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Subscribe to RSSCLEARWATER, Fla. – The former U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush will serve as the debate partner for Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, the Romney campaign announced with just three weeks to go before the only vice presidential debate before the November election.
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Ted Olson
Ted Olson has argued 58 cases before the Supreme Court, including a case that put him at odds with many Republicans: overturning the state of California's ban on gay marriage, known as Proposition 8.
Olson was originally highly praised at the start of the decade by the Republican Party as he successfully argued Bush v. Gore --the ruling that determined the outcome of the 2000 election -- before he was selected as Bush’s solicitor general.
“Mr. Olson is one of the most skilled, intelligent, and successful litigators in America -- just the kind of opponent needed to prepare the Congressman for Mr. Biden,” Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck said.
Olson will join Rep. Ryan for preparations leading up to the Oct. 11 match up with Vice President Joe Biden in Danville, Ky. The campaign says Olson and Ryan had one practice session this past week.
“Joe Biden has been in elected office for more than 40 years. There are few people in politics with more experience debating the issues than Joe Biden, so we are taking this process seriously,” Buck said.
Ryan held his only full day of debate prep in Oregon last Sunday but Olson did not join.
Saturday morning’s announcement of Olson is the final debate partner to be released.
President Barack Obama has John Kerry (D-Mass.) standing in as Mitt Romney, while Romney has picked Ohio Sen. Rob Portman to play Obama.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will aid Biden with his debate prep and play Ryan. Van Hollen and Ryan serve on the House Budget Committee together.
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft told the Romney campaign of the selection that "Ted Olson possesses the extraordinary intellect, judgment, and character to be a strategic asset in any endeavor. Few lawyers have prevailed in as many of the country's most challenging battles to protect our national interest as Ted has. I, along with many other conservatives, welcome his increased participation in the Romney campaign."
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We care about this... WHY again?
Lyin Ryan is going to get his clocked clean regardless!
How about a thread on the judge in WI throwing out Weasel Walkers union busting law?
Feisty,
this moonbat judge's abuse of power will be overturned soon enough....but the result of his outrage will be that Wisconsin voters will vote for Romney and Tommy Thompson, to send a message to the radical unions and their poodle judge...
Say, Probe Boy!
Tell us again how Bob "Vaginal Probe" McDonnell would be Willard's running mate again! It's an oldie but goodie! lol
Oh, and, have you seen the latest poll numbers there in VA?
Not looking good for you... not at all...
It's no wonder you're pissier than usual this morning!
Hang tight little buddy, the end for you is near... ;o)
XOXO
Your #1 Moonbat!
It won't help. How do you successfully debate with lies?
Romney/Ryan have told some whoppers. Regardless, "trickle down" economics is a failure and there is more than enough evidence to speak to that.
What outrage? Millions are thrilled. Perhaps you can take your outrage and storm a few Embassies. That is the latest hip endeavor for the enraged right-wing factions to undertake.
the liars are in the white house now.
Feisty,
RomneyRyan need to debate their own birther crackpots like Kobach, who thinks he can keep someone who has already been in the office for 3.6 years ~ the office Romney is currently seeking ~ off the ballot.
These are the twisted folks who are endorsing Romney and running his campaign. Imagine!
Still a bit hung over from the DDI or just starting the juice early?
Biden the Bufoon will embarrass himself as usual, but the corrupt media will spin it as some sort of victory for him and Barak Hussein Obama.
Ryan was caught in yet another web of lies...seems he was "fudging" the unemployment numbers he's been quoting by about, oh...10 MILLION.
Then there's this little nugget:
http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/106730/ryan-most-dishonest-convention-speech-five-lies-gm-medicare-deficit-medicaid
And probably the most despicable of all:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/paul-ryan-marathon-lie_n_1858384.html
And here's one for Prober b0b:
http://www.examiner.com/article/virginia-gop-disabled-children-are-god-s-punishment-for-having-an-abortion
Nice...real nice, eh b0b?
Sure it is.
Paul really does not need anyone to practice with...an empty chair would surrfice :-)
Paul Ryan will mop the floor with good old Joe "5-Draft Deferment" Biden, just like he dissected Obamacare and humiliated the amateur president in less than 6 minutes....
Only this time it will be on Natl TV, not just C-Span.
Romney & Ryan: Business Success + Fiscal Responsibility = The winning combination Americans really need.
What's up Hardly a Chic ... no Islamaphobic sites to post today? Yesterday's was a doozy.
When Walker cut most of the state & public unions' power, I thought then that it would be thrown out of court because he did not cut those same powers to all state and public unions. I also believe that if his actions were to really cut the states' cost of running government that he also would have at least froze the salaries & benefits for those not covered by unions - including his own.
Now, on to the real topic for this article - I just find it interesting that the real people involved in this debate need to have someone else partner up with them. If they are not qualified to manage their own debate, how are they qualified for one of the top political positions in this country?
Dem or Rep, this is a joke! I find this shameful and just wish we had another real candidate in this so-called election!
V-P Joe Biden, the man who authored the "Violence Against Women Act" of 1994 , will be fine.
Note that Paul Ryan voted this year:
TO NOT PROTECT women minorities - under HR 4970.
Oh Goodie - we have Harley Chick back. You going to grace us with more pictures from your Facebook account showing you and your right-wing freaks torturing and killing people? As you said yesterday, you love spreading hated and division. Show us more of your freakish pastime.
Hey there Harley Skank...shave your back yet? "LOL"
Your seat at Fox Nation and The Blaze is getting cold...now scurry off...
"LOL"
According to Mickey, Ryan was doing Obama a favor. 10 million unemployeed.
The cool pick in 2008 was not very qualified. It shows. Incomplete in my school was a fail.
Time to kick him out.
Here is one for you Feisty, google it.
Ruling Overturning Parts of Wisconsin Anti-Union Law Likely to Be Short-Lived
Nothing with the law will change from its current state while this decision is appealed. Then it will be a moot point! What will it take for the unions to understand the majority of the people in Wisconsin are fed up with unions and their nonsense?
