Author’s Note: I make no mistake I am, with serious reservations, voting for Obama. I tend to be on the left on social issues. This article is merely my commentary.
Mitt Romney has ran a solid campaign centered on revitalizing the stagnant U.S. economy and pulling in what is inarguably out of control spending. It should be no great surprise Mitt Romney would chose a economic policy strong running mate, Paul Ryan. This benefits the Left more than Romney supporters in the long run. Romney has already touted his economic philosophy through this entire campaign. He has promoted being a successful businessman, saving the Salt Lake City Olympics and balancing the Massachusetts budget without raising taxes. Meanwhile, Paul Ryan is fairly well known for his own budget proposal.
During the 2011 budget crisis President Obama often referred to the ‘Ryan Budget’ as something that contained more hardship for the middle class and more of the same culture of cuts for the wealthy. The Democratic Party has done much to promote Paul Ryan’s stature, in order to paint him as a friend to the wealthy and an enemy to the middle class. Paul Ryan is also a far right leaning Representative, whereas Mitt Romney was once viewed as a fairly Moderate Republican. The very real danger for Romney is he is falling into the trap that John McCain fell into, in which he tried to please Conservatives, Tea Party supporters, Evangelicals and alienated a vast majority of moderates and independents. The two groups that both parties need to court to win this election.
While the Paul Ryan ticket might serve to energize the Republican base it will also make it easy for the Obama camp to energize the Democratic base. The Human Rights Campaign (a LGBT civil rights organization) has already released a press release attacking Ryan’s record. According to HRC Ryan has voted against allowing Gay and Lesbian couples to adopt, he has voted against hate crime legislation, opposed repealing don’t ask don’t tell and against marriage equality. According to a CNN/ORC International survey listed 73% of people between 18-34 support marriage equality. The same youth base that helped Obama capture his first election. Interestingly enough a poll by NBC News and the WSJ listed nearly 50% of Republicans under the age of 35 similarly support marriage equality.
Romney (who already has voiced Anti-LGBT positions) coupled with Paul Ryan is easily in the norm of the Evangelical community but is a poor representation to the rest of America. In essence the Romney ticket is a double-down on that their economic plan and the struggling American economy will be the overriding issue of this campaign, the only real issue of this campaign.
The problem for the Romney/Ryan ticket is if the dissatisfaction over the economy doesn’t drown out the other issues, than the ticket is behind the times when it comes to social issues. It is also worth noting that the Ryan Budget did include plans to cut not only Medicaid but Medicare as well, which threatens to alienate the loyalist supporters of the Republican Party, the elderly. In the end the ticket is an opportunity for the left to openly court independents, undecided voters and socially progressive Republicans.
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Wow – what a compelling article! You’ve convinced me to throw out my Biblical worldview and vote for Obama. You’re a genius.
Thanks you so much.
P.S. Mentioning the CNN/ORC poll was a great touch.
I wasn’t trying to convince anyone of voting for or against a man who doesn’t support hate crime legislation…my point is the team will alienate a vast number of independents, young people and socially moderate Republicans.
I have no doubt the combination will appease the Evangelical community, and those who hate homosexuality. Sadly for the Romney/Ryan ticket..I really don’t think those people are enough to win the election (especially since the most loyal Republican voters, the elderly, will lose some of their medicare coverage should they win).
I really doubt Christ would of voted against hate crime legislation, twice. Just saying.
You sound like text book CNN liberalism.
All crime is hate – why distinguish it from any other crime? Whether someone beats up a gay man because he’s gay or a straight man for his money, it’s still a crime. One does not deserve special treatment over the other. Both should go to jail. That’s why some do not support hate crime legislation. Most Americans are tired of socialism and want to rid the country of it. Young people, independents and moderate Republicans will be voting for the Romney/Ryan ticket because we are losing our freedoms and getting ourselves into debt we will never be able to pay off. I work for the liberal media and even my co-workers have turned on Obama and will be voting for anyone but him. Even with a pro-life ticket we will not be losing our right to murder children in the womb so you have nothing to fear from them.
