Romney Taps Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan As Running Mate 757
Shortly after 9 a.m. Eastern time Saturday, Republican candidate Mitt Romney officially announced (via phone app) his selection of 42-year-old Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as running mate for the 2012 U.S. presidential race. Ryan's selection was announced by the Romney campaign to various media outlets earlier this morning. Ryan is considered popular among a wide range of Republican voters, being a budget hawk who favors less liberal laws concerning abortion. Ryan's lauded popularity among Tea Party voters is mixed; some reports describe him as a Tea Party favorite, others as a far-right imposter.
Re:Was that from Armageddon (Score:5, Funny)
Mitt Romney introduces Paul Ryan as the "next President of the United States"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTzssn6JQVQ
Re:News for Nerds???!! (Score:5, Funny)
Its not remotely related to tech or topics that slashdot normally covers
Seriously? Have you been on a deep space mission and not read Slashdot since 2000 or something?
Re:Mitt Romney introduces Paul Ryan as the next Pr (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps Romney is simultaneously announcing his choice of running mate and his plan to commit suicide if elected.
Re:Diversity (Score:2, Funny)
It's disappointing that Romney couldn't find a diversity candidate
Show a little compassion to the mentally ill. He is a mostly neocon after all, or at least a fellow traveler, so obviously a complete nutcase.
Nothing personal but its kind of like those distasteful comments about Obama being only 1/2 white or whatever.
Romney introduces Ryan as the next President (Score:5, Funny)
Video of Romney introducing Ryan as the next president here [youtube.com]. Later he comes back, puts his arm around Ryan and says he has been know to make a few mistakes. Great start.
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Re:News for Nerds???!! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:WTF is this doing on MY slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
What's the difference between ignorance and apathy?
Don't know, don't care.
Re:Deep Space (Score:5, Funny)
If he was, I think Ryan has decided to not being him back.
Paul Ryan proposed an additional 6% budget cut for NASA [spacepolicyonline.com] in the Ryan Budget so that he could increase DOD spending.
Sorry, it's more important that we kill each other than understand our place in the universe. Have a good day.
Good thing that the president, and especially the vice president don't allocate spending. That's the job of Congress, which happens to be where Ryan is today.
So, the obvious solution to save NASA's budget would be to get Ryan out of Congress and into a position where he can not vote on funding. The quickest and easiest way to do that would be to elect him as Vice President.
Re:Deep Space (Score:4, Funny)
Understanding our place in the universe doesn't cost billions of dollars. Just open the bible!
(not serious)