Harley Chic; I have noticed some of your posts over the course of the last week or so, to bad I haven't seen them or noticed hem before. You are spot on with your line of thinking as far as I am concerned. Keep up the great work and I look forward to reading more of your comments.
He has to practice cause he does not know the truth and does not want to mess up and let out what he really thinks.
[...Ryan was doing Obama a favor. 10 million unemployeed]
Reading comprehension not your strong suit, I see...
Your homework for today: Go back and re-read my post.
S-L-O-W-L-Y
At least Governor Walker made sure to use the phrase "liberal activist judge" in his rebuttal like a good little Republican.
Is the debate question going to be questions that are hand pick by Obama and Joe bite me. Or are they going to be real question. I think we will get hand pick question that Obama new's are told to use.
Notice how the TeaPeople are following their 'true leaders' Palin and Limbaugh......
Attack, attack......personal attack with lies, slurs....their favorite 'go to' words, then add 'incompetent', blah, blah.......
Can any of them debate the issues or proposed policies of R/R that are front and center? NO......just stick with the personal attacks since it worked out so well last time around....lol
Hey, this is Joe Biden that Ryan will be debating. Accordingly, if he intends to employ a practice partner with the acumen of Biden, his practice partner should be a block of wood.
allenjames---If they're REAL questions, i feel sorry for Mitt-the flip-flopper, and lyin-Ryan. No matter who they practice with.
Cut harley some slack all, she's just taking a breather from the train pulling, she's up again in 10.
Obama 2012
RyRand needs debate practice, What a joke !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Cockroaches are getting scared now, They seen Ryan at his practice session in Oregon and found out that he was just Barely more intelligent than jungle fever Palin, and thats not saying much. So they realized they better get someone with some I.Q to help coach this dipwad, problem is when the lights go on, the dipwad will come to the surface. Biden is going to clean this Low IQ plate, Thanks Ryan for the Heavey Burden of Debt, He hasnt seen a spending package that he wouldnt vote for
Obama/Biden 2012 Your Parents and Grandparents Lives Depend on it
Wait...are the right wing nutjobs still talking to Olson? After he DESTROYED them in the Prop H8 debacle?
Olson is a brilliant litigator, no doubt. But that doesn't mean he can transfer his skills to Lyin's Ryan!
Business success at the expense of others isn't really something to brag about. His greatest success he brags about is Staples. Starting wages at Staples is $8.15 an hour with few benefits similar to Walmart. Romney claims he can create good jobs however good jobs to Romney is $8 an hour. Other "successes" were buying Burger King and firing half the employees to pay themselves huge fees.
Lyin' Ryan lies, lies and more lies. My fear is this; if the lie is told often enough a growing number of our voting population believes it. Will Ryan be telling 'the truth' in the debates.
We have to get out the vote and the truth.
Obama/Biden 2012
The debates will be a turkey shoot for Obama/Biden. Mitt and Ryan are going to try and stand on issues that most Americans reject. Tax breaks for the wealthiest, sabre rattling and the usual insults with no solution. Not gonna work. They could put a cardboard figure of Joe Biden out there and he'd still win. Too bad Harley Chick don't get it. She must be getting ridden as she types. ;)
First Debate Question:
"Mr. President, do you honestly think the American people are stupid enough to believe the 9/11 protests and murders at our embassy were because of AN ONLINE VIDEO??"
"Or were they really, actually because of your foreign policy failures? Just maybe??"
But will the Obama Palace Guards in the liberal media ask this? Of course not.
I thought if we elected Obama the Muslim world would love us? Puppy dogs and ice cream cones!!!
Romney/Ryan 2012 [Ted Olson is a terrific pick - glad he agreed to do it]
I wouldn't trust Ryan with my dog, he is so desperate he's starting to worry me !!!!!!!!!!
Care to translate that? Makes no sense at all.
Second debate question:
Governor Romney, where are your tax returns and why won't you release them?
lolololololol Cannot WAIT to see Ryan get his vileness revealed. He's a nasty little prat, even his wife likes to keep her distance. I don't think Ryan will stop being the pandering little Bush go along that he's been up to now, do you?
MarkM012757: Are you aware this person posted the other day that Obama should go back to the jungle? Do you still think she's spot on with her line of thinking? Having a difference of opinion is one thing, being nothing but a turd in the punchbowl is quite another.
Right, tonybeerm - because that's sooooooo important.
Don't get caught up on marathon times and widow's peaks, sir.
Let's concentrate on the real issues like our liberty, national security and the economy.
Only dyed-in-the-wool, liberalism-as-a-religion folks care about Mitt's taxes (btw, he paid $4 million last year)
If Ryan is so good, why does he need a sidekick in a debate???
I'd say that this choice and his Lies at the RNC indicate that he is unfit to be the Vice President of the United States of America----evidently he cannot function or debate on his own accord.
WHAT A FLUNKY! I gues sthis other guy will attempt to cover his lies!IF the debate is bwteen 2 Vice Predidental canidates then leave it to 2 not 2 plus 1.
Question 1 to Myth Romney, Mr Romney how can you give tax breaks to the wealthy, and exactly what tax exemptions would you have to cut from the middle class to support the Tax Breaks for the Wealthy, and why did you take a $77.000 Tax writeoff for you wifes dancing pony? and finally The ARITHMETIC dont add up, You sir would put an additional 1 Trillion dollars a year on our Chinese Credit Card in a Time of WAR so YOU and YOUR wealthy ELITE Friends can get Tax Breaks
Oh you mean like:
Nice,
Are all you people laughing at the fact that he's got a practice partner really so ignorant to realize that EVERY candidate does the same thing? The answer is YES, but then you're also too lazy to have read the rest of the article, which actually told you who the others practice partners are! And this ignorance and laziness in researching and comprehending is EXACTLY why you're still supporting Obama.
