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More Kemp, Please
The next step in Romney-Ryan messaging.
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As Reagan used straightforward language to connect the dots between his policy prescriptions and his vision of bright and noble city, so too should the Republican ticket explain that giving future senior citizens a choice, just as they have a choice for prescription drug programs, will give them a better system while saving Medicare for the future. Getting government out of the game of subsidizing piggy banks such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as Ryan bravely tried to do more than a decade ago and still would do today, would leave both taxpayers and homeowners less at the mercy of profiteers and bad lending practices. Promoting competitive best practices in the private sector, as Romney did with Staples, creates far more jobs than following the red-tape-strewn dictates of government planners.
The Obama administration has acted as a wet blanket on private enterprise; a Romney administration should be portrayed as one that won’t get in the way of earned success, but that will act with a firm belief, as Kemp said, that there is a “sleeping hero in every soul.”
Done right, this is the sort of campaign that, against a bad economy and a failed administration, can turn a tight-as-Lycra election into something that approaches a Republican romp.
The Romney-Ryan ticket has made a very good start. Here’s betting that it has the right stuff to turn “very good” into “superlative,” and to deliver on abundant promise.
About the Author
Quin Hillyer is a senior editor of The American Spectator and a senior fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom. Follow him on Twitter @QuinHillyer.
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Jack in Wi| 8.21.12 @ 6:25AM
Please no Jack Kemp. I was a big supporter of his. I gave money, saw him speak, and met him. He had a terrific personality, was good looking, and tried to be an intellectual. In the end he was a flop. His housing policies turned into a dismal failure. He had some good ideas but he could not close the deal. His campaign with Dole was one of the most dismal one run in my lifetime. If Romney loses to Obama he may top it. Hopefully he does a lot better job.
Moe Blotz| 8.21.12 @ 8:07AM
Perhaps Mr. Hillyer meant that Mr. Ryan should articulate the ideas of the late Mr. Kemp whilst on the hustings. The next time Paul Ryan meets you for a workout, please impart upon him some of the vast knowledge that you have blessed us with here.
Doctor Right| 8.21.12 @ 9:25AM
The economy was roaring in 1996; there was NO WAY the public was going to vote Clinton out.
Dole/Kemp was not "dismal;" it was impossible.
TLP| 8.21.12 @ 6:16PM
Like a broken clock, Jack is absolutely right.
Kemp was a Flop.
Ryan doesn't need to be anyone, except Paul Ryan.
And, if you ask me?
Paul Ryan is head and shoulders above whatever Anyone thinks Jack Kemp was.
btims86| 8.21.12 @ 6:53AM
One problem with Kemp......he was an open borders, "diversity" liberal republican, like Bill Bennett, Michael Medved, Bill Kristol, etc.
We have a very weak economy and these Neocons are clamoring for more, more, more imporation of half the world, in order to "prove" that they are not RACIST.
Ryan has a strong open borders leanings. Romney has some too but less. They both must be watched.
JD| 8.21.12 @ 12:12PM
Open borders are not a problem so long as we enforce security and the rule of law and don't hand people massive social welfare when they come here. Social welfare is the reason we need restrictive immigration policy.
btims86| 8.21.12 @ 1:38PM
Wow, what a foolish comment. "Open borders is not a problem"? Where to begin with you........you really want the population to be ballooned to half a billion and why may I ask? Secondly, what is more likely, we lower immigration and enforce the borders and immigration laws, or we greatly cut back social welfaree programs?
Bonus question: If the American people, who roughtly 70% want reduced legal immigration, don't have a say in setting immigration policy, who should get to decide the policy? Because for the past 30 years, foeigners have decided our immigration policy, through the mechanism called "family reunification". Foreigners decide how many of their families get to "migrate". The American people have no say because the Beltway Class nearly all get paid off by the immigration racket's lawyers and businesses who profit from continued mass immigration.
I invite to re-think you views and not spout overly-simplistic pablum.
JD| 8.21.12 @ 5:25PM
You can't split my position in half and then expect me to defend it. I'll just re-state my second sentence:
Social welfare is the reason we need restrictive immigration policy.
