Monday, August 13, 2012  Romney throws a Hail o' Ryan  It looks
like Mitt Romney has done the impossible by picking Paul Ryan as
his running mate. Many Republicans and Democrats alike are
thrilled with the choice.  Republicans have wanted to destroy
Social Security and Medicare since the inception of the programs
and Ryan has had the balls to put it in writing sacrificing them
on the alter of ever bigger tax cuts despite the fact that taxes
are lower as a share of GDP since 1950. It's not about balancing
the budget as his famous plan doesn't do that for a generation.
I think Romney has decided that this will be turnout election
and picked the person that will most excite the Republican base
because many of the true believers just don't trust the guy.
Romney has always impressed me as the worst sort of politician,
someone that doesn't want to do something but be somebody. When
he ran for office in Massachusetts he was a liberal on the hot
button social issues then repudiated those positions when he ran
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