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geefloyd46

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 06:00 PM Oct 2012

From Wonkette: DISHWATERGATE: PAUL RYAN DISHWASHING SCANDAL WORSE THAN EVER IMAGINED

In the distant past — a couple hours ago? — we saw on the Tweeter that utter douche Paul Ryan had done some stupid photo-op at a soup kitchen where breakfast had already been served and the dishes already washed. But never one to let a 15-minute investment be for naught, he picked up a sponge and faked some washing some pans for the cameras. Now, we did not run with this TERRIBLE SCANDAL because we honestly figured that pretty much every politician on the planet would do the same thing, and sometimes (weirdly) we are not Titans of Hypocritical Partisanship. BUT! Now the soup kitchen’s president has bitched to the Post that HE OR SHE (okay, he, we checked now) is MAD AS HECK, because not only was it a bullshit photo op, but the Romney-Ryan campaign had “ramrodded” their way in. That does not sound very nice! Or heterosexual!

Brian Antal, president of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, is so mad you guys. Not only is he steamed about the campaign ramrodding its way in by getting a random volunteer to okay it, but he’s super fucking pissed that

“The photo-op they did wasn’t even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall. [...]
Had they asked for permission, it wouldn’t have been granted. … But I certainly wouldn’t have let him wash clean pans and then take a picture.”

The campaign claimed Ryan was there to draw attention to the fabulous work done by volunteers, and certainly wasn’t intended to create the (false) impression that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan love poors and homelesses and sick children and other gross 47 percent moochers like that.

So, you know, still lying.
[WaPo]

Full here: http://laborspains.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-wonkette-dishwatergate-paul-ryan.html

Originally published here: http://wonkette.com/486867/paul-ryan-dishwashing-scandal-worse-than-ever-imagined

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From Wonkette: DISHWATERGATE: PAUL RYAN DISHWASHING SCANDAL WORSE THAN EVER IMAGINED (Original Post) geefloyd46 Oct 2012 OP
Sorry probably should have gone on good reads. geefloyd46 Oct 2012 #1
I never saw any pictures of these volunteers he was praising Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #2
Didn't he serve them a plastic turkey? rfranklin Oct 2012 #3
Dickweed on steroids. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #4
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