The Galt – Gekko 2012 campaign begins with three ‘big lies’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Willard "Mittens" Romney campaign has been running a Big Lie propaganda campaign from the very beginning. Now he has a partner in crime with the selection of a running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who also has a reputation for mendacity.
The "Galt – Gekko 2012" campaign begins with three "big lies." The first big lie: immediately after selecting Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mittens Romney sought to put some distance between himself and his new running mate's unpopular GOP budget proposals (for which all but a handful of members of the GOP Caucus voted for — twice). Romney steps back from Ryan plan.
Romney would have you believe that he is the man calling the shots. This is pure bullshit. Romney's poll numbers were beginning to collapse last week and he came under intense pressure from the Conservative commentariat and right-wing noise machine that he must select their alleged boy genius and Ayn Rand acolyte, Paul Ryan. So Romney acted out of panic and fear of a revolt from the Conservative GOP base.
It may be unprecedented in American history that the nominee of a political party is overshadowed by his vice presidential running mate (a reasonable argument can be made that this happened to John McCain late in his 2008 campaign). Jonathan Capehart writes, Mitt Romney already overshadowed by Paul Ryan:
Ever since Romney tapped Ryan, he has been trying to make it clear he’s calling the shots. On Saturday, Romney’s campaign put out talking points to supporters assuring all that “as president he will be putting together his own plan for cutting the deficit and putting the budget on a path to balance.” On Sunday, when asked by Bob Schieffer if he will learn from Ryan, Romney said, “[O]bviously, I have to make the final call in important decisions.”
But the entire national conversation is about the Ryan budget. And with good reason. First, there’s a lot not to like. Second, and most importantly, despite constantly flogging his 59-point blueprint for the economy, Romney doesn’t have a concrete plan of his own. If he did, his campaign wouldn’t have needed that Saturday talking point, by the way.
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Where Romney was viewed with suspicion by the Republican base, Ryan is beloved. “Mr. Romney’s selection of a running mate sharpens the portrait of the kind of president he wants to be,” The Washington Post editorial noted yesterday. Right now, that portrait looks just like Ryan.
The Tea-Publican establishment forced Paul Ryan on Mittens Romney precisely because of his radical "right-wing social engineering" GOP Budget that would repeal the 20th Century and impose a dystopian Randian world on America. Romney has previously endorsed the Ryan GOP Budget and said that he would sign it if it came to his desk. Romney is going to do as he is told by GOP leadership.