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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsForbes: Ryan's Despicable Soup Kitchen Antics Perfect Metaphor For GOP Ticket's Disrespect For Poor
Ric Ungar writes another spot on OpEd in Forbes:
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And while the photographs and news footage would tell the story of Congressman Ryan as a caring conservative just looking to extend a helping hand, with each click of the shutter and roll of the video camera, St. Vincent was being put deeper and deeper in jeopardy of losing critical funding that allows their doors to stay open.
As Mr. Antal noted, I cant afford to lose funding from these private individuals. If this was the Democrats, Id have the same exact problem.
Upon learning of the mistake the campaign had made, certainly Mr. Ryans spokespeople came forward to apologize and set the record straight, right? Certainly the Romney-Ryan campaign made the effort to issue a statement that would inform anyone who is a donor to the charity or considering becoming onethat, while their intentions were noble (false photo ops aside), they had inadvertently caused a problem for the soup kitchen and that nobody should hold the charity responsible for playing politics as that was not what had occurred. Surely they would have done this in an effort to help St. Vincent out of a jam the campaign had created, yes?
Nope.
You see, the GOP ticketled by a man who actually wrote a book called No Apology doesnt roll that way.
As Mr. Antal noted, I cant afford to lose funding from these private individuals. If this was the Democrats, Id have the same exact problem.
Upon learning of the mistake the campaign had made, certainly Mr. Ryans spokespeople came forward to apologize and set the record straight, right? Certainly the Romney-Ryan campaign made the effort to issue a statement that would inform anyone who is a donor to the charity or considering becoming onethat, while their intentions were noble (false photo ops aside), they had inadvertently caused a problem for the soup kitchen and that nobody should hold the charity responsible for playing politics as that was not what had occurred. Surely they would have done this in an effort to help St. Vincent out of a jam the campaign had created, yes?
Nope.
You see, the GOP ticketled by a man who actually wrote a book called No Apology doesnt roll that way.
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Forbes: Ryan's Despicable Soup Kitchen Antics Perfect Metaphor For GOP Ticket's Disrespect For Poor (Original Post)
Melinda
Oct 2012
OP
"Antics" is the perfect word - Ryan should have worn a clown costume with fright wig
aint_no_life_nowhere
Oct 2012
#3
Is Steve Forbes no longer associated with Forbes magazine? I keep seeing rational opinion pieces
Texas Lawyer
Oct 2012
#8
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)1. K&R
Great analysis!
Seedersandleechers
(3,044 posts)2. Here's the video.
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HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)4. That apron is really clean--as if he put it on only for the photo-op.
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)6. And he drags his children in as props
as if to say "See? These are poor people.".
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)3. "Antics" is the perfect word - Ryan should have worn a clown costume with fright wig
rubber nose, and big shoes. He belongs in the circus.
antics
n pl antics [ˈӕntiks]
odd or amusing behaviour The children laughed at the monkey's antics.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2010 K Dictionaries Ltd.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)5. +1
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)7. I'll pitch in to buy new shovels for rMoney and rLyan - they need them.
Texas Lawyer
(350 posts)8. Is Steve Forbes no longer associated with Forbes magazine? I keep seeing rational opinion pieces
from Forbes magazine but I keep hearing right-wing crazy babel from Steve Forbes.
Isn't there a link between those two?
Melinda
(5,465 posts)9. AFAIK, he remains Editor-in-Chief
It's topsy turvy world in Forbes! Ungar is a well known left blogger, so perhaps Forbes hopes to pick up paying readers from our end of the spectrum - dunno!!
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)10. its also a metaphor of how they disrespect the truth
horrible creepy disgusting people