Jack London| 8.21.12 @ 8:19AM
Yeah right - "boundless opportunity" for their rich friends and a brutal attack on the poor. That's the Romney-Ryan 'compassionate' ticket. It's all on the record and why their only chance is not to mention it but talk with forked tongues.
c. j. acworth| 8.21.12 @ 8:38AM
Jack, as I told you not long ago, "The Iron Heel" was lame, stick to writing dog stories.
pogybait| 8.21.12 @ 9:47AM
Nothing can control the corrupting power of an exponentially growing government bureaucracy, and the only result so far with Obama, has been economic and social quagmire, which has been useful in maintaining power and at the same time keeping the population in serfdom. If we continue to unite this cause, it will no doubt cause the end of American Democracy.
TeaPartyNow| 8.21.12 @ 10:23AM
Did you see the video of Paul Ryan looking that reporter in the eyes last week and lying about the stimulus money that he wasted? Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney are both very good liars. And the right is too hard up to care anything about their records or their personalities. Romney/Ryan will lose. Those two are damned and they know it. If the right could pull it's head out, it would see them and all of us after them, going straight to hell.
The American People will be sick and tired of Romney/Ryan if we aren't already, very soon.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.21.12 @ 10:46AM
Tea party,
thank you for that deep insight. Soros does not pay you today.
Drunken Sailor| 8.21.12 @ 11:52AM
Ken,
Close. He is a Santorum supporter who hasn't got the message that Rick did not get the ticket. Unfortunately he hasn't figured out that Romney, while not everyones cup of tea is still better than Obama.
He is just here to bleat.
Oldefarte| 8.21.12 @ 12:57PM
Then you must """""STUPIDLY"""""favor the current administration, since everyone only has two choices, right??????
TLP| 8.21.12 @ 6:22PM
How ya doing, O.F.?
I feel your passion in every one of your posts, and I'm with you, brother.
Just, don't let them get you down.
In the end, it, like everything, is in God's Hands.
I refuse to believe that God will let us fall in to the abyss.
Keep the Faith, my friend.
And, be well.
We will prevail.
Oldefarte| 8.21.12 @ 7:34PM
As long as we can continue reading your words of wisdom, there will always be true HOPE. 11/7/12 will be a defining moment as to which prong of the fork we take, and if Obama/Biden prevail, we best follow the path of Tony Scott!!!!!!!
TrueBlue | 8.21.12 @ 7:56PM
The stimulus money that was in the hands of the Democrat Congress during the last two years of Bush and first two years of Obama you mean? And NOT in Paul Ryan's hands... I see a lot of these accusations with no proof to back them up.
Jacob McCandles| 8.21.12 @ 3:30PM
Rich vs poor blah blah. How do you not bore yourself into a coma? Seriously, how do you stand yourself?
Von Mises Jr| 8.21.12 @ 8:23AM
Romney/Ryan should simply announce the end of bailout nation. GM will solve their wage and benefit problem or they will face reorganization under new management with new contracts. GE WILL pays taxes next year. Liberal States will deal with their pension shortfalls or their employees will be SOL (Christie would be great to make this point).
The average guy is out of patience with favored sons getting bailed out on their backs while they have to figure out how to survive on their own and then subsidize the government picked winners.
Hayek’s "Road to Serfdom" taught that in centrally planned economies, government MUST pick winners and losers. We are sick and tired of the average citizen always being the loser.
Al Adab| 8.21.12 @ 9:37AM
Free markets and free men should be the goal. Government policies which create and perpetuate a dependent class harm the nation and the individuals concerned. It is the depth of cynical politics that one of our major political institutions panders to a growing underclass, which their policies created, to continue themselves in power. All too many have trade their birthright of liberty for a bowl of government pottage.
fmm| 8.21.12 @ 8:46AM
Bush destroyed the meaning of the word compassionate and would you remind me of Kemp's successful run for VP? Times have changed and Ryan is perfect for these times as he is.
Who Knows?| 8.21.12 @ 12:29PM
Second that.
