After following several links to different places last night, I somehow ended up at a Ron Paul forum. I decided to stick around for a few minutes to see what they thought of the Ryan pick.
I don't know what I expected, the Paul-bots seem as crazy to me as Ryan, but apparently not. Beyond the predictable ongoing outrage that Paul is not the nominee, and some rather oblique references to a "coo" (LOL) at the convention, they had some surprising things to say.
Ryan, it seems, is the ultimate and consummate hypocrite. A pretender to the throne of Randism. The overriding objection is that he voted for TARP. This makes it apparent that his "I'm a believer in the free market" credentials are sadly lacking.
Other things they object to are:
He voted for Medicare part D.
He voted to make the Patriot Act permanent.
He was for Ayn Rand and then against her.
He is pro-war.
Most of them will either hold their noses and vote Obama, not vote at all or write in someone else.
And for fun, a few quotes.
Paul "add 28 years of deficits to the national debt" Ryan. Nice going assholes. I will vote for Obama now to invoke my severest rebuke of the Republican Party. I apologize if I caved in some way to the false left-right paradigm.
Obama 2012!
Now thats what I'm talking about!
I'm ready to jump aboard the Obama train just to shut down these GOP moderates. Anyone else with me?
Yes! We are with you.
GOP establisment has superseded Obama as my enemy.
And thank you TexMex for this link:
Libertarians say Paul Ryan worse than Bill Clinton