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Let's talk about Paul Ryan

Mitt Romney finally announced his VP choice this weekend.  Paul Ryan is a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, and a very smart man.  He's young, energetic, and I personally think he was the wrong choice for Mitt when it comes to winning the presidency. Mitt's people have clearly clued into the fact that people are sick of having such a generic GOP candidate out there.  Mitt has done everything he can thus far in his campaign to avoid taking a stand on almost anything.  When he has taken a position on issues, it's almost always a reversal of a position he held previously.  Someone actually created a site  http://mittromneyflipflops.com/  to catalog cases where he's done this, and it's as funny as it is scary.  My point is that we can't really say where Mitt Romney stands on anything, because neither can he. Paul Ryan is another story.  He's pro guns, anti-abortion, anti-gay-rights.  He wants a fence on the Mexico border and he thinks we're spending