Confirmed: Paul Ryan not running for president
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan will not run for president this elections cycle, according to a statement released by his office Monday.
“I sincerely appreciate the support from those eager to chart a brighter future for the next generation. While humbled by the encouragement, I have not changed my mind, and therefore I am not seeking our party’s nomination for President. I remain hopeful that our party will nominate a candidate committed to a pro-growth agenda of reform that restores the promise and prosperity of our exceptional nation,” Ryan’s statement read. “I remain grateful to those I serve in Southern Wisconsin for the unique opportunity to advance this effort in Congress.”
“I want to get winedrunk with Paul Ryan, so we can yell at each other about the benefits of providing health care to the poor, before I suggest we fistfight on the steps of the Capitol, until I fall asleep from winedrunkenness.”
![Paul Ryan does NOT drink any FUCKING Merlot! - @brianbeutler
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a leading advocate of shrinking entitlement spending and the architect of the plan to privatize Medicare, spent Tuesday evening sipping $350 wine with two like-minded conservative economists at the swanky Capitol Hill eatery Bistro Bis.
It was the same night reports started trickling out about President Obama pressing Congressional leaders to consider changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for GOP support for targeted tax increases.
The pomp and circumstance surrounding the waiter’s presentation, uncorking and decanting of the pricey Pinot Noir caught the attention of another diner who had already recognized Ryan sitting with two other men nearby.
Susan Feinberg, an associate business professor at Rutgers, was at Bistro Bis celebrating her birthday with her husband that night. When she saw the label on the bottle of Jayer-Gilles 2004 Echezeaux Grand Cru Ryan’s table had ordered, she quickly looked it up on the wine list and saw that it sold for an eye-popping $350, the most expensive wine in the house along with one other with the same pricetag.
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“I didn’t order - they ordered,” Ryan told TPM. “I had one glass, uh, with my water, and when [Feinberg] was talking about how expensive it was, I didn’t even know [the price].”
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Paul Ryan does NOT drink any FUCKING Merlot! - @brianbeutler
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a leading advocate of shrinking entitlement spending and the architect of the plan to privatize Medicare, spent Tuesday evening sipping $350 wine with two like-minded conservative economists at the swanky Capitol Hill eatery Bistro Bis.
It was the same night reports started trickling out about President Obama pressing Congressional leaders to consider changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for GOP support for targeted tax increases.
The pomp and circumstance surrounding the waiter’s presentation, uncorking and decanting of the pricey Pinot Noir caught the attention of another diner who had already recognized Ryan sitting with two other men nearby.
Susan Feinberg, an associate business professor at Rutgers, was at Bistro Bis celebrating her birthday with her husband that night. When she saw the label on the bottle of Jayer-Gilles 2004 Echezeaux Grand Cru Ryan’s table had ordered, she quickly looked it up on the wine list and saw that it sold for an eye-popping $350, the most expensive wine in the house along with one other with the same pricetag.
(…)
“I didn’t order - they ordered,” Ryan told TPM. “I had one glass, uh, with my water, and when [Feinberg] was talking about how expensive it was, I didn’t even know [the price].”
Continue reading… TPMDC
Paul Ryan confronted over Ayn Rand
After speaking at the 2011 Faith and Freedom Conference, Paul Ryan refuses to answer why he based his budget on the extreme ideology of Ayn Rand and not Biblical principles of economic justice then runs away from the Bible offered to him by the 7000 members of Faithful America who signed a petition asking the same question.
“I worship the ground the Paul Ryan walks on… I hope he doesn’t run for president because that would ruin a good man.” - Dick Cheney
#AnthonyWeinerHashtagsFTW!
“I now think the odds are better than 50-50 that both Rick Perry and Paul Ryan run.”
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) gets booed by his constituents for opposing tax increases for the rich.
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President Obama on Rep. Paul Ryan
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“That Balanced Budget Amendment every Senate Republican voted for last week? It’d make Ryan’s budget unconstitutional.”
