Lol...the ryan wkout pics in Time mag...

[slor]

make him look like, as intern joe put it, a "90s sitcom".

[hlthe2b]

1. A link helps... see below

http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/11/paul-ryan-all-pumped-up-for-his-closeup/#2

?w=326

?w=326

IMO, the backwards baseball cap only adds to the dufus look (might keep that in mind, guys, sorry)

[slor]

4. Sorry...on my cell phone and saw it on tv

Thanks for providing pics.

[boston bean]

6. I think if one is going to mention a pic in the subject line

they could atleast wait until they have a moment to go find the pic and post it.

Instead, we all click and there is NO picture and then you got to try to figure out what the hell the person is talking about.

Drives me nuts.

[Skidmore]

20. He always looks like he's sucking on lemons.

You know darned well that when he's old he'll be the one in the neighborhood yelling at the kids to get off of his lawn.

[Aerows]

36. He probably already does!

[lunatica]

26. I see he leaves his dentures out when he's nut hefting too

[Gidney N Cloyd]

27. He must be self-conscious about that widows peak. The strap precisely covers it.

[Raster]

29. Does he not have teeth?

Or has he just taken them out in preparation for his Rmoney meeting later?

[greatauntoftriplets]

30. Those are supposed to impress me?

[beac]

31. Pathetic and sad.

This overgrown frat boy wants to be one heartbeat away from the Oval Office?

[Voice for Peace]

34. goes well with this

[HereSince1628]

37. I know I'm old and graying...but this is really outside my cultural experience.

He went to a formal studio for a staged workout pic...which implies he REALLY wanted to be photographed in a fake workout. WHY?

And he must have been thinking there is an audience for this picture. WHO would that audience be?

[Indpndnt]

50. The same nimrods who bought a Dumbya 'action figure.'

And thought he actually landed that jet on the aircraft carrier. They're gullible idiots, that's who they are.

It seems like Lyin' really dreams of being on a P90X infomercial. I say it should happen and he lose both of his elections, freeing him up for his new career as a personal trainer. He can get his own show like Palin's kid. It'll last just as long.

I imagine Lyin' spends a great deal of time flexing in front of mirrors, calculating his body fat. And then lying to himself about it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

67. Remember Palin's pose in running shoes and draped in the flag?

Just as weird.

NOT the kind of thing one expects to see from a serious contender for the White House.
Or even for Congress.

[ecstatic]

72. That was my second thought!

My first thought was he looks like a wannabe "Situation" (jersey shore).

[GoneOffShore]

85. I think the "Situation" is somewhat more likable than the Zombie-eyed-granny-starver.

And I don't watch Jersey Shore.

[ellenfl]

87. my first thought too. (js is my guilty pleasure!) eom

[graywarrior]

38. He looks like GooberPyle

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[Whisp]

42. stupid looking gurner. n/t

[lumpy]

44. Ryan is a cartoon character in more ways than one. Yes, a dufus.

n

[KurtNYC]

56. Reminds me of the Wishnik Troll dolls from the 1960s

[DawgHouse]

71. That's it!

I've been trying to figure out who he reminded me of and you nailed it!

[riverwalker]

73. exactly!!

[tallahasseedem]

60. Are you effing kidding me?

OMG, the internet is going to have a field day with these! He looks like an idiot!

[CTyankee]

102. They were laughing about it on Morning Joe today. I couldn't freaking believe it when I

saw that first one.

[laundry_queen]

65. OMFG I didn't know these were REAL

I seriously thought they were photoshopped! LMFAO, those are HORRIBLE!

[MADem]

76. Looks like publicity stills for the "GOOBER PYLE WORKOUT" video!!!

Can I get a witness up in here?

[renate]

94. that top picture in particular is Depends-worthy

Formal workout photographs... a new genre of photography catering to the cluelessly narcissistic.

[GermanDem]

95. These are creepy!

What is wrong with this guy?

[llmart]

106. He looks constipated in the second one.....

Someone needs to photoshop a toilet where the bench is

He's too narcissistic to be embarrassed by these pictures. He actually thinks he looks hot in these. Ugh.

[boston bean]

2. would you mind giving us the picture?

or link to it... thank you!

[hlthe2b]

3. I included one in my post above

[boston bean]

8. the OP should have included it. these one liners

with absolutely no substance and no clue and no picture of the picture they are referring to, are maddening. Waste of time.

[hlthe2b]

9. agree totally. It took me all of 15 seconds on google to find a link

Posters should take the time to include a link or pic with their comment.

[countingbluecars]

10. You just need to wait a few

minutes. Someone on DU will usually post a link if one is missing. It's a great community.

[boston bean]

12. No, the person making the OP ought to give the information they are

writing about.

We can't read their minds. It is a waste of time and bandwidth.

I don't want to read posts about someone's thoughts that amounts to one line and then try to figure out wth they are talking about.

