Paul Ryan to headline ‘Mad Men' themed dinner

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ABC News

Paul Ryan to headline ‘Mad Men' themed dinner
By Chris Moody
June 5, 2012

Wisconsin Republican and possible VP pick Paul Ryan will headline a "Mad Men"-themed gala dinner in Washington, D.C., Tuesday hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank.

The annual dinner, held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, is sold out, organizers said. Attendance at the event costs $5,000-$40,000 per table or $250 for an individual seat.

Ryan is scheduled to speak at the gala after hosting a roundtable discussion on behalf of Romney's presidential campaign in Raleigh, N.C., earlier that day.

An after-party will follow the dinner, where the Old Fashioned is sure to be the drink of choice.


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[Hugin]

1. Tone deaf...

or just, stupid?

[OKNancy]

2. both

[rfranklin]

5. I think it's arrogance...

They can't believe what they are able to get away with and yet they see it as proof that they are superior beings.

[MADem]

34. My first thought! Gee, will they get drunk, sexually harass women, and exclude blacks and gays?

Wait....that sounds like ANY GOP gathering!

[DinahMoeHum]

3. So who's playing the role of Lane Pryce? ***(SPOILER ALERT)***

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the one who embezzled/forged the check and committed suicide?

[lookingfortruth]

6. Oh, Damn! I'm a season behind. Can't wait til it comes out on DVD.

[myrna minx]

23. Thanks for the bloody spoiler. Boooo!

[DinahMoeHum]

29. Sorry, should have put on an alert or something. . .

n/t

[MADem]

35. You can edit and put SPOILER--don't look at first version unless you want to know season 5 details.

That way, you won't catch anyone else unawares. If people want to see what you said they will have to click through to your original post.

[DinahMoeHum]

39. It was too late for me to edit at that point. . .

. . .sorry as hell.

[MADem]

40. You can still edit now and save others from the same 'spoiled' fate.

There is no timeline anymore.

[monmouth]

4. This has FAIL written all over it....n/t

[Javaman]

7. So they will treat women like crap and drink themselves into oblivion...

how is that different from any other repuke day?

[JNelson6563]

12. lolz Valid point!

[liberal N proud]

8. Is this where they ogle the women and then ask them to prostitute themselves to get...

the party what it needs?

They obviously have not watched the last several episodes.

[Ilsa]

9. Republicans playing dress-up,

wishing things were as they were 50 years ago, instead of living in the real world.

[lunatica]

10. Thereby proving they're stuck in what they think were the good old days before

women and minorities got their civil rights. That photo of Paul Ryan shows perfectly what a clueless fuck he is. He has no clue what those days were like, but he pines for them. I used to think he was just evil. Now I think he's a fucking idiot too.

[Zoeisright]

28. That is my point too.

I love Mad Men, but it was simply appalling to see how women and minorities were treated back then. And Ryan is a misogynistic little troll.

[MADem]

36. I enjoy MM because I remember how it was, for real--and I see how accurate many of the

mores expressed in the series are--I certainly don't think it's anything to idolize, though. If we're talking about a fashion show, sure, or a "foodie" event, OK (casseroles and some hideous drinks and canapes), or even a trivia party--but a bunch of politicians lionizing the era is just dumb as dirt, and sends a very wrong message.

[truthisfreedom]

11. Old Fashioned is going to be the drink of choice?

Don drinks whiskey. Roger drinks vodka. Who the fuck drinks Old Fashioned? These guys are hard-core. They drink warm booze straight from the bottle.

[RVN VET]

15. Yer right but the point

the point was that this will be an "old fashioned" party. Anyway, here's hopin' they drink their silly asses to oblivion and create a newsworthy debacle, pukin', gropin', and cryin' like babies lookin' for mommies cuddly bosom.

[DesMoinesDem]

42. Don drinks Old Fashioneds all the time.

In the first scene of Mad Men Don orders an Old Fashioned. In one episode they show him making one for himself and Conrad Hilton. Roger drinks Gibsons. Of course at the office they don't mix drinks.

[MADem]

43. Don made Old Fashioneds for himself and Conrad Hilton at Roger and Jane's party....

The one where Roger did a tune in blackface! Conrad Hilton was at a wedding, Don was at the Roger and Jane party, and they both escaped to the bar--Don mistook Conrad Hilton for the bartender, and ended up making the drinks.

These idiots are a season or three behind!

[Granny M]

13. Well, they are madmen. nt

[tanyev]

14. Ah, the good old 50's. When women knew their place and the tax rate on the wealthy was 90%.

For some reason, the GOP can never remember that last bit.

[RVN VET]

16. Good point

I wonder if anyone at the shindig will point that out? (I'm kidding! I'm kidding!)

