GOP Insiders: The Paul Ryan pick is a complete disaster

[Eastoff]

I'm not buying that he requested $20 million of stimulus money without knowing he was doing it.

It kind of seems worse that he signed off 20M$ without knowing what he was doing.

 

[blazerboy30]

Not in the Paul Ryan thread, no, I'm not. Sorry.

Apology accepted. I've never seen you do it in any Obama thread either. Apology accepted for that as well.

 

[drexlersdad]

Not in the Paul Ryan thread, no, I'm not. Sorry.

its funny when a romney dickrider trys to make fun of someone for dickriding

 

[Denny Crane]

In the spirit of the Stockman post:

http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/17/sebelius-paul-ryans-medicare-reform-plan-a-serious-proposal-video/

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told The Daily Caller that the Medicare reform plan put forth by Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan is a “serious proposal” but President Obama has “made it clear” that it is not the right direction for the program.

In 2010, however, President Obama spoke highly of Ryan’s plan.

“I think Paul [Ryan], for example, the head of the Budget Committee, has looked at the budget and has made a serious proposal. I’ve read it. I can tell you what’s in it and there’s some ideas in there that I would agree with but there’s some ideas we should have a healthy debate about because I don’t agree with them. The major driver of our long-term liabilities, everybody here knows, is Medicare and Medicaid and our health care spending. Nothing comes close,” said President Obama at the GOP retreat on January 29, 2010.

Unfunded liabilities are benefits promised by the federal government to individuals through entitlement programs like Medicare.

“Medicare as you know is a $38 trillion unfunded liability, it has to be reformed for younger generations because it won’t exist because it’s going bankrupt and the premise of our idea is look, why not give people the same kind of health-care plan we have in Congress? That kind of reform proposal for Medicare,” Ryan — recently selected as Mitt Romney’s running mate — then said to Obama.

“Right, right,” Obama responded. “As I’ve said before, this is an entirely legitimate proposal.”

Obama also acknowledged that Ryan’s plan does not affect beneficiaries over 55 years of age.

 

[maxiep]

In another thread predicting the VP, I wrote someone else, but said if I had my druthers I would want Paul Ryan. He's the last hope to make this campaign about something serious, instead of the trivial bullshit that has characterized it heretofore. The American people deserve a campaign about big ideas, not about tax returns and eating dog.

 

[jlprk]

In 2010, however, President Obama spoke highly of Ryan’s plan.

Obama's strategy was to build Ryan into a Republican star because he's easy to beat.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-15/obama-s-evolution-on-paul-ryan-and-his-budget.html

 

[jlprk]

Stockman served as Reagan's Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1981-85

Change my post to
Within a few months of inauguration, Stockman was completely out of the loop. Exactly 1 year after inauguration, Reagan publicly humiliated him by "taking the young man to the woodshed," as Reagan advisors told the media. Stockman was just a shell of an OMB Director after that, never heard from in the media.

 

[Denny Crane]

Obama's strategy was to build Ryan into a Republican star because he's easy to beat.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-15/obama-s-evolution-on-paul-ryan-and-his-budget.html

Ezra Klein opinion piece. Really?

The guy's a left-wing talking head on MSNBC - I've seen him plenty.

It reads like a fantasy. I wonder if Klein believes in Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny, too.

(there's not one reference to something concrete, like an email from Obama's operatives or something).

 

[jlprk]

Only a lawyer would spell it Santa Clause.