Okay Arthur. Our national security is fine, the economy is improving (the stock market's never been higher) and we are in no danger of losing our liberty despite what FOX tells you. Now, how about credibility? Mitt's has none and is a proven liar His tax returns will show where his money is invested and as everyone knows, it's not in this country. That may be fine for you, but most people have a problem with that. Your only goal is to discredit Obama so he doesn't get re-elected. You could care less how inept a Romney/Ryan administration would be because you're old and don't give a f--k anymore. Well, some of us do. And once again, if it's no big deal, why doesn't he show them? I mean after all, you bagger's demanded the President show his birth certificate. That was a colossal waste of time.
Now let me get this strait. Your running for the office of Vice President of the US & you need a partner to practice your lies for an upcoming debate.
Seems to me that if you aren't an effective liar on your own, why then you've already admitted to the world that your unqualified for office.
Before proclaiming Ryan as a "Flunky" maybe you should re-read the article. It is referring to a debate practice partner, not a sidekick during the debate.
From the article.
Does this make Obama a "Flunky" as well?
Myth Romney has fired over 100,000 AMERICAN workers, He has reaped MILLIONS of AMERICAN Tax dollars from the Govt, He went to Live in SOCIALIST France to avoid the Vietnam War DRAFT, He has Money in offshore accts that he refuses to pay taxes on. He has paid 4 Million in Taxes on the money held in the United States and He has Given 6 Million to the CULT of MORMON CHURCH can anyone,I mean ANYONE tell me WHY this UNPATRIOTIC SOB should be President. I wouldn't let this Buffoon run a fry station at McDonald's.
Obama/Biden Forwards not Backwards
WOW, John Ashcroft making a point.
The only politician to loose an election to a dead man in Missouri. GWB, sorry for your loss John, how about I give you the position of AG. Will that dry them tears Johnny.
Ryan needs all the help he can get. He will still lie about the facts because he won't let truth get in the way of winning an election now will he.
It is interesting that you don't care about this at all, yet you took the effort to comment on it within 4 minutes of it being posted.
Larry, maybe why Romoney and Lyin' Ryan are so much into telling whoppers is because of Raw money's connections with Burger King.
It seems those two need all the practace they can get. They'll still get their clocks cleaned by Obama and Biden.
If trickle down is such a failure, why were the Democrats trumpiting it so much with Gm as leader of the trickle down? GM hired 100,000 workers but over a million other people had jobs because of the bail out.Workers such as parts providers, salesmen, etc.etc.HMMM.Idiots! As far as all the rioting caused by a movie nobody saw, the really reason is the Democrats saying over 29 times at thier convention that Obama killed Osama. but deflection is what works best for democrats! Obama killed thier leader (rightfully so) so own up to it instead of blaming on a movie! And stop asking Googlle to take it off!!!!!!!Free speech my ASS!
Tonybeeerm, don't say "because your'e old and don't give a f--k anymore". I'm old and I still give a f--k! Arthur doesn't care about his taxes because he just wants that black man out of his white house, he doesn't care that Willard's not fit to be a dog catcher. Age has nothing to do with racism or ignorance.
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Adler -Where are the fact checkers when Biden said they created over 4 million jobs? They haven't created ONE job yet! FACT! Almost 400,000 people were so distraught last month that they were not even counted in the unemployment numbers. DUMBASS.
eric in oregon, we have to keep it simple for tonybeeerm.
He thinks if you have a number in your screen-name, it has to be your age.
One thing though - he's pretty good at regurgitating leftist talking points.
*43 months of unemployment over 8%
*19% real unemployment
*16 trillion in debt
*47 million on food stamps
*Unaware that 9/11 should be high alert for our foreign embassies
*4 consecutive 1 trillion dollar deficits (the only 4 in our nation's history)
*Quite possibly the stupidest person ever, in national politics, one heartbeat away from the Oval Office
Four years has been plenty.
Romney/Ryan 2012
Ohio BOB McQ if their hand picked questions Obama can use his talking points and you will eat it up like he God oh I should not use God you don't like that word. Just like Obama has not been in a church in 4 years and I bet he is on his knees facing east every day in the white house.
Ok so let me get this straight... Romney/Ryan campaign decided to pick Ted Olson to do debate prep for Eddie Munster? This is curious considering that Ted Olson is pro-gay marriage and has had a high-profile role in supporting gay right.
How is Mittens going to explain this? Pro-gays are preparing Ryan for his big day!!
Wow, there should be fireworks over this one.
It makes perfect sense. You would want to practice debating with someone who can put up a good argument against you. It would not be a good debate practice if your "competition" shared the same views as you.
It makes far more sense than Obama practicing with John Kerry.
^^Hey, "Talk to the Hand",
Way to call someone else out for doing the same thing you did just a few posts prior!
"Still a bit hung over from the DDI or just starting the juice early?"
geo-1957883
GM hired 100,000 need a link for that. I believe they called back that many not hired a lot of difference there. Oh that is unless you count the jobs in china. the gm bail is great they do need to pay it back though, as have others. Obama is buying up lots of volts so we can expect a larger electric bill to pay more money out the door. But is better they the wasteful SUV's they have purchased in the last 3 1/2 years.
Oh, okay Einstein. Not one original thought in that bile you posted. All cut and paste from the Rove handbook. And I believe Eric in Oregon was taking a swipe at you, which means you're the simple one.
Sorry Eric. I'm not saying all "old people" but you have to admit that most of the rwnj teabags are up there in years. Just look at the audiences at their rallies. Btw, i'm no spring chicken myself, but I still have respect for those who have to carry on after we're gone. That's where guys like Arthur miss the boat.
EVANGELICALS ARE NOT VOTING ROBME, neither are Rhinos, They know it is a wasted vote on that empty suit Robme, They are voting for that Goode Guy he is a REAL Conservative and does not belong to the CULT of Mormon Church
Biden will cream Imam Ryan.
