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Fox News commentator, host of The Monica Crowley Show, and the author of What The (Bleep) Just Happened?


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Re: The Ryan Effect

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Schrodinger's Cat: It was a sad turn of affairs when four years ago this nation elected a man based on style and hipness over substance.

It will be sadder still if Ryan's main appeal is his youth, style and coolness versus the substance of his ideas.

Are we as a nation no longer able to look beyond the superficial?

My point was about a forward-looking and appealing candidate.  That's Ryan.

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David Williamson

Monica Crowley:He found that an astonishing 40 percent of the youth vote -- those 18 to 19 

years old -- now support Romney/Ryan. 

I think that was 18-29. The Liberals I know at work are in their 30's and 40's and haven't given up on Mr Obama. But, they have a job.

Yup that was a typo.  My apologies.  Good catch!

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FeliciaB

Pseudodionysius: When Paul Ryan turned to publicly thank Scott Walker and wasn't ashamed to do it, I thought I was watching the final battle scene of the Return of the King. I'd rather go down to defeat with friends by my side than enemies burning my crops and stealing my land.

This isn't a time to bunt; its time to swing for the fences. Bases are loaded. Bring it home.

Most excellent, Moody Man!

Preach it, Monica! 

Amen!

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No Caesar: Great post.  As a college freshman I was a first time voter in 1980 and voted for Anderson, believing the lies about Reagan, but accepting the evidence before my eyes that Carter was incompetent.  By 1984, after 4 years of Reagan, I was a fervent Reagan voter and have only gone more rightward since.  Overwhelmingly the fellow Generation-Xers I know have followed a similar track.  This is one reason why I find Obama to be such a bizzare anomoly.  He is one of a very few Gen-Xers who really believes the Leftist BS.  

Great point.  Thanks!

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Gary The Ex-Donk: Ryan is the first "Happy Warrior" on a national GOP ticket since Reagan.  And he inspires Mitt Romney to follow suit.  Put a crowd of disillusioned under-25 Obama voters looking for work and struggling to pay their student loans in front of Paul Ryan and I think they'll be ready to listen.

Ryan is a Happy Warrior, indeed! 

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iWc: I am all for this being cast as Ryan vs Obama. It is a perfect clash of symbolism vs substance.

Right vs. Left,  Free Enterprise vs. Socialism, America vs. Western Europe

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DocJay: Ryan is a game changer.  His energy is infectious and his connection with the young has a bit of JFK in it.   Of course his morals rise far above that of the former president and the current one for that matter.  Our country likes good men to lead us and we have one in Ryan.

AMEN to that!

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Re: Their Fathers' Sons

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MJB Wolf: Excellent analysis from Monica Crowley, the one Crowley we all wish could moderate a debate this Fall.  

Thanks. For a moment, after I heard the name "Crowley" announced, I thought it was moi. Just kiddin'. They'd never choose a conservative.

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Re: Their Fathers' Sons

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captainpower

Monica Crowley: 

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That's why it struck me as incredibly telling that both men also had fathers who left them at an early age. Obama's father checked out and left the family when Barack was just a toddler. 

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Ryan's father passed away when he was a teenager.

After losing their fathers, these men chose very different paths. 

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Based on the results, I'm going to guess Congerssman Paul Ryan's father provided him enough direction in 16 years to last him a lifetime.

Indeed. But so did Obama's father.

Edited on August 15, 2012 at 4:51am
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The King Prawn

Monica Crowley:

The fall contest will be more Obama v. Ryan than Obama v. Romney.

This raises the question, are we doing it wrong? Why is our headliner being overshadowed by his understudy?

Edited 4 hours ago

Not overshadowed. Enhanced.

Edited on August 15, 2012 at 4:50am
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Re: Their Fathers' Sons

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tabula rasa: Beautiful contrast.  I would add another.  One chose to view the world from the perch of the "intellectual elite," a place where one's nose is perpetually in the air.  The other chose to embrace the solid ground of middle America, feet on the ground, one of the people, with an anti-Utopian perspective on life.

That's it!

Edited on August 15, 2012 at 4:49am
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Re: Their Fathers' Sons

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Mel Foil: Or, you could say, they both became the kind of men that their mothers admired.

So interesting. Yes!

Edited on August 15, 2012 at 4:48am
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Re: Their Fathers' Sons

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Brasidas: Great inaugural post, Monica.  Like tabula rasa, I love the way you've laid out the distinctions in the paths and worldviews of the co-generationalists, Ryan and Obama.

Thank you!

Edited on August 15, 2012 at 4:46am
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Re: Their Fathers' Sons

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Capt. Aubrey: Reading this wonderful contrast the case is so compelling I cannot imagine why anyone would vote for Obama and yet he got elected...the phrase "what a country" may begin to take on a whole new meaning though I fervently hope it does not. " 

Amen!

Edited on August 15, 2012 at 4:46am
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Re: Their Fathers' Sons

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Hi guys!  Great to read all of your comments---thank you!  I'm thrilled that you found the piece so insightful.  I think the fact that these two men chose radically different paths after they faced a similar childhood trauma is fascinating and telling.  And it's quite the backdrop for the 2012 battle royale.

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