The character chasm between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan

Where Paul Ryan shows guts, Joe Biden offers up gall. Where Paul Ryan sticks to Catholic principle, Joe Biden caves. Paul Ryan believes in the American Dream which by definition includes Life. Joe Biden believes in only one thing: winning the next election, even if it means jettisoning core principles.

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What the Paul Ryan Choice Brings Into Play Among Catholic Voters

With the choice of Paul Ryan as Romney’s running-mate, the 2012 presidential election will be the first in U.S. history with a Roman Catholic on both sides of the ballot. The contrast between the Catholicism of Vice President Biden and Congressman Ryan perfectly represents the ongoing debate about the Catholic vote going back to the Reagan years …

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Liberals’ fatal conceit

By Congressman Paul Ryan If the average American can’t handle complexity in his or her own life, and only government experts can … then government must direct the average American about how to live his or her life. Freedom becomes a diminishing good. But there’s a major flaw in this “progressive’” argument, and it’s this. It…

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The Catholic vote just got a lot more important

The selection of Congressman Paul Ryan was the equivalent of injecting orthodox Catholics with high potency steroids. In Paul Ryan, we have a man who embraces his Church’s non-negotiable positions on Life and Marriage. Even more, he embraces his Church’s positions on key social justice issues. He simply approaches them differently than liberals want …

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What a Vice President Paul Ryan means to America

Paul Ryan is the anti-Sarah Palin. By that, I mean that he has a long resume despite his relative youth in comparison to Ms. Palin. And he has serious policy wonk credentials. That bodes well for the remainder of this campaign. So far, this campaign has been remarkably unserious.

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What do you hate?

The Right is defined by what we love. Broadly, we love God. We embrace distinctly American virtues which include independence and limited government. We love free markets. We love life, beginning at conception. We love opportunity. The Left seems to be more defined by what they hate and who they hate …

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