[onenote]

17. From the comments on this thread, you'd think that only repubs could like Mad Men

Yet, I know many Democrats -- including some very progressive Democrats -- who love the show and, in a couple of cases, have hosted their own Mad Men themed parties.

Its a political fundraiser. Both parties have them. Why is this one any worse (or better) than any other one?

[onehandle]

18. But Republicans portray themselves as penny-pinching 'regular folk.'

Nope. They are media-obsessed elitists.

[Hugin]

21. This is one of those cases where I wonder if they are really watching a show the same.

Other classic examples...

"Wall Street"
"Idiocracy"
"The Big Bang Theory"
"All in the Family"

A good piece of art is many different things to different people.

[sufrommich]

24. Don't forget their love of "Born In The U.S.A."

They obviously don't listen to the words.I think most of the stuff goes right over their head.




I love,love,love, Mad Men.

[SharonAnn]

22. I like the show because it reminds of my experiences in the 1960's

when it was hard for me to get a job as a computer programmer becasue most companies "didn't hire women".

When I applied for a job at Omaha Bell and wasn't hired because I was "too intelligent" and I would get bored with an operator's job or a customer service job and quit. Couldn't offer me a more challenging job, though, because those weren't "women's jobs".

When I was told by a company they didn't hire women because they would just get married, have a baby, and quit. I told the interviewer I didn't even have a date for Saturday night so I didn't think it was an issue. I didn't get the job, but I thought my reply was funny.

And, though we never drank at work like Don Draper and his gang do, we did drink a lot more than was good for us. And smoked, too!

Ah, those were the days and I'm glad they're gone!

[MADem]

44. It's a "bad season" to have a Mad Men party, owing to the plotline this year.

I'm not going to give away any more spoilers than you have already seen here, but this has been a VERY dark year at SCDP. We're not talking cutesy fashions, hairstyles, casseroles, canapes, music of the day, and era-appropriate furniture that were featured, remarked-upon and imitated from past seasons; this season had some themes that were as timeless as Shakespeare and as bleak as Edgar Allan Poe's stuff.

I never miss a MM episode, and none of my friends (all Dems) do either--but I'd rather have a Finding Nemo party if I were fundraising this year than have a MM party (and no, I don't think Finding Nemo would be terribly appropriate either, unless all of my potential donors brought along their three to seven year olds....).

It's not that the show is "bad," it's that using it as a theme this year is just a lousy idea given the plot developments. It's not quite as bad as having a "Helter Skelter" party theme (everyone draw in a Manson swastika on your foreheads--best one wins a desert holiday and a set of steak knives!) or a Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" party (dress up like the killers, best costume wins a vacation to Kansas and a lifetime supply of aspirin!) but it's pretty damned tone-deaf, if you ask me.

It's like they don't give a shit about social issues, and they don't care if everyone knows it--in fact, they're proud of it.

[BlueIris]

19. My beloved Mad Men deserves better.

It should not be abused in this way. Boo, hiss.

[6000eliot]

20. Matthew Weiner just threw up in his mouth a little.

[JackRiddler]

25. So Ryan's going to play Pete Campbell?

[msanthrope]

31. Duck. nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

26. I'm surprised he can tear himself away from his Ayn Rand shrine for rhe evening

Maybe he's having his high priest's robes cleaned that night.

[Odin2005]

27. Ryan's widow's peak makes him look like a vampire.

[msanthrope]

30. Ryan is Duck. nt

[Enrique]

32. Cooper is an Ayn Rand acolyte, just like Ryan

how perfect is this?

[JackRiddler]

38. Yeah, but Cooper is a classy, cultured old fart.

[Enrique]

33. who will be Roger?

[MADem]

37. Boehner--he's just gonna have to tighten up on the orange, doncha know!

He's already down with the smoking!

[sarcasmo]

41. Douche bags.

[bupkus]

45. Gotta love those compassionate conservatives

They keep repeating the same themes.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-baum-foreclosure-homeless-halloween-255102

Top Foreclosure Firm’s Homeless-Themed Halloween Party Pictures Spark Controversy on Internet

The Steven J. Baum law firm, which represents lenders including Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, is under fire for the photographs released by New York Times.

The story goes like this: New York’s largest foreclosure law firm, Steven J. Baum, held it’s big annual Halloween party last year, as they do every year the Friday before October 31. Nearly a year later, a former employee sent photos from the party to NY Times columnist Joe Nocera. But unlike most Halloween costume parties, this one sparked anger: the pictures depict what appears to be a “homeless” theme, with employees at the Buffalo-based firm apparently mocking the very homeowners their law firm targets with foreclosure.

Now it's Ryan's turn.