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Paul Ryan takes center stage at Republican convention
Remember “hockey mom” Sarah Palin in ’08? On Wednesday it’s the turn of youthful Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to wow the Republican convention as he accepts the party’s vice presidential nomination. At 42, Ryan is two years younger than the former Alaska governor was when she was thrust into prime-time…
Paul Ryan redefining rape as ‘forcible rape’ was just ‘stock language’
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Monday insisted that wording in a bill that he co-sponsored with Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), which Democrats say would have redefined rape as “forcible rape,” was just “stock language.” Under the proposed “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” only victims of “forcible rape”…
Uygur: Did David Koch buy Paul Ryan the VP slot?
On Friday night’s edition of “The Young Turks,” host Cenk Uygur highlighted a report by controversial Republican political operative Roger Stone. The report alleges that vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) arrived at his place on the ticket through the machinations of David Koch, half of the powerful billionaire…
Bill Maher: ‘Republicans don’t like it when single women have sex’
On Friday night’s episode of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher took Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin to task. Maher’s guests predictably denounced Todd Akin’s idiotic statement that “women don’t get pregnant from legitimate rape.” But it was host Maher who made clear the link between Akin’s mouth-diarrhea and Republican…
Report: Seniors to pay $60,000 more under Romney/Ryan Medicare plan
A report by the public policy research group the Center for American Progress has concluded that seniors would pay, on average, $60,000 more for health care over the course of their retirement under the Medicare replacement plan proposed by presumptive Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)…
Paul Ryan: Chick-fil-A is ‘good chicken’ and ‘free speech’
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is embracing the fried chicken restaurant chain whose founder recently admitted funding groups that oppose LGBT rights. During a short and unconventional interview with WDBJ in Virginia, reporter Orlando Salinas asked Ryan what came to mind when he thought of Chick-fil-A. “Good chicken,” Ryan…
Maddow: Republican Convention ‘rolling out the Iraq war’ for Paul Ryan
On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said the Republican Convention in Tampa was “rolling out” Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as if he were former deputy secretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz, a neoconservative who served in the Bush Administration. “Do you want to know who they picked to…
New video from ‘Paul Ryan’ features him rapping ‘White people are back!’
A rap satire published Thursday on Jest.com features a stand-in for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) explaining that he doesn’t subscribe to the views of Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), but he still “loves me some baby making.” That’s just one line out of whole pile of rapid-fire political barbs included in…
Twisted Sister singer rips Ryan for using their song
The leader of metal group Twisted Sister blasted Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan for using their signature song at a campaign appearance earlier this week. “I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan’s use of my band Twisted Sister’s song, ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It,’ in any capacity,” singer Dee Snider told Rolling…
Ryan backs away from his ‘forcible rape’ bill: ‘No splitting hairs’
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is now refusing to explain a bill that he co-sponsored with Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) that critics say would have redefined rape, providing federal assistance only to victims of “forcible rape.” In an interview with KDKA on Tuesday, Ryan said that he believed Akin’s…
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