"Want some candy?" Paul Ryan shows the world what an evil, subhuman reptilian prick he is.

[backscatter712]

A kid asks Paul Ryan what he's going to do to get people some real jobs, and Ryan's response: "Want some candy?"

[Blue Owl]

1. Candy Crowley? Sure, we'd have a bit more if you'd like.

n/t

[The Blue Flower]

2. Doesn't care enough to even have a prepared answer

This is a foretaste of a Romney/Ryan administration. The young man was sincere, articulate, asking politely. Ryan's response was F OFF.

[renate]

3. that's worse than I expected it to be

It's a photo op and Ryan is acting like the kid's being inappropriate by asking someone who's running for VP a valid question. Also, he's like Romney in that he's barely concealing his anger (although I guess since it's apparent, he's not "barely" concealing it at all).

That really does make him look very bad.

[Raine1967]

4. Holy Sh*t! that was WAY worse than I expected. nt

[Schema Thing]

5. Holy Moley, you couldn't pay actors to be more cartoonish than that woman and Ryan.

[skypilot]

11. Funny you should say that because...

...that clip was so bad that I actually put my face up to the screen to see if it was some sort of parody video with a Ryan lookalike. The whole thing just oozed awfulness, from Ryan and from his blond, bland Stepford wife. Truly sickening.

[sad sally]

31. Ryan's wife's all teeth smile, that looks like she's either about to cry or is saying "shit, I

hate this stuff, has alwys seemed odd.

[Care Acutely]

37. That's a primate expression for fear and horror or aggression.

When you see chimps trained to make this expression in commercials, they've generally been conditioned to make the expression through abusive and painful techniques.

Humans are primates.

[arikara]

43. The woman looks terrified

That makes me feel sorry for her.

[woo me with science]

6. This needs to go viral. The contempt...

This needs to be a commercial.

[beac]

7. As others have said that was SO MUCH WORSE than I thought it could be.

Ryan is not only a nasty prick but he has NO idea how to have a discussion with someone who isn't in lock-step with him.

And his vile Stepford wife just stands there grinning like a department store mannequin.

We CANNOT let that disgusting couple represent this country!

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. The expression on ryan's face ...

was clearly one of: "If this F'ing camera wasn't rolling I'd use my Extreme Works and Finely chiseled abs to kick your a$$. " Or, "Teacher, Teacher ... this man is bothering meeeee! "

Neither response is what I seek in a politician.

[FirstLight]

9. Ugh

I should know better than to actually WATCH these clips, I can't stand Ryan's smarmy ass attitude and his refusal to talk to people about REAL problems... I don't care if he was getting ready for a 'photo op' he has NO compassion for others and no sense of propriety.

Isn't it fucked up that when the cameras are off and they don't have things memorized to say, they get angry and try to ignore people... but turn ON the lights and cameras and give them some talking points and all of a sudden, they spin these stories of people they run into that have it so tough and they feel SOOOOO sorry for...



I am never watching a clip of Rmoney/Ryan EVER again...after the Election, they will be GONE.....

[Whiskeytide]

10. That IS worse than I expected...

... and is a perfect microcosm of the Republican approach to the issues...

"What will you do to help create jobs...?"
"Here, have some candy and STFU"

Janna Little looks like a Stepford candidate with a fake smile plastered on an irritated face. Creepy.

And the paraders are wearing "Ryan" shirts. Is this from Labor Day during his Wisconsin race a couple of years back, or was he there to campaign for his House seat specifically this past Labor Day? Isn't that a little odd?



EDIT / meant to say "Stepford candidate wife".

[CaliGal]

26. No kiddin'

The whole GOTP is creepy!
Almost ALL of the Republicans these days have this blank, creepy, million-mile stare. It makes you wonder what is it they are serving them at the RNC meetings!
Just sayin'....

[Scuba]

12. Gives pricks a bad name.

[Initech]

13. And people think these douchebags are going to do a better job of handling our economy???

They're absolute narcissists! They don't give a shit about anyone or anything but the almighty dollar. And their response to a jobs question from a kid is "want some candy?". That's 1% arrogance on display in it's finest form. Fuck these people - these monsters are going to completely annihilate what's left of our government.

[SalviaBlue]

14. Wow, that's bad.

Ryan is empty and so is his wife.

