VP choice, have the Repubs misfired again
Paul Ryan may be a serious guy and and even at 41 is a life long politico, but does he have the heft and experience to be considered ready to stand in as the next President.
As sleep eluded me, I wondered. With all of his work on fiscal responsibility, he voted against the Simpson-Bowles bipartisan committee's proposal, on which he served, that had a majority but not the needed supermajority support among its members. Is he serious or just an ambitious idealogue. Idealogue may suggest an intellect well above his but,who knows, he sure is serious. Simpson-Bowles may not have been perfect but it could have been a huge step in the right direction, and a much needed bipartisan one in this dysfunctional Congress.
More than that what bothers me is his almost complete lack of international experience. That's not suggesting that he is any Sarah Palin. Certainly he reads the financial press, follows global news, and knows the difference between Italy and India or Spain and Slovenia. The point is that he has no international experience at all except for being on a few honorary Republican caucus committees.
He has lived Republican politics. That's his life so far and he has obviously done well. One could ask whether he has any real touch with international affairs given his focus on Ayn Rand and using revamping U.S. financial affairs as both an attention getting way to make proposals in a policy area that has been lacking many new ideas(except Simpson-Bowles) and a use of his intense but possibly narrow intellect. Anyone with a Masters degree from the degree mill American University can claim minimal educational background in the area of international affairs, just my informed opinion.
His role now as attack dog on U.S. international challenges in the Middle East has no credibility. He obviously is full of himself and will say whatever is scripted for him. But how could the Republicans in this globalized world choose a VP candidate with no real international experienceor exposure. Romney is already challenged in this area.
Like them or not, Bush chose Cheney who certainly had global experience and Clinton chose Gore who did as well. Romney chooses Ryan?
As sleep eluded me, I wondered. With all of his work on fiscal responsibility, he voted against the Simpson-Bowles bipartisan committee's proposal, on which he served, that had a majority but not the needed supermajority support among its members. Is he serious or just an ambitious idealogue. Idealogue may suggest an intellect well above his but,who knows, he sure is serious. Simpson-Bowles may not have been perfect but it could have been a huge step in the right direction, and a much needed bipartisan one in this dysfunctional Congress.
More than that what bothers me is his almost complete lack of international experience. That's not suggesting that he is any Sarah Palin. Certainly he reads the financial press, follows global news, and knows the difference between Italy and India or Spain and Slovenia. The point is that he has no international experience at all except for being on a few honorary Republican caucus committees.
He has lived Republican politics. That's his life so far and he has obviously done well. One could ask whether he has any real touch with international affairs given his focus on Ayn Rand and using revamping U.S. financial affairs as both an attention getting way to make proposals in a policy area that has been lacking many new ideas(except Simpson-Bowles) and a use of his intense but possibly narrow intellect. Anyone with a Masters degree from the degree mill American University can claim minimal educational background in the area of international affairs, just my informed opinion.
His role now as attack dog on U.S. international challenges in the Middle East has no credibility. He obviously is full of himself and will say whatever is scripted for him. But how could the Republicans in this globalized world choose a VP candidate with no real international experienceor exposure. Romney is already challenged in this area.
Like them or not, Bush chose Cheney who certainly had global experience and Clinton chose Gore who did as well. Romney chooses Ryan?
posted by John Borden at 2:12 AM
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