My problem tonight was how Ryan claims he came from a humble background...

[WCGreen]

Comparing his being raised in a fairly affluent small town,Janesville, WI, within 50 or so miles from Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago with being born in what can only be called hardscrabble Scranton, PA is just ludicrous.

Joe is the son of a Blue collar family while Ryan's dad was a successful attorney.

Ryan as born and raised deep in the bosom of suburbia while Joe B. was born into a fading blue collar small town just northwest enough to not be in Philly or NYC's SMA. He did come of age in Allentown, the place Billy Joel wrote a song about how hard it was to live there when all the mills and shops disappeared.

Maybe someone could write a little ditty about the trails and tribulation of walking the mean streets of Janesville.

Cause I'm living here Janesville, WI
And all I do is watch the world go by.
Hunkering down In a nice colonial
Live is so hard I just don't know where to go
To the Tasty Freeze or Hardies, Hardies, Hardies...

Well they opened up a big new Wall mart
And I saluted them for being so smart
Cause I can see all the parents of the poor kids in town
As they greet me at the door with nary a frown.

[jsr]

1. I noticed that also

What a bunch of crap.

[WCGreen]

3. It pissed me off to no end.

It's like Mitt claiming they were middle class...

[H2O Man]

2. One of many lies

he told ..... and certainly one that needs to be exposed. He is a child of the wealthy, who is looking to serve as a parasite on those he views as "others."

[Wounded Bear]

4. That was a weasel answer.....

RAyn actually said something to the affect of "I grew up in the same kind of town."

It's enough of a weasel to counter any "LIE" accusations, but you're right, it's very disingenuous. The two towns may be of similar sizes, but not very equal in wealth.

[shrdlu]

5. Don't bleed for poor Paul flipping hamburgers...

The family has done quite well.

http://www.ryancentral.com/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Those are great lyrics!

Billy Joel would be proud.

[JVS]

7. Biden's family was not blue collar. His grandfathers were a state senator and an oil businessman.

His own father was an unsuccessful business man until eventually having some success as a used car salesman.

Ryan as son of an attorney was technically cash richer but probably considered of lower class than Biden. Not that there was any privation in that.