It was a wonderful speech tonight from a bright young Republican. This fellow will be the next Vice President after the voters do their deed on November 6, 2012.HERE is the transcript of his speech. All the speakers did a fine job and the message of hope to restore America and save it from the Obama "big government" dream is well under way.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez had one of the better lines about her 38 caliber supplied by her dad. HERE is her transcript. She is another Republican Governor who took over a state in deficit and turned it into a surplus. I think she replaced Bill Richardson, a democrat favorite who I think is a corrupt politician and had to leave under a cloud. But Susana is a tough cookie and a no nonsense politician.
Condoleeza Rice gave a real nice speech and she did it without a teleprompter! I liked her little bit of personal history regarding the little girl. The little girl could not sit at the counter for an ice cream (the democrats did that) but the little girl was told by her mom and dad she could still become President! Of course Ms. Rice was our Secretary of State under George W. Bush. GWB and his 88 year old pop HW gave a video boost for the convention today too. It was a heartwarming video and had the two wives reminiscing as well.
It has been a really well run, decent and respectful gathering. The Republicans are having a good time and place has been rocking and rolling with some good music. That was one of Paul Ryan's quips that I liked. He said he and Mitt are two generations and their music is very different. Mitts reminds him of the stuff he hears in elevators! Ryan's is AC/DC to Led Zeppelin!
Tomorrow is the formal nominating night and should contain a lot a lot of pomp and circumstance. Tonight we saw a couple of intruders try and unfurl some flag or banner but they were shown the door real fast. My guess is it was some woman wanting free birth control and/or a fellow who wanted free lunches. I am sure the lamestreams will chase them down for an interview and make them heroes.
Another good day for America, another day closer to taking back the country from the left.
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ReplyDeleteNo real name or email, no right to comment here anymore anonymous person.
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ReplyDeleteSoryy Jen, no profanity. Adios.
DeleteWhat profanity? There was none.
DeleteThe real profanity was on display this week with the old, angry, christian, uninformed white guy brigade. A semi-senile Eastwood is a perfect metaphor for thats going on in that party.
You are an act of profanity Jen. You represent what has become wrong with the democrat party. Nasty, mean spirited and stoned.
DeleteAccording to Fox News columnist Sally Kohn, vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday "was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech."
ReplyDelete"On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold," Kohn wrote.
In a surprising move, Fox News joined CNN, The Huffington Post, the Washington Post's Wonkblog, and ThinkProgress in publishing a fact-check of the Republican vice presidential nominee's speech, finding that the speech was full of lies and misleading assertions.
I also looked at the Kohn report, pretty strong opinion. We'll see if any of the allegations pan-out as other media outlets do the follow-up fact-checks/interviews.
DeleteIt will be interesting if the remaining speakers elicit such a strong response, and we'll see what happens to the speakers at the DNC.
Unfortunately, we the public aren't always able to discern between fact or fiction. Hopefully, we'll be able to hold the politicians from both sides up against some semblance of truth so that we aren't deceived and supportive someone, on either side, to our own national detriment.
Your fact checkers from the liberals establishment have now had their fact checking checked and their fcts are bogus. Too funny!
DeleteTodd,
ReplyDeleteYou're consistent at least, political party before country. I have not seen one favorable response about Ryan's speech outside republican party liners or do I dare say "shills". I need to go watch this thing to see for myself. The consequences of Citizens United decision is the only way the republican party can win a national election from this point forward without totally changing their platform.
BenE, party before country? I would say your head is up your arse since I am an American first. You liberal socialists are the "gaia" fans and are too predictable. Anyone who diagrees is a "corporate" shill or whatever dejour piece of garbage you can dredge up from your creative brains.
DeleteI would say my beliefs are mainstream human while yours are just dumb.
I see a whole lot of "cut and paste" going on without sourcing.
ReplyDeleteSo you want to discus " fibs and lies" ? We can always start
from the long list of Barry's and Joe's. So Paul's speech had an
error or two. It's in no way comparable to the full blown lies
coming from "O" and Co.
