Text of Paul Ryan's VP acceptance speech
Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States.
I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity – and I know we can do this.
I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the America that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old – and I know that we are ready.
Our nominee is sure ready. His whole life has prepared him for this moment – to meet serious challenges in a serious way, without excuses and idle words. After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney.
I’m the newcomer to the campaign, so let me share a first impression. I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power.
They’ve run out of ideas. Their moment came and went. Fear and division are all they’ve got left.
With all their attack ads, the president is just throwing away money – and he’s pretty experienced at that. You see, some people can’t be dragged down by the usual cheap tactics, because their ability, character, and plain decency are so obvious – and ladies and gentlemen, that is Mitt Romney.
For my part, your nomination is an unexpected turn. It certainly came as news to my family, and I’d like you to meet them: My wife Janna, our daughter Liza, and our boys Charlie and Sam.
The kids are happy to see their grandma, who lives in Florida. There she is – my Mom, Betty.
My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think he’d be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because I’m sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin.
I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is that kind of place.
The people of Wisconsin have been good to me. I’ve tried to live up to their trust. And now I ask those hardworking men and women, and millions like them across America, to join our cause and get this country working again.
When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, “Let’s get this done” – and that is exactly, what we’re going to do.
President Barack Obama came to office during an economic crisis, as he has reminded us a time or two. Those were very tough days, and any fair measure of his record has to take that into account. My home state voted for President Obama. When he talked about change, many people liked the sound of it, especially in Janesville, where we were about to lose a major factory.
A lot of guys I went to high school with worked at that GM plant. Right there at that plant, candidate Obama said: “I believe that if our government is there to support you … this plant will be here for another hundred years.” That’s what he said in 2008.
Well, as it turned out, that plant didn’t last another year. It is locked up and empty to this day. And that’s how it is in so many towns today, where the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight.
Right now, 23 million men and women are struggling to find work. Twenty-three million people, unemployed or underemployed. Nearly one in six Americans is living in poverty. Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them can’t find the work they studied for, or any work at all.
So here’s the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?
The first troubling sign came with the stimulus. It was President Obama’s first and best shot at fixing the economy, at a time when he got everything he wanted under one-party rule. It cost $831 billion – the largest one-time expenditure ever by our federal government.
It went to companies like Solyndra, with their gold-plated connections, subsidized jobs, and make-believe markets. The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst. You, the working men and women of this country, were cut out of the deal.
What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn’t just spent and wasted – it was borrowed, spent, and wasted.
Maybe the greatest waste of all was time. Here we were, faced with a massive job crisis – so deep that if everyone out of work stood in single file, that unemployment line would stretch the length of the entire American continent. You would think that any president, whatever his party, would make job creation, and nothing else, his first order of economic business.
But this president didn’t do that. Instead, we got a long, divisive, all-or-nothing attempt to put the federal government in charge of health care.
Obamacare comes to more than two thousand pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees, and fines that have no place in a free country.
The president has declared that the debate over government-controlled health care is over. That will come as news to the millions of Americans who will elect Mitt Romney so we can repeal Obamacare.
And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly.
You see, even with all the hidden taxes to pay for the health care takeover, even with new taxes on nearly a million small businesses, the planners in Washington still didn’t have enough money. They needed more. They needed hundreds of billions more. So, they just took it all away from Medicare. Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn’t even ask for. The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we’re going to stop it.
In Congress, when they take out the heavy books and wall charts about Medicare, my thoughts go back to a house on Garfield Street in Janesville. My wonderful grandma, Janet, had Alzheimer’s and moved in with Mom and me. Though she felt lost at times, we did all the little things that made her feel loved.
We had help from Medicare, and it was there, just like it’s there for my Mom today. Medicare is a promise, and we will honor it. A Romney-Ryan administration will protect and strengthen Medicare, for my Mom’s generation, for my generation, and for my kids and yours.
So our opponents can consider themselves on notice. In this election, on this issue, the usual posturing on the Left isn’t going to work. Mitt Romney and I know the difference between protecting a program, and raiding it. Ladies and gentlemen, our nation needs this debate. We want this debate. We will win this debate.
Obamacare, as much as anything else, explains why a presidency that began with such anticipation now comes to such a disappointing close.
It began with a financial crisis; it ends with a job crisis.
