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Romney Taps Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan As Running Mate

Posted by timothy on from the cultural-diversity dept.

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:News for Nerds???!! by axlr8or · · Score: 1, Troll

    Wrong dill hole we can discuss evolution or creation or Muons and Hadrons but politics is sleezy humanism. The only importance it maintains in our society is what credit peole like YOU give it. There is nothing 'technical' about this story. timothy shouldn't be banned he's offered lots of good stories for us but someone should smack him thats for sure.

  2. Re:The USA has a strong Left by INowRegretThesePosts · · Score: 1, Troll

    No, it is merely in the 21st century.

    Something being popular now (while it was unpopular in the past) does not mean it is good. Intellectual debate should actually discuss ideas, instead of just cheerleading what is popular and seems to be becoming more popular.

    All of the EU agrees, bipartisanly, on the issues you mentioned.

    Which means that on social issues, Europe is dominated by leftism.

    It is only the Republicans (and the Vatican and the Islamic states, hmmmm) which seem to be against the issues you mentioned... which gives me a great idea for anti-Republican campaign slogans... "Iran thinks abortion is bad... so does Romney", "Stand firmly with Iran and stone all gay people (and unmarried people who have sex)", "Iran doesn't want your children to learn about evolution, neither does Romney", damn, the list just goes on and on and on...

    That would making the debate even more debased and ad hominem and fallacious (guilt by association, straw man) than it already is.

    I don't know why I am even responding to this. You are posting AC for a reason.