Paul Ryan as VP! Oh, noes! Please, please don't throw me into that briar patch!
Anybody remember that Paul Ryan was actually created as a national figure by Barack Obama...so he could use Ryan's radical budget to chop the GOP off at the knees?
Nobody had heard of Paul Ryan until the President made him the face of the Tea Party's radical vision of government. Business Week:
"...Obama himself...recognized the need for a foil and elevated Ryan’s stature–and that of the Roadmap–by discussing it in speeches and interviews. Members of his administration attacked it. This forced everyone running for Congress to take a position on Ryan’s budget, which quickly became the standard litmus test of conservative bona fides."Once all the Republicans had joined the newly anointed Tea Party Boy Wonder in the pool, the President then proceeded to toss them an anchor, shredding the priorities, mathematics, and even the courage of the Ryan budget.
"That's not socialism. It's math." Easily my favorite soundbite of last year.
More after the terrorist fist squiggle.