All of you people suck, a wasted opportunity for a bazillion funny, quippy, pithy, witty, gut riping, make you wet your pants funny jokes about how best to simulate a Biden vs. Ryan debate and you let it it slip from your grasp. I am disappointed in all of you...some of you are capable...I've read it...you can do it...you can rip the other guy to shreds and still be funny about it...I know you can, let's go do this thing. Let's get our hands in here for a group cheer...Goooooooooooo Bundys!
TheOverlord
Ok so let me get this straight... Romney/Ryan campaign decided to pick Ted Olson to do debate prep for Eddie Munster? This is curious considering that Ted Olson is pro-gay marriage and has had a high-profile role in supporting gay right.
In a way, Olson might be a good choice. Olson takes the role of a reasonable moderate, similar to what he will face with Obama.
I don't give Imam Ryan much chance against Biden.
Now to make the debate practice even more real for Ryan they need to dress Olson up in a curly orange wig, big red bulbous nose, big red shoes and a red striped jump suit........then it would look just like Biden (although at that point it could be mistaken for obambaloney, too)
Easy most of the public doesn't watch facial expressions or body gestures, as someone who's been studying it for a while now (think the TV show "Lie to Me") they're all lying I can detect nuances and yes this goes for President Obama and Mrs. Obama too.
Let's look at the picture of Olson they have for the article, his brows are furrowed, his mouth is open it's disgust (think about what your face does when you smell something stinky) now this is probably just a random picture that has nothing to do with anything, because that's how this network news site works.
Ted Olson's wife was in one of the two planes that crashed into the tower in NY on 9/11.
condolences.
Biden should employ "Joe the Plumber" in order to gain additional insight into how Ryan's mind works.
If it's fair to employ an intellectual to represent your opponent, then why wouldn't the opposite be true?
Yes, I see your point. However, I don't think actually gaining an equal footing is the goal here. The goal is survival without a Palin-like gaffe being the news out of the debates. So, you would think Romney would want a shifty tebag-type to prepare Ryan on how to twist words, lie, and divert without saying anything he actually believes. If Ryan actually debates Biden their ticket is doomed... they simply can't admit what their policies and political platform actually is. Considering the type of campaign they are running it makes no sense at all to come to the debates to debate. The only hope Republicans have is for Ryan to show up, lie, divert, and twist words and sling as much mud at Obama as possible and hope like hell something sticks. Biden will eviscerate Ryan if he starts talking about his actual beliefs...
I thought they were looking for an intelectual equal to Biden.
Probably could have saved a lot of money by hiring Donald Duck.
In other news, Biden is choosing between two options for his Ryan-body-double and having trouble with it... Eddy Munster is too smart and Sarah Palin doesn't lie enough.
And you gave some credible links. But you forgot the best one of all:
FOX NEWS, Sally Kohn, Aug 29, 2012:
On the other hand, to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech.
Fox News, fer chrissakes!
maybe Palin will coach him with the debates... she can show him how to write the lies on his hand!!
Eric in Oregon: I wasn't aware of the jungle comment. If it was meant as a racial slur I am not necessarily onboard. If she was calling Chicago a jungle I would agree 100%. At any rate I agree B Hussein Obama should go back to where he came from where ever that may be. I will look for you to be equally as conscientious and calling folks out when it come to those on the left start in with their name calling and insulting behavior.With that said I think Harley Chic is spot on with the comments I have read and I look forward to reading more of them.
Correction of #1.71
Ted Olson's wife Barbara died from the Pentagon crash on 9/11, 2001
Sorry
Good to know that we have the guy that helped steal an election for Bush teaching Lyin' Ryan the finer art of debating - or better dubbed, the fine art of lying. March onward Lyin' Olson Ryan.
Still whining about the 2000 election loss....LOL.
You dont have the latest moonbat talking points....Olson is now wonderful, because he is in favor of gay marriage.
Ryan will decimate old Joe Biden in the debates....Clueless Joe Biden is like Roger Clemens, lost his fastball 10 years ago and will never get it back. Doesnt belong in the Major Leagues...he is an embarassment.
Success?....Questionable.......How do you measure success, if you're preaching to the choir, the right-wing activist court, at the time!
I wonder will Olson convince Lyin Ryan about the merits of Prop 8 decision?
Agreed, it's easy to win your debate when you've got a majority of the judges on your side.
another brainwashed follower. the liars and confused people are in the white house now.
you are in the never never land that you still continue to believed that. if that election was stolen you think the dems would stop whining just like you are whining now.
get off it. the current admin needs to be replaced soon. look at them now, they are so confused that they are so blind they can't figure out how to answer the mid east issue. they flip flop, they go back and forth as to what to say. while the pres is up running around trying to pick up some bucks so he can pay for more stupid neg ad.
If Obama is re-elected who is he going to blame for the mess he has inherited?
One and Done!
What is with you weak-kneed GOPTP folks that insist on playing the blame game. Step up to the plate and learn the difference between cause and effect and the blame game.
In the meantime Biden has selected Pinocchio to practice with.
Gee Probe Boy Bob - while you call it whining, millions call the appointment/selection of a president historical. You see, it wasn't an election loss, it was the day democracy died and voting not longer mattered.
Know if you want to talk whining, that is what the GOPTP has done ever since Obama was ELECTED. You know, that process, no doubt foreign to you, where WE, the people, cast ballots and elect a president. True Americans, unlike you, respect that process. True Americans, unlike you, will fight for the freedom and right to vote, and have those votes counted. True Americans, unlike you, will post here and and make every effort to stop a travesty like the Bush SELECTION from happening again.
RobMeHood's dog fate is in-question with RyRand around ?????????????????
Even with a much better economy and using fuzzy math Romney claims it'll take 12 years to get our deficit under control but right wingers criticize Obama for not doing it in 4 when he inherited the greatest depression since 1929. If it's that easy why doesn't Romney promise to do it in 4?
