This is just a quick political topic on which I felt compelled to speak a few words tonight (and to break my general rule of only one main blog post per day). The decision of Ryan (of course, a very powerful GOP representative in the U.S. House) whether or not to run for Wisconsin's newly open U.S. Senate seat in 2012 was something I actually considered blogging about last week, although ultimately I hesitated just because it was such a purely political matter not of general interest to many.But that changed when I saw tonight that Ryan's ultimate decision this week not to give up his House seat or to run for the Senate in 2012 has been met with cries of "COWARD" from members of the democrat party in Wisconsin (link at bottom/statement above). Several quick observations here:
First, when I first read about Ryan's pending decision last week, it struck me that there was a good chance he would decline to run for the Senate. This dude has risen to an incredibly powerful position in the House just by the age of 40. He would be running a huge risk by tossing his hat into the Senate race, because he could well lose in a statewide race in the extremely leftist state of Wisconsin.
And if that happened, he'd be out in the cold (I presume). No Senate seat, no House seat. Not to mention, if he gets elected to the Senate, he starts all over again in terms of seniority and rising up the ranks. He's already pretty high up in the House, even at his very young age. So no huge surprise to me that he's not running for the Senate.
Second, the democrat party's reaction of "COWARD" immediately reveals their true feelings and shows that Ryan made the right political judgment. Such a completely over-the-top reaction by the democrat party betrays that they really wanted Ryan to run for the Senate because they saw a great opportunity to knock him off, whereas he presumably continues to re-win his House district over and over again every two years for quite awhile to come.
The democrat party saw a golden opportunity to run Ryan's pesky hide out of politics, and Ryan closed the door on them. Frankly, it's rather hilarious, and it resulted in the democrat party acting like immature second graders. I mean -- "Coward"? WTF? What is this, some really bad 1950's TV western? "Yer Yella, Boy!" HA HA leftists!
Third, how about the gall of the leftist 20 percenters in Wisconsin using such crazy rhetoric as calling Ryan a "COWARD"?!? This truly is an age of no common human decency whatsoever between these two parties.
But don't worry, I plan to hang around awhile and point out every single instance I witness of pathetic, mindless, grade school-style indecent behavior by both of these two parties. And I'm the only one out here who has absolutely no hesitation to call out either side. Who else does it?
Fourth, I think Ryan made the correct political decision, and I'm glad to see he'll be staying around. He's one of the very few politicians on the national stage who has impressed me in recent years. Is he way to the right of me? Most def. But he's so completely unlike most politicians because he actually has the courage and conviction to propose real, concrete plans for reducing our stifling $14.3 trillion national debt.
And as noted before in this space, all of the incessant leftist 20 percenter catcalls that Ryan's plan is "draconian," "extreme" and "radical" fall on completely deaf ears with this Independent since the democrat party has no alternative plan of its own. Until they get one, their anti-Ryan rhetoric sounds to me like one of those adults on the Charlie Brown cartoon series: Whaw-Whaw-Whaw, Whaw-Whaw, Whaw-Whaw-Whaw-Whaw...
http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/are-the-wisconsin-democrats-right-about-rep-paul-ryan-or-are-they-just-nasty-and-petty/
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