{"id":5982,"date":"2017-10-12T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=5982"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:35:48","slug":"paul-ryan-gym-workout-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/paul-ryan-gym-workout-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 5th anniversary of Paul Ryan’s workout photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of Time magazine (of all places) publishing Paul Ryan\u2019s now infamous workout photo shoot<\/a>, a moment notable for being the exact instant in history that backwards hats became uncool. At the time, Ryan was Mitt Romney\u2019s running mate during the 2012 presidential election and a bright, rising star in a Republican Party desperately in need of one.<\/p>\n

These days, as you probably well know, the Janesville native is the Speaker of the House and one of the most widely disliked figures in American politics, making Ryan\u2019s workout photos one of the few enjoyable moments of his political career \u2014 and that\u2019s only because we got to laugh at him. To celebrate the anniversary, here\u2019s five times My Man Paul has embarrassed himself publicly.<\/span>\n

That time My Man Paul denied global warming because it snowed in his district<\/h3>\n

The earth is getting warmer. That\u2019s a scientific fact, with countless examples of hard evidence available to back it up. But My Man Paul doesn\u2019t need hard evidence \u2014 obviously, global warming can\u2019t be real, because it snowed in southern Wisconsin<\/a>. Conversely, in 2009, the year My Man Paul wrote his idiotic op-ed, it snowed five inches in Alabama, a place where it definitely does not snow. In March<\/a>.<\/span>\n

That time My Man Paul tried to withhold federal funding of abortions for rape victims<\/h3>\n

Back in 2010, My Man Paul was co-sponsor (with Todd Akin of 2012\u00a0\u201clegitimate rape\u201d infamy) of the\u00a0No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act<\/a>\u00a0which \u2014 in a small display of humanity \u2014 excluded rape, albeit \u201cforcible rape\u201d only. Many critics saw this qualifier as misogynistic and exclusionary, as it didn\u2019t explicitly cover things like statutory and date rape. The phrasing was ultimately changed to cover all forms of rape, but not before making My Man Paul look like a real piece of shit, trying to define what is and is not rape.<\/span>\n

That time (all the times) My Man Paul showed us that he really<\/u> hates elderly people<\/h3>\n

Some of My Man Paul\u2019s signature issues are social security and Medicare, two programs designed to provide monetary and medical assistance to senior citizens. My Man Paul also views these two programs as \u201cbroken\u201d and in need of revamping. His idea? Well, for starters, his idea on social security is infuriatingly vague<\/a>, so I don\u2019t know what to tell you. On Medicare, however, My Man Paul has been very clear: Under a fa\u00e7ade of \u201ccompetition,\u201d he wants to privatize it, likely resulting in an astronomical price hike for seniors<\/a>. Fuck them, right? As long as the check clears!<\/span>\n

That time My Man Paul swept his colleague\u2019s concerns about Russian interference in U.S. politics under the rug to protect his party<\/h3>\n

\u201cThis is how we know we\u2019re a real family here.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what My Man Paul told a room full of Republican legislators<\/a> when California Rep. Kevin McCarthy said he thought two people \u2014 his fellow Golden State Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump \u2014 were being paid by the Russians. He insisted the conversation was off the record and emphatically told the room \u201cNO LEAKS.\u201d That\u2019s a good way to play it when there\u2019s a question of a hostile foreign power meddling in an election: Put your fingers in your ears and go \u201cLA LA LA I CAN\u2019T HEAR YOU\u201d like My Man Paul.<\/span>\n

That time Tom Morello dunked on My Man Paul from half court for liking Rage Against the Machine<\/h3>\n

When he was announced as Mitt Romney\u2019s running mate in 2012, The Failing New York Times published an article<\/a> that stated one of My Man Paul\u2019s favorite bands was, confusingly, leftist rap-metal heroes Rage Against the Machine. In response, Rage guitarist Tom Morello wrote a scathing op-ed<\/a> for Rolling Stone in which he says, among other things, \u201c(Ryan) is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

That about sums up the hypocrisy, but Morello was not done:<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t mistake me, I clearly see that Ryan has a whole lotta \u2018rage\u2019 in him: A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment. Basically the only thing he\u2019s\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0raging against is the privileged elite he\u2019s groveling in front of for campaign contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n

(pulls up\/shoots jumper\/swish)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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