I want you to ask yourself how much
you knew about Paul Ryan before August 11th, 2012. Of course, everybody is now
an expert since he's been selected as a VP candidate. In fact, my blog traffic
has quadrupled since posting this entry, as everyone hurriedly rushed to the
startling health revelation. Sure, I made it up, just like the amount of
increased traffic to my site thanks to an article on him I am currently
writing, but that's just my point. None of you, including Wisconsin, knew who
he was, except for 40-year-old Republicans who listen to Rush Limbaugh. The
same thing happens with every candidate that pops up for the race. I seriously
doubt anyone ever said, "I hope Paul Ryan is chosen as Mitt's VP."
The same thing went for Biden. No one knew about Obama, his record, of that he
wasn't really a US citizen, let alone who he was going to choose as a running
mate.
According to my research (one ABC
News article) Paul Ryan is gay-friendly, acknowledging that they were born that
way and it's not a choice, which I'm sure came as a relief to soul-searching
homosexuals asking why they were that way. Remember the Bill Clinton footage
where he stopped into McDonald's to get fries? Picture Paul Ryan stopping into
Chick-fil-a with a gay secret serviceman, declaring that they will have to
serve both of them, or none. The president of the company makes a statement
that all Americans have a right to good service, which will probably piss off all
non-Americans. See how this works?
Or maybe he was selected because
his name is similar to Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck,
combined!) The jury's out.