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I love that Romney's attack

AmericanDreamer — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:11:33 +0000

In reply to Right, deep thinking. I think

I love that Romney's attack ad on welfare reform shows on the screen that the Heritage Foundation is a source for one of its claims. This may be one of the few helpful pieces of information disclosed in a campaign ad this season, as a few folks watching that ad know what the Heritage Foundation is.

Community re-investment Act

The Proud Constitutionalist — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:41:54 +0000

In reply to There was never, ever, a law

Community re-investment Act title VII (Sec. 802 forward) a little light reading...

The beginning of the housing bubble had nothing to do with the federal government bureaucracy and "compassionate" progressive policy. Let's be honest and serious. Regulations written to leave open-ended power and interpretation to the regulators that wield them will always result in dislocation, and tyranny. Not to mention a world wide financial collapse that many of you actually blame on George Bush (who I'm not a fan of, mind you). Wow. (Spoiler alert! The energy crisis is next, stay tuned)

http://www.fdic.gov/regulatio

The Proud Constitutionalist — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:38:49 +0000

In reply to There was never, ever, a law

http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-2515.html

On the other hand, think how

MrSmith1 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:49:25 +0000

In reply to tmac, Did u

On the other hand, think how nice it would be if we could make Ryan lose twice on election night ...

tmac, Did u

Aunt Sam — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:57:34 +0000

In reply to Hah, des you are right. I am

tmac, Did u know....

What happens to Paul Ryan's House seat?

By KATIE GLUECK |

8/11/12 12:15 PM EDT

For newly minted GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, Election Day will be a win-win situation.

Ryan, currently the powerful House Budget Chair, is a Wisconsin congressman currently in his seventh term and widely expected to be able to win reelection to his southeast Wisconsin seat.

That’s not a bad fall-back if he and Mitt Romney lose the presidential race. Ryan can keep his options open as a result of a Wisconsin policy that allows candidates running for office, who are also on the ticket for president or vice president, to appear on ballots twice. He is planning to run for re-election to his House seat, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

So if the White House doesn’t work out, Ryan can likely return to his influential role in Congress. And if it does, a special election will be held to fill Ryan's seat.

If those who describe

Aunt Sam — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:59:31 +0000

In reply to I've been on facebook too

If those who describe themselves as far left don't vote for Obama, except for not voting, I don't see 'they' have another option. It's the women's, minorities and independent votes that will decide the outcome, not a select, self described group of political extremists.

I read somewhere that the Romney-Ryan ticket is the three 'Rs' - Romney, Ryan and Rightwingers. Then there's one goin' around about the GOP's election sandwich: two slices of white 'blunder' bread without any meat or flavor. Of course, someone's going to start marketing Mitt's new bbq apron, 'Kiss the Kochs'. And the list goes on.......

I've been on facebook too

stillidealistic — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:20:58 +0000

In reply to Stilli, I just

I've been on facebook too long, I was looking for the 'LIKE' button. Good to see you, too, Aunt Sam. So what do think? Will the far left turn out for Obama?

Stilli, I just

Aunt Sam — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:17:37 +0000

In reply to I'm having a hard time coming

Stilli,

I just read Ryan described as Palin without the boobs ad twang.

Many are declaring that neither Romney or Ryan have any military or foreign affairs experience and this is an important deficit to many of the GOP 'warmongers' .

I agree, this 'choice' has great potential to do more harm than good to the repub ticket.

Nice to 'converse' with you again.

I'm having a hard time coming

stillidealistic — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:44:33 +0000

In reply to Veep Paul Ryan Open Thread

I'm having a hard time coming up with a scenario whereby this pick helps Romney. The only people who love Ryan are the ones who NEVER would have voted for Obama anyway.

I don't think Romney picked Ryan because he really believes he is the right man for the job, I think he picked him out of desperation. Bold, my ass. It was opportunistic, plain and simple. Just like Palin was. The difference is Ryan has a brain, even though that brain thinks ker-azy stuff.

The quick ad up from the Obama camp shows they knew this was a possibility. That's a good thing. Just as they were able to define Romney, hopefully they will be able to define Ryan, as well.

The right will come out to vote FOR Ryan, but they would have come out anyway to vote AGAINST Obama, given how much they hate him. So their motivation is of little importance, as far as I can tell.

Now the question is, will the left come out to vote AGAINST Ryan, when they aren't so keen to vote FOR Obama.

If not, we can only hope there are enough people in the middle who are scared to death of what a takeover by the crazies will mean for the country.

-Stilli (aka Janet Forrest - I'm coming out of the political closet)

Hey, a guy who can construct

jollyroger — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:19:54 +0000

In reply to I think David Frum has summed

Hey, a guy who can construct an axis out of a secular dictator with a history as US proxy, a theocratic oligarchy and the world's last Stalinist is talented . As for his (and Bruce Bartlett's) belated journey from the dark side, viva the axis of apostasy