- Paul Ryan could not look any less comfortable, or any more like an early ’90s fitness model, than he does here.
Poor, poor Paul Ryan. On the day of his Vice Presidential candidate debate with current VP Joe Biden, it’s come out that he has no idea how to look natural in a photo shoot.
The photos, outtakes from a spread taken by Time magazine while Ryan was in the running for Time‘s 2011 Person of the Year award, were published today as part of the magazine’s profile of the Vice Presidential nominee, which can be found at their website.
I’d include text from either of the stories that have been posted, but neither is particularly relevant to Ryan and these photos — the profile centers around Ryan’s vague descriptions of his proposed budget changes while on the campaign trail, while the copy accompanying the photos spends more time talking to P90X creator Tony Horton, with the excuse that Ryan is a devotee to the hardcore training regimen.
So with that, I’ll leave you with that photo above, of Paul Ryan looking a bit like Kermit the Frog curling a 40 pound dumbbell. Spectacular.
This article appears in Oct 11-17, 2012.
Wow! Thanks David. I’ll be sure to vote against Romney/Ryan because Ryan isn’t photogenic. After all, that is a really important trait when it comes to running the U.S.A.
Question: do you actually think of yourself as a journalist?
Hahahahahaahha Ryan looks more like Gonzo Bird in the photo..
Looks like he’s about to drop a deuce in his shorts.
Biden looked like a kid that was fed Pez and Pepsi for dinner and forgot to take his Ridlin.
sickofstupidcrapthatismeaningless: Yes. Also, I laugh at things that I think are funny and share them with people. Some people have different comic sensibilities, and I accept them anyway. Thanks for reading — and also, for testing the character limit for usernames.
The word misguided is misspelled in headline. Please correct and delete this post. Thank you.
Thanks for the heads-up, Hector. The person responsible for the misspelled headline will be advised to be more careful.
The fact is he comes across as way more idiotic when he tries to convince the intelligent and informed populace that he and Mittens are going to “save the country.”
Funny. Too bad you missed how much Joe Biden looks like Jeff Dunham’s Walter.
Maybe Joe Biden does look like Walter, but he has a long way to go to reach the idiot status that Paul Ryan has achieved.
Whoops. Thanks for calling me out there, Hector. Much appreciated.
I think it is a great picture to use for a special Olympics poster
Mendez – Funny, when I took journalism in college, the first rule was that journalists reported the news unbiasedly. Editorialists opined. And you know what they say about opinions…
Memo to David Mendez:
Fear not! It’s gonna get really bad for you when those people have to pay to access Starnet!
David, while we’re commenting on people’s appearances, your goatee is not doing much to hide your double chin.
SOSCTIM: Keep in mind that, as someone who runs a blog on an alternative newsweekly’s website, I’ve got a bit of leeway as to whether or not my thoughts show through. In this medium, you’re more likely to hear my opinions, as in the Weekly Wide Web column that runs in the print edition. The straight news pieces I write are as consciously unbiased as I can make them. But again, thanks for your feedback. It’s appreciated.
Red Star: You’ve suddenly made me very weary of the future.
Spudster: Yeah, that’s not exactly the greatest photo of me — sleepy, at an upward angle, and having just gotten off of a plane isn’t the best time to self-photograph. Don’t worry, I’ll switch it at some point in the future so that my visage no longer offends your delicate eyes, friend.
Clearly some people’s vast reserves of good nature are sorely tapped by reading the Weekly and its blog. It’s a shame, but the Weekly is as welcoming to masochists as to anyone else.
AZDC apparently isn’t listening. It was Biden that made no sense, same old stump BS filled with lies. Even the moderator pointed it out and she is a Obama.Biden supporter. As far as Mendez being a journalist is concerned, I have my doubts and my degree is journalism from UofA and have been published in the Weekly as well as many other publications. I was denied a job at the Star because, at the time, I was a registered Republican, after Bush, never again. The Weekly is a fine publication with a lean to the left, that iss common knowledge, it’s why I read it. Keep up the great work Jimmy.
I’m listening just fine! I just know that almost anything said by these clowns is a steaming pile of road apples. Let’s face it, no political party is perfect, but the Republicans have gone above and beyond the B.S. factor in recent years. I’ll be honest, maybe it’s been happening longer than I realize; I only started to notice this when “The Decider” started making contradictory statements & actions. Now it seems with the Tea Party movement, certain Republicans just don’t feel the bar can be lowered enough. If your not a wealthy person who doesn’t throw your money @ them or serve their interests in some way, they couldn’t be bothered to give a S#%t about you. You must be a wealthy man nam6870vet, either that or you’re just ignorant to the Republican agenda.
He actually looks very much like squidward in all of his photos.