Tickets


There’s an Australian expression, used when someone seems to think he or she is special or privileged: they have “tickets on themselves.” Well, while we’re on the subject, for a ham-handed segue, Romney-Ryan is a great example of a pair with “tickets.” Like most Republican presidential candidates, Romney thinks he deserves to be (a) the GOP nominee and (b) the President. And Paul Ryan thinks he is the GOP ideas man.

Sadly, that latter statement appears to be true; he really is the ideas man, and maybe the only one, other than Grandpa “Get Off My Lawn” Ron Paul, everyone else being fixated on playing Doctor No to the Democrats’ progressivism.

Which means we have a clueless, flat-footed frat boy (Bush III, to all intents and purposes, but at least a “better” businessman) with a smart guy for his powerless Number Two. Ryan is there, effectively, to give his boss credentials he doesn’t deserve, and on the basis of his own lack of credentials. After all, Ryan’s credit for being the ideas man is that he’s effectively recycled the discredited ideas of a fascist and all-around crappy novelist: Ayn Rand. The man is a walking book report.

But what are Ryan’s ideas all about? How the Federal budget can be reduced so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The first is accomplished by taxing the wealthy less. The former is done by eliminating entitlement programs for the poor and elderly. Both are the result of taxing the hell out of the poor and middle class. I’m not sure, but it’s possible his social engineering goal is actually to eliminate illegal immigration by creating a permanent American underclass, so that there aren’t any jobs undocumented workers can use to send money back home. That may seem to be in conflict with Romney’s reputation as an astute businessman, which relies on sending jobs permanently overseas, but if Ryan’s plan works, it probably wouldn’t be necessary to offshore employment anymore. At last, the GOP has found a way to create jobs!

This November, remember to rent The Fountainhead, just so you can have a little taste of what makes Paul Ryan suitable to be Vice President.