Sugar high. Ha ha.
The thing about Ryan which is surprising is the conceit. For a guy whose economic thinking is utterly toxic, it is a wonder to behold his sense of self-confidence. Maybe he is feted so much by other tea partiers that he doesn't notice the polls which began to dive shortly after he joined the ticket. Every revelation causes more damage.
They don't have a viable tax plan (both Ryan and Romney come up short in ways that increase the deficit). They want to voucherise Medicare (leaving future seniors without coverage). They want to lower taxes on the rich while placing a greater burden on the middle class. They plan to cut the regulation on Wall Street.
Ryan is GWB on Randsteroids.
Re foreign affairs - neoconservatives all over again. Yes, more torture, secret rendition, unjustified wars, bullying of friends, increased military budgets (larger deficits) etc for no purpose. Oh, except the expansion of hatred around the world.
doma is right that military acts generate heat. Even if in my view the use of drones is mostly justifiable. One hopes what we call surgical precision becomes more precise over time. But these things are relative. Imagine the war beat from a Republican administration. The whole Middle East will be a conflagration in no time.
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