OOPS! I Didn’t Build That: Ryan Event Host Touts Federal Support Of His Business

[SunsetDreams]

"Wait did he just say that?"

Vice Presidential pick Paul Ryan was put in an awkward position on Thursday when one of the speakers at his own campaign event bragged about getting government funding to help build his business.

Scott Perry is President of the Partnership for Defense Innovation, which recieved $7.5 million in earmarks over three years — under both Presidents Bush and Obama. Perry’s praise for government funding was odd, considering low public opinion of earmarks generally, and the Romney-Ryan campaign’s persistent focus on the fact that people build businesses themselves, not with the help of government.

Still, at Thursday’s event, Perry said, “this building that you are sitting in is an example, a success story, of federal appropriations that worked:”

Interestingly, Paul Ryan voted in favor of two of the three earmark bills that gave Perry his funding.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/23/736131/ryan-event-earmarks/

[RedStateLiberal]

1. I don't think they even know they're being hypocrites.

Or they simply don't care.

[Control-Z]

2. Are they just stupid?

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Or what?

[beac]

3. I find this one works quite well:

[Control-Z]

8. Perfect!

Thank you. I've added it to my post.

[progressivebydesign]

4. surprised he wasn't handcuffed, and hog tied, and carried out of there. n/t

[JI7]

5. hmm, i wonder if it's a case of "unlike those coloreds who live off welfare"

in MY case it works and i'm being productive.

Tim Rice has written about this. how the anti welfare crap really spread when it was minorities who were getting something.but a lot of these same people were ok when it was mostly seen as whites benefiting.

[Curmudgeoness]

6. Yep. Every wingnut that I know

who gets any government aid makes it clear to me that THEY deserve it.....it is all those OTHERS who are scamming the system.

[AlbertCat]

7. Alas, reality sneaks in every time....

They are finding it hard to avoid it.


It is reality after all.

[lumpy]

9. The woman in the video is looking very oddly at him.

nt

[ErikJ]

10. Oh yeah, as long as its for defense spending, NO PROBLEM.