Sure Walt. The GM plant thing was a simple error. That GM plant in his own hometown, which he KNEW closed under Bush in 2008, and was slated to close months earlier. Either he knew that, or he is the dumbest Congressman in US history. Janesville, WI where he lives in the most luxurious home in town, Parker Mansion, owned by the former owners of the Parker Pen company, which closed its doors under his watch. Right in his backyard. What did he do to help save those jobs?
ReplyDeleteWhat did Ryan ever do to help a single worker in Wisconsin, or America? How is slashing government programs to the bone and destroying the American social safety net going to help his vaunted struggling families?
Hate to break it to ya' Jen.. It seems that the exact wordage
Deleteof Paul's remarks were actually correct. Libby "fact checkers"
pulled the trigger too soon. Nope, your "side" blew it again.
BTW, Jen,, How bout' that double standard? No comment A'?
DeleteHere is a clue for ya'. When you work hard and spend you money wisely, you get to live in nice, high dollar homes. Imagine that?
Cry me a river. Not every company can be saved.. Try it some time.
Speaking of jobs and failed business,, "O" did a GREAT job with Solyndra.. Obummer's buddy's get paid before us taxpayers in that scam. I don't see LIBS screaming and yelling about the workers there.
How about the coal miners that have lost their jobs because of Obama's EPA rules? Same goes for the closed power plants. What about those people and jobs? I can go right down the line about all the jobs lost under "O"'s watch. But somehow I don't think you care about those jobs. Just the ones that are blamed on Mitt, that he really had no control over. But you don't want to accept that fact either.
What did Paul Ryan to do afford the most exclusive mansion in his hometown town? Hmm. Lets see; no private sector wealth created for himself. Congressman? Answer: Silver Spoon Family. Just like the Bushies, Just like the Romneys. All out of touch patricians that have not one iota of knowledge of middle and lower class struggles.
DeleteAgain you dodge the older question. Can't handle it?
DeleteNow some facts your Libby news didn't tell you.
" Charge #2: Paul Ryan talked about a General Motors plant that closed in his hometown, blaming President Obama even though that plant closed under Bush.
Explanation: Near the beginning of his speech, Ryan told this story:
A lot of guys I went to high school with worked at that GM plant. Right there at that plant, candidate Obama said: “I believe that if our government is there to support you … this plant will be here for another hundred years.” That’s what he said in 2008.
Well, as it turned out, that plant didn’t last another year. It is locked up and empty to this day. And that’s how it is in so many towns today, where the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight.
The Left wing of the blogosphere pounced, claiming the plant closed in December of 2008, when Bush was still President, so it‘s not Obama’s fault and Ryan is lying.
So is it true? The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel describes the plant as having completely shut down in 2009. The decision to close it was made in 2008, but the plant itself didn’t shutter until the next year, by which time the GM bailout had already passed. MRCTV’s Stephen Gutowski pinpoints its moment of failure at April 23, 2009.
"
From http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fact-checking-the-fact-checkers-heres-a-break-down-of-the-claims-bashing-paul-ryans-speech/
I don't give a rat's behind if Paul lived in a great home. ( envious?)
That's called success. Something LIBS despise. I don't.
Silver spoon you say? There is a family called the Kennedys. Ever hear of them? Have any gripes about them? Then there is George Soros.. I haven't heard a LIB demand he quit making money.
Sorry,, your little war on money makers isn't going to fly, except in your own little circle.
You need to get the facts from a place other than your present source Jen. What you have said is untrue.
DeleteOh, and Janesville is Ryan's hometown so I would think he knows what happened.
DeleteJen your fact checkers are the liars so try a few more before embarrassing yourself any further.
DeleteEverything I said is true. Dana Perino, Bush's PR person, praised GM's decision in 2008.
DeleteThat's all you got? No 25 cent words either?
DeleteIt must suck to be wrong.( I don't remember how that feels... It's been such a long time since I have been...LOL!)
Damn! I just can't get a reply out of ya'. Is this silence to be taken
as admission of defeat? ( those pesky facts must have tour tongue)
Jen, you have been had.
DeleteLOL. Reading the wild rants of an illiterate neanderthal is amusing once in a while.
