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Style to Ryan, Substance to Ryan

American Spectator, by Matt Purple Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/12/2012 6:15:53 AM Post Reply

The pop-up wisdom among the pundits immediately following the vice-presidential debate is that Paul Ryan won on style and it was a draw on substance. (The exception is MSNBC, where the main anchors are still covered in champagne.) The style half is certainly true. Joe Biden came off as a loony, condescending vulgarian, grinning smugly during Ryan's answers, rolling his eyes, interrupting constantly. There was a telling moment at the beginning of the debate when Ryan was trying to discuss the president's foreign policy. "With all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey,"

In Haiti, Little Can Be Found
of a Hip-Hop Artist’s Charity

New York Times, by Deborah Sontag Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 6:07:45 AM Post Reply

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In a new memoir, Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born hip-hop celebrity, claims he endured a “crucifixion” after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake when he faced questions about his charity’s financial record and ability to handle what eventually amounted to $16 million in donations. Portraying himself as persecuted like Jesus and Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. Jean, 40, writes with indignation about insinuations that he had used his charity, Yéle, for personal gain. He says he did not need to — “I have a watch collection worth $500,000”—

31-Year-Old Piece of Cake
from Princess Diana and
Prince Charles’s Wedding
Surfaces, Is Put on Auction

Vanity Fair, by Julie Miller Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:59:09 AM Post Reply

Disturbing news for anyone averse to one-day-old, let alone 31-year-old, leftovers: a piece of wedding cake preserved from Princess Diana and Prince Charles’s 1981 wedding is being auctioned off next month in Beverly Hills. Tastefully (?), Julien’s Auctions, which is also allowing online bidding, is pairing the three-decade-old dessert with a piece of fresher royal cake from Kate Middleton and Prince William’s 2011 wedding. Although a press release devastatingly fails to identify the 1981-wedding guest who has been saving his/her cake morsel for 31 years, how said cake has been preserved,

Angry Joe and Martha vs. that
nice Ryan fellow from Accounting

Human Events, by John Hayward Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:53:32 AM Post Reply

Martha Raddatz was an awful moderator – pretty much everything conservatives might have feared, after learning at a late hour of her undisclosed personal relationship with Barack Obama. She interrupted Paul Ryan constantly, openly argued with him, and presented Democratic talking points better than Biden did. If a Fox News anchor who once entertained Mitt Romney at her wedding had treated Biden that way, the left wing of the Internet would be burning down tonight. Raddatz did ask a few solid questions of Biden, although never with anything like the contentious tone she displayed

Sandusky will be allowed to
keep $900G in pension money

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:47:45 AM Post Reply

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania's public employee retirement system says Jerry Sandusky will get to keep more than $900,000 in state pension payments he received after his 1999 retirement from Penn State University. The State Employees' Retirement System said Thursday it won't seek repayment of the money Sandusky received from 1999 to September 2012 because the state's forfeiture law does not authorize SERS to go after money paid before the date of a plea or conviction. The agency notified Sandusky he will no longer receive his $59,000 annual pension following his conviction and sentence in the child sexual abuse scandal.

The Bully vs. the Wonk

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:43:20 AM Post Reply

So now we know what Team Obama's comeback plan was following last week's defeat in the Presidential debate. Unleash Joe Biden to interrupt, filibuster, snarl, smirk and otherwise show contempt for Paul Ryan. The carnival act contributed to the least illuminating presidential or vice presidential debate of our lifetimes. From the opening bell, Mr. Biden seemed to take to heart the interpretation that President Obama offered this week of his debate performance—that he had been "too polite." That was not a problem for the Veep, whose marching orders were clearly to steamroll the overmatched moderator Martha Raddatz

Obama's Real Unemployment Rate Is
14.7%, And A Recession's On The Way

Forbes, by Peter Ferrara Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:38:02 AM Post Reply

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported last Friday that 114,000 new jobs were created last month, according to its Establishment Survey of business payrolls that has been emphasized by the Obama Administration. That is pitifully weak, especially for what is supposed to be the fourth year of a recovery (the National Bureau of Economic Research scored the recession as officially over in June, 2009). As economist John Lott noted at FoxNews.com on October 5, the working age population grew by 206,000 last month. With two-thirds of those working as would be expected during a normal recovery,

Did you hear about the 1,000
preachers breaking the law?

