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Showing Original Post only (View all):evilgrin: - More On Paul Ryan Pot-Gate !!! [View all]
Charity president unhappy about Paul Ryan soup kitchen photo opPosted by Felicia Sonmez - WaPo
October 15, 2012 at 4:41 pm
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The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week ramrodded their way into the groups Youngstown soup kitchen so that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan could get his picture taken washing dishes in the dining hall.
Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, said that he was not contacted by the Romney campaign ahead of the Saturday morning visit by Ryan, who stopped by the soup kitchen after a town hall at Youngstown State University.
Were 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. Its 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 wasnt even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall.
Ryan had stopped by the soup kitchen for about 15 minutes on his way to the airport after his Saturday morning town hall in Youngstown. By the time he arrived, the food had already been served, the patrons had left, and the hall had been cleaned.
Upon entering the soup kitchen, Ryan, his wife and three young children greeted and thanked several volunteers, then donned white aprons and offered to clean some dishes. Photographers snapped photos and TV cameras shot footage of Ryan and his family washing pots and pans that did not appear to be dirty.
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FUCKING PHONY. Just like his whole abortive campaign - and his lying schmuck running mate.
calimary
Oct 2012
#1
+1,000. This needs to go viral along with his sick, fake auto wreck sympathy ploy...
freshwest
Oct 2012
#8
Check VP debate when Ryan gets in two digs at Biden. Fake sympathy story about Romney,
freshwest
Oct 2012
#51
Time to clean up politics with a dose of reality instead of pretensions and lies
Coyotl
Oct 2012
#84
Involving his kids is what struck me too. No wonder the kids of these fucks turn into a-holes.
SunSeeker
Oct 2012
#75
and here I was thinking Paul Ryan got caught with marijuana. but the OP is even better!
robinlynne
Oct 2012
#16
Typical Repubican take-credit-for-other-people's-work while soaking up all of the SUBSIDIES. nt
patrice
Oct 2012
#19
Awww, FOX and Rush must be sooo sad that this story isn't about Obama. The FUN they'd have!
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#23
Just what we need, another phony asshole a heartbeat away from the presidency
Submariner
Oct 2012
#27
And right after that he went out for a photo -op winning a marathon. Tomorrow , Top o' Everest
ErikJ
Oct 2012
#34
Too bad he didn't actually help out.... Because he would be able to see that the kids
midnight
Oct 2012
#57
For his next trick, the candidate will force feed some people who are not hungry.
undeterred
Oct 2012
#58
Charity president: Paul Ryan "did nothing" at soup kitchen photo-op (CBS)
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#60