"He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall.”

[pinto]

Brian J. Antal, the president of an Ohio charity for the homeless, is objecting to a photo op staged by the Romney campaign on Saturday that featured vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan washing pots and pans that had already appeared to be clean, Felicia Sonmez of the Washington Post reports:

“We’re a faith-based organization; we are apolitical because the majority of our funding is from private donations,” Antal said in a phone interview Monday afternoon. “It’s strictly in our bylaws not to do it. They showed up there and they did not have permission. They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors.”

He added: “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.”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-charity-president-objects-to-paul-ryans-soup

[NYC_SKP]

1. K/R (nt)

[YayArea]

12. Someone photoshop a backwards red cap on the guy.

[woolldog]

13. I wish I could do photoshop

I soooo want to see that

[renate]

21. welcome to DU!

[Control-Z]

25. Ok. Here's a quickie.

Please don't judge me by this work. It was less than five minutes worth of effort.

[lalalu]

2. Well this is rich.

A faith based organization being scammed by republicans. I thought the two groups had a love affair going on.

[WCGreen]

3. Not if it's not the "right" religion...

No dirty hippy dippy guitar mass religions, only the Brooks bros wearing preacher for the GOP...

[lalalu]

7. true

[pinto]

5. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin110340.html#Gz4ysZk6yeymk6jX.99

[lalalu]

8. A wise man.

I can't wait to see the Daniel Day Lewis movie.

[struggle4progress]

4. Charity president: Paul Ryan "did nothing" at soup kitchen photo-op (CBS)

By Brian Montopoli /
CBS News/ October 15, 2012, 6:11 PM

The head of a charity in northeastern Ohio where Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan and his family were photographed cleaning dishes over the weekend said Monday that Ryan was not authorized to be on the premises and "did nothing" while there.

Brian J. Antag, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society in Youngstown, told the Washington Post that the Romney campaign had not asked to make the Saturday visit to the soup kitchen. He said that he runs an apolitical faith-based organization which has bylaws barring it from hosting political candidates, and that the visit jeopardized donations from private individuals.

"They showed up there and they did not have permission," he said. "They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors." Antag added that Ryan and his family "did nothing" while on the premises ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57532807/charity-president-paul-ryan-did-nothing-at-soup-kitchen-photo-op/

[ginnyinWI]

6. Phony!!

Phony freaking baloney!

[Coyotl]

9. Careful with the Rolex, FCS!

Oh yeah, and don't get the newly pressed apron wet

[struggle4progress]

10. And shirt cuffs turned back to mid-forearm! Oh, yeah, that there's some frickin serious dedication

to dishwashing!

[Lugnut]

11. Busted!

R&R are phonies.

[Cha]

14. How Phony Plutocrat is that?!

[renate]

22. I will never grow weary of that picture

... there are no words...

[Raster]

33. Truly. I almost refuse to believe that lyin' handlers would let him pose like that.

[ejpoeta]

30. he could do one of those infomercials for this p90x or whatever it is

after he and romney lose the election and he loses his senate seat.

[Cha]

31. No telling how wide open minimitt's future

is in the infomercial business..he could push anything if they paid him enough.

It's his congressional seat, though, that we're hoping Rob Zerban WINS!

http://www.robzerban.com/

[xxqqqzme]

15. Did he

leave a check for being an asshole and messin' up the place? I know he has the money. It was the very least he could do.

[GallopingGhost]

16. This is stupid beyond belief.

Let's suppose the dishes he grabbed were dirty. What does that prove? That he can wash a pot?

What is the message he is trying to send with these ridiculous photos?

Oh right, that he can relate to the 47%

[Cha]

24. Yes! In thinking they could get Away with IT! Ryan's Busted Lying

again. Not with his words but by his phony action. "Atlas Scrubbed"

Keeping Scubbing Phony Pot guy

[We People]

27. "Atlas Scrubbed"!!!

Kudos to whoever coined that one!

[Cha]

29. It was Ruby the Liberal!.. I stole it and

am sharing..



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021544998

[DeSwiss]

17. K&R

[tomm2thumbs]

18. betcha 2 to 1 he first grabbed one of those foil pans to wash first

Foiled again!

[Ivywoods55]

19. I live about ten minutes from this place.

Ryan ought to be ashamed of himself. These are very nice and charitable people who run this organization. This is a place the poor and less fortunate go to eat, as well as purchase used clothes and furniture, and these buttholes tried to use it for a photo op. I am glad they got caught...idiotic liars!

[NBachers]

20. Washergate - The Grifting Continues

[We People]

28. "Washergate"

You guys are cracking me up

I need a "Like" button!

[begin_within]

23. let's see...

[Lasher]

26. He just came here to dress up like a warrior.

[yellowcanine]

32. If you use the sprayer like that on an actual dirty pan your apron would not be so spiffy clean.

There would be at least a few food stains splashed on it, it seems.