It began with a housing crisis they alone didn’t cause; it ends with a housing crisis they didn’t correct.
It began with a perfect Triple-A credit rating for the United States; it ends with a downgraded America.
It all started off with stirring speeches, Greek columns, the thrill of something new. Now all that’s left is a presidency adrift, surviving on slogans that already seem tired, grasping at a moment that has already passed, like a ship trying to sail on yesterday’s wind.
President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, “I haven’t communicated enough.” He said his job is to “tell a story to the American people” – as if that’s the whole problem here? He needs to talk more, and we need to be better listeners?
Ladies and gentlemen, these past four years we have suffered no shortage of words in the White House. What’s missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago – isn’t it about time he assumed responsibility?
In this generation, a defining responsibility of government is to steer our nation clear of a debt crisis while there is still time. Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt “unpatriotic” – serious talk from what looked to be a serious reformer.
Yet by his own decisions, President Obama has added more debt than any other president before him, and more than all the troubled governments of Europe combined. One president, one term, $5 trillion in new debt.
He created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing.
Republicans stepped up with good-faith reforms and solutions equal to the problems. How did the president respond? By doing nothing – nothing except to dodge and demagogue the issue.
So here we are, $16 trillion in debt and still he does nothing. In Europe, massive debts have put entire governments at risk of collapse, and still he does nothing. And all we have heard from this president and his team are attacks on anyone who dares to point out the obvious.
They have no answer to this simple reality: We need to stop spending money we don’t have.
My Dad used to say to me: “Son. You have a choice: You can be part of the problem, or you can be part of the solution.” The present administration has made its choices. And Mitt Romney and I have made ours: Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation’s economic problems.
And I’m going to level with you: We don’t have that much time. But if we are serious, and smart, and we lead, we can do this.
After four years of government trying to divide up the wealth, we will get America creating wealth again. With tax fairness and regulatory reform, we’ll put government back on the side of the men and women who create jobs, and the men and women who need jobs.
My Mom started a small business, and I’ve seen what it takes. Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn’t just a new livelihood. It was a new life. And it transformed my Mom from a widow in grief to a small businesswoman whose happiness wasn’t just in the past. Her work gave her hope. It made our family proud. And to this day, my Mom is my role model.
Behind every small business, there’s a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores – these didn’t come out of nowhere. A lot of heart goes into each one. And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them. After all that work, and in a bad economy, it sure doesn’t help to hear from their president that government gets the credit. What they deserve to hear is the truth: Yes, you did build that.
We have a plan for a stronger middle class, with the goal of generating 12 million new jobs over the next four years.
In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.
I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms – the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.
And in our dealings with other nations, a Romney-Ryan administration will speak with confidence and clarity. Wherever men and women rise up for their own freedom, they will know that the American president is on their side. Instead of managing American decline, leaving allies to doubt us and adversaries to test us, we will act in the conviction that the United States is still the greatest force for peace and liberty that this world has ever known.
President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into this presidency. The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy as we are living it.
College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. Everyone who feels stuck in the Obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. And I hope you understand this too, if you’re feeling left out or passed by: You have not failed, your leaders have failed you.
None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers – a dull, adventureless journey from one entitlement to the next, a government-planned life, a country where everything is free but us.
Listen to the way we’re spoken to already, as if everyone is stuck in some class or station in life, victims of circumstances beyond our control, with government there to help us cope with our fate.
It’s the exact opposite of everything I learned growing up in Wisconsin, or at college in Ohio. When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself. That’s what we do in this country. That’s the American Dream. That’s freedom, and I’ll take it any day over the supervision and sanctimony of the central planners.
By themselves, the failures of one administration are not a mandate for a new administration. A challenger must stand on his own merits. He must be ready and worthy to serve in the office of president.
We’re a full generation apart, Governor Romney and I. And, in some ways, we’re a little different. There are the songs on his iPod, which I’ve heard on the campaign bus and on many hotel elevators. He actually urged me to play some of these songs at campaign rallies. I said, I hope it’s not a deal-breaker Mitt, but my playlist starts with AC/DC, and ends with Zeppelin.
A generation apart. That makes us different, but not in any of the things that matter. Mitt Romney and I both grew up in the heartland, and we know what places like Wisconsin and Michigan look like when times are good, when people are working, when families are doing more than just getting by. And we both know it can be that way again.
