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Food Stamps, Medicare, and Medicaid in the Ryan Budget

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget plan includes cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) of $135 billion — almost 18 percent — over the next ten years (2014-2023),[1] which would necessitate ending assistance for millions of low-income families, cutting benefits for millions of such households, or some combination of the two. Chairman Ryan proposed similarly deep SNAP cuts in his last two budgets.

03/15/13

stfuconservatives:

adeki submitted:

Biden’d.

Seen in a UC Berkeley classroom on Sunday. I love my school.

10/16/12

kelsium:

I’m reblogging everything having anything to do with this story because it is, to me, the most hilarious thing that has happened this election cycle.

(via robot-heart-politics)

10/16/12

mamaatheist:

“What’s the difference between Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin? Lipstick!”

(h/t @AzureGhost)

Niiiiice!

(via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)

10/15/12

tpmmedia:

Brian J. Antal, the president of an Ohio charity for the homeless, is objecting to a photo op staged by the Romney campaign on Saturday that featured vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan washing pots and pans that had already appeared to be clean, Felicia Sonmez of theWashington Post reports.

10/15/12

seriouslyamerica:

emily84:

red3blog:

Storyboard for Paul Ryan’s new Old Spice commercial.

choking

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10/12/12

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The problem with the Romney campaign is not the alleged ideological incoherence of his political resume. The problem is that he’s trying to appeal to a party full of moral monsters.

Mitt Romney Health Care Reaction - The Problem with Romney Is the Problem with Empathy - Esquire (via sarahlee310)

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09/29/12

think-progress:

Paul Ryan gets booed at the AARP.

I just like listening to this. He mini-me’d Mitt at the NAACP.

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09/22/12

Why would you lie about your time running an amateur marathon?

kathiek:

Paul Ryan did. By over an hour. Pathological.

Massive insecurity?

Ego mania?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

Hubris?

No internalized sense of right and wrong?

An internalized sense of right and wrong but no desire to do right?

All of the above?

09/1/12

sarahlee310:

Just like Snow Snooki, Paul Ryan loves to run, and apparently, he loves to lie too.

Ryan told Hugh Hewitt that he ran a sub 3:00 marathon — ”under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something,” he said.

Funny thing is that Runner’s World can’t find any record of Ryan’s super-fast marathon running.

“Ryan’s name does not show up in the 1991 race results provided by Grandma’s. Runner’s World checked 11 years of results for Grandma’s Marathon, from 1988 through 1998, and found a finisher in the 1990 race by the name of Paul D. Ryan, 20, of Minneapolis.

Ryan’s middle name is Davis, and he was 20 in 1990. The finishing time listed was 4 hours, 1 minute and 25 seconds.”

Oh what a tangled web we weave…

UPDATE: The Ryan camp has issued a statement (also noted by karen marie in the comments) from Lyin’ Ryan:

“The race was more than 20 years ago, but my brother Tobin—who ran Boston last year—reminds me that he is the owner of the fastest marathon in the family and has never himself ran a sub-three. If I were to do any rounding, it would certainly be to four hours, not three. He gave me a good ribbing over this at dinner tonight.”

(via Dependable Renegade: Chairiots of Liar (updated))

09/1/12

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Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new generation, with his iPod full of heavy metal jams and his cute kids. But he’s just a fresh face on a Taliban creed — the evermore antediluvian, anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-gay conservative core. Amiable in khakis and polo shirts, Ryan is the perfect modern leader to rally medieval Republicans who believe that Adam and Eve cavorted with dinosaurs.

Maureen Dowd (via azspot)

(via randomactsofchaos)

08/23/12

Maddow: "Libertarians could kick Romney off the Washington ballot" | The Raw Story

justinspoliticalcorner:

On her show Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained how the Libertarian Party might get presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney removed from the ballot in Washington State.

Earlier this month, the Libertarian Party of Washington State filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Romney’s name from being printed on Washington’s general election ballot.

Under Washington law, the Republican Party is no longer considered a majority party because they did not formally nominate a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010. As a minority party, Republicans can only place a name on the ballot for President by collecting 1,000 signatures of registered voters, which they have not.

“If the lawsuit succeeds, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan might have to run as write-in candidates in Washington State,” Maddow said.

From the 08.22.2012 edition of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show:

H/T: Eric W. Dolan at The Raw Story

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08/23/12

tyleroakley:

Cher: master of subtlety.

(via recall-all-republicans)

08/23/12

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At this point, [I] don’t know exactly what is true and what isn’t, OK? But what I do know is I trust the Romney-Ryan ticket, and I do not trust Obama.

Despite Fact Checks, Romney Escalates Welfare Work Requirement Charge : It’s All Politics : NPR

So even if the Romney/Ryan ticket blatantly lies to you and virtually no sources outside their campaign say their attacks on Obama’s welfare reforms are true, you’re going to believe Romney/Ryan? Seriously?

(via robot-heart-politics)

08/23/12

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This is a traumatic thing — she’s, shall we say, she’s uptight. She is frightened, tight, and so on. And sperm, if deposited in her vagina, are less likely to be able to fertilize. The tubes are spastic.

Dr. John Wilke trying to explain ~~the science~~ the bullshit right wing lunatics made up behind how a woman’s body shuts down when she’s being raped. Disgusting.

Read the rest of the article at the New York Times.

(via joshsternberg)

Fixed that for you.

(via wilwheaton)

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08/21/12

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