I miss Redscape. Wonderful discussion.

I must say the effort to defend my president for his remarks concerning the plant in Janesville are reminiscent of 13th century scholasticism. My president said what he said at the time because it was convenient for him to do so. He made promises. He didn't keep them. Who cares? It's disappointing but this is what ALL politicians do, especially when they are trying to win an election. Didn't Blip Romney say he's going to create 12 million jobs recently? Now C'Mon Blip. 12 million? Wow! He said this or something similar because right now it's convenient for him to say such a thing. They ALL lie gentlemen. ALL of them. Get over the lies. It's part of the job.

Remember when my president said he was going to change Washington DC? That things would no longer be done the same way in DC if he were to be elected? Remember that one? Then what does he do? He chooses Joe Lidden as VP? THE quintessential DC operative. Is someone kidding me? But wait there's more....shortly after he turns around and gives Hillary the nod for Secretary of State? If it weren't so comical it would be downright sad. Wait, it is sad.

We do NOT elect Presidents in this country because of what they say gentlemen. We elect Presidents based on how they say what they say and, as I've stated earlier, how they look. Ryan looks good. If Blip really turns out to be a blip on the radar screen of history, and I think he will, the same will not hold true for Ryan.

We will see much more of this young GOP padawan in the future.

Next time he needs to come up with a better explanation for his fondness of Ayn Rand...It gets folks on social security or Medicare a little nervous when someone who admires the philosophy of Ayn Rand becomes president

Since negotiations to avert a national default on the debt have shifted from the House to the Senate, Republicans in the lower chamber are still hoping to use the talks as “leverage” to limit women’s access to contraception.

According to the Washington Post, in a private meeting with House Republicans Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) — who earlier this weak floated a compromise that would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for cuts to entitlement programs — railed against emerging Senate proposals and argued that the “House could not accept either a debt-limit bill or a government-funding measure that would delay the next fight until the new year”:

The Affordable Care Act stipulates that employers and insurers must provide no-cost contraception coverage as part of their health care plans and exempts churches and religious nonprofits that primarily employ people of the same faith from the requirement. In a compromise between Catholic groups and the White House, religiously affiliated colleges, universities, and hospitals that wish to avoid providing birth control can also opt out of offering the benefits, while their employees receive contraception coverage at no additional cost sharing directly from the insurer.

Republicans, however, are not satisfied with the accommodation and have tried to expand the so-called conscience clause, permitting any employer or insurance plan to exclude health services, no matter how essential, from coverage if they morally object to it.

Ryan is far-right, he is not a member of a poliitical family, he was on a losing ticket as a VP, and he has not been a governor or accomplished anything as a legislator. You would find it impossible to find a similar predecessor as president.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/us/politics/republicans-use-shutdown-to-stake-positions-for-2016-bids.html?src=recg

he scary thing is, for reasons I've outlined in detail before, if he does get the nod to run, he might just win.