We’ve had very different careers – mine mainly in public service, his mostly in the private sector. He helped start businesses and turn around failing ones. By the way, being successful in business – that’s a good thing.
Mitt has not only succeeded, but succeeded where others could not. He turned around the Olympics at a time when a great institution was collapsing under the weight of bad management, overspending, and corruption – sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
He was the Republican governor of a state where almost nine in ten legislators are Democrats, and yet he balanced the budget without raising taxes. Unemployment went down, household incomes went up, and Massachusetts, under Mitt Romney, saw its credit rating upgraded.
Mitt and I also go to different churches. But in any church, the best kind of preaching is done by example. And I’ve been watching that example. The man who will accept your nomination tomorrow is prayerful and faithful and honorable. Not only a defender of marriage, he offers an example of marriage at its best. Not only a fine businessman, he’s a fine man, worthy of leading this optimistic and good-hearted country.
Our different faiths come together in the same moral creed. We believe that in every life there is goodness; for every person, there is hope. Each one of us was made for a reason, bearing the image and likeness of the Lord of Life.
We have responsibilities, one to another – we do not each face the world alone. And the greatest of all responsibilities, is that of the strong to protect the weak. The truest measure of any society is how it treats those who cannot defend or care for themselves.
Each of these great moral ideas is essential to democratic government – to the rule of law, to life in a humane and decent society. They are the moral creed of our country, as powerful in our time, as on the day of America’s founding. They are self-evident and unchanging, and sometimes, even presidents need reminding, that our rights come from nature and God, not from government.
The founding generation secured those rights for us, and in every generation since, the best among us have defended our freedoms. They are protecting us right now. We honor them and all our veterans, and we thank them.
The right that makes all the difference now, is the right to choose our own leaders. And you are entitled to the clearest possible choice, because the time for choosing is drawing near. So here is our pledge.
We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.
We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.
We will not try to replace our founding principles, we will reapply our founding principles.
The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us – all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this.
We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this.
Whatever your political party, let’s come together for the sake of our country. Join Mitt Romney and me. Let’s give this effort everything we have. Let’s see this through all the way. Let’s get this done.
Thank you, and God bless.
Sep 1, 2012 at 6:48 a.m.
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Hey waspy....you obviously didn't know who the speakers were at the GOP convention...Hispanic gov of Nevada, a young black woman who was an elected official from a western state named Mia, Rubio, the hispanic governor from Florida, Condaleza Rice, black who was Secretary of State under a gosh, a Republican! You need to stop watching the lamestream media and you would know more. I feel so sorry for you. And if you don't think Biden's comment was racist google Charlie Rangle, a well known black democratic senator's reaction to the comment. He said, "Hell yes it was racist."
Sep 1, 2012 at 1:14 a.m.
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Hey Janesville, Ryan sat back and supported outsourcing while you lost GM... middle class jobs and decent wages... how is that working out for you?
Aug 31, 2012 at 7:31 a.m.
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donnaw - If you think that what the VP said is any way comparable to throwing nuts at a human being and saying "this is how we feed the animals". I feel sorry for you. This is part of the reason the GOP looks so white. It is also a problem that the party has in the future. The country is getting browner and the GOP is staying older and whiter.
Aug 31, 2012 at 7:24 a.m.
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No donnaw, hypocrisy is sucking off the UAW local 95 teat for most things life has given you and your family. All the while you constantly moan your rhetoric about the left. Talk about bitin the hand that feeds ya! That's appreciation! Nice!
Aug 31, 2012 at 6:24 a.m.
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poo...the bad behavior of two convention attendees compared to Biden's racist comment "putting y'all back in chains" in southern dialect is appropriate. The attendees bad behavior versus the VP of the United States making such a comment. The right reacted and evicted the culprits but the left says, "Oh no, Biden didn't mean that." Hypocrisy!
Aug 31, 2012 at 5:04 a.m.
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Thirdeye- Truth is hard on the right. Try this link from what I am sure is your favorite news source. You know "fair and balanced". You can't hide those Ryan lies. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/3...
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:14 p.m.
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Miltonman: Tell us about your military service. Tell us about Obama's military service. Matter of fact, tell what you know about Obama's college career. Tell us all about Obama's qualifications.
Aug 30, 2012 at 5:13 p.m.
