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The Spectacle Blog
Whenever anyone talks about cutting government spending — or even, as is more often the case, slightly slowing its rate of growth — they face the wildest accusations. Think Newt Gingrich and the orphanages, the millions of children who were going to die in the streets after welfare reform, the homelessness allegedly created by Reagan during the Decade of Greed.
Here is your most unhinged attack of the day, brought to you by Esquire:
Make no mistake. In his decision to make Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny-starver from Wisconsin, his running mate, Romney finally surrendered the tattered remnants of his soul not only to the extreme base of his party, but also to extremist economic policies, and to an extremist view of the country he seeks to lead. This is unimaginable to those of us who lived here under Romney’s barely perceptible stewardship of the Commonwealth (God save it!).
The headline? “Paul Ryan: murderer of opportunity, political coward, candidate for vice president of the United States.”
UPDATE: Via Jeremy Lott, here is the runner-up:
Ryan is the way Romney and his aides escape blame for their now-likely defeat—blame which would have vicious and unrelenting—and pin it in on conservatives instead. With only minor historical revisions, they will be able to tell a story about how Romney was keeping the race close through early August, at which point the party’s conservative darling joined the ticket and sent the poll numbers into steady decline.
Now I don’t dispute that this is how the Romneyites and moderate Republicans will spin a Romney-Ryan defeat. But the idea that a man as ambitious as Romney is already at this early stage planning on spinning his defeat and is going to spend grueling months on the campaign trail — having already spent vast sums of his personal fortune — on a doomed campaign doesn’t pass the laugh test.
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rightasrain| 8.11.12 @ 4:10PM
Having Mitt make such an inspired VP choice is the sundae. Watching Democrats' heads explode is the cherry on top.
TinaB| 8.13.12 @ 6:56AM
You. Are. Right as Rain.
TeaPartyNow| 8.11.12 @ 5:05PM
The American right today isn't any better than the left. We were sick of the hate last week. And here you propagate it, by glorifying it because Romney and Ryan can not run on their records. You will dwell in hate until Obama wins re-election. You have to do everything imaginable to hide Romney and Ryans' policy records. And I mean things that they have actually done, not fantasies that do nothing but waste time like the Ryan budget. Real things like how Ryan voted for the auto bailouts and the stimulus. And held Boehners hand while they did nothing to stop the spending of both sides. You guys on the right are helping no one.
Crassus| 8.11.12 @ 5:30PM
Sorry, Junior, but your boy Rube Paul didn't get the votes in the primaries. He won't be running for President no matter how much you whine that he's the only candidate who can defeat Obama.
Oldefarte| 8.12.12 @ 1:49PM
"Rube Paul" is counting his $millions in LJ from selling his newletters to the idiots such as this one. He could care less what they do or think now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob K| 8.11.12 @ 5:35PM
Are you going to spend the entire day here on A.S. blubbering about this?
It's the RINOs at The Weekly Standard and National Review who set this all up! It's those people who control the Conservative Media! It's not well known, but they really get their money from Soros!
Give them a piece of your mind!
Oldefarte| 8.12.12 @ 1:44PM
We Americans will "CHICK-FIL-A" you in November, just as we did the homosexuals on 8/1/12. Your day is coming. Oh and if you're one of those Ronnie Bike Riders From LJ, take your newsletter and use it within your bathroom, okay?????????????????????
Oldefarte| 8.12.12 @ 1:51PM
PS: Anyone here who is/was dumb enough to either purchase or susscribe to Esquire, should now wise up and cancel same!!!!!!!!!
BD57| 8.12.12 @ 10:13PM
Wow ... just ... wow.
First, who's this "we" you're referring to?
Second, from the tone of your diatribe, you may have a bit of "hate" problem yourself, junior.
ebonystone| 8.11.12 @ 7:06PM
When it comes to shredding safety nets, it's the Dems who are the champions: for years they've been shredding mine and those of millions like me who had the sense and discipline to provide our own.
Edward Cropper | 8.11.12 @ 10:28PM
The Dems and Libs are so predictable. They are now saying they are so pleased with Ryan being the Veep candidate. If Romney had picked Attila the Hun they would be saying the same thing. They all think in lock step and do not have an original thought in their heads.
Mnestheus| 8.12.12 @ 12:35AM
The nice theing about the Base is that the zombies have the grannies outnumbered.
Cpm| 8.12.12 @ 11:34AM
Those paragraphs are dripping with the cold sweat of panic.