2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI think Mitt knows he bombed with his wonder boy VP pick
Rmoney was looking to set the conservative world on fire by picking Paul Ryan.
From what I've seen it hasn't helped him a bit, instead he got a warm mug of MittLite.
Anyone else here agree?
RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)I always thought the ticket would be Romney/Rubio. I think they would certainly be doing better than Romney/Ryan right now. I'll bet Romney is regretting his choice (to the extent the choice was his).
flamingdem
(39,332 posts)The two bought a house together that is foreclosing and they were together coming up and Rivera is as corrupt as they come! NO WAY would he have been picked at this time... maybe Ryan was the only one available and not too dirty!
TroyD
(4,551 posts)He lied about when his parents came to America from Cuba. He pretended they were Castro refugees, but it turned out they left Cuba before Castro even came to power.
flamingdem
(39,332 posts)He's one of the only things that they have to use against the Dems demographic advantage going forward.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)i`m thinking he was placed by the kock brothers....
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)MittWit was forced to take Eddie Munster.
Cha
(297,812 posts)the kochroach bros have in mind to pick Paul Ryan?
TroyD
(4,551 posts)If he would take Paul Ryan on his ticket.
klook
(12,171 posts)The idea is plausible, but for every Roger Stone statement you need at least 2 credible sources to corroborate it.
central scrutinizer
(11,665 posts)his pathological lying and inability to give a substantive answer is hurting them with undecided voters who posses a working brain.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)He wants Ryan's conservative credentials without Ryan standing by them. I think he is holding back Ryan who would say and do things differently if he had his druthers. (Not that this would help, mind you.)
would he announce him at 9 am EASTERN on a Saturday morning?
One of his few face cards he had to play in this election, announcing his VP, and he does it at 9 am on a Saturday?
ejbr
(5,856 posts)Eastwood talk to a chair in lieu of showing a video that even liberals praised. I have no idea.
CRH
(1,553 posts)when he was getting hammered in the press for not releasing his tax returns. It broke the news cycle and miniscule attention span of the press, and has not been an issue since. In some ways he benefitted from putting Ryan as the center of attention before the Sunday talk shows had a go at him on his returns. Now all has been forgotten.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)He doesn't seem to know about, YT, fact checking, or knowing he can't lie about his record.
ladym55
(2,577 posts)Little Paul is used to batting his big blue eyes and not getting any questions about any of his horse manure. He has shown what small potatoes he is by his inability to handle any of the pressure of a big race. He gets flustered easily and angry when anyone has the gall to question his truthiness.
tosh
(4,424 posts)And...I hope that Lyin' Ryan is ruined forever.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,060 posts)And now we an all clearly see Lyin Ryan is a shallow political lightweight unfit to command the nation.
avebury
(10,952 posts)kayakjohnny
(5,235 posts)like a match at all.
They will never have the friendship that Obama does with Biden, that's for sure.
Something tells me it was thrown together so hastily, that they just have to deal with it.
And maybe they know they're screwed, but still have to put up the 'good fight' in order to save face.
My take, anyway.
klook
(12,171 posts)He's an outsider in his own party and a bland shell of a candidate who'd be upstaged by a bowl of pudding.
rurallib
(62,465 posts)and let's be honest - $$$$$$$ is all Mitt cares about.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)With the plethora of nut jobs at his disposal, Ryan at least had the appearance of credibility.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)At least she still has a hard core of supporters.
Kablooie
(18,643 posts)powergirl
(2,393 posts)All of those "up and coming" Repubs at the convention were just auditioning for 2016. And I bet they all passed on the "opportunity" to be Mitten's running mate.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)I have read many rumor pieces that Ryan was not Romney's first choice but he couldn't get anyone else he asked to say yes.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)You get the occasional "Ryan Caught Lying About......" headline but he isn't in the spotlight like he was many weeks ago. He seems to have really fizzled out.
lob1
(3,820 posts)Ryan's reputation is as a straight talker, but he can't say what he thinks because it conflicts with Mitt's stance. Mitt has stolen Ryan's mojo. But it doesn't matter who Mitt picked, the result would be the same. He or she would have to adapt Mitt's platform, even if no one knows what that is, and his or her pluses would become minuses.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)He himself is the main problem. People just don't like him.
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)he is an attention craving, backwater, canker-blossom who should be sent back to janesville.
there, he can attend the high school football games and lie about his past game scores, he can tell the track runners that he is faster, and he can tell the guys at the local bar that his dick is big but everyone will be laughing at him for being walter mitty.