it's a local matter but when you say you are going to pay for the special education mandates at 60 percent and you only give 15, it really puts a crimp on the local people with the budget. Education is important to a man like this because it was his career. A agree with him that education of rich and poor is needed to get the best result for America's future.
I'm going with Biden. Can't we get this guy some better ointment? I think he's got chronic hoof-in-mouth.
"Those who don't learn from history, are doomed to repeat it." - Edmund Burke
It's also hard to find a balance. AND you have to shed interpretations, like with the Freeh report. Unfortunately, that's an example where NONE of our media outlets even bothered to do simple research, and read the report. That's the issue, they all had access to the actual report, but again, NONE read it. Irresponsible, Mob Mentality Media is we have today on both sides. Ratings & Evoking Emotional Responses. That's the what "Journalism" has become, and it's a shame.
Saying education is local, well I agree it is somewhat local - but locals have to live with the shift towards standardized tests and Leave No Child Behind. And the state legislature politicians...oi! Then we have the colossal local failure of Imagine Charter schools, the supposed education solution by right-wing... Anyway, public ed is beyond the scope here - but I just brought it up in light of Ryan's teacher's comments, because here we have a down economy, and the GOP candidates want to cut education (which potentially helps all, especially the poor) and keep/lower taxes on the investment income of the wealthy. Romney claims class sizes don't matter ....pffft Let's see him send his kids to a school with 32 six graders in it for one teacher. What a sham and shame.
It actually puts the burden back on the shoulders of those who created it, and who can most EASILY afford it, the government. How is it that the government is playing the poor victim here? This is their problem, the burden should be on them. Again, buying the rhetoric that "if the rich don't pay for our screw-ups, who will?" - Ryan's reply is simply "those responsible should be accountable, and make the sacrifices to fix it, not the rich, not the poor, the government." Rich people didn't spend you into debt, poor people didn't spend you into debt, and neither are responsible for paying for it, this falls back on the government. It always comes back to that same misdirection. Look: The government broke this. NOT the people, regardless of how much money they have. It ain't about rich & poor, it's about allowing them to divide us that way. United We Stand, Divided We Fall Divide & Conquer Don't be a part of dividing us.
But, it doesn't devalue the validity of her statement. That's not the end of the list of things they would be offended by either.
Just to clarify some of the basic differences in philosophy: Republicans believe in the system that has worked better than any in history & think we should return to it. Democrats believe that making government bigger & controlling everything to provide for everyone is not only necessary (when it isn't) but possible (which it also isn't). They believe in that idea, even though it's proven ONLY to fail throughout the entire history of the world. Democrats believe everyone is accountable to a government that isn't & that everything that belongs to you is theirs to distribute. Anything you have, you only got because they allowed you to get it. And if they get their way, it'll be true. Democrats want you to believe that your money is theirs, Republicans want to remind you it's the other way around. Republicans believe that what you make is yours & know that an economy only comes around when the people spend & business thrives. Democrats believe that everything gets better, the more of your money they take/spend & that we are too stupid to decide how to spend our own money ourself. Democrats praise themselves for providing a fish, then tell you that building ponds instead, is just an attempt to take away that fish. "If you're under 30 & a Conservative, you have no heart. If you're over 30 & a Liberal, you have no brain." - Winston Churchill