Romney Caves Completely

[Minimalist]

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10858-...t-giveaway

The decision to add Paul Ryan to the Republican presidential campaign has, once and for all time, exposed the limp, rudderless vacancy that is the core essence of Willard Mitt Romney. Over the eighteen years he has been on the political stage, Mr. Romney has changed positions more often than most people change batteries. By tapping Ryan, and thus agreeing to take on the fourteen years of far-right baggage Ryan brings with him, Romney has all but announced to the world that he is folding his hand and ceding control of the party to the whacked-out denizens of his right flank.

The whole GOP is nothing but pigs at the trough. Socialism for billionaires and austerity for the poor.

[Tobie]

Anyone surprised he's pointing his arse to where the money is?

[Faith No More]

It is very clear that by choosing Ryan, Romney is trying to appeal to the lunatic fringe that doesn't think he's conservative enough.

I think we can all agree that if Romney and Ryan take the white house, there will be a complete and utter raping of the middle and lower classes.

[jackman]

yeah, i said it before. he picked a guy who had some policies to stand on (no matter what they are), some issues that the public could chew on to avoid his own, and someone far enough right that he would be accepted by evangelicals, which way actually cover him from having to address mormon issues within his own party. if you look at it thru a ridiculously selfish point of view, he actually made a choice that covers his ass.

[Anomalocaris]

I am beginning to understand why Romney refuse to release his tax returns. His tax return will reveal he had been the democratic party's paid sleeper agent all along.

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yeah, i said it before. he picked a guy who had some policies to stand on (no matter what they are), some issues that the public could chew on to avoid his own, and someone far enough right that he would be accepted by evangelicals, which way actually cover him from having to address mormon issues within his own party. if you look at it thru a ridiculously selfish point of view, he actually made a choice that covers his ass.

Perhaps he should look to cover the ass of his campaign instead.

[Minimalist]

and someone far enough right that he would be accepted by evangelicals,

The one thing which Romney and the rest of the republicunts never had to worry about. What are they going to do? Vote for the black, socialist, muslim? Romney had a chance to move to the center which he could have done safely because his base has no where else to go. Instead, he told the center to go fuck itself and picked a fascist idealogue even worse than himself.

[jackman]

great point, and as a result, that particular reason i mentioned is/was moot.

[CliveStaples]

Paul Ryan is far-right? Isn't his district in Wisconsin?

[Cato]

Paul Ryan is far-right? Isn't his district in Wisconsin?

I recommend that you Google Scott Walker and then attempt again to portray Wisconsin as a bastion of reasonable political discourse.

[CliveStaples]

I recommend that you Google Scott Walker and then attempt again to portray Wisconsin as a bastion of reasonable political discourse.

I followed the Wisconsin protests. Was Walker being unreasonable?

Following up a tacit assumption (Paul Ryan is a Right Winger!) with another tacit assumption (Scott Walker is crazy!) isn't really that informative. Of course, you might not give two shits about being informative...