[slor]

13. Must be a spicy boston bean?

[boston bean]

15. no, just show some common courtesy

if you don't have the time to post a link to a picture you are referencing, wait until you do have the time.

Thank you!

[slor]

16. Yep...boston bean cooked w/naga viper peppers!

[boston bean]

18. Cute. I'm glad you are so enthralled with spicy beans.

Post a damn pic next time. It's the right thing to do.

[lunasun]

57. or over baked

[OldDem2012]

21. Not as much of a waste of time as your several rather cranky responses. nt.

[boston bean]

25. yep, they were cranky, alright.

but for good reason.

Posters think that this is a cute way to get clicks and oh what a disappointment for the clickers. it is a waste of time and a let down, and just an inconvenience and rude, if you ask me. When someone mentions a pic in their subject line, I assume there will be a pic, not just someone giving a one liner, with no thought and with absolutely no substance given to the OP.

Just pointing it out. Probably made the thread a bit more interesting as well.

If someone is going to reference a pic, post the picture. It's common courtesy, and will probably lead to more discussion about the pic.

No one wants to waste the time trying to figure out what someone is referring.

I'm giving some good advice, along with my cranky.

[OldDem2012]

97. Oh, come on....grow up and be an adult. nt.

[freeplessinseattle]

5. haha what a total dork! n/t

[countingbluecars]

7. I see Dancing with the Stars

in his future.

[RichGirl]

11. When he loses both elections....

He would be perfect as Ashton's dufus brother on "Two and a Half Men".

Or a remake of Gomer Pyle. He has the smile, needs to work on the southern drawl.

[pinboy3niner]

14. One photo...

[wicket]

17. What a TOOL!

n/t

[gollygee]

19. Chandler Bing

If he never grew up.

He certainly doesn't look like a president. He looks like the annoying guy in college your friend went out with and you were embarrassed by.

[pinboy3niner]

39. Jamie Kennedy in 'Malibu's Most Wanted'

[sammytko]

43. I see he never works on his legs.

[kysrsoze]

52. Arms and Chest, Above the Rest! Well, not even that, really. Sheesh, what a tool.

He looks like the kind of idiot who goes into the gym and does some stupid leaping exercises all around the place, although it can't be, otherwise he wouldn't have twigs for legs.

[tridim]

55. I know a few P90x'ers who only care about abs, arms and chest. Now I know another. Ugh.

I do 10 minutes of calf raises while my dog is outside doing her business. Nothing else to do.

[JBoy]

69. Exactly my first thought!

[Poiuyt]

105. Hey, he holds the world record in the marathon

Marathoners always have skinny legs. That's how he can beat those Kenyans.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

62. Seriously? He OK'd that pic?

[alcibiades_mystery]

68. Chickenheads out the Coop...bwaaaakaaaaa!

More like chickenlegs out the coop with this guy.

[pinboy3niner]

92. Don't make fun of chicken legs

I think I've got them now, though people always used to say I had "football calves." I never knew if they meant that I had the legs of a football player--or that my calves were shaped like footballs...

[frylock]

81. paul ryan is down with the bitches and hos

[LondonReign2]

82. Holy Shit! He *should* be unbelievably embarrassed

But we know Republics are beyond embarrassment these days

[taught_me_patience]

91. Chicken legs

The t-shirt is a little loose, but he appears to have nice upper body size and definition. His hamstrings and calves are seriously lacking and the quads look small, but it might just be the picture. He looks like a typical gym rat that does all chest and arms, while neglecting legs.

[smirkymonkey]

104. What a DORK!

[porphyrian]

32. "For abdominal training, I keep two of these stuffed up my ass." n/t

[pinboy3niner]

84. I c where u r trying to go with that

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

22. Why does he always hold his mouth like that as if he's wearing dentures?

[reformist2]

35. LOL, he does! He's 42 going on 82.

[Auntie Bush]

41. You mean as if he FORGOT his dentures

He ought to wear false teeth just to look normal. I can just imagine him as an old man with a dried up, sunken, wrinkled mouth gumming his neighbors in a garbled, growley , squeaky, irritating voice...kind of like a masculine Palin.

[shanti]

64. no lips?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

66. LOL!! You may be on to something!!

[VenusRising]

23. He looks like Screech from Saved By the Bell all grown up.

Except without the porn career.

[sammytko]

45. Yes!

[jsr]

24. Looks like an overcompensating rodent nerd

A lying rodent.

[madaboutharry]

28. Everything they do is calculated phoniness.

He is wearing his cap that way so the 47% might feel all warm and fuzzy toward him. What an A-hole.

[onecent]

33. MORAN!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Not Me]

40. My son used to wear his ball cap backwards...

until he turned ~19.
I asked him about it, he said it looks stupid to wear your cap backwards if you have graduated high school!

