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This Is Mild Compared To What’s Coming
Leave it to Willard Romney, international man of principle, to get himself bullied into being bold and independent.
Make no mistake. In his decision to make Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny-starver from Wisconsin, his running mate, Romney finally surrendered the tattered remnants of his soul not only to the extreme base of his party, but also to extremist economic policies, and to an extremist view of the country he seeks to lead.
And this was Esquire a few days ago -
One day, some years from now, I’m going to figure out how Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny-starver from Wisconsin, managed to fool so many people for so long. He’s a garden-variety supply-side faker. His alleged economic “wonkery” consists of a B.A. in economics from Miami of Ohio — which he would not have been able to achieve without my generosity in helping him out with the Social Security survivor’s benefits that got him through high school after his father kicked. (You’re welcome, zombie-eyed granny-starver. Think nothing of it. Really.) Whereupon he went to work in Washington for a variety of conservative congresscritters and think-tanks, thinking unremarkable thoughts for fairly unremarkable people. Once in Congress, however, he has been transformed into an intellectual giant despite the fact that, every time he comes up with another “budget,” actual economists get a look at it and determine, yet again, that between “What We Should Do” and “Great Things That Will Happen When We Do” is a wilderness of dreamy nonsense, wishful thinking, and an asterisk the size of Lake Huron. At which point, Republicans who’d like to have careers in five years take to hiding behind the drapes when he comes down the hall. Then, a few months later, he’s at it again
Lazlo
August 11th, 2012
Esquire? Isn’t that the magazine that queers and geldings use for fashion tips? Who the fuck cares what they think. I look forward to the day we storm their offices, get their subscriber list, round up it’s denizens and feed them to hungry bears in Giant’s Stadium.
Jerry Manderin
August 11th, 2012
BRING. IT. ON.
super toe
August 11th, 2012
We already know how the MSM is going to treat him.
The beauty of this is, we have the upper-hand and Ryan is more than capable of defending his positions and attacking the Left. Let’s hope Willard doesn’t stand in the way, like McLame did with Sarah.
Czar of Defenestration
August 11th, 2012
To be expected. Whine that Romney is a wimp, then whine that Romney chooses someone too bold.
Whine whine whine o di o di………
TOWG
August 11th, 2012
They’re still printing Esquire? Why?
jwm
August 11th, 2012
@TOWG:
Vogue for fags.
JWM
norman einstein
August 11th, 2012
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
@jwm, bingo! But without the circulation.
Tony R
August 11th, 2012
Esquire? Really? I wonder what their circulation is.
Jack Daniels
August 11th, 2012
Extreme!? EXTREME?!!
hey esquire idiot! what’s extreme is the fool currently in office and his whole friggin entourage of self admitted communists totally BENT on completely destroying this nation from the inside out until there is nothing left!
THAT YOU MORON IS EXTREME!
Corona
August 11th, 2012
Anything stronger than milquetoast is considered extremely dangerous to Esquire.
iota ofa cracker
August 11th, 2012
All I have to say is the guy that wrote this articale is a HUGE ASSHOLE!
MaryfromMarin
August 11th, 2012
The writer of this article really likes the phrase “zombie-eyed granny-starver”. And throw it in any chance he gets. Speaking as an editor, being repetitive in this way denotes a lack of creativity and/or being full of himself.
Poonces
August 11th, 2012
At first glance I thought it was Rachel Madcow before shaving in the morning. At second glance, I’m sure of it.
Loral O
August 11th, 2012
Isn’t it interesting how these guys who can’t see a thing even though our country has been in ruins for a long time, can have already published negative blogs only an hour or two after he was announced? Criticism is their forte’ Loving America is certainly not part of their nature. Too bad they can’t just move somewhere else & leave us to our freedoms and creativity.
LadyGun12
August 11th, 2012
@Loral O: they probably had something prepared for everyone who even got a mention as the VP pick.
LadyGun12
August 11th, 2012
@BFH, does this mean you read Esquire?
the aardvark
August 11th, 2012
Up yours,democraps. Paul Ryan just may be the guy who can help Romney the most. All you suckers got is a liar in chief and a jester/clown/Bozo in Biden. Who’s got the best ideas, it ain’t you. Sorry democraps, go pound sand. NOMOBAMA 2012!
John
August 11th, 2012
That VP debate will be comedy gold!