With vice presidential-hopeful Paul Ryan's biting speech assailing President Obama's economic policies, ideology and stimulus, Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, FL, proved to be the fiscal capstone of the week.
Congressman Ryan's speech was in many ways his introduction to the country, and came on the heels of remarks by several familiar GOP faces. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged voters to select Romney—or face a world where China's power outstrips the United States'.
Senators John McCain and Rand Paul were quick to spotlight Romney's perceived strengths, too, and the current president's perceived shortcomings.
Vincent Reda, chairman of the Rockland County GOP, was on the floor during Ryan's time behind the podium.
"It was electrifying," Reda said. "He hit it out of the park—he covered everything."
"He even became a little emotional," Reda added, referencing the congressman's teary-eyes upon calling his mother "his hero." Ryan lost his father when he 16-years-old.
Democrat politicos back home in the Hudson Valley—who are waiting for their national convention next week—are not as thrilled with Ryan's rhetoric.
"I know Paul Ryan, I know him well," said representative Nita Lowey in Nyack Thursday afternoon. "He has a lovely wife, he has lovely children, he has a lovely mother—but he's just wrong. And he's wrong on all the issues."
"It's very clear that Paul Ryan wants to turn medicare into a voucher system," she added.
Lowey was flanked by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who was visiting the Lower Hudson Valley to .
"[Ryan and Romney] don't believe in women's rights, they don't believe in LBGT rights," Gillibrand said. "It's contrary to most New Yorker's views."
No oil refineries have been built or upgraded in the US under obama. His administration recently loaned Columbia $3 Billion to expand and upgrade on of their big refineries. They also gave a loan to Brazil a $2 Billion loan for oil exploration. His policies or better yet his lack of an energy plan altogether has an effect on gasoline prices.
When gas prices go up, the President caused it. When gas prices go down, the President had nothing to do with it. If you start a business and it succeeds, then you built it. If you start a business and it fails, it was the government that made it fail. Do you guys ever listen to yourselves?
No they do not listen to themselves Of course it's the governments fault(you didn't know that) I did build up my business Walden,but with the help of some union people(even though i am not a union shop)and with the help of the banks and people who deposit their money so the banks can lend money.I will also thank my parents who helped out getting me started and the right path,i will also thank George Meany who helped an awful lot.
What would you know about sensible people. Here you are a guy that's probably collecting social security and on medicare so you're going to support the team that wants to take it away. Sensible? I think not.
Patch's first story on this week's DNC is posted here: http://nyack.patch.com/articles/dnc-dispatch-first-lady-talks-women-s-rights
Ryan has also co-sponsored bills in the House that would curtail a women's right to make decisions about her own health (small government???). This includes defining something called a "legitimate rape" and he introduced a measure to define life at the point of conception (HR212). This went so far as to assign all rights under the constitution to a zygote, and would have banned all IVF and most contraception. So, listen to what someone says, but look at what they actually do to determine their worth.