What to expect from ryan as vp

Master Dan

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IT FUNNY ABOUR ROMNEY SAYING HE WILL REACH ACROSS AND BE BYPARTISAN WHEN HIS VP HAS A HISTORY AS FOLLOWS?

I'm sure the focus groups told Ryan's aides this kind of rhetoric would resonate in a state like Minnesota, but unless the congressman is living in some kind of alternate reality, the bipartisan schtick, coming from him, is deeply ridiculous.
Sahil Kapur had a good item on this in August, explaining that, as an objective matter, Ryan has a well-deserved reputation "as a no-compromise conservative ideologue, an approach that has become more rigid during the Obama administration."
As we talked about soon after Ryan was added to Romney's ticket, after seven terms in Congress, the grand total of important bills Ryan passed into law with the help of members from both parties is, quite literally, zero. He takes cheap shots; he questions his rivals' motives; he says things that aren't true. When condemning Democratic leaders for championing Social Security, he calls them "collectivist, class warfare-breathing demagogues." In 2011, Ryan killed a $4 trillion debt-reduction plan because he "was concerned that a deal would pave the way for Mr. Obama’s easy re-election." He cared more, in other words, about campaign politics than his own stated policy goals.
Paul Ryan is easily one of Congress' most bitter, rigid partisans. His far-right supporters may find that admirable, and that's fine, but voters should at least have an honest debate about Ryan's record, and not pretend that he reaches across the aisle to get things done.

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What exactly does Joe Biden have to be proud of? Calling Obama the first clean, articulate African American? Saying you can't walk into a 7-11 without an Indian accent? Saying (click the link in my signature) he's never been proud to be Obama's VP?
Edited to add, what kind of parents name their son rachel?
 

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The whole GOP strategy the past 4 years has been to deny Obama a second term, even at the risk of damaging the country. What would one expect from such a group?
 

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The whole GOP strategy the past 4 years has been to deny Obama a second term, even at the risk of damaging the country. What would one expect from such a group?

Are you better off than you were four years ago? Is the country as a whole?
 

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Will be we better off 4 years from now no matter who is in the office.... That's the question

And based on the choices (Rep & Dem)....I'm betting no.
 

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