It’s true that Ryan is beloved of the right-wingiest of the right-wing, the so-called liberal media, and the astroturf Tea Baggers. With the exception of maybe half of the so-called liberal media, these guys were going to vote for Romney anyway. These are, specifically, the 27%ers for whom even such unapologetic ignoramuses as Bush Jr. and Sarah Palin were considered brilliant. Was there ever a doubt of the vote of this segment?

You know your racist asshole uncle that sincerely believes no one notices whenever he cleverly slips racial epithets in everyday speech? That is the guy we are talking about. The guy who finds Obama’s shameless blackitude unforgivable, and considers every attempt to actually execute the affairs of the executive branch a usurpation of the rights of the white Christian man.

Did Romney really need to shore up these votes? Was that guy who describes every policy of the Obama administration in the language of sexual violence ever going to vote for anyone that was one of those people?