Paul Ryan to Colorado supporters: I drive a truck. I used to work at McDonald’s,I like to camp...

[KoKo]

Source: Yahoo News

Paul Ryan to Colorado supporters: I drive a truck. I used to work at McDonald’s. I like to camp. I’m you.

By Chris Moody, – 4 hrs ago

LAKEWOOD, Colo--Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan took the stage before 2,600 supporters at Lakewood High School Tuesday to promote Mitt Romney's energy proposals, but he had another agenda.

Interlaced throughout his speech were subtle, but clear, references to Ryan's common-man appeal. Over the course of his nearly 20-minute address, Ryan discussed working at McDonald's, shelling out more than $100 at the pump to fill up his gas tank, camping and fishing with his family, climbing the Colorado "14'ers"--a reference to the state's mountain peaks above 14,000 feet--and that he recently taught his boys "how to cook a meal on the fire.
"The last time I was filling my truck up, it cost 100 bucks," Ryan said. "The only reason it cost 100 bucks is because the pump cut me off at at 100 dollars. I didn't even fill the gas tank! Enough! We have our own oil and gas. We have nuclear. We have all of the above: Wind, solar, coal. Let's use it. Let's make us energy independent.

"I don't know about you," Ryan told the spirited crowd that filled the high school's gymnasium, "but when I was growing up, you know, when I was flippin' burgers at McDonald's, when I was standing in front of that big Hobart machine washing dishes or waiting tables, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I thought to myself, I'm the American dream on a path and journey so that I can find happiness however I can find it myself.

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[elleng]

1. a 'regular guy,' eh?

[riderinthestorm]

2. Ryan comes from wealth and privilege.

His family's construction firm is a huge national level industry. www.ryancentral.com While I applaud his time spent at a McDonald's burger fryer, this is akin to Mitt and Ann helping at a food pantry. Good resume builder but not necessary to pay the bills.....

[jerseyjack]

3. What about when the teabaggers find out their regular guy's wife was a lobbyiest?

Oh, and that he's a multi-millionaire who can't afford to fill up his tank because the pump cut him off at $100.00.

[hatrack]

4. Yes, and Alan West complained about how much it cost to fill up his Hummer

To him, as to you, let me me just add this - DUMBASS.

[niyad]

5. eddie munster was in CO today? no wonder I have had a headache all day

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. that was the old days now he is a millionaire

[msongs]

7. Ryan is severely underestimated by people at DU...he has already turned mitt into a tiger lol nt

[tomm2thumbs]

8. AND he's not a witch!!!

[tomm2thumbs]

9. How can SHE be me AND he be me?

I loved what Bill Maher said regarding Congressman Ryan & Sarah Palin...expressing confusion over why some conservatives see him as different than Sarah Palin.

"Somehow he's the smartest guy in the party and she's the stupidest woman on earth, but they agree on everything," he said.

* btw, I think we should start using Congressman Ryan vs. 'Paul' because frankly he's a Congressman and we should show respect to the group that has such a huge approval rating from America's voters...

[catchnrelease]

10. I'm pleasantly surprised

Most of the comments were blistering--against Ryan. My favorite was one commenter asking what kind of truck is Ryan driving? Next response was "Brinks"!!

[Suji to Seoul]

11. he also owns jeans and knows how to food shop. Or at least his servant does

Could this Rolls-Royce campaign be more disconnected from the planet?

[lastlib]

12. "I'm you," he says. Christine O'Donnell was, too, and we kicked her ass to the grass.

just like we will with little "Eddie Munster."

[truthisfreedom]

13. Mr Widow's Peak speaks!

Dude is fucking fr-r-r-eaky.

[DallasNE]

14. Ryan "Waited Tables" At McDonalds?

Funny but I have never had anybody wait tables at McDonalds for me. It makes me wonder if he ever worked at McDonalds. Yes, McDonald's employees have to bus tables and clean up the mess sometimes left by customers, but wait tables -- not a chance. So, what else is Ryan lying about.

[WooWooWoo]

17. i thought it was suspicious when he added "I also handed out the wine list"

as part of his job description at McDonalds.

[trof]

19. And washed dishes?

I don't remember ever seeing a dish at McD's.
Everything is 'disposable'.

[jmowreader]

15. We also have oil speculators and exploding refineries

And until you figure out how to get rid of both, it will still cost you over $100 to fill up your truck.

[Hubert Flottz]

16. Well I've got a big tip for the McDonald's "Waiter"

Don't quit your day job.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

20. In "RomneyLand" McDonald's has waiters....

....that serve foie gras Happy Meals.

[Erose999]

21. Actually, in Massachussetts (aka Romney land) I think McD's has lobster rolls. I'm sure they're

a terrible abomination compared to the real thing (as the McRib is to a real BBQ sandwich). But they do have them, haha.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

22. I thought they had those everywhere?

I've never had one myself, but I assumed it was a special run around the country.

Lobster rolls from D'Angelos are okay.

[Hubert Flottz]

24. I tried my first and last, McRib years ago on the road to the Pittsburgh Burn Center...

to see about a good friend of mine, who had just a few days before been very badly burned in a flash fire on a rotary drilling rig.

I was in shock at the sight or the poor old dude. Hair almost all burned away, face swollen, charred and blackened, around his dressings. All I could think of to say was, "Man, you look a hell of a lot better than that damned McRib sandwich I just ate!"

[Hubert Flottz]

23. In these two neoCON men's real lives I imagine that foie gras

has something to do with all the booze they've consumed in their lifetimes.

If I had a "waiter" like either one of those two BOZOs, I'd be looking for a barff bag instead of a doggie bag.

Mitt would be like, "Do you have doggie bags?" Waiter "No?" "Well okay then, I guess I'll have the chicken livers!"

[jeanmarc]

18. I enjoy 350 dollar bottles of wine with lobbyists.....

oops, he left that out.

[Hubert Flottz]

25. He will share no wine before it's time.

Time to make good on his side of the Ryan/lobbyist, now I'll scratch your back deal.

[liberal N proud]

26. Paraphrased: I am not like you but I want you to believe that I am.

They do a poor job of trying to be one of us.

[Politicalboi]

27. So he goes to a school

But yet if Michelle Obama goes, it's political. I know it's a different state, but it just shows the double standards once again.

[RKP5637]

28. Ryan is even creepier than Romney, and that's a lot of creepism. n/t

[global1]

29. How Did Ryan Vote On Energy Related Bills In Congress?......

He's talking energy independence - but I'd be willing to bet that he didn't vote that way.

[Democrats_win]

30. It's your ivory tower that stuns this Coloradoan.

You may have driven a hot dog to get there, but you look down on most Americans just the same.

[yurbud]

31. "...and I want to make it harder for you to afford to buy a truck and go camping or..."

"in the future, your camping tent will be the only house you can afford. At least until we deregulate the mortgage industry further, and they can foreclose on that tent."

[2pooped2pop]

32. most of us real people can't afford $100.00

in our tank at a time. Our cars and trucks ride on nearly empty most of the time. We slide in on fumes and hope that a 10 or $20 shows up soon so we can get a little more gas.

But yeah, you are just like us.

[jsr]

33. All the while whoring for the Koch brothers

[Sick of the GOP]

34. "I didn't even fill the gas tank! Enough! We have our own oil and gas. We have nuclear."

Where can I get one of them nuclear-powered cars?