DeleteYeah but lovable.
DeleteI see Miss. Coward is back with her little snide remarks.
DeleteYes, girly, that all ya' got. LOL!! Must be rough getting bested
once again by a "knuckle dragger".
Don't have what it takes for a grown up discussion ? Or all you have
is a "drive by" post here and there? tisk,,, tisk.....
ooh, girly. Nice. I give you Exhibit A of the angry, white, uninformed wonder bread male dominated freak show that is today's Republican Party. Thanks Walt.
DeleteLOL!!! Again.... That's all you got? You sound more like a spoiled Brat more and more. " I want it NOW!!,,, Daddy.."
DeleteAt least I can bring home the "bread".. bacon and eggs too.
Your racist knickers are showing too.
What the heck were all those women doing there in Tampa Jen. Were they "white bread" to you? Are you having some issues? There is help for white female racist liberals.
DeletePoliticians are always using words that can be fact-checked but spinning them to their advantage, parsing. We'll have to do our own fact-checking to come to our own conclusions. The information is just coming in now on this one. Depending on our sources, and source bias, we'll get some information.
ReplyDeleteYep.
DeleteTime to head off the next accusation before it starts. I'm sure a few of our "friends" are desperately looking for something to tag "racist" on Paul.
ReplyDeleteWell,, you can stop looking. There isn't any. Now the great part. Paul has a girlfriend that was Black. The only thing that ended it was, long distance.
They parted as friends...
I love taking your "ammo" away....
Excellant!
DeleteAll politicians lie. Sure Ryan lied or used wishy-washy language describing certain events to make Obama look bad and himself better. However, Obama has and will do the exact same thing regarding president bush and Mitt.
ReplyDeleteRyan did not lie. DOn't buy into the Obama maxhine.
DeleteBill.... With all due respect, when it comes to that "L" word,
DeleteI would set my sights on the Left side of the isle first
before nit picking Paul. " wishy-washy".. I get a good chuckle when someone with a "D" next to their name starts pointing fingers and screaming " He LIED!!" when they have stayed silent on the lies from their own party.
Notice how us Conservatives deal with things? ( don't confuse Conservative, and GOP. There is a difference) We heave them out as fast as we can. We don't circle the wagons, No matter how bad we need to keep the seat. Can the Left say the same?
It happens regularly that political opponents will selectively use information, partial truths, to smear the other.
ReplyDeleteYup,, that's politics. It's never going to change. But now that information is at our fingertips, we can see just who is actually
Deletecloser to the truth.
I remember quit well back when all we had to rely on was the "big three" networks. Which we find out were just not quite as Left as they are today.( but still Left leaning)
Now info is free for the masses. Apparently the big three haven't figured it out yet. They continue to try and shill for the Left, but are now getting caught at every try. Just like the premature attack on Paul's speech...... Busted.....
Yo Walt, this was very true in the past. I was shocked this last week watching Bob Schefer on the ABC news. He was definitely leaning right. I don't know about the rest of ABC.
DeleteNot sure how the new news outlets lean. Huffpost is definitely left. What about Politico?
Politico is also Left of center, but not quit as bad as HuffPuff, and NPR.
DeleteI have noticed in recent weeks that CBS, NBC, etc. has started to
let their guard down about news that shines a bad light on "O", and the Left in general. Some of the truth is leaking out.
Heck, a month or so ago there was a story out about CNN wanting some of their people to watch FOX just to see why their viewership is so high. ( Could it be that FOX tells it like it is?)
Other networks have even tried to "look" like FOX.
Another is trying to imitate " The Five"( it's not working so hot.LOL)
To me,, truth and fact go a long way. Good, bad, or indifferent.
No matter who says what, the truth will bubble to the surface. sometimes it just takes time, but it WILL get there.
The "truth" has coming to the top for some time now, and the people see it,and not to mention just who is telling it.
Take for instance right here.... Just who has been dealing in facts, and who has been working a smear job, and refuses to confront the issues? ( that's right girls,,I'm talking about you.)