Evangelicals do not hate homosexuals. Get over it. The Bible makes it very clear a marriage is between and man and women and that GLBT is an abomination to God. (Read a Bible for more info). We don’t hate the sinner, just the sin. It’s no different then fornication, idolatry, adultery, drunkenness etc… the road ends in the same Lake of Fire.
Get your facts straight. According to the Congressional Budget Office, ObamaCare will reduce Medicare spending by more than $700 billion between 2013 and 2022, relative to prior law. These cuts directly affect current retirees. By contrast, both the Romney and Wyden-Ryan plans only affect retirees younger than 55. Go look at Ryan’s budget yourself and quit listening to MSNBC.
Do the research and quit acting like the typical liberal being spoon-fed by the left-wing media. Find out what you believe first – are you a freedom loving, capitalist that believes in the constitution or a socialist that thinks that government is the answer to everything?
And I suggest not trying to speak for Christ. You have no idea what you are talking about.
Nice comment.
You really are open minded and do not pass judgement at all.
God bless.
Thank you. I am very open-minded. I’m open minded to God’s Word and His plan for mankind.
Galatiansns 5:19-21 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Corinthiansians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Jesus made it very clear – to enter Heaven one must be Born Again. Saying your a Christian doesn’t do it. You have to believe it and live it. If you call that being judgmentalmental then so be it. Take it up with Jesus Christ when you stand before Him. It’s His words, not mine.
You may not know this but The Christian Manifsupposeduppossed to be a Christian based website. Isn’t there enough liberal blogs for you to post your articles?
By the way Huffington Post has an opening for a writer that is not only liberal but ignores facts. I think you would be perfect for the job.
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Compair this budget talk to an Obama budget speech. Substance over pulp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bib7kKBhqs&feature=related
I ignored what facts pray tell? That Obamacare will cut Medicare spending because in part Obamacare replaces Medicare? You are correct. I ignored that fact, because it is of no consequence. It is logical Obamacare will reduce Medicares budget because it will reduce the overall demand because it is making a parallel program.
Regardless I am done with this debate.
The very language you use shows your unwillingness to actually have a mature discussion.
I ‘sound like a textbook CNN liberal’
‘By the way Huffington Post has an opening for a writer that is not only liberal but ignores facts. I think you would be perfect for the job.’
What is that the Bible says about passing judgement onto others?
Every response you have written, with the exception of your first sarcastic response, has contained language meant to dehumanize. I must be a textbook liberal. I must not have formed my own opinions based off of earnest passion for knowledge..based off of life experiences…no my knowledge must have been consumed through mass media. I have no voice..no life experiences.
This doesn’t prove your point at all. It merely states that you are not open minded. You are afraid of honest discourse. You might not believe it is true, you might disagree with me, that is fine.
Yet, I am a Brother in Christ to you, and you seek to deny my voice, my own humanity, because we have opposing views? I must not be allowed even a whimper of a free thought. No everything I do is regurgitated, recycled from what, CNN, Huff Po?
I could not have studied the Bible in earnest, I could not have practiced Faith. I could not have studied politics and social issues. The ideas of language, propaganda and media corruption are too complex for me. I do not understand the need for multiple sources. I could not have done these things, because if I did these things I must what, have your own view, which by default MUST be righteous and without fault?
While I will admit, my article was attacking the Evangelical agenda/community..but I was not attacking a person. Their is a marked difference. Did Jesus attack the faulty religious community around him, or did he attack those with the broken faith? Yet you seem to relish in the idea of dehumanizing, not my liberal belief, but me as a Brother in Christ.
I will pray for you, and not in the condescending I hope you are healed fashioned. I will pray for you because you are a Brother in Christ, and if you think no one can disagree with you, than your faith is not tested. We must constantly test our faith. We are not called for easy lives.
Wow good article and rebuttal. Do you have a blog?