Mitt Romney has made the rather unexciting choice of Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Budget Committee, to be his vice presidential running mate.
Here are some of the things we’ve posted about Ryan:
–He thinks that requiring the very rich to pay at least the same rate of taxes as the middle class is class warfare.
–Some of his constituents in Wisconsin voiced disagreement when he tried to tout the benefits of tax cuts for the wealthy.
A few months later Ryan’s staff called the police when unemployed constituents staged a sit-in at his office to protest his decision to hold only access-for-$$ meetings during last year’s August recess.
–An advocate of government austerity, he ordered a $350 bottle of Pinot Noir at a swanky Washington restaurant, apparently without caring about the price.
–Even Newt Fricking Gingrich called his plan to replace Medicare coverage for senior citizens with a voucher system “right-wing social engineering.”
Much more (undoubtedly) to come.
In the end, of course, it won’t make a damn bit of difference.