Paul Ryan, Message Machine
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(James Rowen)
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The New York Times says a recent Paul Ryan riff was a "minor masterpiece of image calibration."
In the span of two dozen sentences, Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, mentioned the Bible, or rather a beginner’s version of it, which he said he was reading aloud to his 6-year-old son. He mentioned his truck and his appetite for hard rock, thus establishing automotive and musical affinities that balance his wonkier, number-crunching bona fides. He mentioned hunting — with a bow, no less.
Then came the capper. He mentioned his talent for what I’d like to call venison charcuterie, just because he so clearly wouldn’t. “I butcher my own deer, grind the meat, stuff it in casings and then smoke it,” he said, making clear that Sarah Palin in all her moose-eviscerating glory has nothing on him.
Ryan, unpopular with the people, but fat cat GOP donors will love him
USA Today Excerpt:
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, considered a rising Republican star, has been tapped to lead a high-profile party fundraising group tasked with raising money for the GOP's 2012 ground game.
Hot Air Excerpt: (June, 2011)
The poll also found Ryan is now the nation’s third most disliked Republican, with net unfavorable ratings that trail only former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
He may be unpopular with the people, but he's the right guy to raise money from the fat cats.
More at The Paul Ryan Watch.
Ryan, unpopular with the people, but fat cat GOP donors will love him
USA Today Excerpt:
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, considered a rising Republican star, has been tapped to lead a high-profile party fundraising group tasked with raising money for the GOP's 2012 ground game.
Hot Air Excerpt: (June, 2011)
The poll also found Ryan is now the nation’s third most disliked Republican, with net unfavorable ratings that trail only former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
He may be unpopular with the people, but he's the right guy to raise money from the fat cats.
More at The Paul Ryan Watch.
Paul Ryan, just a regular millionaire, up to his elbows in deer guts
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Frank Bruni in the
NY Times, in a column titled, "Deer hunts and dirt bikes:"
Paul Ryan may not be running for president this time around, but if you have any doubt about his ambitions for a long, prominent future in government, just look at his comments in a Q. and A. published in Sunday’s Times. They’re a minor masterpiece of image calibration.
In the span of two dozen sentences, Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, mentioned the Bible... his truck and his appetite for hard rock ... hunting — with a bow, no less... Then came the capper. “I butcher my own deer, grind the meat, stuff it in casings and then smoke it,” he said, making clear that Sarah Palin in all her moose-eviscerating glory has nothing on him.
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