Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan VP debate?

[TeamPooka]

Biden will crunch the numbers wizard.

[RagAss]

1. Biden will fry him with eggs and eat him alive !!!

[TeamPooka]

9. Ryan is the side of toast

[AnnieBW]

2. Start popping the popcorn now!

This is gonna be fun..

[TeamPooka]

12. I'm going to need a drink bigger than Bloomberg for this.

[Brother Buzz]

3. I drink his milkshake. I drink it all up.

[StrictlyRockers]

23. +1

n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

4. I know, that Ryan budget is going to get a good going over in that debate.

Now I wish there were more than one.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Everyone thinks Biden is just a folksy cat, but he knows budgets backwards and forwards

It's going to be embarrassing...for Ryan.

[midnight]

18. This should be extra revealing, because Ryan's budgets are usually just a bunch of hot air...

Charts with bold colors, and lots of columns and he stands in the front of the room like the Wizard of Oz and says nothing that makes any sense...

[ashling]

6. My favorite Bidenism

"Don't tell me what your values are.

Show me your budget --

and I'll tell you what your values are."

[jillan]

7. hahaha - I bet we are going to hear that alot more over the next 2 1/2 months.

[TeamPooka]

14. tagline of the election

[lovemydog]

28. The Ryan budget

shows he cares about making the ultra rich richer, and minimum wage jobs with no health care or pensions for the 99% lucky enough to have a job. For those without work - screw you, or pray.

[AtomicKitten]

35. So true particularly with this GOP ticket.

[Grammy23]

8. This is gonna be good----

Fingers crossed that it's Ryan. Biden should be able to have that whippersnapper
begging for mercy. I know that Ryan thinks he is all that and a bag of chips, but
Biden has been around a long time. He is no pushover. I will be sitting on the
edge of my seat. Once details of that budget get parsed and rehashed, Ryan
might not be able to run for dog catcher. LOL All of us golden oldies will
come after him with canes and walkers. Medicare vouchers, indeed!

[jillan]

10. Welcome to DU Grammy23!

[Lugnut]

15. Joey will eat his lunch.

Have some popcorn, Grammy.

And welcome to DU from another granny.

[goclark]

30. Welcome to DU Grammy 23

I'm a Golden Oldie and he better not try to mess with our Medicare.

Video here at DU

Check out .....Paul Ryan Booed by Seniors at Townhall meeting 4/11

[TeamPooka]

34. I think of it as a Death Voucher. :)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. Oh. My.

I'd not thought it out that far yet.

To be fair I'm behind a bit. After all, it's the bloody weekend. I was waxing my legs when this came down the pike!

What's his campaign thinking?!

[TeamPooka]

16. "anything to get the focus off Mitt?"

[Lone_Star_Dem]

21. Considering Mitt's polling...

That may well be right.

[standingtall]

13. Pretty confident Biden will destroy him in the debate

However still a little concerned no matter how bad Biden makes him look. The media will still say Ryan won the debate just, because he didn't trip and fall off the stage. Chris Matthews has promoted the fallacy several times that Palin won the debate against Biden. Although Biden made her look like a complete idiot.

[goclark]

17. Rmoney and Ryan

I just read the link below and I was not impressed.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2012/08/10/paul-ryan-would-be-a-risky-vp-choice-for-romney

[Tikki]

19. So it sounds like the pain is spread out among the 99% more and the 1% skate by again...

How is that anything different than trickle down not trickling down?


Tikki

[NYC Liberal]

20. Wingnuts on Twitter think Ryan will destroy Biden.

Keep in mind, these are the very same people who thought in 2008 that Sarah Palin was a masterstroke of genius. She was also going to mop the floor with Biden.

[TeamPooka]

22. Bring. It. On.

I'll bet 10,000 dollars on Biden.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

26. I've always felt Joe let her off easy

I think he could tell how helpless she was and was a good sport. Plus the race was basically over at that point. It'll be different with this nudnik.

[BeyondGeography]

29. Palin, in seriousness, was in a basic way a tougher assignment

Joe's old school and he couldn't/wouldn't be seen as beating up the girl. He was slightly off balance in that debate.

This time, the gloves will be off. Tougher matchup intellectually, where Joe is no slouch, but very favorable in terms of emotion, where he shines.

[alcibiades_mystery]

31. Joe treated her the way a trial attorney treats a completely wrong but mildly sympathetic witness

He didn't have to beat up on her. He just let her expose herself and kept the kid gloves on.

[TeamPooka]

32. and he did it perfectly

[LynneSin]

24. Biden has always been Obama's pit bull

Ryan doesn't stand a chance.

[ellisonz]

25. Ryan struggles to string sentences together.

Biden will use him as a rhetorical punching bag.

[graham4anything]

27. Biden wins by not losing Obama any points

Biden IMHO will win by not losing or by a TKO.

Irony is that age is indeed important in Ryan's plans, and Biden will have the demographic punch behind him.

the rightwing spin will attempt to side with Ryan, but Biden is a suprisingly great debater and should not lose Obama any sleep.

For all the silly rightwing talk of Biden making mistakes, that in actuality is a good thing, because it humanized him and people watching love that trait and the honesty Biden speaks day to day for his entire career.

Remember, Obama is the incumbent, and leading the race, so Romney needs more than Obama needs to win.

And I don't see any blue state moving red, and in fact, Florida should be easily attainable(if it wasn't already) with the seniors being scared of Ryan.

Picking Ryan must mean that the repubs are privately already conceeding the loss of Florida
(and without Florida, Obama will get way over 325 electoral votes, so really, Romney/Ryan is going down to defeat and Ryan's purpose probably will be to attempt to hold the house.
(Too bad Ryan can still run for house at same time).

[TeamPooka]

33. show him the values!