Washington Examiner [DC], by Mark Tapscott Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/12/2012 5:25:57 AM Post Reply

Hundreds of preachers broke the law Oct. 7 in a calculated act of civil disobedience aimed squarely at the IRS. Odds are, however, you didn't hear about "Pulpit Freedom Sunday." The reason you didn't is that most of the lawbreakers minister to fundamentalist, evangelical or other conservative Protestant congregations and espouse political views supporting traditional notions of marriage, family and patriotism. Think Franklin Graham. Had they instead been devotees of radical liberation theology preaching the anti-war, anti-American nostrums of the far Left -- think Jeremiah Wright -- their law-breaking sermons would have been front-page news across the country.

Royal Navy is set to
head off scallops war

Daily Express [UK], by John Ingham Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/12/2012 5:17:25 AM Post Reply

Royal Navy is preparing to sail into French waters to stop a repeat of Monday’s Battle of the Seine between British and French fishermen. A Fishery Protection Vessel is expected to go to the area, about 20 miles off Normandy, amid fears that lives could be lost in further clashes. On Monday a fleet of about 40 French fishing boats surrounded about 12 bigger British boats fishing legally in international waters outside the 12-mile limit off Le Havre. British fishermen say the French hurled insults, threw rocks and fired flares at them, with one Devon trawlerman claiming they had tried

Joe Biden may not
have the last laugh

Boston Herald, by Joe Battenfeld Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:17:17 AM Post Reply

Obama slept. Biden smirked. Vice President Joe Biden did give the president what he needed last night — a jolt of energy and a strong defense — but his constant smiling and guffawing could overshadow his performance and turn off undecided voters. Biden, in a critical debate for the Obama campaign, looked more like the Cheshire Cat at times as he tried to laugh off his GOP opponent Paul Ryan during the 90-minute showdown. Midway through the debate, there was already a @LaughinJoeBiden Twitter handle. Ryan, a debate rookie, kept his cool on the stage

The Reality Principle

Washington Free Beacon, by Matthew Continetti Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:09:12 AM Post Reply

Hold it, I’m confused. I watched all of the vice presidential debate last night, and someone did not show up. Vice President Joe Biden was there—how could one miss him, with all the grinning, grunting, interrupting, and sneering. But where was the Ayn Rand-worshiping, rape-redefining, fanatically exercising zealot who wants to throw grandmothers off of cliffs and whose budget plan is, according to the president, “thinly veiled Social Darwinism” that is “antithetical to our entire history as a land of opportunity and upward mobility”? That Paul Ryan was nowhere to be found. What America saw instead was a young and likable

EU 'to win the
Nobel Peace Prize'

Daily Express [UK], by Emily Fox Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/12/2012 5:04:54 AM Post Reply

In a bid to play down the eurozone debt crisis the $1.2million award is set to go to the body in Brussels for its actions in bringing together the country's of Europe, Norway's NRK public radio station said. The decision, which is set to be announced in Oslo was taken by a five-member panel and led by Council of Europe's Secretary-General Thorbjoern Jagland and was said to be 'unanimous', according to the station. A spokesman at the station said: "We have had confirmation from people whom we trust who say that it is the EU that will get the

The VP Debate

National Review Online, by Yuval Levin Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 5:02:40 AM Post Reply

I think both candidates basically did what they needed to do in the vice presidential debate, which leaves the Republican ticket in a slightly better position—since Biden’s goal was damage control with the base and Ryan’s was reinforcing a positive impression with persuadable voters. After the calamity they experienced in last week’s presidential debate, liberals needed to be bucked up by the Obama campaign, and I think they got that tonight. It probably came at a real cost—I have a feeling that Biden’s hyper-aggressive and at times buffoonish performance (and perhaps especially his Joker grin,

Bombastic blather will fool no one

New York Post, by Michael Goodwin Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 4:57:57 AM Post Reply

Told ya so. President Obama should have pulled a Joe Girardi and benched Joe Biden long ago. Hillary Rodham Clinton would have knocked last night’s debate out of the park and probably won the election for the Democrats. Instead, Biden took the stage and made a fool of himself. The experience that supposedly qualifies him to be a heartbeat away is more than offset by the manic behavior he exhibited. Following his mood swings was like riding a roller coaster. He was over-amped in the beginning and somber and melancholy toward the end.

