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magical thyme

(14,881 posts) Sat Sep 8, 2012, 08:20 AM Sep 2012

Ryan Calls Nomination Greatest Triumph Since Winning Tour de France (borowitz)

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Fresh from the 2012 Republican National Convention, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) today called being nominated for Vice President his greatest personal triumph “since I won the Tour de France, in 2006.”

“That feeling of adrenaline when I was onstage with Mitt,” he told reporters on the campaign trail. “It felt exactly like that when I crossed the finish line in Marseille.”

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Ryan Calls Nomination Greatest Triumph Since Winning Tour de France (borowitz) (Original Post) magical thyme Sep 2012 OP

Retired Air Force Admiral Paul Ryan paid tribute to his fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong last week. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #1

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1. Retired Air Force Admiral Paul Ryan paid tribute to his fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong last week.

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Sat Sep 8, 2012, 09:58 AM

Sep 2012

"I remember as Neil and I were preparing to exit the LEM for the first time, I told him to watch his step. Neil said, "Hmm, that is one small step there..."

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