Never mind Benghazigate or Fast and Furious. Have you heard about Paul Ryan’s career-ending Dish-gate scandal?
On Saturday, Ryan and his family visited a Youngstown, Ohio, soup kitchen and rolled up their sleeves to pitch in with cleanup duty. Or did they? Dun dun DUN.
Ryan and his family donned some aprons and offered to wash some dishes. The metal pans they washed appeared to be mostly clean, though
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) October 13, 2012
Quite a scandal unearthed by “real reporter” Felicia Sonmez. The pans Ryan washed appeared to be “mostly clean.” Because, you know, there’s nothing the Health Department loves more than “mostly clean” pans at a facility that serves food.
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Good Lord RT @ZekeJMiller: Ryan’s OTR was at a soup kitchen. He an his family washed dishes that appeared to be clean per pool.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) October 13, 2012
The bombshell observation made it into the pool report.
Ryan’s OTR was at a soup kitchen. He an his family washed dishes that appeared to be clean per pool.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 13, 2012
Dish-gate also made an appearance in Sonmez’s Washington Post report that was picked up by breathless whiners at Gawker, Daily Kos, New York Magazine and other staples of the progressive diet.
"The [Ryan] family put on aprons and washed several large pans, though they did not appear to need washing" http://t.co/j2omw6iL
— Ged Maheux (@gedeon) October 15, 2012
Marathon Man: Paul Ryan washes clean dishes in soup kitchen photo op http://t.co/mt2jGNNC
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) October 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/onesmartbrownie/status/257840407092797441
https://twitter.com/iDevDirect/status/257875883287785472
Paul Ryan stages a perfect metaphor: washing already-clean dishes once the homeless are gone. http://t.co/lsolGiLW
— Chris Espinosa (@cdespinosa) October 15, 2012
An excited member of Democratic Underground even borrowed his mom’s Photoshop to turn quotes from the article into a graphic.
Pic Of The Moment: Paul Ryan visits soup kitchen, hilarity ensues – http://t.co/PhMg7xIy – http://t.co/V0QzjJ9R
— DemUnderground (@demunderground) October 15, 2012
Only problem? To borrow a term from Uncle Joe Biden, it’s a bunch of malarkey.
Reporters spreading rumors Paul Ryan washed clean pans at soup kitchen is pretty low. Photos show otherwise.
— Former "Clump of Cells" (@AlexaShrugged) October 14, 2012
What? That can’t be. The Washington Post said so!
Per pool from yesterday: "The pans appeared to be clean, but Ryan washed them nonetheless." Pool didn't see the inside of pans per photos.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 14, 2012
Re rumor that dishes Ryan washed weren't dirty, the campaign denies that, and at least one photo from inside shows some dirt on a pan.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 14, 2012
We’re sure Felicia Sonmez and her squawking flock of progressive parrots will issuing corrections any minute now. Any minute.
For now, we’ll leave you with a palate cleanser. Hey, girl:
He does dishes too? #perfectman RT: @joevardon: Paul Ryan and family wash dishes at a Youngstown soup kitchen http://t.co/E24lIwDV
— Beth Vanderkooi (@bethvanderkooi) October 13, 2012
Paul Ryan washes dishes at soup kitchen outside Youngstown, OH per pool #decision2012 http://t.co/VgUnH5bG
— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) October 13, 2012
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