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pants on fire!
http://news.yahoo.com/ryan-vp-spin-06425...
Aug 30, 2012 at 5:04 p.m.
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Third_Eye, you made them being "attendees" the issue from the start with your comment that, "Using a couple of nutbrains to represent attendees at the convention is a reach." I don't know if they are "nutbrains" or not and don't care. I didn't need to represent them as anything. The Republican National Committee spokesperson acknowledged they were ATTENDEES. And never did I make a comment that would suggest they represented ALL attendees. Your comment to that effect is a lie.
Aug 30, 2012 at 4:57 p.m.
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Third_Eye said, "You used these 2 particular attendees, to represent ALL of the attendees."
You can not quote where I represented that two particular attendees represented all of the attendees. That's just a bald-faced lie.
Aug 30, 2012 at 4:53 p.m.
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How about a statement from the Republican National Committee spokesperson? Is that good enough for you, Third_Eye? Hope you catch his use of the word ATTENDEES.
“Two ATTENDEES tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated.” - Republican National Committee spokesperson Kyle Downey
Aug 30, 2012 at 4:44 p.m.
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Real slow for you poobah, You used these 2 particular attendees, to represent ALL of the attendees.
Yes I know they were attendees and that was NOT the issue.
The issue is YOU painted a BROAD picture using a very small sampling.
Aug 30, 2012 at 4:41 p.m.
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Facts are not to be found at opinion sites.
Aug 30, 2012 at 3:27 p.m.
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Third_Eye - Just look at the following link.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/3...
also many other links all over on here pretty hard to miss. Unless you just don't wan to see them.
Aug 30, 2012 at 2:34 p.m.
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Third_Eye, still having problems with reading comprehension skills? The Republican National Committee acknowledged they were attendees!
Aug 30, 2012 at 2:32 p.m.
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Mr. Ryan, do you recall that you belong to the most worthless Congress on record. Now Romney and yourseft are proclaiming all these new jobs. Funny, here in Wis we're still waiting on Scooter for his 250,000 jobs. My Granddad was born 1867 and I can hear him laughing at you clowns. Seems Bush put us in this spot.
Aug 30, 2012 at 2:22 p.m.
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Poobah: Using a couple of nutbrains to represent attendees at the convention is a reach, even for you.
RE:@12:51pm: You need proof that it was lefties? Have you no sense of discernment or does your denial run that deep?
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Miltonman, could you point out the lies you claim Ryan told.
Aug 30, 2012 at 2:11 p.m.
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Do you notice how the rhetoric on the right has changed to " they must be afraid", must really be nervous". But don't say much about the lies that were told by the golden boy. They may ignore the lies because they don't have an answer. But it's getting a lot of air time today. Wonder what the gazette will say?
Aug 30, 2012 at 1:03 p.m.
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Oh my now we see what his Catholic upbringing broungt his family, a liar. I bet his daddy is rolling in his grave to see his son tell such woppers. He will be known as Paul Ryan the liar. Gm the Stimulas,hey paul I'd rather see the 20 somethings laying on their backs looking at pictures of Obama than laying in the sand under a Humvee wondering how the hell did I get here. Oh ya Daddy George sent them. Hey Paul tell us about your Military service or did the family name and College keep you out.And while your at it tell every one what the hell happened to the money when the bottom fell out of the stock market.It's almost doubled since Obama took office.I'd bet your rich friends didn't lose any money.
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:51 p.m.
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thatwaseasy said, "poobah, save that thought for when Fox goes to the Democrat convention next week and I give you example 1 of what the left did to Mia Love on Wikipeda."
Where's your proof that it was the "left" that was responsible for the edits on Wikipedia? Please do share that proof with us.
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:49 p.m.
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Yes, Obama cuts some medicare money to the providers. Who do you think is committing fraud of the medicare program??? Haven't you seen the news about the providers over-charging medicare??? Why do you think Rmoney/ryan are not cutting money to the providers???? Maybe because they are the ones donating to the R/R campaign???? Obama is trying to cut the fraud...R/R will let the providers suck medicare dry.
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:42 p.m.
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poobah, save that thought for when Fox goes to the Democrat convention next week and I give you example 1 of what the left did to Mia Love on Wikipeda. Truly shocking- of course it is. The left doesn't want blacks, especially black women to lift up in the republican party. Black men for that matter either.
