Actually, I'm going to give them a little credit here. It's easy to preach to the choir, or to mute your real message before an unfriendly crowd, but Ryan went in front of crowd he knew would be unreceptive, and he told the truth about their plan. I may vehemently disagree with that plan, but I give him some credit.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
I'd give him credit except for the fact that "preach to the choir, or to mute your real message before an unfriendly crowd" is the only thing he's done since Romney chose him.
Suddenly he chooses THIS moment and THIS crowd (the only demographic Romney is successful with) to stand up with an amazingly unpopular stance? I don't buy it.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.