Ryan supplied the comedy.....

Thanks for the thread, swag.

at utter nonsense is the right thing to do.

Normally I believe that other people should be treated with dignity and respect. However, in the face of total and utter nonsense, that no longer applies.

who go far beyond "rude." I think they're psychotic-- honestly.

Their ability to ignore "the real world" is absolutely mind-boggling.

Is that it is the first (and only) time that Ryan has had someone right there to question his statements.

I completely agree with the article; laughing at his nonsense was exactly the appropriate response.

He demonstrated that outside of Fox News nobody should consider Ryan a viable candidate for VP. Also Biden pointed out that their plan for stimulating the economy has never worked. Never.

I hope Obama points that out in the next debate.

matt taibbi

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Since when is an Ayn Rand devotee seeking to influence public policy worthy of respect? It's an ideology that asserts its own impractical concept of "morality" and expects the rest of us to march off a cliff in its name. It claims to exalt "freedom", yet it is a freedom that can only be protected by a police state. It claims to be based on the ideal of Truth, yet Ryan dare not tell the truth.

I hope the President was paying close attention to his number two last night. That, Mr. President, is how you speak to a free market ideologue. Except to the bankers on Wall Street. To them you say, "you have the right to remain silent . . . ."

He is correct, as usual, and to think I got a little upset watching Joe laugh.. put me in my place, Matt! Rmoney and lyin Ryan are a joke.. laugh at them for sure, but do not, under any circumstances, elect them.

That is all.

K & R

Referring to the non-existent Romney-Ryan tax plan:

"If you're going to offer an across-the-board 20 percent tax cut without explaining how it's getting paid for, hell, why stop there? Why not just offer everyone over 18 a 1965 Mustang? Why not promise every child a Zagnut and an Xbox, or compatible mates for every lonely single person?"

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/the-vice-presidential-debate-joe-biden-was-right-to-laugh-20121012#ixzz297A3dstG

And ending in a message of all the media and the public at large:

"The Romney/Ryan platform makes sense, and is not laughable, in only one context: if you're a multi-millionaire and you recognize that this is the only way to sell your agenda to mass audiences. But if you're not one of those rooting gazillionaires, you should laugh, you should roll your eyes, and it doesn't matter if you're the Vice President or an ABC reporter or a toll operator. You should laugh, because this stuff is a joke, and we shouldn't take it seriously."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/the-vice-presidential-debate-joe-biden-was-right-to-laugh-20121012#ixzz297AOnhN9

Biden, laughed and then said:"Yeah, but they know I MEAN what I say!"

.........touche! (sp?)

recommended.

You should see the blizzard of RW bull puckies being unloaded in the comments section! Phewwwww!!! Matt must have yanked a few hairs a tad too hard!

If it were up to me they'd be led off the stage and sent to their all-important churches where penance would continue until a revelation was achieved.

It would be nice if we banned demonstrated, insistent liars from the airwaves like they apparently do in Canada.

I'm just surprised Matt never noticed that before.

excellente Matt