A closer look at some of Ryan's remarks Wednesday at the GOP convention in Tampa, Fla.:
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RYAN: "And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly. ... So they just took it all away from Medicare. Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama."
THE FACTS: Ryan's claim ignores the fact that Ryan himself incorporated the same cuts into budgets he steered through the House in the past two years as chairman of its Budget Committee, using the money for deficit reduction. And the cuts do not affect Medicare recipients directly, but rather reduce payments to hospitals, health insurance plans and other service providers.
In addition, Ryan's own plan to remake Medicare would squeeze the program's spending even more than the changes Obama made, shifting future retirees into a system in which they would get a fixed payment to shop for coverage among private insurance plans. Critics charge that would expose the elderly to more out-of-pocket costs.
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RYAN: "The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare and cronyism at their worst. You, the working men and women of this country, were cut out of the deal."
THE FACTS: Ryan himself asked for stimulus funds shortly after Congress approved the $800 billion plan, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Ryan's pleas to federal agencies included letters to Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis seeking stimulus grant money for two Wisconsin energy conservation companies.
One of them, the nonprofit Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp., received $20.3 million from the Energy Department to help homes and businesses improve energy efficiency, according to federal records. That company, he said in his letter, would build "sustainable demand for green jobs." Another eventual recipient, the Energy Center of Wisconsin, received about $365,000.
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RYAN: Said Obama misled people in Ryan's hometown of Janesville, Wis., by making them think a General Motors plant there threatened with closure could be saved. "A lot of guys I went to high school with worked at that GM plant. Right there at that plant, candidate Obama said: 'I believe that if our government is there to support you ... this plant will be here for another hundred years.' That's what he said in 2008. Well, as it turned out, that plant didn't last another year."
THE FACTS: The plant halted production in December 2008, weeks before Obama took office and well before he enacted a more robust auto industry bailout that rescued GM and Chrysler and allowed the majority of their plants — though not the Janesville facility — to stay in operation. Ryan himself voted for an auto bailout under President George W. Bush that was designed to help GM, but he was a vocal critic of the one pushed through by Obama that has been widely credited with revitalizing both GM and Chrysler.
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RYAN: Obama "created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way and then did exactly nothing."
THE FACTS: It's true that Obama hasn't heeded his commission's recommendations, but Ryan's not the best one to complain. He was a member of the commission and voted against its final report.
Barbara, very creative but your cut and paste from the Daily KOS is bogus. Don't you know there are many ways to deconstruct a comment? Ryan didn't lie, Obama and his paid fact checkers did. On to November 6 and a conservative sweep.
DeleteJesus, it is just remarkable how you can look facts in the face, and deny them. Cut from Kos or not, every one of those statements is a proven FACT.
DeleteFrisch
A fact interpreted by a liberal is never correct.
DeleteUa,, Steve, Care to look above? You will find a link
Deleteto where the fact checkers, get fact checked.
Funny how your pals just flat refuse to even comment. " remarkable"... isn't it?
I'll comment" The Blaze is not a legitimate news source. It is madman Glenn Beck.
DeleteFrisch
Madman? Why would you say that? Seems he drew a cool hundfed thousand in DC and a whole lot more in Dallas. He did a lot of charity work for the poor and helped raise money for the troops. What have you done?
DeleteI challenge you to a debate on that Frisch, You want to talk about "new sources"? Bring it on. Forget I was in Texas for
DeleteGlenn Beck's shindig? We can also talk about who gets money from "who or where". and who gives money to who and what for.
As far as I'm concerned, "non profit" should be just that. Non profit.
that includes who runs it. Minimal monetary gain to those that operate them. FULL disclosure of every dime.
But I hear you sitting quite pretty on "your" income from a non profit.
He does real well Walt. $100,000 grand a years plus benefits. What a gig! Those non profits are quite a dream.
DeleteTodd. I found this story, and it mirrors what we have been saying about
ReplyDelete"if your not rich, it's your own fault." This woman has my utmost respect.
