2016 Postmortem

theKed

(1,235 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:19 PM Sep 2012

Curse of the Stench

"Paul Ryan has gone rogue. He is unleashed, unchained, off the hook.

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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.”

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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.”)"

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81618.html

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Curse of the Stench (Original Post) theKed Sep 2012 OP

I laughed my butt off at this article. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #1

I'm not surprised theKed Sep 2012 #3

He calls Romney "Stench?" rurallib Sep 2012 #2

Thanks for posting - this is MUST READ....RMoney and Ryan don't get along.....ha ha ha! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #4

It might be a good idea theKed Sep 2012 #5

I have never heard anything so funny! Cracklin Charlie Sep 2012 #6

The Romney campaign's death stench aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #7

I almost wish R&R would be elected... aletier_v Sep 2012 #8

All I can think is SoapBox Sep 2012 #9

I love it!!! gopiscrap Sep 2012 #10

Too bad for Ryan "The Stench" is like skunk piss smorkingapple Sep 2012 #11

"Gilligan". That's brilliant. BlueStreak Sep 2012 #12

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,854 posts)

1. I laughed my butt off at this article.

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:21 PM

Sep 2012

Sounds like the zombie-eyed granny-starver has really jumped the rails and has gone even more rogue than Palin.

theKed

(1,235 posts)

3. I'm not surprised

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:26 PM

Sep 2012

..whatever his hair-brained politically opinions and lies, Ryan's not a complete moron and can see Romney's beach-whale-floundering is torpedoing Ryan's political future. Distancing himself is a desperate ploy to salvage his future.

Shame about that. Maybe he'll have to get a real job.

rurallib

(62,448 posts)

2. He calls Romney "Stench?"

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:22 PM

Sep 2012

I like it!

NRaleighLiberal

(60,020 posts)

4. Thanks for posting - this is MUST READ....RMoney and Ryan don't get along.....ha ha ha!

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:26 PM

Sep 2012

theKed

(1,235 posts)

5. It might be a good idea

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:30 PM

Sep 2012

for the Obama camp to play up the cordial relationship between the Obama and Biden families, contrasting with the Romney/Ryan antipathy.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

6. I have never heard anything so funny!

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:33 PM

Sep 2012

I didn't know Ryan had it in him!

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

7. The Romney campaign's death stench

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:34 PM

Sep 2012

like a rat decomposing in the back of the closet. Whew!

aletier_v

(1,773 posts)

8. I almost wish R&R would be elected...

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:00 PM

Sep 2012

just so their secret service code names could be "Stench" and "Gilligan".

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

9. All I can think is

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:09 PM

Sep 2012

you can't spell Ryan, without Ayn!

And Randi Rhodes gets credit for that one!!

Coupon Care Man goes Rogue.

gopiscrap

(23,765 posts)

10. I love it!!!

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:25 PM

Sep 2012

let them canabalize each other!!!

smorkingapple

(827 posts)

11. Too bad for Ryan "The Stench" is like skunk piss

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:40 PM

Sep 2012

I read some stuff on Twitter but dismissed it. No way Ryan was going to go this route this early.

Holy fuck, that campaign is in total shambles. Ryan can try all he wants, that stench aint coming off anytime soon. He's done nationally forever...

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

12. "Gilligan". That's brilliant.

Reply to theKed (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:53 PM

Sep 2012

So what exactly would "going rogue" consist of for Ryan?

It can't involve telling more lies because he has already been doing that full time.

I certainly hope it involves him pushing his budget and the insidious philosophies behind that. We may have seen just a hit of that with the AARP speech. I have to believe that the Romney guys would have held Gilligan back if they knew what he was going to say. But even if Ryan were 100% loyal to Romney, it was still a really stupid idea to put Ryan in front of an AARP crowd and try to bullshit them about what he really has in mind for Medicare and Social Security. The AARP people are pretty well informed.

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