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MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Paul Ryan held his final rally of the campaign in his home state here exactly five months to the day after Republicans survived a gubernatorial recall and the GOP vice presidential nominee hopes his state will go red again Tuesday.
“They have always taken us for granted, Wisconsin. They thought it was easy. We haven't gone Republican since 1984. One more day. One more day. One more day,” Ryan told the 2,500-person crowd. “Let's prove them wrong. Scott Walker showed you what leadership looks like. Our leaders led and the people of Wisconsin had his back. But we’ve got one more left. We’ve had a lot of elections here in Wisconsin lately. We know how they work and we know how to win them.”
Walker, the Wisconsin governor who embraced Ryan Monday night after introducing him, was victorious during the bitter recall election on June 5, 2012, beating labor unions and Democrats who tried to remove him from office.
The late-night rally was the last of five events for Ryan across four time zones on the eve of the election. The seven-term Wisconsin congressman was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd inside a hangar at the General Mitchell International Airport here -- it’s the airport Ryan flew in and out of on weekends to visit his family in Wisconsin from Congress.
"Boy, it feels so good to be home,” Ryan proclaimed after holding rallies in Nevada, Colorado, Iowa and Ohio. “This is a special moment for us. It's a special moment because we have traveled across this country as a family talking with people throughout America who care so deeply about their country, who know that this is a unique moment, who know it’s a serious moment, it's a serious time and I've gotta tell ya, the experience that Janna and Liza and Sam and Charlie and I have had together, meeting with people around this country has warmed our hearts, it has been incredible because so many Americans have come out to get their country back on the right track.”
Ryan continued: “And we know in one day we 're going to turn this thing around, elect Mitt Romney, the next president of the United States and turn this thing around. We're going to do it right here in Wisconsin."
Polls are tight in the Badger State between President Barack Obama and Romney, but Ryan is optimistic that the state’s “beautiful 10 electoral votes” will fall to the GOP’s side on Election Day.
“We can do this. All eyes are watching us. Wisconsin, the Packers made it last Sunday, they are on a roll. We know how to win. We know how to make a difference,” Ryan said as he wrapped up his nearly 20-minute speech to his hometown crowd. “I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart on behalf of my family. Thank you for what you’ve done. Thank you for your support.”
Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, Sen. Ron Johnson, and U.S. senate candidate Tommy Thompson were all in the crowd Monday to wish their hometown son on to victory in just a few short hours.
Ryan will vote in Janesville on Tuesday morning before two quick stops in the battleground states of Ohio and Virginia. Then he heads to Boston for his party’s election night party.
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Ryan's home state will vote for President Obama just as Massachusetts, the state in which Romney was governor, is turning away from the GOP's failed political ideology. Even the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah's largest newspaper, is endorsing President Obama. It's time for Willard to tie Ryan onto the top of his Cadillac and go away!
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55019844-82/endorsement-obama-president-romney.html.csp
Get out and VOTE! Reelect President Obama! He is clearly our only rational choice!
Good place for him. Let's hope he stays there.
God Bless America!!
Mitt Romney was never in position to win this election. He had a bump after the first debate, but that didn't last long.
President Obama won the second debate. President Obama won the third debate. Joe Biden won his one and only debate.
President Obama consistently raised tons and tons of money; his ground game was second to none.
People began voting BEFORE Hurricane Sandy and all indications were that the democrats were far far far ahead.
So stop with the Hurricane Sandy excuse.
At no time during this election was Romney EVER popular.
Hurricane Sandy had nothing to do with his loss.
People didn't like him. From the get go.
What voters are saying about Obama:
1. "The Affordable Care Act is saving my daughter's life."
2. "Obama is for the vets. He helped us wind down in Iraq, he's improved mental health
policy with VA benefits."
3. "Obama stuck his neck out for us, the auto industry. He wasn't going to let it just
die, and I'm driving in this morning because of that, because of him."
4. "Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive."
5. "Supreme Court Supreme Court Supreme Court."
6. "Arithmetic. Mitt Romney's tax cuts do not add-up"
7. "He cares for the 100 percent."
8. "When Obama came into office, he successfully renewed our country's place in the
community of nations, making cooperation in tackling the world's challenges possible."