Conservatives should avoid the word, "compassionate", like the plague.
cicero| 8.21.12 @ 9:05AM
All R&R have to do is point to every one of the Obama policies, and promise to repeal them, and not to do that again. In addition, they have to bring the bottom 50% back into the real world, and make them contributors, to some extent, rather than just takers. The Dems know that once the majority becomes aware of the fact that they can vote themselves the wealth of others, there is no way to stop them, and the democracy will fall. This is exactly what "community organizing" is all about. Overload the system, cause it to collapse, and take control out of the chaos.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.21.12 @ 9:36AM
Quin,
well recieved. A little less green eye-shades please,
or at least, powerful parentheticals ie:
(Mr. Obama has forcibly "borrowed" $300,000 from each and every one you. That is not American.)
(We will give you smal business owners at least a four year head start, by throwing out 900 regulations and cutting your taxes.)
irish19| 8.21.12 @ 9:36AM
"In addition, they have to bring the bottom 50% back into the real world, and make them contributors, to some extent, rather than just takers."
This is the absolutely essential component if things are to be turned around.
C'mon Man!| 8.21.12 @ 9:38AM
Seems you are just nit-picking here. Ryan is a hit and is doing great. Leave him be.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.21.12 @ 10:49AM
C,mo'n Man
Ryan and Romney both will appreciate thoughtful comments here...we he'ppin them!
swimdog| 8.21.12 @ 11:12AM
Great satirical piece Q old buddy- you really could have had greater impact however if you would have limited your comments to one page, shortened up a few of the paragraphs, the mantra seemed to be all over the board, your sentence structure was okay but if you shorten it up and were a bit more concise you might then have the right stuff to turn "okay" into "pretty good"...and maybe if you tightened up your tie just a tad in your picture you wouldn't look so much like you just had a 4 martini lunch...But hey, don't get me wrong old chap- you're off to a "very good start"!!
BackToBasics| 8.21.12 @ 12:03PM
With the MSM complicit in the re-election of Obam, Ryan so far is mostly speaking to the choir, no matter how good he is. Too many will not make up their minds until they see the debates. The questions and "rebuttals" will be done in such as way to make the dems look as good as possible.
Fortunately, Romney-Ryan are so much better that they should win the debates, especially Ryan.
JD| 8.21.12 @ 12:14PM
People don't watch debates. They wait until the next morning and let CNN tell them how the debate went. You can guess how that works out!
BackToBasics| 8.21.12 @ 3:38PM
JD, maybe they don't watch too much anymore. I can remember before the internet when they were much anticipated and watched. Still they should help RR a little, hopefully enough.
I read your comments yesterday, 8-20, to Ross K.; so well stated. You spoke of frustration and reading between the lines I believe it was based on your not being able to persuade others to sound reasoning.
If you haven't already done so, if you have the time and inclination, perhaps you could make a series of pamphlets, hardcopy and on a online site, sell them, and get your message out this way. Working through Christian organizations and receiving help from online sites such as WorldNetDaily and churches may be the most effective way disseminate the material. Just a suggestion.
Sound reasoning is still instructive to many and can still persuade.
JD| 8.21.12 @ 5:22PM
It is one thing for someone to disagree. It is another to refuse to address. The latter is the most frustrating. You put honest effort into a debate, but cannot win because the other player takes his ball and goes home.
This dastardly "religion" label, which is used to pompously dismiss unanswerable positions, is particularly annoying. In a free society, nothing is banned from discussion.
BackToBasics| 8.21.12 @ 7:47PM
from your reply - "It is one thing for someone to disagree. It is another to refuse to address."
I think they refuse because in a direct confrontation they know they cannot win. The only resort they have is to call you names or give you a label. In the name-calling the crude use crude language but the more refined will give you a label such as "religious/religion/religious argument."
Most all those who change their minds do so over time and in the quiet of their own thinking. They may not do so very often in a direct confrontaion. Over time though, sound reasoning can still be effective.
Who Knows?| 8.21.12 @ 12:56PM
I like very much the “earned success” phrase.
“Earned” and “built” are words that mean almost the same thing, and lord knows Obama’s mooning of America, by saying “You didn’t build that”, needs to be one of the dominant themes repeated, every day until the election.
