But Hey, Paul Ryan Is From Wisconsin, And I Am Excited About The News
Hannibal Hamlin gets mentioned in our home more than you might imagine.
From James’ research into genealogy, to my interest in the Civil War, the first Vice-President of Abraham Lincoln gets his fair share of conversation time in our home.
That Hannibal Hamlin came from Maine, and James grew up there is not lost on the conversations, and it all remains a rather interesting point of history for us.
I suspect many of my readers are thinking that the first post on my blog concerning the selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee should contain some blistering partisan remarks. But that will have to wait for another posting.
I have to tell you that I am rather excited about this news.
Politically I feel the Ryan nomination is a risky selection. There will be pitfalls Romney must now deal with in relation to the Ryan budget proposals, and there will be interest groups that names such as Marco Rubio could have appealed to that Ryan can not even begin to relate with. But all that will be dealt with down the road in many ways as we head to the election.
I am excited, as someone who loves politics more than partisanship, about the Ryan nomination. There will be a continuing buzz and energy in Wisconsin that will not happen in any other state this fall because of this news.
There will be banner headlines in tomorrow’s Sunday state newspapers, TV broadcasts will have more local coverage of the now national candidate for the remainder of the election, and perhaps something more than ‘everything Packers’ will dominate in this state. Would that not be refreshing? After the Packers embarrassing start this week the Ryan news might even be a relief.
Sure there are partisan differences with Paul Ryan, and they run deep. But there is also a real honor for Wisconsin that one of our own made a national ticket. This is what I hope we can all focus on today.
History is being made, and we get a rather front-row seat in this state from which to watch it all unfold.
In that sense I think we all come out as winners in Wisconsin.
Who knows maybe 151 years from now folks will talk about Paul Ryan as we do of Hannibal Hamlin.
I’m lovin’ it that the evangelical conservative Christians are presented a Republican ticket with a Mormon and a Catholic, seeing that they consider both religions to be cults. Not that I have anything against cults, I’m a recovering Catholic, and I drive a Subaru.
The most disappointed person in Wisconsin has to be one Scott D. Wanker. After all, he and Ryan are both right wing, both young, both can’t add two and two and come up with the right answer in their budgets. Ryan has welded shut Wanker’s escape hatch after the chickens come home to roost on the effects of his budget. He expected to be able to stick around Wisconsin another couple years and run for president just before education, infrastructure and services implode in Wisconsin. Just like he cut and cut in Milwaukee and then got on the Harley to run around Wisconsin for governor, and now Milwaukee County has deteriorating parks, mental health system, transportation and services that somebody else has to fix. And, even if Mittens and Ryan lose this time, as the VP nominee, I don’t think he’ll be lazy like Sarah Palin and not run for prez in 2016. So Wanker will be SOL. He may have to stay around sleep in the bed he made.
Sheesh XYZ! The point of the blog is that someone is in the news from Wisconsin for a positive reason, which should be extra welcome after what happened in Oak Creek. I’m very pleased to see the press/nation/world focusing their attention on Ryan’s nomination instead of what that psycho did last weekend. Anyone from Wisconsin should be pleased…if they’re looking at the situation with any amount of objectivity.
I enjoy the political history the Ryan story gives the state. One not need be partisan about this story to enjoy it. I also very much enjoy how the media handle news events, and this one from a Wisconsin perspective is going to be exciting. That you in any way compare political historical events to bloody slaughters is a rather bizzare way to think about what I wrote.
I grant you that how competing media report and offer the news is not something that many think about. But that is fine. I find it amusing. I will be looking to see how the MJS and WSJ make up the front pages, and what they insert as coverage and ‘spokes of the story’ inside the paper come Sunday.
Wisconsin has provided the nation with a person for a presidential ticket, and that is big news.
Even in the Eau Claire area where you live.
Oh yeah! and the Sikh maniac is from Wisconsin too! I’m so honored! the headlines! the excitement! Let’s put our humanity aside and just rejoice in the fact that Journalists were typing the word “Wisconsin” obsessively for a week. Let’s do some research, maybe Hitler was from here too!
I just love News and media soooooo much that I rejoice at ANY chance to see my state in News! Anything that causes people to see the word Wisconsin must be moving humanity forward. Wow, those arbitrary state lines, they mean so much, more than anything in the world….
JEFFREY DAHMER!!!!!! whatta great “getting us in the news” dude!
woot!