9. "The actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been
very, very solid."
10. "I was really very grateful to him for standing up for those kids who are having a
really rough time out there because of their orientation."
11. "For me, President Obama is our best choice because he has a vision of the United
States as a place where we are all in this together."
12. "He has a real plan for rescuing the economy that passes the 'math' test."
13. "Having someone in office who understands how powerful our voice can be is very
important."
14. "I am voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden because I can trust them to care for
the middle class and restore the American dream."
15. "The first measure he signed into law after becoming president was the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- so a female high school counselor or physical education
teacher can fight for equal pay for equal work."
16. "I believe in the America he wants for my grandchildren."
17. "We need four more years of repair, of helping the middle class achieve a
sustainable economy."
18. "I've watched him fight for our country, stand by the middle class, the working
class, the military, the education of our children, universal health care, women, the
environment, and matters of national and domestic security."
19. "The gifted 12-year-old I taught, whose parents were deported and left her here
with her grandmother, will be allowed to stay and finish her education. She's been in
the U.S. since age one."
20. "I want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above
electoral politics."
21. "I have four children who are under 26 and able to stay on my health care plan.
That's been huge."
22. "He's fighting to defend and better Social Security and Medicare -- because
millions of Latino seniors rely on them."
23. "Thanks to the President's efforts to keep student loan rates low, I can expect to
save nearly $1000 as I work to repay my student loans. And I don't have too many of
those, thanks to the Federal Pell Grant program."
24. "It's been wonderful to have President Obama as a champion for access to health
care for all women in this country."
25. "Re-electing Barack Obama would lead to a stronger economic recovery than would be
the case were Mitt Romney to win on November 6th."
We had a candidate in the Republican Party running for years for the office of the President of the United States.
And he wouldn't speak to the media.
Fired up, ready to vote.
F O R W A R D > > > > >
I feel so bad for the man running against Lying Ryan. He has been all over the district and doing work, washing real dirty dishes, and being outspent 100/1 by the fat cat corporate business PACS. supporting Ryan. Ryan should stay in Washington where he do the least harm and tell his tall tales and lies. He needs to take a basics math. class to try to explain his doctored numbers for his "Plan to Ruin America!"
Pat Boston MA.
and hopefully as of Nov. 7th, Romney will go away FOREVER.
Do you blame him? Every time Romney opens his mouth, sh*t comes out. He is the most disastrous interviewee I have ever seen. Ever worse than Failin Palin.
Say BYE BYE OBAMA!!!!
Libtards will be whining and moaning all in unison very soon...I'm going to the store and get earplugs so I dont have to listen!!!
HAHAHHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!
What a guy! Here he is running for Vice-President, telling us how awful government is, how he will cut spending to the bone. Here's the same guy, RYAN, ALSO running for Congress, where he voted for the bailout, where he begged for Stimulus handouts, where he voted for tax cuts, wars, and prescription benefits. He has virtually no experience in anything except accepting government checks.
This guy is the poster child for runaway spending.
The only thing more unbelievable than this guy's track record is that there are suckers who will actually vote for him.
Vote G.O.P. - Suicide by Republican
Romney is still campaigning, poor desperate soul. Maybe he should try praying or would that mean he might have to join a church or believe in a religion?
Anyone see the interview done with JetBlue creator David Neeleman, He said in the interview when asked what made his business so successful, it was the way the church programmed him to run his business. I find it shocking that a Mormon would admit to being programmed. Is Willard Romney also programmed and if so for what? Is he programmed to take over the world or just the United States? Does he really think he is God?
Looks like most of the Romney supporters have left the discussion. I understand, I felt that way with Kerry.
Given the polling accuracy in the Walker recall, don't count your chickens before they have all hatched. Wisconsin per more than just the Romney interal was tied 2 days ago.
Confussed
What did you expect him to do, sit back in a lawn chair and sip a pina-colada?
First, it doesn't work that way in the business would.
Second, for Obama to campaign today also says the outcome isn't a sure thing.
The Republicans are already trying to steal this election.
VOTE! And then follow up to make sure it's counted.