RobMeHood is so desperate he will say anything to get Elected, Mitt is hard up and becoming dangerous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Red Dev
And super man is real!
You want to talk about a stolen election. In Minnesota, The republican apparently won by 200 votes. They found 500 Democrat votes in number of precincts by getting the under vote counted making more votes counted in those precincts than people who signed in to vote. This made Al Franked the got the new counts to stand up with a tie in the Minnesota Supreme Court, because the Chief Justice, a Republican recused himself because he was the overseer of the election. This gave Al Franken
But Minnesota should never have gotten as far as it did. In 2008, the Democrat flunky voter registration organizers in Minnesota had over 1100 convicted fellons (who legally cannot vote) registered and voting in Minnesota. Fellons overwhelmingly vote Democrat. By 2011, Minnesota had finally tracked down all these fraudelent voters and asked them if they knew it was illegal for them to vote. As long as they say they didn't know, they are not charged with voter fraud. 450 admitted they knew, 325 of these fellons have been convicted, and the rest will be eventually convicted. That's 1100 votes that were null and void that were counted, and cannot be rescinded.
Democrats with Al Franken have perfected the legal methodology to throw an election, not the Republicans.
are you senile? Biden will embarrass Ryan the way the late Lloyd Bentsen did Dan Quayle. He took it easy on Palin because he didn't want to appear the bully at the time. Of course, if Joe had known how Palin was going to turn out he would have destroyed her then.
@Eric-913730,
Where is your proof that a majority of judges are conservative? I want to see that. I believe just the opposite is true. I believe that a majority of judges are liberal. The ones that give out the large settlements for erroneous things like the lady who burned her crotch with hot coffee. The judges that do not want people to be responsible for their actions are liberal. You read about a lot more judges like that than you do conservative ones. You know the typical weird stuff you hear about almost every day.
RedDevS
Why is it that the supporters of the biggest liar we have ever had in the Whitehouse try to pass the name of liar off on other people? Just curious, are there that many people so blind that if you say it they are supposed to believe it? Ted is a great lawyer and argues the cases he hired to argue and few can match him in a debate. Thank God he is on the right side this time.
I nearly fell off my chair at some of the posts bragging about what a great debator ol Joe is. Ha, maybe hugging up to a biker babe warmed his blood enough to allow him to think.
The 2000 election was stolen pure and simple. Florida was the first state to use those Diebold voting machines that leave no paper trail.
Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud
Friday, 24 October 2003, 11:18 am
Article: Alastair Thompson
The Diebold Memos' Smoking Gun
Volusia County Memos Disclose Election 2000 Vote Fraud
By Alastair Thompson
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Yes. Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.
Something strange indeed. But what exactly? In the above report ( click for full version), written days after the election, hotshot Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank goes on to attribute the strange 16,022 negative vote tally from Volusia's precinct 216 to an apparently innocent cause.
"…. faulty 'memory cards' in the machines caused the 16,000-vote disappearance on election night. The glitch was soon fixed," he wrote.
But thanks to recent investigations into Black Box Voting by Washington State writer Bev Harris we now know this explanation is not correct. In fact it is not even in the ballpark.
According to recently discovered internal Diebold Election Systems memos, Global Election Systems' (which was later purchased by Diebold) own technical staff were also stumped by the events in Volusia County/
In Chapter 11 of her new book "Black Box Voting In the 21st Century" released early today in .PDF format at Blackboxvoting.com and here at Scoop Ms Harris observes.
Hahaha, Mr. Amazing Boy Genius needs coaching and training to beat Uncle Joe? I thought he would just have to show up at the debate to win.
Just bring the lies in a wheelbarrow, dump them on the stage and walk off.
Starderup
And What is your lame excuse for Joe getting practice? At least Ryan can use a chair, if necessary as Joe! Joe Biden makes Dan Quayle look like a genius!
Hmmm, gotta wonder how that will affect Ryan's popularity with the fringe, aka Tea Party.
Romney Flip Flopper Campaign is in disarray. See Politico write-up - Let the blame game begin.
Question to the people who is voting for Romney/Ryan. Why would you vote to have Romney to get a 13% tax cut where Romney would pay 0.824% on all income? And those same people would be paying on average 20%. That is stupid in it self. Happy trails with that crap.
Question: If Romney's campaign management is dysfunctional how can we trust him to manage the country? If you are running an office as an office manager and that office is dysfunctional you would be fired for incompetence.
Question: If Romney Flipper can't hold a clear thought now what make you think he can hold one during the debates, without saying he can see Russia from his house?
Are you talking about Lyin Ryan? He needs no partner to tell his lies.
better check your facts, who the liars are. you and the rest of the brainwashed followers have nothing to argue about buT stupid things that does not matter in this election. ECONOMY STUPID
Well, if the lies are about the economy, and the lies are about your economic plan then the lies matter.
Go to politifact.com and see who is lying.
RyRand says just let the States go to pot, I think this Clown had a overdose of bad Tea !!!!!!!!
Interesting right wing nuts try to claim the economy should be the only issue yet never talk about how Romney's plans will fix it, do they even know what his plans are. Personally the honesty and integrity of he who would be POTUS is very much an issue. If he can actually explain how his 5 trillion dollar tax cut will be made revenue neutral, not reduce taxes on the wealthiest and not raise them on the poorest I'll consider him. Until then no way. As for who the lairs are even Fox news admits it's Ryan.
Romney & Ryan have no plans how to fix the Economy, they just want to get into the history books !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
contre
You live in a world, where the facts are only what some people will accept as truth because it furthers their cause. But don't stop challenging them. For if no one resists, they win.
contre's a re-reg.
Larry it is simple, if you give big business incentive to come back and do business in America, they will. They certainly will not with the threat of 35% taxes, when they can stay where they are for a much lower rate. The situation will never get better until we bring, the jobs back home. When you have more people working and not living off the government guess what you cut the deficit. That is why, the Dems scream about how good it was under Clinton (drum-roll) because he got to ride the Reagan economy train until he signed NAFTA, and need I say more. (probably will) But the policies of the chosen one, do not and will not bring us back to glory, until we give business a reason to come home.