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:41 p.m.
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http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/0...
Romney/Ryan Medicare plan costs seniors money.
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:36 p.m.
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thatwaseasy, would you like to talk about the war on women or the war on blacks? Or perhaps you'd like to talk about both of them in just one incident?
"On air this evening, CNN's Wolf Blitzer called attention to the network's earlier report on two Republican National Convention attendees throwing nuts at a black CNN camerawoman and saying, "This is how we feed animals." The attendees were removed from the Tampa Bay Times Forum after the exchange.
Blitzer called the incident "truly shocking" and said it "hit home" for everyone at the network. CNN political analyst Donna Brazile said during the segment she hopes the two attendees have their convention credentials revoked." [ http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/en... ]
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:35 p.m.
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But mjoseph, you said no one at faux, fake and false news tells the truth. Which is it?
Even CNN fact checkers admit Ryan was right. Sally Kohn is an opinion piece and has not offered any fact checks but her own opinion.
Example 716 billion Obama cut from Medicare. Ryan/Romney plan doesn't cut the Medicare to providers, it puts it in the hands of the elderly. Obama just cuts it to the elderly and providers.
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:27 p.m.
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You can see it and feel it in the Democrat's deperation posts. We have Condoleezza Rice, they have Sandra Fluke. We have Mia Love, they have Debbie Wasserman Schulz. We have Susana Martinez, they have no one with a great story like hers.
Notice how the left hijacked Wikipeda and called Mia Love every filthy name in the book. They attacked Ann Romney -War on woman
Aug 30, 2012 at 11:47 a.m.
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Must have been a great speech. If it was a bad speech, the Left would have praised it for being bad instead they are trying to destroy it because it was great.
Aug 30, 2012 at 11:26 a.m.
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If you took the time to read what I cited you would have your answer.
Aug 30, 2012 at 11:25 a.m.
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FOX News says that Ryan lied a lot last night. WOW! 'Hope the reporter doesn't get fired for telling the truth:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/3...
Aug 30, 2012 at 11:25 a.m.
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Pharm
What "new" president are you talking about? BO has had almost one term already.
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:51 a.m.
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Special today: mjoseph-yada-woody and their posts of desperation.
Facts are not to be found at opinion sites.
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:38 a.m.
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donna...we're just realists and like to see the facts.....try it...you'll like it...
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:35 a.m.
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"Whatever your political party, let’s come together for the sake of our country."
Hypocrite!
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:31 a.m.
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Mitt Romney
"TAMPA -- Mitt Romney's campaign said on Tuesday that its ads attacking President Obama's waiver policy on welfare have been its most effective to date. And while the spots have been roundly criticized as lacking any factual basis, the campaign said it didn't really care.
"We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said at a panel organized by ABC News."
Finally, a factual statement!
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:31 a.m.
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Boy, the lefties must really be worried with these panic posts! It's too bad the media couldn't stop adoring Obama instead of vetting him in 2008. If we knew then what we know now, wow!
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:24 a.m.
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http://swampland.time.com/2012/08/23/the...
The worst recession in 75 years, and one party conspires to thwart the new president. What would you call that, obstruction, treason, malfeasance, or just plain stupidity?
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:10 a.m.
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still yawn...just go vote in November, because that's where our opinions really matter...
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:09 a.m.
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"In a clean break from the Obama years, AND FRANKLY FROM THE YEARS BEFORE THIS PRESIDENT, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less." - Paul Ryan acceptance speech
Paul Ryan has seen the light and joined with legions of liberals in proclaiming, it's Bush's fault!
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:01 a.m.
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Being that Ryan is such a liar, he is in good company with Rmoney.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaXN3Iy-7...
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:56 a.m.
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The constant drumbeat that the Republicans blocked legislation that would "help the country" is simply not true.
The content of the blocked legislation was contrary to the stated position of the Republicans. The proposed bills were doomed from the start. The names were also clever, such as the "jobs" bill. The bills were introduced so that at this time the left could... join with me now... "They blocked legislation etc. etc."
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:54 a.m.
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Paul Ryan Lied A Lot Last Night. And, FOX News Agrees He Lied!:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/U...
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robe...
http://www.thenation.com/blog/169648/the...
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/3...
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/0...
Shows the true fabric of the Republican Party:
Americans can’t trust Romney-Ryan! NO WAY!