Clackamas County identifies accused elections worker as Deanna Swenson of Oregon City
<sacrasm> What upstanding paragons of "virtue" these new conservative have become. </sarcasm>
Did she feel justified in cheating because (in her mind) the Democrats are the cheaters and she thought she was just leveling the playing field? (how very Rove-ina)
It makes no sense to stick this woman in prison (why should WE pay for her incarceration?) but she should be banned for life from ever performing any form of public service and her voting rights should be revoked.
I've got to hand it to Carl Rove and cohorts. His diabolical plan to demonize the opposition has pitted neighbor against neighbor, and family member against family member. His plan worked better than he could have hoped. He keeps us divided and bickering over irrelevant issues while his cronies steal us blind.
May the fleas of a thousand cammels infest his armpits.
How come no mention of the people that voted for Romney but the machine said Obama? What about the Black Panthers @ polling places in PA & OH? What about the illegals voting in Nevada. You clamped onto a story of one idiotic woman changing TWO votes??? That's the best you got? If anyone has a hedge on vote fixing it's always been the dems -- starting with CHICAGO. STFU!
Smart move to make the plane/car ride of disappointment short as possible.
How is it that a beautiful state famous for it's dairy products could produce such a prize winning pig like Ryan?
Apparently, judging from the "dotties girl" hissy fit, the teabaggers are a tad fussy today. Poor babies. They really are infamous for being sore losers AND sore winners... so, regardless of how the election goes, they will still be crappy people posting lies.
Dang..............the second poster beat me to my exact feelings. WISCONSIN ............YOU deserve Ryan..........keep him there and don't let him leave again.
When I looked at the data for SNAP and people in poverty, the numbers rose from the Bush "tax cuts" in 2001 to now. The biggest gains were for the years before the "crash". The Republicans changed the banking and commodity rules and regulations in 1999-2000 and put this country into this mess. If the Republicans do win the presidency, there are crowd funding websites that a person can go to to help pay expenses for medical treatment that they can not afford. I will vote for Obama tomorrow.
Obama
Yo Momma!
U Nose
Dis Brotha
Gots TO GO!!
dats rite:)
Yawn. How dull.
Election night Tea Party in Boston eh? I kind of hope this shows the fizzling out of Paul Ryan and the "TeaParty Republicans" (Akin, Mourdock, Bachmann, Gohmert, West, etc.) Happy Election Day, Vote!
What say we dress up like natives and toss the lot of them into the Harbor?
Thank you Mr. Ryan for all your hard work. Get used to being called Vice President Ryan. There are millions of us that are keeping the faith. This country is in dire need of good leadership and you and Mr. Romney are the right choices. I'm certain both of you realize the heap of work waiting to be tackled in the White House, and the American citizens are confident that it will finallly get done. Remember to always keep yourselves humble and moral. Remember to keep your promises and do what is best for all of America. Remember to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all of lifes blessings. Thanks again and ALOHA!
dezhawaii
what hard work? Asking for the taxpayer funded stimulus money, spending it and then criticizing the very stimulus he begged for?
You need to get off that heavenly father line. romney is a mormon. To him god used to be a man just like romney & other humans. Most of you dolts for r & r are very uninformed. mormons did not even identify themselves as Christians until a few years ago. They said the Christian churches were apostate and not the true church. They even say today that nobody will recieve eternal life UNLESS they are members "in good standing" of the mormon "CULT".
The Apostle Paul made it clear when he said that "if anybody even an angel from heaven (moroni, I believe joseph smith called the angel who gave him the book of mormon) comes to you with ANY OTHER GOSPEL than what has been delivered to you, LET HIM BE ACCURSED. NUFF SAID!
lmao...you mean the trust fund baby turned congressman who voted for medicare part D but didn't pay for it...who voted for two wars on the grandkids credit card, who voted to dive into the teri schiavo mess, who thinks women's vaginas are the property of the state..that Paul Ryan? LMFAO
Really, leadership from Ryan who is one of the biggest liars, and this is who you think is going to give you leadership. or Romney who hasn't had a STEADY stand on anything! He has gone from flip flop to just straight out lying and these are the two people that you put your faith in.
Americans all over this country are standing in very long lines to vote for Obama!
