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This is the earth. And this is the stench. You can tell the difference quite easily. One is a lump of inert matter hurtling blindly through the void. The other... is the earth.
Vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has apparently gone rogue and is now openly mocking his running mate, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) in front of reporters and staff. Ryan has gone so far as to nickname Romney The Stench, and top brass at the Romney campaign have taken to referring to Ryan as Gilligan.
It was former political director of the Republican Party of Iowa Craig Robinson who said to the New York Times on Sunday, I hate to say this, but if Ryan wants to run for national office again, hell probably have to wash the stench of Romney off of him.
The remark has been taken up by Paul Ryan as an inside joke on the campaign trail. Politicos Roger Simon reported that while Ryan had already decided to distance himself from the floundering Romney campaign, he now feels totally uninhibited. Reportedly, he has been marching around his campaign bus, saying things like, If Stench calls, take a message and Tell Stench Im having finger sandwiches with Peggy Noonan and will text him later.
Raw Story (http://s.tt/1op63)
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)Going rogue.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Very little. While recognized as a big liar himself, on The Stench he is spot-on.