No, Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney Haven't Resorted To Calling Each Other Nasty Names

Source: Slate

Politico's chief political columnist Roger Simon had a little fun with his column last night, writing that the two men on the GOP's presidential ticket had resorted to calling each other nasty names.

Paul Ryan, Simon wrote, was calling Mitt Romney "Stench" in reference to what the Wisconsin Republican would have to wash off of him if he hopes to one day run atop the GOP ticket. Romney and his close friends, meanwhile, had returned fire by dubbing Ryan "Gilligan," in an apparent reference to the bumbling crewman from Gilligan's Island.

The less-than-flattering nicknames were quickly picked up by MSNBC, the New York Times' Paul Krugman and a number of others, and reported as fact. The only problem, of course, is that the column was a satire. How do we know? (Other than by reading it in full.) We asked Simon. His emailed response: "I figured describing PowerPoint as having been invented to euthanize cattle would make the satire clear. I guess people hate PowerPoint more than I thought."

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/09/26/romney_ryan_namecalling_stench_gilligan_details_in_simon_column_were_satire_.html

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I should have known Politico would never really say anything negative about Rs-holes!