Romney/Ryan, destined to the trash heap of history. Good riddance.
For once, I have to say....please, PLEASE do NOT recycle!!!!
Pack it up Ryan. Take your scrawny Ichabod Crane, Eddie Munster lying ass back to your mirrors at home. Bye!
Ryan had the never to ask for a blessing on his rosary that he always carries with him. He looks like the type who has enjoyed a little boy or two himself.
How would you know what one looks like, Michael?
Charles Woods: ‘Better to die the death of a hero than it is to live the life of a coward’
Only cowards I see in this race are on the GOP side. If they truly believed they had the best candidate they should have let him run without all of the suppression tactics they have employed.
Michael: I see the new black panthers are out with billy clubs in Philly again.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/11/black-panthers-in-back-at-their-posts-in-philadelphia-on-election-day/
What were you saying about GOP voter suppression?
Um it's just one guy - a single New Black Panther. LOL
And he's a designated poll watcher. LOL
"A member of the New Black Panther Party...was back Tuesday morning – in an official capacity.
Jerry Jackson...was seen early Tuesday outside a North Philadelphia voting site...Fox News confirmed he is a designated poll watcher."
Zack Stalberg, president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a Philadelphia government watchdog group, said his group had received no complaints as of midday Tuesday regarding the presence of New Black Panther Party officials at polling stations.
"We haven't received any complaints at all," Stalberg said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/new-black-panthers-back-at-philly-voting-site/#ixzz2BT4iql00
I have no problem with Ryan except that he is running against government. I believe he and his family have lived off of our tax dollars all of his adult life. I think he is just trying to get a raise.
Little "Richie RIch" Ryan has not qualified to be VIce President, and the debate proved this. Hey Wisconsin! Ask little "Richie RIch" Ryan where he was on the late evening of Janruary 20, 2012? He was in Washington D.C at the Cuacus Restaurant. 'Conspiring' with 13 other GOP/Tea Beggers to destroy the US Economy at all costs, and to make this President a one term President. Read all about it America! It is called the night of the "Caucus Conspiracy." His math for his "Vulture Budget" does not add up, and little "Richie Rich" Ryan has 'troubling' Math skills. Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! The Party Of NO has to go! The GOP/TeaBeggers in the US Senate need to go! The GOP/TeaBeggers in the US House of Representatives need to go! Get out and vote America!
Even the Catholic Nuns came out AGAINST lyin ryan and his EVIL budget. They rapped his evil little knuckles with the rule of SENSIBILITY.
Ryan read the above smackdown comments:
Your punk azz is toast
Speaking as a resident of Wisconsin, I find it delicious that neither "Little Napoleon" Scott Walker, or native son Paul Ryan will deliver my state for Romney. Truly a knee to the GOP's pro-family jewels!
Only cowards I see in this race are on the GOP side. If they truly believed they had the best candidate they should have let him run without all of the suppression tactics they have employed.
Don't blame Biden for laughing his head off. You would with circus clowns. When they open their traps R/R are a riot! They’ll “balance” the budget increasing defense budget to wartime levels ($2-trillions) and keeping the rich tax low at Bush levels ($500 billion/yr loss). Stand up comedians. WE WANT YOUR VOTES SUCKERS.
I'm a proud Democrat 80 years young, I have been voting since I was old enough to vote. My pick for President was of coarse no other then our standing President. Years ago our parents told us the Republicans are only for the RICH people, and it still stands true to this day.
Vote OBAMA & BIDEN, leave him finish the job he started 4 years ago!!
And it's STILL true that the Democrats want the poor to stay poor to secure their votes. Remember Huey P. Long? The guy who promised he was gonna take from the rich to give to the poor...so the poor sat around and waited, and waited and waited...some generations are still poor and waiting rather than taking personl responsibility. Others like my Grandpa finally saw through the crap and realized if he wanted to succeed there wasn't a politician who was just going to hand him a handout at the cost of nothing. My Grandpa got out and made something of himself at a time when it was really hard to do so...he turned into a Republican and was one till the day he died. Nothing is EVER free and taking from the RICH only leads to EVERYONE being poor.
