Congratulations to Mitt Romney and the Republicans for selecting a Vice Presidential candidate that so completely and accurately represents the views, priorities and principles of the modern Republican Party. Here's what two widely-respected, left-of-center columnists have to say:
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Anyone who believes in Ryan’s carefully cultivated image as a brave, honest policy wonk has been snookered. He is, in fact, a big fraud, who doesn’t care at all about fiscal responsibility, and whose policy proposals are sloppy as well as dishonest.
--Paul Krugman, blog entry for 11 August 2012
(And to Krugman's additional credit, he's been saying this--and more/worse--for many months.
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It’s here — in Ryan’s views and policy judgments — we find the true ideologue. More than any other politician today, Paul Ryan exemplifies the social Darwinism at the core of today’s Republican Party: Reward the rich, penalize the poor, let everyone else fend for themselves. Dog eat dog.
--Robert Reich, blog entry for 11 August 2012
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