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Zorro

(15,737 posts)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:00 PM Nov 2012

Paul Ryan 'Can Smell Success'

Today, four days before the election, Paul Ryan told a crowd assembled on an airport tarmac that he could "smell success." And the crowd roared.

The smell, in fact, was that of cow manure, or something that smelled an awful lot like it. The tarmac is nestled in the mountains here, and as it became more and more overpowering, and as Ryan was more and more intently describing his running mate's business credentials, the VP contender paused, took a deep whiff and said, "I can smell success right now.

"That's the smell of success isn't it? That's the smell of progress. I love that smell, it makes me feel at home," Ryan said.

It's the final push to Tuesday, and Ryan was hitting the president on this morning's October jobs report, noting that the unemployment rate ticked up slightly. But he didn't mention that additional jobs were created, more than economists predicted.

More at: http://news.yahoo.com/paul-ryan-smell-success-220037132--abc-news-politics.html

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Paul Ryan 'Can Smell Success' (Original Post) Zorro Nov 2012 OP
Ryan... ailsagirl Nov 2012 #1
The article comments are a fun read Zorro Nov 2012 #3
Nah Panasonic Nov 2012 #2
He can smell the soap of pots and pans that were already washed n/t JackN415 Nov 2012 #4
Excuse me Mr. RAyan, but your "entitlement" is showing. Geesh ~nt 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #5
Hey, Paul, that's not "success" you're smelling...time to change your magic underwear. nt. OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #6
The smell of succesfully losing. ncav53 Nov 2012 #7
He's about to smell what Barack is cookin' alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #8
hee. Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #9
a crowd of a thousand,come to see ryan,obama is worried,ryan has head cold n\t -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Nov 2012 #10
I think he was smelling the Ryan Plan, and he loves the smell of his own stuff. NCLefty Nov 2012 #11
But he damn sure won't taste it johnlucas Nov 2012 #12
like Sarah Palin can Carolina Nov 2012 #13
 

johnlucas

(1,250 posts)
12. But he damn sure won't taste it
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:21 AM
Nov 2012

Romney/Ryan turns to Wrongly/Dyin' on November 6th.
This LANDSLIDE should wash these losers out to sea.
John Lucas

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