[TeeYiYi]

15. Wow, what a dick move...

On what planet is he fit or even ready to be vice president?

TYY

[Care Acutely]

38. Apparently a Mormon god-planet.

Do Mormon men get to name their own planets? Did Romney make a deal with Ryan, like he gets to pick a sub-title for the planet? How many wives does Ryan get on the planet? Will lady Stepford there spend eternity perpetually pregnant too?

makes you wonder

[jsr]

16. Says the freeloading do-nothing GOP congressman

[DisgustipatedinCA]

17. The kid is impressive. Ryan looks pathetic.

The GOP needs a hero so badly that they put this guy's face front and center, made him their "great white hope", and consider him to be the modern-day Don Draper. But he can't answer the question of a teenager; all he could do was to flee. What does this say about Ryan's constituency? Well, it says that a bright teenager has more on the ball than they do, and that they're none too bright. I'm never surprised when a charlatan like Ryan seeks more power. But I did used to be surprised when so many willful idiots would buy what the charlatans were selling.

[nolabear]

18. CANDY? It would have been so simple for him to have said "Let's talk later"

and arranged a short conversation at the end of the walk, or a meet-up sometime. If it was a "gotcha" rather than a genuinely scared kid then at least he'd have been able to say "I offered time to talk".

The stupidity of the way they handle things is astonishing. A GOOD crooked politician is better at it.

[bama_blue_dot]

19. Watching this actually makes me think

Ryan has more of a short fuse than Romney.. Which I thought was impossible..

[msanthrope]

20. PBO was right...kids know a bullshitter. nt

[marew]

21. Wow!

This is what we are in for if those guys are elected. That young man was not being rude- he had very valid questions. Tragic, simply tragic!

[Aldo Leopold]

22. Yep, he's a prick.

The "go to my website and read all about it" ploy is one that Mittens uses all the time too.

What an asshole!

[shireen]

23. that post title is offensive

to reptiles!

Please have a bit more respect for these fascinating creatures. Comparing them to Paul Ryan? Seriously?

[hamsterjill]

25. Who are the idiots who will be voting for this kind of smugness?

My candidates are answerable to ME, the American citizen.

Why don't Republican voters demand the same thing? Ryan's failure to face the young man, answer his question, and respond courteously...even if I were a Republican, THAT would bother me!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

27. Stranger Danger !!! N/T

[heaven05]

28. huh!!!!!

I like that kid, get him on twitter, utube, whatever the e-people use to make videos go viral. This is priceless. Ryan and his wife are total losers and without human compassion or a fucking clue. "we're all here to have a good time." Yeah, like the kid said, it's labor day, answer the question!

[They_Live]

29. Longer Video from the same event

[vduhr]

33. Thank you.

I was watching the crowd on the street (the ones who were not part of the protest group). Am I correct that most of the people watching the parade were not clapping when Ryan walked by? There were a few that clapped and waved, but most were silent.

[Blanks]

35. Wow.

They tore his ass up.

[noiretextatique]

40. unfit to serve

both him and rmoney lack the temperament and intelligence to serve as president and vice-president. and he is a prick.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

42. Well, that was absolutely revolting. I really can't think a a term insulting enough to describe this

cocky bastard. That boy and the man who spoke to him did a great job of keeping their cool. I'm not entirely confident I could be that close to that smug prick and not physically assault him.


edited to try out a second insulting term for Ryan

[SoapBox]

30. And now Coupon Care Man is being hidden away

in the deep, deep South.

[Panasonic]

32. I see Ryan is mailing it in..

[MightyAfrodite]

34. Wow - that's awful!!

Ryan is SO ANGRY these days.

[treestar]

36. Obama or Biden would have handled that

Obama would have stopped to talk to the guy - not tried to ignore him

I recall how impressed I was that Obama went to talk to Joe the Plumber (that's how that idiot got famous).

Lyan just has no class and no ability to handle a campaign.

[GeorgeGist]

39. My first thought ...

he's a pedophile.

[CoffeeCat]

41. Even his wife knew the "Want some candy" remark was mean...

I didn't see what she said exactly, but clearly she was trying to dissuade her reptilian husband Paul Ryan from being any more sociopathic.

She corrected him.

Wow, what a complete hollow man he is.

I can only imagine what it's like being married to such a schmuck.