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:49 a.m.
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Obama did NOT promise to keep Janesville GM open. Stop the rhetoric and read the facts..
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/politics/p...
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:47 a.m.
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libertybelle- Like all conservatives, don't tell me things I don't like to hear. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/3...
Also just look for the facts, not just the claptrap some of the people post on here.
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:45 a.m.
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http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/106730/rya...
Dishonest speech, and hypocritical.
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:36 a.m.
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midnight-ride...quit your lying now....gm people knew long before Obama spoke at the plant that it was being shut down. Time for your meds and come back to reality.
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:31 a.m.
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I've had Fox on all morning. Wasp is like all liberals. Fabrication
All the left has is a lie about GM hoping nobody looks that up. Also, Ed Schultz last night called Ryan's dictrict conservative. He's the biggest liar and I do mean big.
Aug 30, 2012 at 9:06 a.m.
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Very amusing when even Fox news, which is pretty much a mouth piece for the right, calls it deceiving, that people deny his fabrications. When all you have to run on is lies and distortions, I guess you have to keep repeating them. I don't like his policies but I thought he was better than what I saw. I am embarrassed for our city and state. Just another B---S---ER. Why was he afraid to bring up his plan? Because under cold light of day, he knows it makes no sense and won't work. Why don,t you right wingers address all the BS that came out of his mouth?
Aug 30, 2012 at 8:17 a.m.
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Why did GM announce it's closing in 2008 after Candidate Obama's visit? They saw the writing on the wall. Why does Obama brag of saving GM but not Janesville's plant and why did so many Conservative owned dealerships get shut down?
That is what Paul Ryan is talking about. GM was handed to the unions by Obama and the private stock holders were illegally shafted.
GM was officially shut down under Obama's reign.
Aug 30, 2012 at 8:12 a.m.
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Poor yada, is your hair on fire?
What an inspiring speech!
The job numbers are out.....NOT good.
The debt clock is ticking, and obama is campaigning....on our dime.
Aug 30, 2012 at 8:09 a.m.
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Ryan did a great job! Condolizza Rice hit it out of the park. Mitchell, not so much. Biden and Mitchell should be retired!
Aug 30, 2012 at 8:07 a.m.
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"None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers – a dull, adventureless journey from one entitlement to the next, a government-planned life, a country where everything is free but us."
Aug 30, 2012 at 8:04 a.m.
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WISLASDY - Here is another quote from your buddy SOCRATES that seems to fit you.
"True knowledge exists in knowing that YOU KNOW NOTHING" (SOCRATES)
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:59 a.m.
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A HUGE Paul Ryan ADMISSION that some have missed on the Romney / Ryan plan BALANCING THE BUDGET: Paul Ryan said - "We haven't run the numbers YET" - (Interview on Fox News)
http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/o.htm...
In other words Ryan does not have a clue even with his silly charts & documents on anything.
"Ryan Mocked In Media For INABILITY To Defend His Own Budget Plan"
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/15/ry...
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:58 a.m.
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"How can you not vote for Romney/Ryan."
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Romney/Ryan energy plan is a HUGE GIFT to BIG OIL. They are the rich and are doing everything they can for the rich, NOT the middle class.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS4ae14h5...
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:57 a.m.
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/3...
I may to write this on the calendar. "Fair and balanced" coverage of Ryan's speech. There is hope.
Clearly, Ryan is hoping the rank and file Republican's don't check his facts, though I don't think he has much to worry about.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:54 a.m.
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“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
― Socrates
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:50 a.m.
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Cut programs for the middle class and the poor, more give-aways for the rich. Nice plan Ryan....
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:47 a.m.
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...
Rebuttal to the falsehoods in Paul Ryan's speech. It's almost as if these people live in some kind of alternate universe, devoid of any humility or sense of honor.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:42 a.m.
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Carlito,yada,poo. I challenge you to see the movie "2016" to see how Obama thinks. If you still agree with his vision to remake America into his dream after that then you are hopeless. I will stick with the American dream our forefathers wanted.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:41 a.m.
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Everyone knows the Janesville GM Plant was closed in 2008 during Bush. Ryan says " And that’s how it is in so many towns today, where the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight"
How can you blame Obama for this?
Ryan looses instant creditability with millions of would be voters.....