Biden Throws Intel
Community Under Bus

Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 4:54:10 AM Post Reply

The vice presidential debate opened with a question about the Libyan consulate attack. While that section of the evening probably didn’t figure heavily in forming opinions about whether Vice President Biden or Paul Ryan prevailed, it did provide an interesting twist in the unfolding tale of administration prevarications about the murders in Benghazi. In response to a pointed question from moderator Martha Raddatz about what he and the president knew about the Benghazi attack, Biden threw the intelligence community and the State Department under the bus. The vice president claimed that the story the administration put out

Ghost of an over-confident Al Gore
will haunt a smirking, interrupting
Vice President who was caught
fibbing about the intelligence community

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/12/2012 4:53:05 AM Post Reply

Joe Biden came out swinging at Paul Ryan, flailing wildly and landing a few punches on his own jaw as well as his opponent's. He showed the kind of spirit and populist anger that President Barack Obama was so conspicuously lacking and has cheered up many demoralised Democrats. But Biden's performance here in Danville, Kentucky was both comical and self-defeating. Just as Al Gore sighed and rolled his eyes in 2000, so Biden smirked and guffawed. He gesticulated wildly and jabbed his finger. He interrupted Ryan and the moderator Martha Raddatz. Many women and swing voters will have hated it.

Bring Back Jim Lehrer

American Spectator, by Kyle Peterson Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/12/2012 4:50:51 AM Post Reply

Thursday's VP debate moderator, ABC's Martha Raddatz, has earned as many plaudits as Jim Lehrer earned jeers for his performance at last week's debate. Politico's coverage declares matter-of-factly: "Tonight’s winner: Martha Raddatz." The New York Times editorial page editor called her performance "astonishing." On this point I must dissent. I've seen some conservatives complain that Raddatz failed to leash Joe Biden and allowed the vice president to interrupt Paul Ryan time and time again. That's a fair point, I think. But beyond that, some of the questioning was just bizarre. For instance: "Mr. Ryan, I want to ask you about --

Behind the Scenes at Debate, a
Surreal Trip Inside the Spin Zone

Daily Beast, by David Freedlander Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/12/2012 4:40:08 AM Post Reply

DANVILLE, KY. Residents of this tiny town in Kentucky horse country said that they had been preparing for weeks for Thursday night’s vice-presidential debate, dubbed The Thrill in the ‘Ville in the faux prize-fight posters that littered the campus where the face-off would be held. Centre College is something of a cradle of vice presidents, having graduated two of them—John Breckenridge and Adlai Stevenson—in the last century and hosting now two vice-presidential debates this century. A branding campaign had led the town to call itself “Little Mayberry,” something that residents said with a roll of their eyes,.

Biden contradicts State
Department on Benghazi security

Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/12/2012 4:33:50 AM Post Reply

Vice President Joe Biden claimed that the administration wasn't aware of requests for more security in Libya before the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi during Thursday night's debate, contradicting two State Department officials and the former head of diplomatic security in Libya. In fact, two security officials who worked for the State Department in Libya at the time testified Thursday that they repeatedly requested more security and two State Department officials admitted they had denied those requests.

