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Parody music video mocks Paul Ryan’s anti-abortion P90X bod
A musical parody produced by Bake Shop Media mocks Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin for his conservative views and enthusiasm for the P90X fitness program. “I ordinarily won’t vote for a guy on the right, but ’cause of P90X, your ass is so tight,” a trio…
Bravo’s Andy Cohen would marry Paul Ryan but ‘hate-shag’ Santorum
In an appearance of Current TV’s “Joy Behar: Say Anything,” Bravo TV Vice President Andy Cohen revealed that he would marry Paul Ryan but “hate-shag” Rick Santorum. Cohen and show host Joy Behar played the game “Marry, Shag, Kill,” a kind of middle-school “slam-book” question that Cohen sometimes asks guests…
Colbert defends Ryan from ‘liberal hacks’ at Fox News
Stephen Colbert started the week on The Colbert Report enraged at the “liberal hacks” at Fox News for their treatment of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Sunday. Ryan, the Republican candidate for vice-president, had a contentious interview with Chris Wallace over the 20 percent across-the-board tax cut he and GOP…
Paul Ryan admits Romney pre-debate ‘missteps’
Paul Ryan acknowledged “missteps” Sunday in the Republican presidential campaign, as the party struggled to stay on message regarding expectations for Mitt Romney’s upcoming debate performance. The Republican vice presidential candidate downplayed expectations of Romney’s debate performance, though fellow conservatives insisted the White House challenger would deliver a stellar presentation.…
Ryan on Romney’s tax plan: ‘It would take me too long’ to explain
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on Sunday insisted that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney had provided specifics for his tax plan, but refused to say which deductions would need to be eliminated or provide any math to prove that the scheme works. During an interview on Fox News, host Chris…
Paul Ryan to do three-day debate prep in Virginia
Mitt Romney’s running mate Paul Ryan will break off the campaign trail next week for three days of debate preparation ahead of his face-off with US Vice President Joe Biden, a campaign aide said. Ryan will hunker down for “three days in Virginia for debate prep,” campaign aide Brendan Buck…
Maher tells Larry King: Paul Ryan has morals of ‘the pimp from Taxi Driver’
In a series of clips released from Larry King’s internet-only show “Larry King Now,” “Real Time With Bill Maher” host Bill Maher sat down with King to lay out his views on vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), trickle-down economics and more. In the first clip embedded below, Maher…
Name-calling begins as reported rift opens between ‘Stench’ Romney and ‘Gilligan’ Ryan
(UPDATE: According to a piece at BuzzFeed and a recently added disclaimer at Politico, Roger Simon, the author of “Paul Ryan vs. The Stench” intended the column as a work of satire. To wit: [Author’s note: Jonathan Swift did not really want Irish people to sell their children for food…
Ryan buys hunting gear for 10-year-old daughter in Ohio
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took a break from campaigning in Ohio on Tuesday to do some shopping for his 10-year-old daughter’s upcoming hunting trip. “I’m taking Liza deer hunting in deer season,” Ryan told reporters. “She going to get to go hunt for deer this year for the…
Ryan suggests marriage equality not an ‘American’ or ‘human’ value
Paul Ryan on Tuesday suggested that equal marriage rights for LGBT people was not part of “American values” — or even “universal human values.” At a town hall-style campaign event in Cincinnati, Ohio, a Latina woman who said she was “fully Republican” asked the vice presidential nominee how the GOP…
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