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ProSense

(116,464 posts) Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:56 AM Aug 2012

Paul Ryan: Obama ‘Passed Nearly Every Item On His Agenda’ In First Term

Paul Ryan: Obama ‘Passed Nearly Every Item On His Agenda’ In First Term

Freshly minted Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan told a crowd in Norfolk, Va., Saturday that President Obama accomplished what he planned to in the first two years of presidency.

“He passed nearly every item on his agenda,” Ryan said. “But that didn’t make things better.”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/paul-ryan-obama-passed-nearly-every-item-on

That ought to be the Obama campaign's next ad: Ryan admits Obama has accomplished alot.

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Paul Ryan: Obama ‘Passed Nearly Every Item On His Agenda’ In First Term (Original Post) ProSense Aug 2012 OP

No, I think you miss a critical point. Tennessee Gal Aug 2012 #1

Hey, ProSense Aug 2012 #2

They definitely should. nt Tennessee Gal Aug 2012 #3

Whoa! Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #4

Do people think things aren't better than 4 years ago? gollygee Aug 2012 #5

Like universal health care? Octafish Aug 2012 #6

Do you agree with Ryan on this? nt MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #7

On the ProSense Aug 2012 #8

Do you think our depression is over? MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #12

people don't care if Obama accomplished a lot Enrique Aug 2012 #9

Oh ProSense Aug 2012 #10

pundits might care about that Enrique Aug 2012 #11

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)

1. No, I think you miss a critical point.

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:59 AM

Aug 2012

Ryan and his cohorts stopped Obama from doing more to make things better.

They plotted against him.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)

2. Hey,

Reply to Tennessee Gal (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:01 AM

Aug 2012

"No, I think you miss a critical point. Ryan and his cohorts stopped Obama from doing more to make things better."

...they can run those ads too.

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)

3. They definitely should. nt

Reply to ProSense (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:02 AM

Aug 2012

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)

4. Whoa!

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:04 AM

Aug 2012

What a whopper! I can see that picking Ryan won't be changing the "tone" (or honesty) of the Romney campaign. *ugh* Too many lies already today to comment on. Suppose he didn't notice that stimulus brought down unemployment, kept a lot of states from going bankrupt.

gollygee

(22,336 posts)

5. Do people think things aren't better than 4 years ago?

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:04 AM

Aug 2012

I'm from Michigan and can only speak for here, but things are a TON better than they were 4 years ago. People by the fistfull aren't losing jobs, having to move, and then try to sell their houses at a 30% loss anymore. That's where my neighborhood was four years ago. Things are not great yet but they're much better.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

6. Like universal health care?

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:06 AM

Aug 2012

Like a New Deal for the 21st Century?

Like ending the wars for profit?

Yeah.

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

7. Do you agree with Ryan on this? nt

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:08 AM

Aug 2012

ProSense

(116,464 posts)

8. On the

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:12 AM

Aug 2012

first part. On the second part: FUCK NO!

Ryan is a POS.

Do you?

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

12. Do you think our depression is over?

Reply to ProSense (Reply #8)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:38 AM

Aug 2012

Or that economic indicators are showing that the economy is unambiguously moving in the right direction?

(Agree that Ryan is horrific.)

Enrique

(27,461 posts)

9. people don't care if Obama accomplished a lot

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:25 AM

Aug 2012

or at least the people that Ryan is aiming at don't care. Obama is not going to run ads claiming he passed a lot of legislation, he's going to run ads showing he got results for people. More than that, he is going to run ads attacking Mitt Romney.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)

10. Oh

Reply to Enrique (Reply #9)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:28 AM

Aug 2012

"Obama is not going to run ads claiming he passed a lot of legislation, he's going to run ads showing he got results for people."

...I think they can work the first part of Ryan's comment into an ad like that.

Come to think of it, the entire comment could work nicely in well-crafted ad.

LOL! National Review: Don’t Panic
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021107274

Enrique

(27,461 posts)

11. pundits might care about that

Reply to ProSense (Reply #10)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:34 AM

Aug 2012

TV historians might rank presidents by the number of bills they get signed, that's fine, I like history and I like trivia, but there's tons of people unemployed out there and if the president comes out and brags how many laws he signed, I don't think it's going to help him.

If Obama is going to answer this, he should say, no, there is more I want to do and will do in my second term. The problem with this is whether people believe he can do it. I think his best bet is to ignore it and keep hammering Romney.

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