He has an integrity issues on simple facts from his own home town.
I am embarrassed he's from my generation.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:38 a.m.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:36 a.m.
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"I hope it’s not a deal-breaker Mitt, but my playlist starts with AC/DC, and ends with Zeppelin."
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I feel like Mr. Ryan is missing out on some pretty good bands if, in fact, his iPod ends in the "L's" with Led Zeppelin. And didn't he also say that he was a fan of Rage Against the Machine? That is very ironic as he actually personifies the very "machine" that they rage against.
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I think the deal-breaker for Mitt could be that Mr. Ryan isn't quite sure how the complex English alphabet works.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:22 a.m.
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Great speech from a high moral,highly intelligent man we should all be proud of. He is a good man just trying to do right by America. As far as GM-Obama said it would stay open another 100 years-it didn't. Doesn't matter if it was a week or a year-it closed and Obama said it wouldn't.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:21 a.m.
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Bowlgal, I'm with you!
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:18 a.m.
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I apologize to all for voting for Obama in 2008. I will not be making that mistake again.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:17 a.m.
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If you strip away the labels and look at the issues, just like Gov. Susana Martinez says "I'll be damned, I'm a Republican". When you step out of the liberal media echo chamber and start looking at the issues on your own and start reading all you can, and educate yourself on the policies and plans of both sides. How can you not vote for Romney/Ryan. It's a no brainer.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:15 a.m.
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I guess this forum shows how effective Paul's speech was to draw this many comments from the far left fanatics LOL. I am loving it!! LOL
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:13 a.m.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:02 a.m.
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Everything that came out of his mouth way a lie. I am amazed at how they really believe their own LIES.
Aug 30, 2012 at 7:01 a.m.
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Pants on fire.
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:46 a.m.
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"Top 20 All-Time STUPID REPUBLICAN QUOTES"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/22...
*Remember that PAUL RYAN voted in favor of IRAQ WAR...Paul said..."I VOTED TO SEND PEOPLE TO WAR"
Other quotes by Paul Ryan here...
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/Paul-...
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:45 a.m.
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This guy even gets away with lying about his own town. GM Janesville closed under Bush, not Obama. You have to fact check everything this guy says.
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:37 a.m.
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Wow!!!!! Paul Ryan will be President some day- that is very clear. The Democrats must be shaking in their boots about the Biden debate. Looks to me like this is going to be one close election.
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:31 a.m.
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He also mumbled at the end how stupid he was with Hurricane Isaac bearing down on them THAT HE & duh Re-FIBlicans OPPOSED DISASTER RELIEF from the beginning.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/28/rya...
Also quietly said...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08...
But forgot to say because politics are more important than religion at this time in his life - that MORMONS are...
http://mormoncult.org/
http://www.biblebelievers.com/jmelton/Mo...
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:29 a.m.
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Darn it. I was hoping he wouldn't embarass us by mentioning that he was from our city.
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:04 a.m.
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Fox News on Ryan speech, dazzling, deceiving and distracting.
GM plant closed in 2008, under Bush. Stimulus was full of fraud. Actual fraud 0.0001%. Obama doesn’t have a debt plan. The president has introduced a comprehensive debt reduction plan congress has ignored it. Obama didn’t support Bowles-Simpson’s report. The report didn't get to the president because it was opposed by a majority of the committee led by (hold your breath) PAUL RYAN. Obama caused the debt downgrade. The down grade was caused by congress being intransigent on raising the debt ceiling. Obama added more to the deficit than any other president. The majority of this debt is due to the Bush tax cuts and Iraq war. Only a small amount is due to stimulus and other spending the president has done. I wonder if we have our own home grown Pinnochio. Have they gotten this desparate?
Aug 30, 2012 at 5:58 a.m.
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you can blame obama all you want but the gop will not work with him at all. also seems to me he took over bushs messes the wars that should have never been. how much is that costing us.
Aug 30, 2012 at 3:20 a.m.
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Obama did build this:
- Unemployment over 8% for over 3 1/2 years.
- The national debt larger than the size of the US economy.
- Our nations bond rating lowered for the first time in history.
- No national budget for over 3 years.
- Historic levels of national deficits.
- For every dollar spent the nation is borrowing 40 cents.
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:57 a.m.
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I'll be the first to admit, most of us Republicans were not 100% George W. His father was a good man with a brain.