Ronnie Raygun was the initiator and a huge proponent of NAFTA. Bush Sr. finished the negotiations and signed the treaty. A republican congress approved the treaty and Clinton signed the bill.
But it was all Clinton's fault, you're right, of course.
OK, done...
By Sally Kohn, Published August 30, 2012, FoxNews.com
...to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech.
Maverick: Sorry you're so deluded to believe if we merely lower taxes on the rich they'll quit exporting jobs when clearly that's been proven untrue. There's no math you can use where people like Romney will pay $10 an hour here if he can hire workers elsewhere for $1 an hour. When someone sells here they are responsible for taxes on what they sell here whatever the rate. When they can make their billions selling to Zimbabwe you might have a point. The tax rate here 30 years ago was 70% and companies prospered, trying to pretend they are outraged at paying 35% on the small amount they can't shelter with their various loopholes is nonsense. Reagan's "gravy train" was accomplished by tripling the deficit to pay for the most massive peacetime military build up in history it isn't surprising you could improve the economy by spending like Reagan did. Clinton didn't benefit from Reagan's spending he kept the economy strong by spending within our means. As for NAFTA that was a republican drafted plan though Clinton signed it he was wrong to do so. Before Bush people that fell into the middle class was 61% of the population now it's 51% with 30% more falling into the poor range. If trickle down worked why are there more poor today with tax rates on the rich half of what they were 30 years ago?
How can a 5 Trillion Dollar Tax Cut CREATE REVENUE?
Every economist said it's impossible. Nor can any economist explain it.
Taking revenue out of the budget creates revenue for it.
I Challenge any Right Wing Nut Job to explain it in plain English Please.
Ryan the great lier.
How do the Repukes win Florida? You put in the same machines that Bushed used in 2004.
This is the problem Romney Ryan has "NO ONE BELIEVES HIM" Stupids! And I mean "NO ONE"
ryan will be debating joe biden. he could get the actor who played corky on the show lifes goes on and that would be more than enough to prepare for this debate.
Face it, Eddie Munster needs help.......
I was surprised he didn't get coaching from Eastwood. Speaking to an empty chair was such a hit!!
Funny Biden did very well debating Palin. Did you miss that? Keep underestimating Joe, Ryan doesn't. Right wingers will keep telling each other how well they're doing right up till the election.
Ryan wants to cleanse our seniors so the 1% get their tax Cuts to trickle down to the middle class !!!
But according to Rmoney the middle class consists only of those who make $100,000 to $250,000 a year. That means that most Americans are the lowest class.
Lyin Ryan can explain his own positions, how is he going to explain someone else position.
So Olson's support for gay marriage is just for show? He supports gay marriage, but not enough to fight politicians who oppose it?
"Are You OK" ?????????????
Lawyers work for whomever will pay them!
Their conscience is their wallet.
Yep! Fits right in with the rest of the Republican party!
Feisty and RedDev
It's great to read that you haven't lost your perspective, you'd support any democrat even if he was a documented, plagiarizing, backstabbing, liar, who isn't and never was ready for prime time. Paul Ryan is taking this seriously, you and Joe should too. Do you honestly believe old foot in the mouth Joe has a chance of winning his debate?
Thanks for the apt description of Lyin' Ryan. Couldn't have said it better myself. Joe will win the debate hands down. I still laugh at the video of Cryin' Lyin' Ryan storming from the room when Obama called his bluff on his ridiculous budget.
Convenient choice of adjectives RedDev, and if I remember it correctly it was President Obama who looked wounded from that exchange. While you don't agree with Ryan's budget proposal, at least he had the intelligence and intestinal fortitude to put one together that actually passed the house with bipartisan support vs. President Obama's D.O.A. budget proposals and Harry Reid's three plus year, open checkbook, continuing budget resolutions. Whether you laugh or cry makes no difference to me. Your yellow dog democrat choice will be voted out in November.
That was worth a laugh. Ryan's partisan budget didn't have the guts to own up to the governments obligations. That is why it didn't have bipartisan support for passage, and that is why a bottle of MyLax won't push that piece of waste through Congress. Swallow those convenient choice of adjectives, nouns and verbs.
Shifting,
“Open Checkbook” … WTF???
Budgets DO NOT control spending, spending bills do!!
It was the Republican controlled House that passed spending bills that exceeded expected receipts by more than a trillion dollars.
Approved by Dem.. controlled Senate, and the only thing getting to floor of the Senate is what Reid decides to put through. Then it goes back to the House for ratification. The house has been controlled by Republicans for the last year and a half only. They are attempting to change the spending, but there has to be support in the Senate as well.
After his last debate Biden polled higher than Palin, McCain or Obama. Your delusional if you underestimate a career politician. He didn't get to where he was being an idiot.
Palin & Bachmann have more Brains then Ryan, I think Ryan's Brain is stretched to his limit !!!!!!
Shifting Gears,
There was no bi-partisan support for the Ryan budget in 2012. No dems in either the House or in the Senate, supported the Ryan budget. If you are referring to Senator Wyden, he voted 'no' as well. So, your facts are wrong.
@ #6 Shifting Gears!!
Are you one of those from the same planet KookyLoo that Romney is?
What Ryan is taking seriously is taking care of Ryan. That's why he's running for Congress again as he knows Romney is going to lose this election.
And as for the Biden/Ryan debate. It is going to be similar to Eastwood's appearance at the RNC only this time Biden will be debating an empty head.
Romney/Ryan- Sliding We Go!
Obama/Biden 2012
@ 6.1 RedDevPS
Nicely done, I'm still laughing! Thumbs ups abound for you.
I agree, Biden WILL win the debate!
Obama/Biden 2012
Yes because he is not a @!$%# like ryan . If you have ever paid attn. to your dude you would know the diff.
