It is my dream that during the VEEP debate that Uncle Joe call out Ryan in a manner something like this.
"Unlike many Republicans like yourself, we Democrats are practical, commonsense folks who do not get their economics out of armchair philosophy books like Atlas Shrugged, the way you said you did. And don't deny it like you have been lately, we all have the recordings of you going on about how you got your ideology from that social Darwinist Ayn Rand. It's not a secret you can hide. We're trying to run a nation here, it's not a college bull session to try out your right wing theories on."
For my earlier thoughts on this subject please see the following articles:
Washington Post Article
OpEd News Article
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