[dionysus]

46. the only acceptable time to wear backwards; playing basketball. otherwise you'll knock your

own hat off with the ball while taking a shot and you'll feel like an ass...

[Ganja Ninja]

47. One word - Scrawny!

Check that, two words - Scrawny Weasel.

[snooper2]

48. I thought we weren't supposed to judge people on their looks?

[LondonReign2]

83. Except he clearly wants us judge his looks

[Barack_America]

49. "Come to our photo set and pretend to workout"

What serious politician would entertain this request?

[Satch59]

54. why were these taken?

did Time ask him to do this?? Did he ask to do this?? It's so damn corny...so embarrassing!! And everyone is right about that no teeth smirk, looks like Granny with Tweety Bird character...how do you post a photo BTW?

[Barack_America]

88. I have no idea.

My only guess is they wanted to poke fun at Ryan and he was (for unknown reasons) willing to go along. Perhaps bullied too much in school and wants to show off his "look at me now" muscles?

As for the pictures, they need to be hosted on a website somewhere (i.e. flickr); if you right-click and copy the address and paste it in your reply it should show up (best to stick with jpg, gif, etc.)

[sarcasmo]

51. Maybe Putin told him this was the way to go.

[GermanDem]

98. LOL!

But i have to say, Putin looks better in his pictures! Ryan looks like he is not wearing his dentures!

[SalviaBlue]

53. First thing I thought of was Palin's running pics.

[QC]

58. He has birdlegs. n/t

[begin_within]

59. Reminds me... I'm out of pretzels.

[Sheepshank]

61. Upper body looks good. Ryan's calves are non existant.

Like everything else in his life, he can't seem to bring it all together in a balanced manner.

So I have to get this out...so many people compare him to Eddie Munster. But all I can see is someone who is NOT going to age well. no lips, overly large eyes, beaked nose. Kinda reminds me of a male version of the Disney Snow White witch.




edited to add pictures and fix the inevitable typos

[DonRedwood]

63. all arm and no legs...just like Palin.

Everyone can have a bicep but how can you ONLY have a bicep?

[occupymybrain]

70. I think this is so funny.....

like Ryan would use a old beat up weight like that. I would believe it if he had weights made of gold and granny teeth.

[ellie]

74. I hate the stupid expression

that is always on his face. What the hell is wrong with him?

[renate]

93. "what the hell is wrong with him?"

OMG, so short and sweet and to the point!

[DawgHouse]

75. This thread made me google other images and he rarely smiles it seems!

It's more of a grimace.

[sharkman25]

77. Our electorate is so shallow that some people will vote for Romney because

they think Ryan is "good looking".

[PatSeg]

78. K&R

[Native]

79. Did you guys read the online comments attached to the Time article?

OMG - stuff like, "compared to the weak, frail, stupid, aids-riddle obamatuurd, christie is fit" and "If Obama had a nightmare about an opponent in a pick-up basketball game, it would look like Paul Ryan," are some of the milder ones. Lotz of bad grammar throughout, as expected.

[flamingdem]

80. Don't kid yourselves this is about working the unconscious "strength" meme - just watch

the MSM build on this like they did with Romney.

It doesn't matter if you attach sitcom or any other small detail to it - he's got his dick nearly in view and he's showing a young strong body.

Many low level types respond to this, it's a strategy that works in USA! USA! football stupid America.

[Prism]

86. Someone's been skipping leg day n/t

[riverwalker]

89. lol tweets

Paul Ryan's workout photos look like something from an early 90s Tiger Beat or Nintendo Power magazine.

Do you really want this College Frat Boy Douchebag to be one seat away from being President?

That dipshit at the gym who feels like it’s his own personal workout space

Nothing Douchey About These Paul Ryan Workout Pics. Nope, Nothing Douchey At All

[AzDar]

90. Three quick thoughts : 1) Wearing a backwards hat at the gym is just a total douche move.

2) You think he ever works those legs? "Paging Harlan Sanders..."
Aaaaand, 3) Do you think his lips are stashed with Romney's tax returns?

[jsr]

96. .

[LiberalAndProud]

99. Two questions come to mind.

Why is Paul Ryan considered attractive. I really don't get that.

Should we give him the potato test now, or later? I didn't appreciate dumb jocks in high school and I don't appreciate them in my national politics.

[mile18blister]

100. He claims he can run 10 miles.

Not with those leg muscles.

[Ikonoklast]

101. I see he only works out part of his body.

No squats, no thrusts, no raises.

I'm 57 and I already know that I can out-lift that twig in any category.

Crap, at his age I was deadlifting three times my bodyweight...and I'm not skinny.

I bet he can't lift double, and he's a lightweight.

P90 is just another fad workout to sell to rubes...is anyone still doing Tae Bo?

[Justkd1]

103. SNL doesn't need to work that hard...

...looks like he is already working on the skit! Can't wait to see Biden tonight!!