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| -Election 2012 |
| Paul Ryan's six high points |
| 2012-08-30 |
| Paul Ryan's stirring acceptance speech last night resonated with audiences in Tampa and across the country. Here are the six best lines from his oration. 1. "The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy we are living. College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life." 2. "It all started off with stirring speeches, Greek columns, the thrill of something new. Now all that's left is a presidency adrift, surviving on slogans that already seem tired, grasping at a moment that has already passed, like a ship trying to sail on yesterday's wind." 3. "I'm the newcomer to the campaign, so let me share a first impression. I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power. They've run out of ideas. Their moment came and went. Fear and division are all they've got left. With all their attack ads, the president is just throwing away money--and he's pretty experienced at that." 4. "An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it." 5. "None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers--a dull, adventureless journey from one entitlement to the next, a government-planned life, a country where everything is free but us." 6. "They have no answer to this simple reality: We need to stop spending money we don't have." |
| Posted by:Fred |