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Romney Taps Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan As Running Mate

Shortly after 9 a.m. Eastern time Saturday, Republican candidate Mitt Romney officially announced (via phone app) his selection of 42-year-old Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as running mate for the 2012 U.S. presidential race. Ryan's selection was announced by the Romney campaign to various media outlets earlier this morning. Ryan is considered popular among a wide range of Republican voters, being a budget hawk who favors less liberal laws concerning abortion. Ryan's lauded popularity among Tea Party voters is mixed; some reports describe him as a Tea Party favorite, others as a far-right imposter.

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  1. Re:Was that from Armageddon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mitt Romney introduces Paul Ryan as the "next President of the United States"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTzssn6JQVQ

  2. Re:News for Nerds???!! by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its not remotely related to tech or topics that slashdot normally covers

    Seriously? Have you been on a deep space mission and not read Slashdot since 2000 or something?

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  3. Re:Mitt Romney introduces Paul Ryan as the next Pr by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps Romney is simultaneously announcing his choice of running mate and his plan to commit suicide if elected.

  4. Re:Diversity by vlm · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's disappointing that Romney couldn't find a diversity candidate

    Show a little compassion to the mentally ill. He is a mostly neocon after all, or at least a fellow traveler, so obviously a complete nutcase.
    Nothing personal but its kind of like those distasteful comments about Obama being only 1/2 white or whatever.

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  5. Romney introduces Ryan as the next President by frank249 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Video of Romney introducing Ryan as the next president here. Later he comes back, puts his arm around Ryan and says he has been know to make a few mistakes. Great start.

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    1. Re:Romney introduces Ryan as the next President by SternisheFan · · Score: 3, Funny

      If Romney gets (s)elected like Bush jr. was, than like Bush jr., Romney will disappear from public view for his terms first several months, in order to be taught how to speak in public without sounding like a jackass. And I predict that, like Bush jr., it won't work.

  6. Re:News for Nerds???!! by AngryDeuce · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nope, he rejects her because she was an atheist. He's always rejected her, didn't you know? All those words of praise in the past never happened, we all imagined it! We've always been at war with EastAsia!!

  7. Re:WTF is this doing on MY slashdot? by newcastlejon · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the difference between ignorance and apathy?

    Don't know, don't care.

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  8. Re:Deep Space by ArcherB · · Score: 5, Funny

    If he was, I think Ryan has decided to not being him back.

    Paul Ryan proposed an additional 6% budget cut for NASA in the Ryan Budget so that he could increase DOD spending.

    Sorry, it's more important that we kill each other than understand our place in the universe. Have a good day.

    Good thing that the president, and especially the vice president don't allocate spending. That's the job of Congress, which happens to be where Ryan is today.

    So, the obvious solution to save NASA's budget would be to get Ryan out of Congress and into a position where he can not vote on funding. The quickest and easiest way to do that would be to elect him as Vice President.

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  9. Re:Deep Space by Lost+Race · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, it's more important that we kill each other than understand our place in the universe. Have a good day.

    Understanding our place in the universe doesn't cost billions of dollars. Just open the bible!

    /satire
    (not serious)