Anonymous wrote:Ryan 4 VP

Will he have to go back on his budget an medicare proposals, or will Romney have to defend them?

Ryan 4 VP

This isnt political.. This guy like the aurora shooter are sick, psycho nut jobs who should have been under psychiatric care.. Thats it. No politician is condoning this.. These are acts of madmen

Anonymous wrote:Paul Ryan the model of socialism. Family became rich building the federal highway system and he r/ced ss payments as kid. Now he wants to make sure no one else gets what he got. What a prince. Maybe if he ever worked in the private sector he would feel different.

Wow, his family worked on the highways? Then I guess in his case he really DID build that! Everyone else just takes its existence for granted.

awarding prior posters in order
11:42 a score of 10
13:32.a score of 8.5

Paul Ryan the model of socialism. Family became rich building the federal highway system and he r/ced ss payments as kid. Now he wants to make sure no one else gets what he got. What a prince. Maybe if he ever worked in the private sector he would feel different.

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of disgusted by the OP's attempt to push partisanship into this story. Obviously Paul Ryan, like any decent person, let alone a sitting member of Congress representing these folks, is horrified by these senseless crimes.

You conservatives are the touchiest people on the planet. You are ready to take offense at anything.

The fact is that it is a political act. And while no one would condone the violence, you are surely aware that there are conservatives trying to block the construction of mosques in this country. Not just the mosque several blocks away from Ground Zero, but in Tennessee, California, Wisconsin, as well as Sikh gudwaras in California and Texas, probably elsewhere but these are the ones I know. In some of these, notable state and national level politicians have voiced their opposition to these houses of worship. It is shocking to me that candidates for president, vice president, governor, and senator can openly oppose the construction of Churches in America.

No one is going to say that tea partiers are responsible for this act of violence. But when they attack the construction of these houses of worship, sometimes outright declaring them to be places to train our enemies, is it surprising that some nutjob decides to take matters into his own hands?

We aren't responsible for the violent acts of extremists, something I bet the billions of peace loving muslims would like the world to recognize. But it is a reminder that politicians who promote intolerance of religion contribute to a climate which encourages such actions.

Granted, the original post is a misunderstanding about Ryan, who as I posted did in fact respond to the tragedy. But it is reasonable to want to know if a local conservative has responded, for the reasons above.

Anonymous wrote:Please, the shooter is a Paul Ryan type of guy. I bet they knew each other.

I don't know about that, but I do think from a policy perspective, it's an interesting question. Paul Ryan is very pro-guns.

I know him personally. He's a decent guy. But I'm curious whether this sort of incident creates contortions in messaging one's politics. With him in the VP hunt, it's actually kind of interesting.

Please, the shooter is a Paul Ryan type of guy. I bet they knew each other.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of disgusted by the OP's attempt to push partisanship into this story. Obviously Paul Ryan, like any decent person, let alone a sitting member of Congress representing these folks, is horrified by these senseless crimes.

Get over yourself. I asked a question.

no your post, and the reference to "Mittens", clearly shows your true colors. Give politics a rest sometimes.

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of disgusted by the OP's attempt to push partisanship into this story. Obviously Paul Ryan, like any decent person, let alone a sitting member of Congress representing these folks, is horrified by these senseless crimes.

Get over yourself. I asked a question.

I'm kind of disgusted by the OP's attempt to push partisanship into this story. Obviously Paul Ryan, like any decent person, let alone a sitting member of Congress representing these folks, is horrified by these senseless crimes.

Anonymous wrote:Google is your friend.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/05/gov-walker-responds-to-wisconsin-shooting/

Thanks. It wasn't on his House Web page.

Google is your friend.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/05/gov-walker-responds-to-wisconsin-shooting/

Maybe it's unfair of me but I keep thinking we should see a statement from him on this, or some evidence that he is engaging the Sikh community.

I mean, after the Aurora shooting in Colorado's 7th, Earl Perlmutter and the entire Colorado delegation passed a resolution in memory of the victims: http://perlmutter.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1113:house-passes-resolution-honoring-and-remembering-those-impacted-by-aurora-shooting&catid=33:press-releases&Itemid=102

Now, I get that the House is on its August recess, but there's not even a statement on Paul Ryan's Web site. Is he waiting by the phone for Mittens to call or something?