The two then loaded onto Romney’s campaign bus with their wives and families to travel north through this important swing state, showing in their first hours together an easy rapport that reflected the chemistry that had impressed Romney’s aides from the time the two first campaigned together in April.

 

Ryan was a pick for a candidate in need of a jolt; recent polls had shown Obama with a small but steady lead over Romney in key swing states.

The selection achieved the rare feat of pleasing leaders in both parties. Top conservatives said Ryan would energize the party’s base and offer an articulate and robust defense of smaller government. Democrats said they were equally convinced voters will reject Ryan’s prescription for deficit reduction as too harsh. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina quickly called the Ryan budget proposals “radical” and said they would ensure “budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, while placing greater burdens on the middle class and seniors.”

 

Democrats immediately blasted supporters with fundraising notices about the pick. “Yeah — that Paul Ryan. The architect of the Republican plan to kill Medicare,” began one from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Romney promised that Ryan would be a candidate who “appeals to the better angels of the American people” and could help lift the national dialogue.

 

But even the signal moment of introducing the Republican ticket did not escape the negativity that has defined the race so far. Both Romney and Ryan wove a healthy dose of attacks on Obama throughout their remarks. In Manassas, Ryan told a sprawling crowd that Obama has led the country on a path toward “debt, doubt, despair and decline.”

Although Romney’s pick does not replicate the shock of Arizona Sen. John McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin four years ago, Ryan is nonetheless a splashier choice than other contenders who had been considered safer options.

 

The campaign went to extraordinary lengths to ensure the news did not leak, even as conservative commentators waged a public campaign in recent days to encourage a Ryan pick.

Romney had largely settled on Ryan by the time he returned home from his foreign trip on Aug. 1, aides said. After meeting with nine of his top advisers for a final “gut check,” he called Ryan and invited him to a meeting in Boston four days later, said Romney adviser Beth Myers, who ran the vice presidential search.

 

This one just really made me laugh with its glaring dishonest hypocrisy.

Both Ryan and Romney have done nothing but duck the issues and refused to name any specifics. And that includes their tax plan, their plans for medicare, social security and medicaid. And all that comes AFTER Romney endorsed Ryan's budget.

 

Well Lyin' Ryan got caught again except this time it was on "Face the Nation" where he tried to deny he voted for the very same defense cuts the Romney/Ryan campaign are trying to blame on President Obama.

Here's a transcript of the interview that borders on the hilarous.

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But of course it didn't take Think Progress long to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Ryan was lying through his teeth because he actually praised the defense cuts. In other words he was for the defense cuts before he was against them.:excited:

Ryan Touted The Military Cuts He Claims He Didn’t Vote For



*not_secure_link*thinkprogress.org/...ary-spending-cuts-yet-denies-their-existence/

 

Now this can't possibly be something Ryan would admit to today and I bet the reason you didn't see him making any 9/11 speeches.

When Paul Ryan voted against the 9/11 heroes

*not_secure_link*www.dailykos.com/s...-Paul-Ryan-voted-against-the-9-11-nbsp-heroes

 

Stumbler acting hysterical because he knows Oduma is going to lose big time this November....:excited::excited::excited::excited: I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:excited::excited::excited::excited::excited::excited:

 

Both Romney and Ryan have painted themselves into a corner by their constant pandering to the base of the Republican Party (i.e. the lunatic fringe of the Republican Party). It's kind of funny to watch them twist and turn in futile attempts to escape from the box they're in.

But of course, they can still resort to cheating and voter suppression. And they can still spend megabucks on attack ads.

 

Hey baby you're just so beautiful when you talk like that. And I think you're absolutely right about putting themselves in a box and here's proof of that plus a very good indication of having no confidence in even the voter suppression and megabucks on attack ads.:excited:

Paul Ryan to run ads in Wisconsin for congressional re-election

*not_secure_link*news.yahoo.com/blo...ngressional-election-184915907--politics.html

 

Yeah, I know it's legal for a politician to run in two races, but it just doesn't seem right. It's kind of like letting a jockey bet on another horse. The good news is that the Democrat that is running against Ryan for Congress has a lot of support. He's raised $1.5 Million and is a small businessman. Here's his story:

*not_secure_link*www.salon.com/2012/09/03/rob_zerban_ryan_born_with_a_silver_spoon/

 

I am glad that the media has become more willing to expose political lies. During the McCarthy Era the media would report McCarthy's charges of Communist infiltration into the government without reporting that they were not true.

The problem is that right wing people do not want to be told what they do not want to believe. This tendency of the responsible press will probably increase the popularity of FOX News and the demagogues of right wing hate radio.

 

Clinton did not give up being Gov of Arkansas (he was in mid term)and move out of the Gov Mansion until he moved into the White House...