It’s almost too late to awaken the American “giant”, to wit her flickering spirit---the can do, individual responsibility animating core. Can you imagine a politician, in say, 1875, as the west was still being “won” and settled, running on “You didn’t build that”?
Even NOW half the doctors are said to be burned out. What about when more and more people get fatter and fatter; and sicker and sicker---THERE’S a bubble soon to burst. Somehow, what can’t continue, stops.
Look around. Of the whole “ordered matter”, buildings, roads, landscaped gardens, myriad machines, furniture, etc, what percentage of it did YOU build? Isn’t it obvious that there’s a whole lot of “earned success” still standing that was “built” by now dead people, and that a majority of us are living as spoiled children who’ve aged, chronologically, but remain attached to our parent’s tit?
How piquant!
Liberals blast those born with a silver spoon in their mouth, and it turns out THEIR supporters, and they themselves, are that. Mirrors are lacking. Or, averting eyes abound.
Recognize responsibility, personally?
Fat chance!
Oldefarte| 8.21.12 @ 1:06PM
In other words, you're saying by "His demeanor is just about perfect; he's likable, believable, knowledgeable, understandable, and persuasive; and his one-on-one political skills are first-rate" that Ryan is no Joe Biden. Of course no one is, and never could be. The sadness over same comes from the realization that he is currently only a heartbeat away from becoming the POTUS. As to Kemp/Ryan and their compassion, I'd possibly argue that yes government should/does represent a helping hand to those in need. However, the question should be WHO IS TRULY IN NEED? The indigents who continuously have multiple children which become purposefully ward of the state/government? The migrants who come to this country illegally? The financially inept who take out home mortgages that they know they cannot pay for? The consumers of numerous new/expensive vehicles etc instead of repsonsibly purchasing health insurance? Are they in need of compassion from government or instead should they be weaned from the teat of same???????
David| 8.21.12 @ 1:53PM
Forget the word "compassionate". That is what Bush ran as. The dems are already saying that Romney and Ryan will take us back to Bush. Why the flip should they call themselves "compassionate"?
JD| 8.21.12 @ 5:23PM
I agree. The term is tainted.
Oldefarte| 8.21.12 @ 7:47PM
I would hope that most everyone would be "compassionate" but the crux of the issue is WHO PAYS FOR THAT COMPASSION? Politicians who are Democrats give very small percentages of their personal incomes to charity, while Republicans give much larger amounts. Democrats however desire instead for the government [ie taxpayers] to pay for their given through governmental programs/benefits to their indigent constituents. IOW, they want someone other than themselves to PAY FOR THAT CHARITY [ie you and me, not them]. The forced through taxiation charity that these Democrats legislate demands that we pay for their charitable giving, while they take credit for same politically. Charity whether it come directly from your wallet or indirectly through your Form 1040 still costs money which could/should be used to feed/clothe/house/educate your family instead, and these Democrats constantly bemoan the need for you to pay more, give more, spread/redistribute your wealth etc so that they can claim the titles of THE ONE TRUE BLACK JESUS OF CHICAGO etc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReaganConservative| 8.22.12 @ 3:34AM
Isn't it Amazing how all the great inspirational communicators of the Republican Party are Conservatives. Ronald Reagan being the greatest, which all Republican politicians who seek elected office strive to emulate and aspire to, wittingly or unwittingly.
But why was Reagan so great in his inspirational communication skills and ability. Why was he so effective. And why did the people listen to him, rather than the standard Republican GOP establishment RINO.
Because besides being an avid reader who ensured he knew everything there was to know and understand about what he was for, and against, it was his ability to effectively communicate those ideas and principles for which he is so greatly remembered.. This ability was his passion and dedication to these vital ideals and principles of all that is good on this earth- Humanity, Freedom, liberty, Democracy, the US Constitution, ie; all that they embody, he embodies. Reagan was truly the embodiment of all that he believed, which transferred into all he said and did.
This is why the phony progressive GOP establishment people can never capture that same Reaganesque essence and stature that inspires people.
Paul Ryan is one who can and will inspire people in time, because he also embodies all that Reagan embodied.