Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took the stage around noon on Saturday to a roaring applause with the backdrop of a tranquil Tampa Bay behind him.
The rally in Oldsmar’s R. E. Olds Park was among the campaign's recent push in the battleground state of Florida. Ann Romney appeared in Largo last week. President Barack Obama will be in the Tampa area next week.
Ryan came out strong, wasting no time highlighting what he called President Barack Obama’s failed economic plan. “We don’t need sugar high economics, we need economic growth,” Ryan said to the crowd.
He told the crowd the election would chose what kind of country they would have and what kind of people they would become. “And the question is 'do we want four more year of the same?'" Ryan said.
“Do we want to go down the path of debt and decline or do we want to snap out of it and get this country back on track by electing Mitt Romney the next President of the United States?” he added.
Ryan’s comments were preceded by a "Who’s Who" of the Florida Republican Party, including Congressman Bill Young, former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker, Congressman Gus Bilirakis and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The speakers emphasized the importance of Tampa Bay’s voice in the election. Early voting begins in 17 days.
"We’re going to win Florida because of all you right here today," Bondi told the roaring crowd calling Ryan "a man of great integrity and intelligence."
"Not only does he understand the jobs and economy..." Bondi said. "But he understands our budget."
The budget is what brought out spectators like Kevin Hanson, a married father of three with one on the way.
Hanson, a Westchase resident, said he has been following Ryan for a year on Facebook.
"I understand what the budget is all about and how our entitlement spending has skyrocketed, we need to reign that in,” said Hanson, a federal government employee.
“I’m not saying entitlements are bad some are needed but spend that money wisely, manage it wisely so we can afford a better America,” he said.
Ryan spent much of his time on stage speaking close to the heart of retirees highlighting what he considered flaws in Obamacare.
“You plan your retirement based on your income,” Ryan said. “You have a budget and it’s based on dollars and when they undermine the value of our dollar it wipes out our standard of living.”
"Medicare should not be used as a piggy bank for Obamacare," said Ryan, whose mother Betty was in attendance. "People like my mom organized their retirement based on their income.”
Rally-goer Diane Gale, 59, echoed Ryan's sentiments.
"I think they (Romney/Ryan) have my well being at heart as a disabled person," said Gale, a Palm Harbor resident. "Obama care is just disastrous."
Kurt Irmischer, 72, of Clearwater agreed.
"I believe that this is the most important election in my lifetime," Irmischer said. "Obama's policies have failed us miserably... Internationally, his soft love policies are coming back to haunt us."
To read more coverage of Ryan's visit, check out:
- Ryan hammers Obama on the economy during Oldsmar stop (TBO.com)
- Ryan focuses on economy in Oldsmar (Tampabay.com)
- Ryan in Oldsmar: 'Floridians, you have a huge say in this' (Bay News 9)
- Ryan criticizes Federal Reserve at Tampa Bay rally (WTSP.com)
- Paul Ryan stumps for votes in Oldsmar (MyFoxTampaBay.com)
- Paul Ryan criticizes Federal Reserve (ABCActionNews.com)
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all that bashing!
1. Solyndra-Bankrupt, 2. Ener1-Bankrupt, 3. Beacon Power-Bankrupt, 4. Abound Solar-Bankrupt, 5. Amonix Solar-Bankrupt, 6. Spectra Watt-Bankrupt, 7. Eastern Energy-Bankrupt. All of these companies were Obama Campaign contributors then the democrats have the guts to talk about Bain. http://usactionnews.com/2012/08/romneys-free-market-vs-obamas-socialism/ Biden's 'good friend' and doner receives $20M federal loan to open foreign luxury car dealership in Ukraine. http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/17/bidens-good-friend-donor-receives-20m-federal-loan/#ixzz23pEOTPYa
Is this the way Obama is creating infrastructure and building the middle class? U.S. Bridges, Roads Being Built by Chinese Firms Cities hire Chinese instead of American workers for building. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/us-bridges-roads-built-chinese-firms-14594513
Americans wanted Obama. They got him. He's not perfect. But he's not Romney. We'll have him again because Obama has BECOME a GREAT President. Romney does not have that ability and his ego stands in the way of changing. Sorry, Mitt, you don't get my vote.
President Obama: • Killed Osama Bin Laden • Ended Iraq War • Killed more Al Qaeda leaders than any other President • Supported "Arab Spring" uprising Romney • None Romney: NO foreign policy experience in a very DANGEROUS world!
He is such an experienced LIAR!
Most simply regurgitate the talking points from their selected side..................baaalieve whatever they are told to parrot. It blows my mind how a person could live here more than a few decades and still be oblivious to what is quite evident..........but then again, we are indoctrinated from birth, so what can we expect..............the sheeple are victims.
For those of you who are unaware.......the Federal Reserve isn't Federal and there aren't any reserves. It's a private cartel.........hell bent on looting America and the world.........and they are doing a fantastic job. If you want to learn more about this evil institution and NON-revisionist history, check out the "Creature from Jeckyll Island" http://archive.org/details/Creature_From_Jekyl_Island On the left, there's different ways to view the book. I guarantee you will learn more from this than most.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeIM-4hJO44 Or perhaps you enjoy cartoons? Check out this video.....it includes a nice summary of how the Housing crisis occurred.........FYI: it wasn't by accident. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGk5ioEXlIM
The rising prices occur because the money supply was INFLATED. Every time there is a bailout.......the money supply is increased/inflated.........leading to rising prices due to the devaluing of the dollar. When they increase/raise the debt ceiling...............the dollar loses value, leading to inflated prices. Imagine we are playing a game of Monopoly and the banker decides to throw in the money from another Monopoly game..................what is going to happen to the prices in the game being played?? Well I can guarantee you Baltic Avenue will no longer cost $60. If Baltic avenue increases in it's price..........and it will..............is the Avenue really worth more? Nope, it costs more because the value of the money has been devalued. This is relatively how it works in the real world. We pay ever increasing prices due to an ever devaluing dollar. Take a look at what the Federal Reserve has done the past 100 years to "our" dollar. http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/013/e00/013e009e-f1eb-4021-8884-b13e7f477588 And a BIG FYI: The Federal Reserve just announced QE3...........prices are going to explode in the near future. /www.infowars.com/10-shocking-quotes-about-what-qe3-is-going-to-do-to-america/
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/how-qe3-will-make-the-wealthy-even-wealthier-while-causing-living-standards-to-fall-for-all-the-rest-of-us
This is what Mitt Romney thinks of you and ALL OF AMERICANS dependent on government support: “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them.” “..my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives” Mitt Romney, speaking at fundraiser, Spring 2012 Watch the video at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/mitt-romney-trashes-the-47-percent/2012/09/17/f3ef2b6e-0116-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_blog.html Mitt Romney: He thinks you act like a VICTIM!
I think he was hoping to set a personal-best, to follow-up his terrific Marathon time!