Wednesday, August 29, 2012

If You Missed Ryan's Speech, Here Are The Key Bits

RNC Schedule of Speakers: Paul Ryan Speech LIVE, Condoleezza Rice, Susana Martinez Speech Highlights: ""We're a full generation apart, Governor Romney and I ... there are the songs on his iPod that I've heard on the campaign bus, and in many hotel elevators ... my playlist it starts with ACDC and it ends with Zeppelin."

"None of us should have to settle for what this administration has to offer ... a country where everything is free but us."

Standing ovation for idea that college student's should not living in their childhood bedrooms staring up at fading Obama posters.

"The United States is still the greatest force for peace and liberty that this world has ever known."

Reagan evoked once more, this time via Jack Kemp.

"The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth or hard limits on the size of governement -- and we choose to limit government."

"We have a plan for a stronger middle class ... we will keep federal spending at 20% of GDP or less because that is enough."

"My Mom is my role model." A nice moment and standing ovation for Ryan's mom.

"So here we are $16 trillion in debt, and still he does nothing." Speech focusing on Obama's inaction, and his verbosity.

"These past four years we have suffered no shortage of words in the White House, what is missing is leadership in the White House."

On health care: "Our nation needs this debate, we want this debate, we will win this debate."

"A Romney Ryan administration would protect and strengthen Medicare for my Mom's generation, for my generation..."

"The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it."

Job creation should be the president's first order of economic business. Obama did not do that, instead he squandered time on health care. "Obamacare comes to more than 2,000 pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees, and fines that have no place in a free country."

"Nearly 1 in 6 Americans is in poverty." "Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?"

"Let's get this done. And that's exactly what we are going to do."

Ryan introduces the audience to his family.

"With all these attack ads, the president is just throwing away money and he's pretty experienced at that."

"I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead the nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity ... I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the opportunity that was given to us." "
He did an excellent job. And he had great material.