The headline in The Washington Post says, “Charity president unhappy about Paul Ryan soup kitchen ‘photo op’.”
What? You say it was a sham photo op?
Paul Ryan and his wife Janna wash pots at St. Vincent De Paul dining hall. (Associated Press)
Update: Antal, who describes himself as an independent, has voted in Democratic primaries for the past 17 years.
“The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week “ramrodded their way” into the group’s 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.
“‘We’re 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. ‘It’s 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 wasn’t even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall.’ Antal later told NBC News that Ryan had cleaned some dirty dishes; his original comment was based on secondhand information from a volunteer.
“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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This kind of thing happens all the time by both parties. No supprise here.
We understand that; what is a surprise to us is that for them to think that anyone really buys into the “caring schlock.”
which do you think is less deceiving Ryan dishwashing incident or Obama with his constant lies and deceiving the middle class?
We’re pretty certain there are no gradients of deception. Political office seekers increasingly appear to be just like one another. Let’s leave it like this: Walter Scott wrote, “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.”
Ryan has the will to do and the soul to bear, NOBAMA has the will to decieve and not his sole to dare.
The will to do, the soul to dare.
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish author & novelist (1771 – 1832)
wimp