And of course Progressives hate her.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/worlds-wealthiest-woman-tells-people-to-stop-envying-the-wealthy-work-harder-govt-officials-flip-out/
By Jamelle Bouie
ReplyDeleteThe verdict for Paul Ryan’s convention speech has been close to unanimous. It was a strong articulation of conservative values and a forceful indictment of President Obama. It was peppered with excellent lines, and Ryan’s earnest demeanor will likely play well to swing voters.
That said, everyone also agrees that it was a stunning display of dishonesty. In the twelve hours since Ryan gave his address, Slate, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, the Boston Globe, the New Republic, the New Yorker and the Associated Press have run scatching critiques.
The leading fact checkers — Politifact, Factcheck.org and the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler — have followed suit. The former gives a “false” rating to Ryan’s claim that Obama broke his promise to keep a Wisconsin General Motors factory from closing, and a “mostly false” rating to his claim that Obama “funneled” $716 billion from Medicare “at the expense of the elderly.” Both Kessler and Factcheck.org took a more comprehensive approach, detailing Ryan’s claims and showing the extent to which few were based in reality.
His claim that the stimulus failed to help Americans? False. $230 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act took the form of tax cuts, to say nothing of the more than two million jobs saved by the stimulus, and its role in keeping us out of a second Great Depression.
His claim that Obama is responsible for the U.S’ credit downgrade? False. The Standard & Poor’s downgrade was the result of brinksmanship from the congressional GOP, including Ryan, refused to raise the debt ceiling unless Obama would agree to massive spending cuts. It was this political dysfunction that led S&P to lower our credit rating.
The biggest whopper: Ryan’s attack on Obama for ignoring the recommendations of the Bowles-Simpson deficit commission. The commission never made a recommendation, because Ryan — who sat on the committee — voted against the report, blocking congressional action.
It’s worth reading each of the fact checks and critiques, if only to get a broad sense of the mendacity that now defines the Republican campaign against Obama. The media has begun to catch on, but there’s no evidence that this will matter — the Romney campaign is all but indifferent to shame or correction (as a Romney aide put it, “we’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers”).
Given the extent to which voters say they care about integrity, it’s possible that they will turn against Romney and Ryan for their dishonesty, but I have my doubts. Just enough people are unhappy with the economy that Romney and Ryan could win, regardless of their dishonesty. It’s hard to say exactly what this would mean for the future of American politics, but it isn’t good.
Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect. You can find his blog here.
No, you and your ilk can copy/paste the stuff all day log but it isn't selling. honey. The polls and the momentum are on oyr side and rising. You willl be supporting a lameduck real soon.
DeleteWatch the Prez. speak in front of the troops Sue? LIB media had to
Deletecut away just to help him save face. Just about every place where
the "crowd" was supposed to clap and cheer, the only thing there was crickets. A token clap or two.
See the ratings on Lefty news and the convention?( and anything related) They tanked. ALL of them ( except FOX. all the viewers that cared, tuned into FOX)
Lefty news is so deep in the outhouse hole, all they can try to do to boost ratings is go full blown Attack with tabloid style hit pieces. Even the blatant lies are driving viewers away. Only the few like yourself and Jen still buy that garbage.
HELL!! I'm surprised that Lefty news hasn't called for the slicing and dicing of FOX. ( just like they did with AT&T way back when)
Because Lefty news just can't hold their own against FOX.
It was a sad day for the peacock network when FOX got the "big screen" in Time Square. ( I watched that happen with morbid glee)
CBS has to gin up stories with doctored 911 tapes. Was it worth losing jobs over?( and ANY credibility)
But keep with Lefty news for slanted and bias reporting.
" CNN the most distrusted name in news" ( will they even survive to the end of the year?)
So Lefty news is all for standing up for minorities? Then why did they fail to cover the "minority speakers" at the Convention? Instead of covering their speech's, they cut away for Progressive commentary.
So next week we will just see how "fair" their coverage is, as compared to FOX.
With any luck some high profile Conservatives will strut through your convention and go media chasing. How bout some good old infiltration like code pink and friends did at ours. HAY,, You know what they say,,,"what's good for one".....
I wondered what happen to Eddie Munster:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.salon.com/2012/08/15/paul_ryan_meet_eddie_munster/