Why Ryan Terrifies the Left

Why Ryan Terrifies the Left

By Jeffrey Lord

Reagan, Kemp, and Mark Levin: Natural Rights and a challenge to moral superiority.

Paul Ryan terrifies the American Left.
Which precisely explains the tones of hysteria coming from the Obama White House.
The real question is why the Chicago Thugs have suffered such a public meltdown over Mitt Romney's choice of the young Wisconsin Congressman to be his vice-presidential running mate.
And there is an answer. Three specific answers, actually.
• Ronald Reagan: President Reagan today is an American hero. Poll after poll has Americans placing him in the pantheon of great American presidents, and occasionally at the top of the list.
The admiration for Reagan has become such a part of American historical bedrock that even President Obama and likeminded professional leftists have essentially given up the ghost. When they mention Reagan at all, it is generally to play a sly game of casting Reagan as a moderate, pretending to salute him while taking a shot at some Republican for not being more like Reagan. Obama played this game four times in one speech back in April, effusively praising Reagan while casting Mitt Romney as some sort of wild-eyed extremist.
No one is fooled.

Obama Campaign: Ryan 'Kisses The Ring' of Jewish Megadonor Adelson

by Ben Shapiro 

The Obama campaign is in an utter tizzy about the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate. Yesterday, they sent out an email asking “why the hell” Romney would pick Ryan, and speculating that it was because Ryan was a corporate patsy who would serve the interests of back room fat cats. Today, they’re making that argument complete with a supremely offensive attack on Ryan’s visit to Las Vegas – and, in particular, his upcoming visit with Republican donor Sheldon Adelson:

Ryan touched the third rail

Romney’s VP pick was first to legislate Medicare reform

By Emily Miller

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Rep. Paul Ryan disproved a 50-year-old political rule by speaking the truth. The Wisconsin Republican showed a party can touch the “third rail of politics” — entitlement programs for seniors — and survive. Choosing Mr. Ryan as his running mate reveals Mitt Romney’s own courage to face down Democratic scaremongering for the sake of America’s future.

RYAN: Undoing Obama’s record of failure

GOP congressman on being the next vice president

By Rep. Paul Ryan

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I am deeply honored and excited to join you as your running mate.
Mitt Romney is a leader with the skills, the background and the character that our country needs at a crucial time in its history. Following four years of failed leadership, the hopes of our country, which have inspired the world, are growing dim; and they need someone to revive them. Governor Romney is the man for this moment; and he and I share one commitment: we will restore the dreams and greatness of this country.
I want you to meet my family.  My wife Janna, our daughter Liza, and our sons, Charlie and Sam.
I am surrounded by the people I love, and I have been asked by Governor Romney to serve the country I love.

Galvanized: Romney, Ryan Draw Massive Crowd in NC

by William Bigelow 

The announcement of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate is clearly galvanizing voters across the country; people are turning out in droves to see the new Republican ticket in person. Tweets from those attending the rallies today testify to the excitement:

Ryan: Obama has 'record of failure'

by Breitbart News 

(AP) Ryan: Obama has 'record of failure'
By STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va.
His selection just hours old, Republican Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, was already tearing into President Barack Obama's "record of failure."

Moving into a role as Romney's chief

attack dog, Ryan declared Saturday that the nation under Obama's leadership is struggling through the "worst economic recovery in 70 years."

Ryan: How To Defeat Obama

Obama and Ryan have tangled repeatedle

By Stephen Dinan

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When Mitt Romney taps Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate on Saturday, he is picking someone who has already tangled toe-to-toe with President Obama on several occasions, and is prepared for the bruising battle ahead.
Indeed, Mr. Obama has built up plenty of bad blood with Mr. Ryan, calling him the architect of “social Darwinism” earlier this year, stemming from the Wisconsin Republican’s budget plan.

RYAN: Undoing Obama’s record of failure

GOP congressman on being the next vice president

By Rep. Paul Ryan

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I am deeply honored and excited to join you as your running mate.
Mitt Romney is a leader with the skills, the background and the character that our country needs at a crucial time in its history. Following four years of failed leadership, the hopes of our country, which have inspired the world, are growing dim; and they need someone to revive them. Governor Romney is the man for this moment; and he and I share one commitment: we will restore the dreams and greatness of this country.
I want you to meet my family.  My wife Janna, our daughter Liza, and our sons, Charlie and Sam.
I am surrounded by the people I love, and I have been asked by Governor Romney to serve the country I love.