Charles Krauthammer: “I Think Paul Ryan Has That Reagan-Like Quality” (Video)

Charles Krauthammer on Paul Ryan for VP:

“The best analogy I think is the late 1970′s when Reagan became the candidate and people thought, Democrats thought this was a real opportunity for us. Look at all the wild stuff he’s done. He’s a guy far out on the right. He’s an easy target. And it turned out to be different. I think Paul Ryan has that Reagan-like quality.”

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#1 August 11, 2012 at 8:20 am
lizzy84 commented:

For the first time in a long time it feels like morning in America today….God bless Paul Ryan..he is a solid VP pick for Mitt’s ticket…let’s roll.
#2 August 11, 2012 at 8:23 am
pamlinson commented:

What a thrill to wake up to this this morning!!!! Fantastic choice Mitt, God’s speed to both!
#3 August 11, 2012 at 8:29 am
lizzy84 commented:

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RYAN!
#4 August 11, 2012 at 8:31 am
NeoKong commented:

Time to open the check book.
#5 August 11, 2012 at 8:38 am
Redlite commented:

Great pic!

I can’t wait to find out from the MSM how many people that Ryan has killed…
#6 August 11, 2012 at 8:39 am
NeoKong commented:

As stated:
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#7 August 11, 2012 at 8:40 am
donh commented:

Reagan had his southern Strategy. Mitt working a Northern Strategy going for states like WI, Minnesota, Iowa.
#8 August 11, 2012 at 8:45 am
Robodog7 commented:

Romney/Ryan 2012

Pay checks not welfare checks.!!!!!!!!
#9 August 11, 2012 at 8:57 am
mg4us commented:

Well said Charles. .and thanks for recalling that Budget meeting where Ryan was on his game and Obama looked all the more stupider. .

Romney made a wise choice. . .Ryan will Rock and to announce IN VIRGINIA on the Battleship USS Wisconsin. . brilliant!

Romney will be the wiser elder statesman who will help develop a GREAT Younger Talent to restore the Country we LOVE by restoring Independence. . FISCAL Independence. . .while also building a strong and robust economy that ATTRACTS Investment and Talent from the world over. . . Kind of like America in the 50s (right Obama?).

Plus Ryan will bring TEA Party patriots and fellow conservatives to the team as well as help DELIVER Wisconsin. . . and neighbors Minn and Iowa and possibly Michigan as they are “neighbors’ sharing a GREAT Lake and to the north!

Ryan’s good looks, intellect, success and charms will woo female voters who use these criteria to choose. . .So Obama will be the mean nasty, angry formerly good-looking man (compare Obama 2008 to today seems he lost that smile & innocent charm) versus a smooth, polished, innocent-looking family-man Ryan.

Plus Ryan has a long list of accomplishments and knows how to draft a budget. . while Obama has failed at both. . . Obama is loser (yes, Obama & Plugs Biden – Loser & Snoozer)

In comparing Obama vesus Ryan it is Affirmative Action (Obama) versus Action Affirming (Ryan)

Wait until Ryan helps Open the eyes of Americans EVERYWHERE on how to be fiscally responsible unlike OBAMA that bankrupts everything he touches and caused US credit rating to fall. . as well as value of the $ (that is why gas approaching $4/gal and with QE3 it will be over $5/gal)

Kudos Romney. . . A wise choice & pick for a running mate

Here it is:

Romney/Ryan. .R&R. . Restore & Renew! America is coming back!
Obama & Biden. . . Dope & Change. . . No Joke. . Driving America to be broke!
#10 August 11, 2012 at 9:23 am
Eden12345 commented:

One of the things I’ve always loved about Ryan is that he is not afraid to go anywhere (network) and field any question, and I’ve never seen him lose his cool defending a position, now matter how blatantly they lie and attack. Guy is always on his game.
#11 August 11, 2012 at 9:30 am
bobdog commented:

I note on Drudge this morning that even before the announcement was made, The New Yorker had a hand-wringer about how Ryan “has no private sector experience”.

Not that the Obama has any. And not to mention the fact that Romney has been tarred and feathered because he does have private sector experience.

