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   Jeddidyah said, 8 months ago

   That is the sound it makes when you thump a wooden candidate on his wooden head.
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   braindead08 said, 8 months ago

   That’s for telling everyone we’re going to use your budget when you don’t even have one
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   masterskrain said, 8 months ago

   But of course “It Would Take Too Long To Go Through All The Numbers”!
   That is Ryan’s way of saying; “We actually don’t have the foggiest idea of how to fix the economy All we are concerned with is making sure the top 1% get even richer, and to hell with the rest of you”!
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   ne7minder55 said, 8 months ago

   I love the fact that the wingnuts got all excited when WIllard picked rAyn for VP & were telling us how that was a sure winner. But polling shows rAyn has been a drag on the ticket and people don’t like him or hos granny starving magic numbers budget plan.
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   meetinthemiddle said, 8 months ago

   Say what you will about the subjects, but man this is a pretty weak toon…
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   Chillbilly said, 8 months ago

   Paul Aynrand is the future. Mitt is the past. In other words, the guy from 1890 is being replaced by the guy from 1950. That’s what you call progress in GOP land.
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   JudeTheObtuse said, 8 months ago

   I like ne7minders spelling of ryan as rAyn. Very apt, and I think this cartoon is okay, maybe not the best as pointed out by meetingthemiddle, but the caricature of rAyn is spot on. I would say that if Romney can’t reestablish himself as the guiding star of the ticket in the debate Wednesday, if rAyn comes out as still the virtual leader, this election is over and we can start concentrating on Senate and House races. Eddie Munster (only creepier) is finished as a national politician.
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   fredgold said, 8 months ago

   @ScottPM

   And we’re all sure you talk to a wide variety of people, not just other trolls like yourself.
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   motivemagus said, 8 months ago

   @ScottPM

   Paul Ryan has claimed that his bill is the right thing to do from a Catholic perspective. This view has been contradicted by the American Bishops and by a slew of academics at Georgetown University (a Catholic university), who feel that in fact it abandons the poor and needy to their own devices — a view more in line with Ayn Rand than Jesus Christ.
   Nonpartisan analysis of Ryan’s budget reveals that it will swell our deficit massively, because while he would hack away at social services, he would still increase funding for the Pentagon, even though we are #1 in spending AND we outspend the next five countries put together, AND reduce taxes on the rich so much that increased taxes on the poor and middle class (which are also part of his budget) cannot come close to making it up. (Romney’s taxes would drop to nearly zero, by comparison.)
   Most rational analyses suggest that we either need to make major cuts across the board to manage within the current revenue, which would have a devastating effect on our economy, our innovation, our education, and our military, or we need to increase revenue. Since we have the lowest taxes on the wealthy in decades, the commonest suggestion is to incrementally raise taxes on the wealthy and close specific loopholes. Ryan would cut taxes on the wealthy and has named no loopholes he would cut.
   When challenged on his budget and these facts on a talk show, Ryan refused to explain any of it, which has caused a few conservatives to question his real “wonkiness.” He (and Romney) claim that they will make up some of the difference through closing loopholes on taxes for the rich, but they have not named ONE SINGLE LOOPHOLE they would close, though they have been asked many, many times. As someone who makes well into six figures himself, I am very willing to increase my taxes to support this nation and keep us competitive in an increasingly challenging world; that is only patriotism to me.
   I am highly tolerant of reasoned views with evidence even if I disagree with them; I have voted for Republicans in the past. But until Ryan puts forth some realistic evidence that he can make his budget really work, this is merely fictional — and this budget appears to be the main reason for nominating him and electing him.
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    Rx71Wm29 said, 8 months ago

    Actually, Romney/Ryan DO have a budget! It consists of two items: “NO”!
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    Dycel said, 8 months ago

    Looks more like a weak showing of support from the uranis tour bus.
    Nitt and sidekick rAyn are to use the word pathetic fools who “think” they are kings because they have what they “think” everyone wants!
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    Omnius said, 8 months ago

    Toles always hits the nail on the head with his wonderful cartoons. I’m just waiting for Ryan to go rogue like Palin. We don’t need no stinking Ayn Rand heretics running our government.
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    lafayetteann said, 8 months ago

    Good reasoning motivemagus. Still waiting for the conservative reasoning for why the Ryan plan is effective at either reducing the deficit or restoring prosperity to the middle class… still waiting…
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    masterskrain said, 8 months ago

    @lafayetteann

    And waiting…and waiting,,,and waiting…and waiting…and waiting…and waiting…
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    midas welby said, 8 months ago

    @motivemagus

    Thank you for posting the obvious!
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