"Paul Ryan and his family, supported by million-dollar trust funds, have never struggled for their daily bread, they have government-sponsored health insurance, Ryan’s college was paid for by Social Security — and yet he vigorously works toward taking away government supports for the poor, to gut Medicare, and cut taxes for the hyper-rich. This cognitive dissonance/hypocrisy can only be achieved when you are insulated by endless layers of money, race and social class, enough to be untroubled by and incurious about those who struggle for their next meal. How soulless has the Romney/Ryan avowedly Christian campaign become that they are able to regard poor, homeless people as well as the compassionate institutions that serve them as props and scenery that they can use and manipulate at will, time only to make sure the photogs get a few good shots of the wholesome family acting all Jesus-y, then leave? Brian J. Antag, president of the charity that runs the soup kitchen, is not fooled. He told the press how the Romney campaign did not ask their permission (which would have been denied, he said) and instead “ramrodded their way in” (the facility was closed at the time, the campaign operatives cajoled a volunteer to open it) and basically colonized the kitchen’s pots and pans. Antag stood up for the hard work of soup kitchen volunteers everywhere when he blasted Ryan with three choice words: “He did nothing.” This is more than a fleeting moment to be laughed at on the “Colbert Report,” although the hilarity is there: buff gym rat Paul Ryan rolls up his sleeves washes a pan à la Marie Antoinette doing the grunt work of herding sheep. What’s serious is the egregious deceit, the insult to American voters. Romney, Ryan’s boss, believes profit-making corporations deserve the rights of people, yet disdains 47 percent of actual American people, declaring behind closed doors that he is happy to not think about them. But with the comments now leaked out in the public, Romney/Ryan are now backpedaling furiously, trying to distract us, change the narrative by force. Jesus washed people’s feet to show his humility and service. Ryan washes a pan that’s already clean and calls it work. Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney care. They really, really care. Trust us, they say. They have the pictures to prove it." http://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/paul_ryans_poverty_tourism/ Absolutely perfectly put. Ryan and his campaign bullied a volunteer into opening a soup kitchen that had no desire to be an empty photo shoot for the self-aggrandizing Ryan in order to pretend to wash dishes that were already clean and act as if he did anything other than pose for 15 minutes. At the same time, he's actively working to harm the individuals that this institution is supposed to serve.
Ryan washes a pan and the libs declare its the end of the world. This is just desperate, guys. Your guy is going to lose.
In other words, there aren't any and you're trying to distract because you can't respond logically to the thread.
The logical response to the thread: Candidates do this kind of thing all the time. It isn't news, not even remotely. Go find a real issue to talk about.
They can't argue any real issues which is why they have to focus on photo ops the candidates partake in. Its a sign that the democrats are in serious trouble.
Ryan fake washes a clean pan, endangers the funding of a non-profit organization, doesn't ACTUALLY do anything productive, and regressives pretend it's okay because it's "their guy" and "that's what politicians do."
Do you have proof that somehow Ryan washing a pan has endangered the funding of this soup kitchen? I didn't think so. You just make crap up and see if you can get people to go along with it. It's a very dishonest debate tactic and for the sake of your credibility on this forum, you should stop.
Gee, I think the president of the charity stating that Ryan was not given permission to be on the premises and had jeopardized donations from individuals is pretty solid "proof."
He's just an Obama stooge trying to create bad publicity for Ryan. You're a chump for falling for it.
The Democrats think they "own" the poor, just like they think they "own" blacks, Hispanics, women and gays. The Republican alternative to a never-ending dependence on government handouts is a strong network of churches and charities taking care of the truly deserving poor, and turning away those who refuse to help themselves. I wish the Catholic Church would see that when the Democrats talk about helping the poor, they mean to capture them as a permanent dependency class in order to gain votes and power. But I think the Catholic Church is just beginning to realize that the Democrat party is no longer a friend to the Catholic Church. The alienation with the Democrats that we see today over the HHS issue will grow over time into open hostility, and at some point the Catholic Church will resist against tyranny as it has in other nations.
While Im not sure which poverty ridden crime stricken Democrat Sh'thole to start the Poverty Tour in...... ......you definintely want to end it with the Democrat Utopia of (D)etroit.....for survival reasons. The Poorest American Cities of 2008 (1-30) 1. Detroit, 33.3% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 52 years 2. Cleveland, 30.5% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 20 years 3. Buffalo, 30.3% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 43 years 4. Newark, 26.1% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 102 years 5. Miami, 25.6% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 52 years 6. Fresno, 25.5% in poverty--Republican Mayor for the last 13 years 7. Cincinnati, 25.1% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 29 years 8. Toledo, 24.7% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 20 years 9. El Paso, 24.3% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 120 years 10. Philadelphia, 24.1% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 57 years 11. Milwaukee, 23.4% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 49 years 12. Memphis, 23.1% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 133 years 13. St. Louis, 22.9% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 60 years 14. Dallas, 22.6% in poverty--Republican Mayor for the last 2 years 14 New Orleans,22.6% in poverty-Democrat Mayor for the last 141 years 16. Atlanta, 22.4% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 130 years 17. Stockton, Calif., 21.6% in poverty--No info available--probably Libs 18. Minneapolis, 21.3% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 35 years 19. Pittsburgh, 21.2% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 21 years 20. Tucson, 20.9% in poverty--No info available--probably Libs 21. Chicago, 20.6% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 78 years 22. Columbus,Ohio 20.1% in poverty-Democrat Mayor for the last 9 years 23. Long Beach, Calif., 19.8% in poverty--No info available--probably Libs 24. Houston, 19.5% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 88 years 25 Los Angeles,19.4% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for "the last 8 years" 26. Baltimore, 19.3% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 42 years 27 San Antonio,19.2% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 38 years 28. Phoenix, 18.9% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 5 years 29. Boston, 18.7% in poverty--Democrat Mayor for the last 79 years 30. Denver, 18.4% in poverty----Democrat Mayor for the last 46 years
I deleted "wah" but you responded before my delete. Are you going to respond to anything I say, or will you continue to duck and weave?
Ironic that you complain about people not responding to the topic at hand and "ducking and weaving" when you haven't posted anything about the Ryan story that's accurate or even intelligent.