It is truly pathetic that Obama has to have plants in the blogs to help support his socialist views. Feisty is a real piece of work to say the least. She is for sure a troublesome lonely person with no values or morals at all. She is another Obama sheep with real problems as a so called woman. She is nothing but a confused butch, which have given women's rights a bad name. You liberals are really lost within yourselves as to not see the writings on the wall. Obama is taking our country down to a 3rd world country and you people aren't intelligent enough to see what you are losing right in front of you. All you are worried about, is your Welfare and not being contributors, but FREELOADERS to society. If it wasn't for the rich, which includes many Democrats as Republicans, you wouldn't be able to have Welfare and other entitlements which MOST of you do not DESERVE! ANYONE that votes for color over QUALIFICATIONS again, is truly an ignorant moron. All color has done to America is left a giant BLACK and BLUE mark on the world. Obama is proof of a total FAILURE as a president and human being. If reelected, Obama will have the Muslim TERRORIST Brotherhood sitting right here in our country, to start there war on American citizens. LOCK and LOAD!!!!!!!!!!!! We have NO MORE SECURITY as Obama has shown. Too busy in continued campaigning.
I would normally hit the ignore button when I read crap like this but this time I won't. If readers can't see how stupid your remarks are we are all in a lot of trouble.
Grandpa-2986035
NO ACCOUNTING FOR common sense FROM THE RADICAL LIBERALS! It explains how uneducated, irresponsible and delusional you are. Sorry you can't comprehend the reality. Your problem not ours.
Fuzzy-0457
"FROM THE RADICAL LIBERALS" Nice verse psychology but it will never work. And this is the reason why.
Dems don't make up laws to probe inside a woman's vagina. Only republicanism do
Dems want a fair tax code.
They rehearse with people playing their opponents now?
Sheesh I'd rather watch em rassle for it
How about a good 'ol fashioned thumb-wrestle!
They always have, Doug. Your first election?
Ooooh I don't know if I would have chose a Bush anything, Just didn't work out all that well, I think I would have chosen some fresh blood from a college debate team before I did that
Seriously, what are you talking about? Olson has litigated before the Supreme Court 58 times. He has been hired that many times because his is an excellent attorney. Not a great file photo, though.
Romney/Ryan 2012
How can Ryan gain 40 Years of experience in 50 Days?
Not happening in 50 Years.
So you revert to systematic lies by repeating the question then answering it in a different way.
So their strategy is to get a lawyer to teach him to lie and change the subject when they dont like the question.. Check...
This isnt my grandparents generation. The repubs are seriously out of touch, and out of date.
That's because they hitched their wagon to the Tea Party Express who are seriously out of touch, and out of date.
Good luck ! The two R's are going to need all the help they can get . Considering neither can walk and talk at the same time. Then they go and get a Relic to train with.
Relic??? Then what do you call biden, a fossil?
It doesn't matter who coaches Ryan, he will still be like a deer in headlight trying to avoid saying anything specific about what their policies and plans are.....remember "we can't say what we will do because then we won't get elected"?
Joe Biden may make gaffes but he doesn't avoid the difficult questions and speaks honestly.....Ryan wouldn't know honesty if it bit him in the butt!
I can't wait to see how he lies about dismantling Medicare as he outlined in his plan.
Maybe Lyin Ryan should prop up a mirror, and debate with himself. Because this guy is out of his league. Neither does he or Mis-fit Mitt have any since of integrity. They lie to cover lies.
I have noticed that the republicans use the same tactics as the dictators in the middle east used to "mold the thinking" of it's people. To repeat the same lies over and over until it becomes gospel. This is why the riots all over the world are happening. These people believe that the U.S. government is behind the vicious you tube video that caused all the uprisings. I hope the American electorate is smarter than that. I hope we will see the truth behind the screen of lies about the President, Unions, Women's rights, the economy and every other issue they choose to filter through their limited and distorted vision of life in this country. It is a FACT that income disparity has widened, it is a FACT that the pro-life people are unrelenting, it is also apparent to me the right thinks they can win by mesmerize the voters, at least the ones they will ALLOW to vote, into believing all the tripe and drivel they keep repeating. Every reporter in the countries where these riots are happening keep repeating the same thing. It is decades of lies about the west that is at the heart of the unrest, and it is only through education of the people there about how our FREEDOM OF SPEECH prohibits blocking the opinion of even the most radical, uninformed, narrow minded, and prejudiced American. There in lies the rub. Will the American people educate themselves, will the press fact check all the statements made by both sides? We will decide our future in this election, will it be "All for one and one for all", or will it be the money that wins? I for one hope we are smarter than we are given credit for. I sincerely hope we will vote for a future that is fair and one that will give every citizen a chance to advance. "It is not what you know that hurts you, it's what you DON'T know". These debates will tell us what that future might be depending on how well we LISTEN and LEARN. Peace to all, have a restful weekend.
Taj, this must be what you are referring to. If so, you are right.
Supporting Ryan is like supporting your sister to be raped and have the baby.
Oh that is the laws Ryan want for all women. WOW I didn't know that, I thought the Dems were lying out their aZZ.
I will NOW be voting for President Obama 2012
I wouldn’t miss this debate for the world. If you think that Joe “this is a big Fu&^ing deal” Biden is anything more than a late night punch line you have to be nuts. Biden is a lose cannon as far as I am concerned. The only courage I have seen from B. Hussein Obama is his willing ness to let Joe open his mouth. At any rate this should be entertaining.
What? Was Alfred E Newman busy, he is the only one that could act like Biden!
That's great for the issues, Who will they use to prepare him for the pandering, confused, bomb throwing attack dog that biden has become....