These hypocrites can’t have it both ways.

And the trolls are out in full force at Breitbart, making sure that the conversation is all about name calling and slime-tossing.

Sure sounds like Ryan is a perfect choice to me. Anything that gets the liberal trolls so worked up has got to be good for Romney and the rest of us.

I love the smell of fear in the morning. It smells like…victory.
#12 August 11, 2012 at 9:32 am
Limousine Barry commented:

I pick the Bus… to run over Joe Biden. That guy is an idiot!

Davy Axelrod has suggested I pick Bill Clinton as my Veep. Sure, he has some DNA baggage and some and testicular spillage to fix. He would not cheat on his wife or his county… for a few weeks.

But, their is always Hillary Clinton! People respect her for the “re-set – button” to Putin. Yes, I have heard the stories of Putin’s connecting electrodes to said reset button to extract information from Billary.

Putin would lure her into one of his quiet torture chambers and give her the juice! But what information does she have? Her brain went the way of Botox Pelosi years ago… the coke, weed. botox and methyl-amphetamine. Her brain is pure root.

I need an new face. Say, Orpah Gallstone Winfrey or Mad Maxine Waters (D-CA). These people are not afraid of playing the race card! And are more in your face!

My plan is simple. I will just smear those two honkies as White Racists! And, the more I smear them the better. Nobody likes a fight like a good racial war!

My campaign sucks and Davy Axelrod has pulled out all of the stops. He does have a new scam for my California donors. It involves cutting off all Medical insurance and a choice between a few crappy 0bamaCare insurance plans. It’s a slick scam!

Sure it sucks! But, the California donors always vote for me any anyway. I say screw them and take their Medical insurance! My idiot California saps suck! I don’t have time to answer your questions. I have a campaign to run. Good day.l
#13 August 11, 2012 at 9:48 am
CommieJuice commented:

Agreed with Dr. Krauthammer! Paul Ryan is the very reason that 0bama never had another open meeting discussing the issues with Republicans participation. Ryan opened his mouth, everyone got quiet and listened, they understand what he was saying and it made too much sense. 0bama hated (watch him in the video flipping Ryan off with hand pressed against his angered face as he was morally/politically slain with the facts!) every minute of that meeting, enough so that he never made the mistake of having Paul and a mic around him again.
#14 August 11, 2012 at 10:23 am
Patty commented:

Couldn’t agree more with CK.
#15 August 11, 2012 at 11:00 am
mg4us commented:

Watch the left start to become unhinged. .

Here is just one piece..
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/08/looks-like-ryan-mitts-pick.html

Problem is the Boomer-rang effect. .

Whenever they try to say Ryan has no experience. . it makes Obama look worse. . .
(see comments in the link above)

Sunday Morning Talk shows will be fun as MSM tries to help Obama but only makes him look worse. . .

Obama – Incompetent, Inept, Inexperienced and it shows. . and Radical too. . .
#16 August 11, 2012 at 11:03 am
Valerie commented:

“That Reagan-like quality” –

Perhaps that is the ability to shake loose lies about his policies? Remember, they used to call Reagan “the teflon President” — in retrospect, I think it was merely that he knew how to gracefully deflect character assassination through lying.
#17 August 11, 2012 at 11:05 am
Valerie commented:

#13 August 11, 2012 at 9:48 am
CommieJuice commented:

I recall something of the sort, but it is hazy. Do you have that link stashed somewhere? Would you please post it?

Thanks!
#19 August 11, 2012 at 11:47 am
FurryGuy commented:

#16 August 11, 2012 at 11:03 am
Valerie commented:

Ah, don’t agree with what someone says when they speak the truth, label it a lie. Libs used it against Bush and WMDs, and you trot the tired and false meme against Reagan.

Reagan didn’t lie, he just ignored the character assassination by focusing on the positive with a smile and a joke.

You want liars, you get Clinton and Obama.

You have nothing to say about Ryan, hmm? Looks like you concede defeat by trying to change the subject of the post, which is about Ryan, not Reagan. Nice try at Ignoratio Elenchi.