Paul Ryan vs. The Stench

nhboy

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"Coming from a resident of Iowa, a state where people are polite even to soybeans, this was a powerful condemnation of the Republican nominee.

Though Ryan had already decided to distance himself from the floundering Romney campaign, he now feels totally uninhibited. Reportedly, he has been marching around his campaign bus, saying things like, “If Stench calls, take a message” and “Tell Stench I’m having finger sandwiches with Peggy Noonan and will text him later.”

Even before the stench article appeared, there was a strong sign that Ryan was freeing himself from the grips of the Romney campaign. It began after his disastrous appearance on Friday before AARP in New Orleans. Ryan delivered his remarks in the style dictated by his Romney handlers: Stand behind the lectern, read the speech as written and don’t stray from the script."

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"Dan Senor, one of Romney’s closest advisers, has kept a tight grip on Ryan, traveling with him everywhere and making sure he hews to the directions of the Romney “brain trust” in Boston. (A brain trust, rumor has it, that refers to Ryan as “Gilligan.”)

But on Saturday, the day after he was booed, Ryan broke free. Appearing at a town hall meeting at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Ryan showed the glitz, the glamour, the razzle-dazzle that he was supposed to bring to the campaign in the first place."
 

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glhs837

Power with Control
So you guys are going to keep trying grade school names until you find one that sticks? Really, that's what you got?
 

MarieB

New Member
Clearly, a disaster for the Romney campaign, right? No, it was apparently a clumsy attempt at satire gone horribly awry.

As Ben Smith of Buzzfeed, a former Politico blogger, tweeted: "So uh a lot of people seem not to have picked up that @politicoroger's column was satire." Put more succinctly by conservative blogger JammieWearingFool: "Satire should actually be funny."

Or, at least it should be pretty obvious. There is no underestimating the literal-mindedness of the American reader: Years ago when I worked at the Times we published a satirical op-ed column by Steve Martin riffing on the idea that a NASA Mars probe had discovered millions of kittens on the Red Planet. Shortly thereafter, a subscriber sent a terse letter to the editor asking us to "inform your science correspondent" that the lack of oxygen on Mars made kitten infestation highly unlikely.

Naturally, no writer wants to put a blinking sign indicating "This Is a Joke" above his or her parody piece. But editors should realize that if there is even a chance that such a sign is necessary, it's probably best to spike the whole idea. Otherwise, you might end up fooling a lot of people, maybe even a Nobel Prize winner.

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Dontel58

New Member
Krugman, O'Donnell, Madow and left winging outlets got fooled on this satire. It goes to prove that media will report anything negative about Romney\Ryan before doing some fact checking. So Mr. Boy and the retired one here's a big DUH!!!!!! for posting this stuff or should I say it slower.
 

retired-libera

New Member
Krugman, O'Donnell, Madow and left winging outlets got fooled on this satire. It goes to prove that media will report anything negative about Romney\Ryan before doing some fact checking. So Mr. Boy and the retired one here's a big DUH!!!!!! for posting this stuff or should I say it slower.
If you are referring to me I recognize satire. That's why most of the things Mittwit say sound like they come from The Onion -the best satire news site on the web .Such as roll down windows in 747,s .Or I should pay less taxes than you . Are these really real ?? No wonder his campaign is odorous .
 

-SS-

DHS Extremist
Actually, it happens often. He posts in haste, with quotas to meet..

O, I know. His goal is to troll these forums by spamming all the latest talking points from various leftwing sites... with the intent to get you guys riled up.

The amusing part is that he is way off base.

Then again, what do you expect for someone out in left field. :shortbus:
 
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