 

Gary Johnson 2012

 

Now I'm not going to vouch for this story because it uses anonymous sources and actually just sounds too good to be true to me. But if it is true Romney/Ryan make McCain/Palin look like winners.:excited::excited::excited::excited::excited:

Name-calling begins as reported rift opens between ‘Stench’ Romney and ‘Gilligan’ Ryan

*not_secure_link*www.rawstory.com/r...pens-between-stench-romney-and-gilligan-ryan/


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Put your name and credibility on this story fella,,anonymous sources or not,,it came straight out of www.rawstory.com,,,you know it has to be true..

 

Nope. According to Roger Simon who wrote the original column for Politico it was supposed to be satirical. Which was something I was afraid of. Which is why I didn't vouch for it.

And if I find some retractions I'll post them as well.

In the meantime here's an updated story from Mediate.

Update: Paul Ryan ‘Reportedly’ Nicknaming Mitt Romney ‘The Stench’ Was ‘Satire’

*not_secure_link*www.mediaite.com/tv/paul-ryan-reportedly-nicknames-mitt-romney-the-stench/

 

And here's Raw Story's retraction.

(UPDATE: According to a piece at BuzzFeed and a recently added disclaimer at Politico, Roger Simon, the author of “Paul Ryan vs. The Stench” intended the column as a work of satire. To wit:


[Author’s note: Jonathan Swift did not really want Irish people to sell their children for food in 1791; George Orwell did not really want the clocks to strike thirteen in 1984; Paul Ryan, I am sure, calls Mitt Romney something more dignified than “Stench” and Microsoft did not invent PowerPoint as a means to euthanize cattle. At least I am pretty sure Microsoft didn’t.]

Roger Simon is POLITICO’s chief political columnist.
Raw Story regrets the error of taking Mr. Simon at his word.)

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The fools on the left are so easily duped:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:


Pundits punk'd by satirical claims Ryan dissed Romney
Published September 26, 2012
FoxNews.com

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  Sept. 25, 2012: Mitt Romney and running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, speak at Wright Brothers Aviation, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP)
  

Memo to the media: Clearly mark political satire, especially if it makes Republicans look bad. Otherwise, you might fool a Nobel prize-winning New York Times columnist.
Columnist Paul Krugman and other commentators were apparently duped Wednesday after Politico ran a satire piece that included what -- if true -- would have been an inflammatory comment by Republican running mate Paul Ryan.
Politico took its inspiration from a quote, attributed to a GOP operative, that actually ran in The New York Times. The operative reportedly said that if Ryan ever runs for national office again, “he’ll probably have to wash the stench of Romney off of him.”
The Politico piece*not_secure_link*global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png then blended that into satire – fantasy for some – with reporter Roger Simon writing that Ryan had taken to calling his running mate “Stench.” In fact, Ryan was so embarrassed to be part of Mitt Romney’s “floundering” campaign, Simon wrote, that he was openly sneering at the man on top of his ticket.

"Paul Ryan, I am sure, calls Mitt Romney something more dignified than 'Stench.'”
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- Roger Simon, Politico


“If Stench calls, take a message,” Ryan supposedly had been telling aides. “Tell Stench I’m having finger sandwiches with Peggy Noonan and will text him later,” Simon quoted Ryan as saying.
Krugman, a blogger for MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and a host of other liberal pundits fell for Simon's satire -- apparently finding the quote too good to not be true.
“Can I say that even though I’m not exactly a fan of Mitt Romney’s, this is just bad behavior?” wrote Krugman on his Times blog*not_secure_link*global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png“The Conscience of a Liberal.” “You’re supposed to wait until it’s actually over before you do this kind of thing.”
Liberal talk radio host Taylor Marsh was giddy.
“Ryan is trying to save himself so he can live to run another day,” she wrote on her website*not_secure_link*global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png. “Roger Simon’s piece has spread like wildfire and is causing a gigantic ripple.”
Hours later, word got around that Simon had made it all up. Even the part about how Romney had taken to calling Ryan “Gilligan.” Some of the folks who got fooled groused about it being too subtle or not particularly funny.
"OK, the word is that this was really clumsy satire," Krugman wrote in a late entry to his blog.
Simon did include a note at the end of the column that explained his point -- even as he put himself in a league with some slightly better satirists:
[Author’s note: Jonathan Swift did not really want Irish people to sell their children for food in 1729; George Orwell did not really want the clocks to strike thirteen in 1984; Paul Ryan, I am sure, calls Mitt Romney something more dignified than “Stench” and Microsoft did not invent PowerPoint as a means to euthanize cattle. At least I am pretty sure Microsoft didn’t.]





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