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Old 08-14-2012, 07:47 PM
 
Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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Once America looks into future Vice-President Ryan's beautiful azure eyes, they will all see he is the man for them.

Why, just the other day, I was watching an interview with him, and I thought... oh, I'm sorry, I lost my track of thought while I started thinking about Ryan's gorgeous azure eyes!
Yes, and he seems like such a nice young man too (oops, my Life Alert just went off...)!
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Old 08-14-2012, 07:50 PM
 
Location: Greater Washington, DC
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That's Ryan's home state 'fer godssakes... and all he accomplishes there is a tossup?!

Yeah, he's a real formidable "game-changer" alright!
Oh come on. Wisonsin is a blue state. you realize Ryan represents only a small, conservative portion of it right? That's like Obama picking a representative from Atlanta as his running mate and people asking what Georgia is still red.
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Old 08-14-2012, 07:52 PM
 
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Oh come on. Wisonsin is a blue state. you realize Ryan represents only a small, conservative portion of it right? That's like Obama picking a representative from Atlanta as his running mate and people asking what Georgia is still red.
I thought the governor of Wisconsin is a Republican?! Was that whole fiasco with him just in my imagination??!
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Old 08-14-2012, 07:53 PM
 
Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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Oh come on. Wisonsin is a blue state. you realize Ryan represents only a small, conservative portion of it right? That's like Obama picking a representative from Atlanta as his running mate and people asking what Georgia is still red.
Then what is it, exactly, that y'all are bragging about...? This is a big deal or it's not... which is it?
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Old 08-14-2012, 08:00 PM
 
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Then what is it, exactly, that y'all are bragging about...? This is a big deal or it's not... which is it?
As it stands, its not really a big deal, but if this is any indication of how the nominee is viewed nation wide, as a whole, it could be a big deal. Not enough information to determine.
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Old 08-14-2012, 08:02 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Wonder if Romney will dump Ryan? Certainly is a controversial pick.
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Old 08-14-2012, 08:03 PM
 
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Wonder if Romney will dump Ryan? Certainly is a controversial pick.
I think he was picked because he was controverial..
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Old 08-14-2012, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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There are plenty of stubborn liberal ideologues here would be my best guess as to why it's only a tossup (as if polls are to be believed at this point). Wisconsin went totally red in '10, but hasn't voted for a republican presidential candidate since '84. It's not always easy to understand how or why that has been the case. Perhaps there are enough left over hippies in Madison, or union members in the industrial areas who get political info primarily from those union magazines... I came across one of those once, it was the strangest thing to read. You could almost smell the mafia thuggery on the pages, if mafia thuggery had a smell.... a smell that was transferable to the pages of a union rag.
More people vote in presidential elections that midterm elections, and clearly there more Democrats vote every four years than every two years.
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Old 08-14-2012, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Greater Washington, DC
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I thought the governor of Wisconsin is a Republican?! Was that whole fiasco with him just in my imagination??!
Wisconsin is a blue state. So is New Jersey, but they have a GOP Governor. Surely you are not telling me New Jersey is a red state. I guess Kentucky is a blue state since their governor is a Democrat. It would be absolutely humiliating if Obama lost a blue state like Kentucky!

Scott Walker's policies, whether you want to admit it or not, have a lot of appeal outside of the GOP. That's why he won in a Blue state
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Old 08-14-2012, 08:05 PM
 
Location: Greater Washington, DC
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Then what is it, exactly, that y'all are bragging about...? This is a big deal or it's not... which is it?
Of course it's a big deal, he moved a Blue state to the tossup category. When on Earth did i imply that is anything but a big deal!? I don't see what you don't get here.
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