Ryan soaks up home-state pride as new Romney mate
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Newly chosen vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan got a little emotional at a homecoming event in his home state of Wisconsin.
The congressman took the stage Sunday evening in Waukesha, looked out over a fairgrounds crowd of thousands and wiped away tears.
Ryan was named Saturday as Republican Mitt Romney’s running mate. The rally was a brief stop home before Ryan embarks on his first solo swing to battleground states like Iowa and Colorado.
Ryan told the home-state crowd that his “veins run with cheese, bratwurst” and local beers.
Romney relished in the showing, too, saying it proves he made the right pick.
Wisconsin has been a hard state for Republicans to crack. No presidential nominee has won its electoral votes since 1984, although some have come excruciatingly close.
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Aug 13, 2012 at 10:56 p.m.
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RetiredAirForce : Well if you dont do your own research on the candidate that you seem to want in there , and learn about his history , How can you make a Informed Decision ?................
Aug 13, 2012 at 12:18 p.m.
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ryan, should get an oscar for acting.emotional tears,what a joke, ryan knew,over a week ago, he was chosen for vp running mate. just another act,to gain votes. if he was so proud of janesville, why not hold the rally here? because there is no big donations in janesville,plain and simple!
Aug 13, 2012 at 9:41 a.m.
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Locals beers ? ? I thought Ryan only drank those expensive wines ! ! I hope people will check Ryan's voting record. Especially women. He voted against equal pay. Also says there is no global warming. The proof ? Snow !
Aug 13, 2012 at 7:36 a.m.
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Soros funded think progress is less credible than MSNBC...lol
Aug 13, 2012 at 7:29 a.m.
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I want to see Mitt's birth certificate and I want a DNA test of Ryan to prove that he is indeed human.
Aug 13, 2012 at 6:55 a.m.
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repubs selectively edits obama speach. Repubs can be SOOO petty.
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http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/07/1...
Aug 13, 2012 at 5:51 a.m.
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RETIRED - Time to go back to bed with your lies.
Aug 13, 2012 at 5:50 a.m.
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UNCLEJE-JESSE - WELL DONE with Romney comments. It is true what you are saying. It should be noted that THOUSANDS of people LOST JOBS as reported by CBS in 2008 because of him. Here are 99 FACTS you should know abouy Romney. These are PROVEN FACTS with the SOURCE cited.
http://thinkprogress.org/romney-facts/
Aug 13, 2012 at 4:31 a.m.
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Jessie, it was your claim, yet you still have not provided any proof. Typical retort of dems, just like harry reid, make a claim and want others to disprove it while never backing the original claim with any facts.
Aug 13, 2012 at 3:36 a.m.
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RetiredAirForce: Please enlighten me to what you believe he did as a career ? you did everthing but respond to it , do some research and please respond with out a knee jerk reaction like i took your toy away ? and as far all that right left crap ive voted for both partys in the past !
Aug 13, 2012 at 12:13 a.m.
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this is news? oh i forgot it RYANS GAZETTE.
Aug 13, 2012 at 12:07 a.m.
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Leftest lies, "Rommney made all his money breaking up buisness in the USA and shipping jobs overseas"
Not only did you spell his name wrong you are way short on facts. I suspect the places that have given you these views has also not supplied you any facts either. Too bad you can't think for yourself.
Aug 12, 2012 at 10:54 p.m.
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Great crowd at the rally, even better after the one protester got tossed. Wouldn't you think they would know better at an event with dozens of Secret Service)? A "crowd" of about 14 protesters outside the area.
Aug 12, 2012 at 10:50 p.m.
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Rommney made all his money breaking up buisness in the USA and shipping jobs overseas , look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0uhZRalM...
Aug 12, 2012 at 10:18 p.m.
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I have way more pride in our Aqua Jays winning the ski national! That is a great accomplishment for the team! Keep up the great work.
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