Bad back forces Queen to cancel
public appearance at investiture
ceremony at Windsor Castle

Daily Mail (UK), by Rebecca English Original Article

Posted By: PLPointer67- 10/12/2012 4:05:55 AM Post Reply

The Queen has had to pull out of an investiture ceremony today because of ill-health. Chronic back pain forced the 86-year-old monarch to make the rare decision to cancel an appearance. She had been due to present more than 90 honours at Windsor Castle. However, aides feared it would be too physically demanding for her to be on her feet for more than an hour, particularly as she would have had to lean over repeatedly to pin on the medals. Prince Charles is flying down from Scotland to stand in for her.

US running mates
clash in debate

BBC News [UK], by Mark Mardell Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/12/2012 3:46:23 AM Post Reply

This was a serious, substantive debate between two men who were well briefed and on their game. It also had a superb moderator, Martha Raddatz, holding the ring between them covering a range of subjects from taxation to Iran, from abortion to Afghanistan. Most politically committed people will claim their man won and the argument can be made both ways. Mr Biden won on points, perhaps, but his manner may have put off some undecided voters. He was stronger, more aggressive, more certain of his position--but chuckled, laughed, smiled, grinned at his opponent, in a way that was certainly condescending

The vice presidential debate was
Biden’s smile vs Ryan’s eyes.
The eyes may have it – just

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/12/2012 3:38:14 AM Post Reply

The world would’ve forgiven Paul Ryan if he had thrown his glass of water over Joe Biden last night. Throughout the vice presidential debate, Biden was aggressive to the point of rude.[Snip] Personally, I thought the Vice President’s behaviour resembled the evening life cycle of an amiable drunk. He started out happy and smiling, turned argumentative in the middle, and closed with a rambling statement that suggested it was time for a power nap on a park bench. Ten minutes longer and he might have got his second wind, slung an arm around Ryan’s neck and started

Biden: 'We Did Not Know
They Wanted More Security'

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: PLPointer67- 10/12/2012 3:27:44 AM Post Reply

In regards to security at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Vice President Joe Biden says "we did not know they wanted more security": VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: “Because that’s exactly what we were told by the intelligence community – the intelligence community told us that as they learned more facts about exactly what happened, they changed their assessment. That is why there’s also an investigation headed by Tom Pickering, a leading diplomat from the Reagan years, who is doing an investigation as to

Ryan won vice presidential
debate, Biden succeeded,
say polls and pundits

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 1:40:38 AM Post Reply

Most polls and media talking heads gave the advantage in the vice presidential debate to GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, but said that Vice President Joe Biden also won by reviving Democratic morale following the disastrous Oct. 3 presidential debate. A quick CNN poll of registered voters said 48 percent thought Ryan was the winner, while 44 percent thought Biden claimed the title. Sixty percent of CNN’s respondents said Ryan was presidential, and 53 percent said he was more likable. A CNBC poll said that 56 percent thought Ryan was the winner, while 36 declared Biden to be the

Blustering Biden, Serene Ryan
Exchange Barbs in
Fiery 90-Minute Debate

Townhall, by Guy Benson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 1:36:33 AM Post Reply

It was crystal clear tonight that Vice President Biden was determined not to reprise the president's passive performance in Denver. In that, he succeeded. He also succeeded in interrupting his opponent constantly, repeatedly laughing at strange moments, and playing the 'loud anger' card frequently. Rep. Paul Ryan's serenity in the face of the Vice President's behavior was almost supernatural. On actual talking points, the two men battled to a draw. Ryan excelled on economic issues, gave a fabulous answer on abortion and closed strong. He also held his own on foreign policy. Biden scored on Afghanistan and by pointing out

A Battle of Intellects --
and Temperaments

Townhall, by Carol Platt Liebau Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 1:30:38 AM Post Reply

Everyone already knew Paul Ryan has a first-class intellect. Tonight, he proved that he has a first-class temperament, too. That's what was required to tolerate the histrionics trotted out by Joe Biden. Granted, everyone's always known Biden's got something quite a bit dimmer than a first-class intellect; tonight, he tried to compensate by bringing heat where he can't shed light. As a result, he was grinning, snorting, smirking, sighing, grimacing, interrupting -- and winding the whole thing up with a whine about Paul Ryan's time (when he himself had actually gotten more).

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