William Saletan @ Slate:
He’s what a Republican should be: an honest, open-minded, solution-oriented fiscal conservative.
A wonderful thing has happened for this country. Paul Ryan will be the Republican nominee for vice president.
Ryan is a real fiscal conservative. He isn’t just another Tea-Party ideologue spouting dogma about less government and the magic of free enterprise. He has actually crunched the numbers and laid out long-term budget proposals.  My liberal friends point out that Ryan’s plan leaves many details unclear. That’s true. But show me another Republican who has addressed the nation’s fiscal problems as candidly and precisely as Ryan has. He’s got the least detailed budget proposal out there, except for all the others.
Ryan refutes the Democratic Party’s bogus arguments. He knows that our domestic spending trajectory is unsustainable and that liberals who fail to get it under control are leading their constituents over a cliff, just like in Europe. Eventually, you can’t borrow enough money to make good on your promises, and everyone’s screwed. Ryan understands that the longer we ignore the debt crisis and postpone serious budget cuts—the liberal equivalent of denying global warming—the more painful the reckoning will be. There’s nothing compassionate about that kind of irresponsibility.
Maybe, like me, you were raised in a liberal household. You don’t agree with conservative ideas on social or foreign policy. But this is why God made Republicans: to force a reality check when Democrats overpromise and overspend.
Ryan refutes the GOP’s bogus arguments, too. He proves that you don’t need private-sector experience to be a good lawmaker. He proves that a genuine conservative, as opposed to a Tea-Party ideologue, votes for bailouts when economic sanity requires them. Ryan also shows that a real conservative doesn’t worship any part of the budget, including defense. His expenditure caps can’t be squared with Romney’s nutty pledge to keep military spending above four percent of GDP. And Ryan destroys Romney’s ability to continue making the dishonest, anti-conservative argument that Obamacare is evil because it cuts Medicare. Now Romney will have to defend the honest conservative argument, which is that Medicare spending should be controlled.
A comment on original article:
Surprise, surprise—God didn’t make Republicans. That’s the problem with American thought—it’s too busy with mythology to deal with reality.
@Liberal1 (objectivity):
Does this comment mean that you are joining us Conservatives now? You’re finally ready to deal with reality?
@Petercat: The first and last time Liberal 1 faced reality was the first time he soiled his diaper.
Ask these liberal friends: “How many details were made clear about the “Obamacare” bill before it was voted on?” and “Please show us the details of the Democrat’s plan.” OK, they haven’t put forth a plan. Alright then, please “Show us the Democratic budget plan and how it will reduce the debt.” We’re waiting…
@Liberal1 (objectivity): God made us all, sadly Democrats refuse to acknowledge the FACT. You are disgusting.