Most of us Republicans are really excited because now we have people running for office that have listened to us. John McCain and Sarah Palin was doomed from the start. George Bush jr. was a putz. He got us in over our head with two wars, and did absolutely nothing for 8 years to secure the borders, while we were at war with two countries. Ryan and Romney are a breath of fresh air. I doubt they will be touring all the shows like the View and David Letterman for their terms. Work has to be done and I have not seen Obama do anything to better us unless you consider more people on Government assistance is bettering us. Peace
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:48 a.m.
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I'm still soo looking forward to the Ryan/Biden debate. Ryan will take Biden back to school. I wish he could debate Obama head on. Go Paul. Do your thing. We are behind you. Peace and God Bless.
Aug 29, 2012 at 11:49 p.m.
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What are you saying, "yes" to, whz_bng? That Ryan is blaming Bush just like the liberals?
Aug 29, 2012 at 11:47 p.m.
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poo, yes, but Obama did not do anything he promised after his election to turn things around. After 4 years I think it is now Obama's economy.
Aug 29, 2012 at 11:33 p.m.
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"In a clean break from the Obama years, AND FRANKLY FROM THE YEARS BEFORE THIS PRESIDENT, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less." - Paul Ryan acceptance speech
I was pleased to see Ryan acknowledge the Bush administration's contribution to current fiscal problems. If a liberal makes that claim, they're accused of blaming everything on Bush. Ryan just said the same thing as liberals have been saying. So, let's see if conservatives hold Ryan responsible for blaming Bush.
Aug 29, 2012 at 11:24 p.m.
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It would be nice if we could actually believe Paul Ryan:
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/...
27% Half true
27% Mostly false
14% Mostly true
14% True
I saw Scott Walker in tears. He must have read Politifact:
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/...
35% False
19% Mostly false
11% true
The political lies come so easy to the lips.
Aug 29, 2012 at 11:24 p.m.
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Yawn.
Aug 29, 2012 at 11:19 p.m.
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All I heard were the same old exaggerations, excuses, and distortions. When will he admit GM closed before Obama? When will he admit how the Republicant's in Congress ground Washington to a halt with refusing to bring bills even to a vote? When will he admit that Obama really isn't gutting Medicare AND that his plans called for nearly the exact same "cuts" as the Republicant's call it? When will he stop taking Obama's "...you didn't build that..." quote (albeit a POORLY worded one) out of context? Funny how during a nationally televised speech he doesn't mention anything about abortion, gay marriage, the environment, etc...? Why because then he would be a laughing stock just like the last Republicant VP choice.
Give Obama a government that isn't opposed to his every action and you will see what a great President he truly could be. Congress doesn't have to rubber stamp everything. Just bring something to the tables to work this mess out.
If you want an honest view of all of this look at how the rest of the world sees it.
Aug 29, 2012 at 11:07 p.m.
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A good speech? Probably was. A factual speech with numbers he can probably deliver? No way. Rep Ryan is a good man gone astray. His prediction of 12 M jobs over the next 4 years is impossible given the kinds of cuts he wants. Simply impossible.
We needed a solution in the early 2000's and instead were welcomed to a wartime economy that was not paid for. We still have not paid for this and neither party had been able to find a compromise of cuts and added taxes to make up the difference.
Ryan is all smoke and no substance. God help us if he prevails.
Aug 29, 2012 at 10:56 p.m.
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16 Years of Ryan in the White House!!! I seen this coming. It was a spot on speach.
Aug 29, 2012 at 10:55 p.m.
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You've gotta hear it to really experience it:
http://www.wclo.com/podcasts/wclo-specia...
Aug 29, 2012 at 10:55 p.m.
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The losing football team doesn't remember the pep rally.
Aug 29, 2012 at 10:53 p.m.
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It was a good speech, but the number two person on the ticket is just that...number two.
Come November 6, no one will remember.
Aug 29, 2012 at 10:40 p.m.
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Last week (8/21) in the WSJ there was an article by a Washington insider that stated "Obama was psyched out by Paul Ryan".
Obama always thought that he was the smartest man on Capitol hill. Ryan had proven him wrong. Ryan not only is more knowledgeable, he is also more adept at debating his views. Obama will not sleep well after tonights speach.
Aug 29, 2012 at 10:29 p.m.
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Great speech!
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