You are really stupid. I've never been poor. I have worked hard ever since I was still in high school. I have made a good living driving a truck and am retired now and own my own very nice home. My wife and I are free to go & do pretty much of what we want. I KNOW that the dem's are concerned with helping the people who need the help the most. Wealthy people have been getting richer while the middle class & poor have been suffering under the FAILED policies of the repubs.
A return to the same old trickle down policies and WAR mongering will only insure that the wealthy continue to heap up the wealth of our country while REGULAR folks will continue to see thier net worth SHRINK.
Get rid of the obstructionist in congress who from the beginning of Obama's presidency laid plans not to help the country, but to oppose Obama at every turn in order to keep him from doing the things that would help the country. WAKE UP!
Bettyann: With all due respect, your parents were wrong. (I'm not that far behind you age-wise). They are not for the rich, they are for those who want the freedom to succeed in life and not be dependent on anyone (especially government) to take care of them. I used to be a Truman/JFK Democrat, but their kind isn't welcome anymore by the Democrats. Now the Democratic party has been usurped by angry, bitter people like Pelosi and Waxman and, most recently, Obama who talked about voting for revenge. That's how they lost me long ago and why I took a closer look at the GOP and liked what I saw.
Early exit polls show Virginia, Florida, and New Hampshire going Romney. Looks like a long night for the President!
No real surprise there. Obama will take the rest of the battleground states and maybe one or two of the three you mentioned.
You are a funny man. Exit polls won't start coming out till later this afternoon. Looks like you will have a long night!
This is no joke CHINO. These were leaked to me by a CNN employee who is a friend of mine. If you want to wait until the polls close before to belive it so be it. By the way, I just got an update from him on Ohio, to close to call, he thinks Ohio is headed for a recount.
Our President said that he would bring the nation together. That did not work.
Our President said that he could work with the opposition party by reaching across the isle. That did not work.
Our President said that his administration would be free from lobbyists. That did not work.
Our President said that his administration would be the most transparent ever. That did not work.
Our President said that he would fix the economy within three years. That did not work.
Our President said that his health care bill would lower health care costs. That did not work.
Our President said that he would not raise taxes on 95% of Americans in any way. That did not work.
Our President said that his stimulus spending bill would solve our employment problem. That did not work.
Our President said that he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. That did not work.
Our President has provided an economic "plan" for the next 4 years that is mathematically impossible. That cannot work.
I see a pattern here. Our President said that if he could not fix the economy within three year that he did not deserve a second term.
Posting the same lies over and over for days makes you look like a total brainwashed whack-job.
The comments about Romney's choice of religion reminds me of the first catholic president. The conservatives were screaming about him. Now the liberals are screaming. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Scratch a liberal and you'll find a conservative underneath it seems......or is it the other way around? What a bunch of maroons.
I look forward to voting against him. TWICE. :)
I'm not in Ryan's district but as a fellow Wisconsinite I hope he loses both races.
Sorry he's winning both! :)
Robert Alvarenga is lying, NO EARLY Exit polls are out yet. I'm in Virginia right now and the poll lines are still long. Republican, why lie. Why not just watch and see what happens!
Ryan, about to start his new career, washing dishes for real.
That's a good place for that song and dance man. He can eat cheese, brats and swill beer until his arteries clog up!
I saw a young man drive up as I was going to vote, today.
He waited for a much older woman to drive up and get out
of her car, before he got out of his car and followed her
in, to vote. She showed him how to vote and stood over
him as he marked his ballot, then she ushered him to the
voting machine and directed him to feed his ballot into
the vote counter.
At first, I wondered if he was Old enough to vote, then I
wondered if he was getting Paid to vote. Now, I'm
wondering just how much Streisand, Clooney, Coombs,
Jordan and Winfrey, et al, are willing to Pay to win this
election; and how far they are willing to Go to win this
election? I hear Obama's team is Very confident of the
outcome, and I'm beginning to understand why.
You teabaggers must be desperate, Jerry.
From what we've seen so far, only Republicans actually commit election fraud:
Dear Lord: Please keep Ryan in Wisconsin. He'll do more damage to this nation than Dubya and Sandy put together.
and I hope he stays there. Please let him lose both election.