Number of times Paul Ryan used the word “business” in his speech last night at the Republican National Convention: 10
Number of times Paul Ryan used the word “democracy”: 0
Number of times during the speech that Paul Ryan promised that he and Mitt Romney would not spend their time blaming other people for the country’s problems: 1
Number of times Paul Ryan blamed Barack Obama for the country’s problems: 19
Number of times Paul Ryan used the word “crisis”: 8
Number of times Paul Ryan used the word “drought” or “wildfire” or “agriculture” or “dustbowl” or “arctic” or “ice” or “melt” or “heat”: 0
Number of times Paul Ryan referred to the reality of an invisible spirit with supernatural powers: 3
Number of times Paul Ryan referred to the scientifically confirmed and plainly visible reality of global warming: 0
Ryan’s speech confirmed, yet again, that just like Nixon the Romney ticket has ‘a secret plan’…only this time for all of America. Of course, if it made sense for Americans then the last thing they would want to do is to keep it secret…they’d be trumpeting it from the rooftops. In this era of dog-whistle political rhetoric, the one dog-whistle most Americans have trouble hearing and understanding is that “we’ll make the hard decisions” means “most of you will be living on the street by the time we’re done with you.” Unless you’re white and rich. One wonders why we need the likes of No Labels and the (sic) Common Sense Coalition when their agenda is already being forwarded by a major political party. Romney/Ryan have got Starvation Politics covered, thanks.