Paul Ryan is everywhere

Middle-Age Blues

By GAIL COLLINS, NYT

Paul Ryan is everywhere! Nobody can talk about anything but the congressman from Wisconsin. We now know he is the intellectual, spiritual and moral center of the House of Representatives, who keeps his body fat below 8 percent and excels at a sport that involves sticking your hand inside a catfish, grabbing it by the tonsils and pulling it out of the water. Also, I believe he may have been the guy who ran the men’s relay race in the Olympics on a broken fibula.

Today, let’s consider what the selection of Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate will mean to the American health care system. To start, there’s good news for senior citizens: You can stop worrying! Neither Ryan nor Romney wants to change Medicare coverage for people over 55.

Also, the news media is going to quit calling you senior citizens. You are now Medicare Sensitive Voters.

Any other questions? Let’s start with you over there in the corner — the one jumping up and down and hysterically waving your arms.

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