Veep-candidate Paul Ryan calls presidential election a “choice” in Roanoke on Wednesday

Vice-presidential candidate for Team Romney, Paul Ryan, spoke to supporters on Wednesday at Northwest True Value Hardware in Roanoke County, Virginia.[1]

Ryan laid down the upcoming presidential election as a choice between a “welfare state,” as represented by President Obama, and an “entrepreneurial society,” as represented by Ryan himself and Mitt Romney.

According to Ryan, “He [President Obama] inherited a difficult situation. Here’s the problem: He made it worse. He can’t run on accomplishments. It’s a failed record.”[2]

Perhaps, however, had the Republicans in the Congress not fought EVERY Obama administration economic proposal (or just about), President Obama’s so-called “failed record” could have been avoided.

All of this assumes, of course, that President Obama has a failed economic record to begin with. But what economic policies would Romney pursue were he to become America’s next president?

At the rally on Wednesday, Ryan came no closer to spelling out specific economic policies that a Romney administration would pursue if elected. What Ryan did offer is the usual Republican Party one-liner: “The key, the centerpiece, is to champion small businesses.”[3] In what way does the Romney-Ryan duo plan to “champion small businesses”?

As CEO OF Bain Capital, Mitt Romney was anything but a champion of small business.[4] A predator would be a more apt description.  

But Romney’s faulty memory about his record at Bain also highlights another reason why the Romney-Ryan presidential ticket is a bust: Romney doesn’t seem capable of filtering the truth from falsehoods.[5]

So why would anyone want Mitt Romney as their president when his tune changes as quickly as the wind?  

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[1] http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/313075

[2] http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/313075

[3] http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/313075

[4] http://articles.boston.com/2012-08-12/magazine/33126913_1_bain-private-equity-sweet-returns

[5] http://www.blufftontoday.com/bluffton-opinion/2012-08-22/tell-me-lies-tell-me-sweet-little-lies