So Mitt picked Paul Ryan as running mate. This is actually not a bad thing, as Mr. Ryan seems to actually have ideas. I may not be a big fan of all his ideas, but at least he seems to be known as "that guy who came up with something". The hope now is that the freight train of refuse known as the '12 presidential campaign, heading for the landfill we call Election Day '12, may actually turn away from the name calling and gaffe generation and focus, maybe just a wee bit, on things like -- oh, I don't know -- the economy, the need for jobs that support families, the global sea change in economics and productivity that has irreversibly shrunk the manufacturing workforce, the need to assist people that need to get back on their feet, and so on. At least Paul Ryan put something on the table, and now it could be discussed and dissected.
Of course, Paul Ryan is what would have once been called radical right. Now he is a "Tea Party Pleaser". This maneuver seals up what I consider to be the basic tenet of politics as we know them today.
Several years ago, there was a kid in my church who was talking about some of the rules at a summer camp, one of which was "no purpling". Assigning the color red to girls, blue to boys, the concept here was that the two should not mix, at least not beyond some platonic level of friendly discourse.
Well, that's where we are as a nation. Blues, stay over there in your corner and just get bluer. Reds, you are over there. Now, behave like you all just used the best detergent available - making the blues even bluer, the reds even redder. All of you, just keep talking to each other, encouraging each other, distancing yourself from those crazy extremists over on the other side. And if you try to chat with someone over there on the other side, you will be excused from the game.
No purpling!
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No, the upcoming election is not a "landfill" to be buried. Election rhetoric is now a 24/7/365 activity, and the election itself is merely how we mark the time. Obama has never gotten out of campaign mode. His presidential style has only been to consider the short term consequences of his actions, to get over the November 2012 hump. Obama has shown no interest in actually solving any of those structural issues you mention, only in reslicing the economic pie. So Medicare will be bankrupt for anyone under 40 years old... Obama sees that only as another opportunity for politicians a few years down the road to further expand their ponzi shell game. You say Ryan was ONCE called "radical right"? Yesterday's Baltimore Sun editorial called him "ultra fiscal conservatism". Obama's minions relish Ryan because it encourages even more purpling.
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