It’s a well known fact by now that Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate in his bid to be President of the United States. I’m sure most of you know me well enough by to know this news didn’t do much for me. I think the choice of Ryan, just like with Romney, is basically boring.
The Jezebel blog put up an interesting post late last week entitled “9 Depressingly Kooky Facts About Paul Ryan.” In case you want to get depressed or feel Kooky, you can read it right here.
I’m not feeling depressed or kooky about Ryan. His stand on global warming doesn’t surprise me and his wanting to handle Medicare with coupons is typical Ryan, but his ideas about writer Ayn Rand are a bit surprising.
Rand had her own view on the world, that’s for sure, but she’s better known for her novels “Atlas Shrugged” and “Fountainhead.” I’ve read both books and enjoyed them—but they are works of fiction. How Ryan thinks they can apply to real life is strange to me.
Something else I want to say about Rand is that she was an atheist. I don’t have a problem with that, but Ryan had better figure out a way to deal with this fact when he’s out on the campaign trail. This isn’t going to play well in the heartland.
In wrapping this up, my take on Ryan? He’s not progressive, he’s backward. And for the record, I don’t think he looks like Eddie Munster.
(Photo from infowars.com)
Everyone in Washington is the same old same old. I haven’t voted in years as it makes no difference.
Many years ago, I had a friend tell me he considered Atlas Shrugged his Bible. This friend was a little bit nuts. That is my feeling too on Paul Ryan. A little bit nuts.
All of the right is depressing! Good news for Obama!
Let’s see:Ryan was voted “The Biggest Brown-Noser” in his high school class, and he doesn’t believe in scientific facts. ‘Nuff said–he only hurts more a candidate who was hurting in the first place. What a clown show the right has become.
Send in the clowns. Isn’t that a song?
Romney and Ryan = Dumb and Dumber.
I happen to agree with Rand, but you’re right about the heartland not liking Ryan liking Rand. Case in point, this video.
I wonder what Rand would think of Paul Ryan? Based on his backward approach to women’s rights, I would guess not much.