So just as we expected ~ the whole damned affair is theatre. Why would you need to rehearse your core beliefs? Shouldn't they be just as natural to express and, say, breathing? The rehearsal is to provide ready answers to anticipated questions ~ but in that scenario, wouldn't the depth of knowledge on that subject be limited only to the answer? For those who expect Biden to crater, think again. He's been facing better than Ryan for almost forty years ~ ~~ and surviving. He will come out on top again because he doesn't have to "rehearse" to know his core values.
Jim -
It was Delaware. He's a connected guy. Read into it what you want, but Ryan will clean his clock.
Ryan couldn't clean the dog-catcher's clock!
He already has, and will continue to do so!
Biden's core values are the same as Obama's. Tax and spend. Even, I would not have to practice for debate if that is all that I knew.
@kfilly
Repuke "core values" are to just spend on themselves in the form of TAX CUTS for the rich. You don't have to check facts on that one.
You can't cram 10 lbs. of @!$%#, in a 5 lb. bag. Paul Ryan, and his holier than thou agenda will be nothing more than comedy against ole Joe.
Biden may make some gaffes,but he knows a hell of a lot more about everything than Ryan.Biden will definitely hold his own in the debates,if not win them out right.Obama has several offices here in Northern Virginia and he will take the state.
Ryan can't even get on the same page as Mittens concerning Obamacare-He's priceless !!
Give Lyin'-Ryan a little credit....no one can be on the same page as Mitt. Hell, as we've seen....he's usually not even on the same page as himself.
Paul Ryan already goes into this debate with a disadvantage. He has never really had to fight for anything before. It's always been handed to him. And, before you say, oh, his father died when he was young. So what? So did many people's father. The difference is, he was left wealthy and remains wealthy on his families money. He has lied so many times already, it's fuel for whatever fire is thrown at him. He can't back track on his lies. They are out there for anyone of intelligence to see. And, in the debate, Fox Opinion Network won't be able to ask him the questions!! Since they have never asked Ryan or Romney a hard question, they won't know what to do with themselves when someone actually does.
Ryan is the congressman for a heavily unionized district of Wisconsin which is heavily democrat centric in every other elected, political, office. So his father was associated with the family business. He didn't run it. There are many direct descendants who are currently making their living with that business. When the congressman's father died, his family found their own way through it. He is a success by his own effort. He could have just as easily been a failure. Congressman Ryan will easily clean Biden's clock whoever the moderator will be.
Ryan was NOT left wealthy. His limited (by congressional standards) wealth when he was first elected in '99 was from 2 investment partnerships and his family's construction business. It wasn't until he married into a wealthy family that his net worth increased into just over $1million. Obama, by the way, had a net worth of over $7million when he was a candidate in '08. Ignorant hypocrits!
Gear Head, we need real leaders, not clock cleaners man. Ryan is not leader material. that's a fact.
Tell Obama to quit the race then. He is a failure of epic proportions!
Sal_C Paul Ryan is listed as the 25th wealthiest in Congress - but what the hey - he sleeps in his office - saves on rent I guess - I calculated he owes taxpayers about $60,000 in rent subsidies
Not bad to accumulate such wealth - might be all those bennies he pushed toward his father -in-laws oil leases
obama is a clown, and biden is a clown of the first order, a super clown, and the media love them.
The voters love Biden. We know he is one of us.
Ryan is not. We have seen how he voted on the issues the middle class cares about. Enough seen. Nothing can save him.
Just the fact that Ryan can not handle it himself says a lot about him.
The voters love Biden. He is one of us.
Ryan is not. We have seen how he votes on the issues the middle class cares about. Enough seen.
Just the fact that he can not handle the debate himself says a lot about him.
I hope he gives credit in the debates to Ted Olson since Ryan is planning on plagerizing Ted Olson.
Just listened to Romney in front of Hispanics. My thought before he started was he will put his foot in his mouth and he did.
Another Freudian slip. He said he was going to impair, oops, empower Hispanics....
Yes we are well aware of the Republican plan to impair, oops empower Hispanics, Mitt.
The Republicans have ALWAYS been bent on impairing Hispanics.
I have always been told the first answer is the right one.
I can't believe anything you say, Mitt Romney.
You just do not come across as truthful.
Skippy better spend some time reviewing his 9th grade world geography - he's spend sooooooo much time inside Washington, he can't find anything outside of Grant Circle. If he and Joe Biden are debating foreign policy.... I can't wait for Skippy to try to cover his ignorance with more lies.
Lib in OK: They have not taught world geography since I was in grade school. I have a couple years on Lyin' Ryan. He would not know where the Khyber Pass is.
I am surprised it was not pat robertson as it appears they are so much on the same wave length.
There is one way to know if Ryan is lying. If his lips are moving, he's lying. If he looks thoughtful, he's thinking of his next lie. So far, no one can really say anything he's told the truth about! Mitt Romney only chose him because he was told to by his big money supporters. The proof of that you say? The fact that he picked him at all!! Only his most extreme right wing supporters wanted Ryan, and since that's where the money is, that's where Swiss Mitt goes!! Some pair. Robme and Lyan!! For all of the gullible fools everywhere!!
I agree the guy is a joke. Can you imagine having him as the number two man to take charge of this country ? Scary !
Actually, I find it ironic how the liberal mainstream media was questioning whether Ryan was ready to be only a heartbeat away from being the President. Funny thing is, they never questioned whether the junior senator from Illinois was ready to actually be president. Typical liberal hypocrites in every sense of the word!
@ kfilly: I think we DID consider whether we wanted Obama to be President. It was called the 2008 Presidential elections. Sorry if you missed it; maybe you were too young. But people overwhelming DID consider and elected Obama. Get over it.
And....you're not mentioning the 2008 alternative. No one wanted McCain in...he likely may not have made it though even one term. And people (dems and repubs) laughed at the thought of Palin being that 'one heart beat away'.
I wonder why the article did not mention that Ted lost his wife in the 9/11 Muslim attacks.
That would make the "good muslims" UNCOMFORTABLE!
Because it has no relevance to the article, maybe?
wakani- You do mean 911 Terrorist attacks don't you?