Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan: His selection as Mitt
Romney's vice presidential pick signaled how little memory
matters in American politics.
Romney's Daring Right Turn Gives America a Clear Choice (Dernieres Nouvelles
d'Alsace, France)
"Who cares
if only yesterday, Romney himself, in his own state, put in place a health
insurance scheme that tomorrow he indents to undo at the federal level, or that
he has fought for the rights of both women and gays. We all know that it isn't
the weathervane that turns - but the wind. And this one is clearly coming from
the right."
By Pascal Coquis
Translated By Katia Mohandi
August 29, 2012
France - Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace - Original Article (French)
In politics, the here and now is all one needs to know.
Memory doesn’t count for much, or at least very little, and in the United
States it seems, even less so than anywhere else.
For Mitt Romney, this dictatorship of immediacy is a
blessing. It allows him to radically change the course of a campaign that sorely
needed a "hard-to-starboard" without fearing a wreck of the Republican
ship.
With little more than two months before Election Day, this
change of course is an audacious but double-edged sword. It may well rally
Obama’s disillusioned electorate as well as frighten off both independent and
moderate voters.
Meanwhile, as a candidate of the "Grand Old Party, the extremism
of his program is on a scale not seen in a century, and has revived a campaign that
was slipping dangerously. The former Massachusetts governor has silenced those
calling him too wimpy, too vague, and lacking vision. That was his first
objective.
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With Tea Party idol Paul Ryan as a running mate, he chose to
ally himself with the most radical fringe of his part, which will stop at nothing
to achieve its goals. At the same time, he has laid on the table the issue of
what type of society Americans aspire to. On November 6, it won't only be two
men that voters will have to choose between, but two political agendas and two opposing
visions of the world that could not be more different.
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The privatization of health insurance for the elderly, reducing
the role of the state to the most essential functions, tax cuts for the
wealthiest, and a ban on abortions - even in the case of incest or rape: all of
this has been announced and accepted by the Republican ticket.
And who cares if only yesterday, Romney himself, in his own
state, put in place a health insurance scheme that tomorrow he indents to undo
at the federal level, or that he has fought for the rights of both women and
gays. We all know that it isn't the weathervane that turns - but the wind. And
this one is clearly coming from the right.
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