Has Paul Ryan ever had a "real job?"

[Wrong Element]

Since he's 42 now, and was elected to Congress in 1998, I'm thinking probably not.

I'm only asking because this has been a major part of the conservative brief against Obama: that he's never had a "real job," and thus knows nothing about business or job creation generally.

I haven't seen Jen or any of the usual suspects attacking Ryan on those grounds, almost as if they're complete hypocrites. You'd think he'd be a nonstarter based on his having been a parasite living off the taxpayer for his whole adult life.

 

[HankDolworth]

Wikipedia on Paul Ryan

He's done this and that, odd jobs out of college. Speech writer for conservative causes, a stint in marketing in his family's construction business.

This is the same strawman that went last time, comparing the VP candidate of one party to Obama. Romney and Obama are running for the CEO position, the VP is mostly a policy guy, and since the VP serves as the President of the Senate, legislative experience pays off in the post.

Comparing hypocrisy of one party to the hypocrisy of the other leads to madness, it's best not to look too closely.

 

[Beco]

Since he's 42 now, and was elected to Congress in 1998, I'm thinking probably not.

I'm only asking because this has been a major part of the conservative brief against Obama: that he's never had a "real job," and thus knows nothing about business or job creation generally.

I haven't seen Jen or any of the usual suspects attacking Ryan on those grounds, almost as if they're complete hypocrites. You'd think he'd be a nonstarter based on his having been a parasite living off the taxpayer for his whole adult life.

I heard he was a Community Organizer.....

 

[Wrong Element]

Wikipedia on Paul Ryan

He's done this and that, odd jobs out of college. Speech writer for conservative causes, a stint in marketing in his family's construction business.

This is the same strawman that went last time, comparing the VP candidate of one party to Obama. Romney and Obama are running for the CEO position, the VP is mostly a policy guy, and since the VP serves as the President of the Senate, legislative experience pays off in the post.

Comparing hypocrisy of one party to the hypocrisy of the other leads to madness, it's best not to look too closely.

Leaving aside that I don't agree that President of the United States is a job akin to being a CEO, the strawman problem is on the other side. I'm not attacking Ryan for being a career politician; I think you'll find that liberals in general don't care about that sort of thing.

I find it strange that of all the people Romney could have picked as his running mate, he chose someone whose life and career undercut one of his primary arguments against Obama. In fact, Ryan has actually been in elective office longer than Obama, despite being nearly 9 years younger.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Ryans anuther Perfumed Prince come to save the peasants.

 

[busybody..]

being Chairman of the House Budget Cmt is akin to a substantive CEO job


dont be a bigger asshole than you usually are, NIGGER ELEMENT

go back to Shitting on Romney for being a businessman and shitting on Ryan for not

 

[RobDownSouth]

Strangely absent from the Far Right this election cycle is the usual "he nevar served in teh military! He has no foreign policy experience!" meme.

 

[blobfish]

Who criticized Obama for not having a "real job"?

 

[Wrong Element]

Who criticized Obama for not having a "real job"?

"You talk about the president potentially being out of touch. Of course he's out of touch. He's out of touch in part because he never had the experience of working in the private sector, and seeing what it takes to start a small business, how a business decides to grow, when they decide to shrink, when they decide to send jobs overseas. He doesn't understand that at his core because he hasn't lived it."--Mitt Romney

 

[blobfish]

"You talk about the president potentially being out of touch. Of course he's out of touch. He's out of touch in part because he never had the experience of working in the private sector, and seeing what it takes to start a small business, how a business decides to grow, when they decide to shrink, when they decide to send jobs overseas. He doesn't understand that at his core because he hasn't lived it."--Mitt Romney

He's saying that Obama has no business experience, not that he never had a job. He was a lawyer for several years.

 

[busybody..]

He's saying that Obama has no business experience, not that he never had a job. He was a lawyer for several years.

he was a PIKER

landlord tenant BS

 

[kbate]

Tu quoque.

 

[busybody..]

Tu quoque.

*view post*

WTF bạn squaking về bây giờ, Lê lez?

 

[mercury14]

Since he's 42 now, and was elected to Congress in 1998, I'm thinking probably not.

I'm only asking because this has been a major part of the conservative brief against Obama: that he's never had a "real job," and thus knows nothing about business or job creation generally.

I haven't seen Jen or any of the usual suspects attacking Ryan on those grounds, almost as if they're complete hypocrites. You'd think he'd be a nonstarter based on his having been a parasite living off the taxpayer for his whole adult life.

"Experience is key for being president".

- Senator John McCain in a phrase never again uttered after making his VP choice

 

[blobfish]

*view post*

WTF bạn squaking về bây giờ, Lê lez?

*views post*

*throws a grenade at the dink*

 

[KRCummings]

He drove the Wienermobile for a while.

No, seriously.

 

[busybody..]

*views post*

*throws a grenade at the dink*

 

[blobfish]

He drove the Wienermobile for a while.

No, seriously.

That is actually true. I saw it on 60 Minutes or something recently.

 

[about_average]

"You talk about the president potentially being out of touch. Of course he's out of touch. He's out of touch in part because he never had the experience of working in the private sector, and seeing what it takes to start a small business, how a business decides to grow, when they decide to shrink, when they decide to send jobs overseas. He doesn't understand that at his core because he hasn't lived it."--Mitt Romney

That's interesting. Anyone know what small business Romney worked in?

As for Ryan, he drove the Oscar Myer Weinermobile, so he had that job. He also worked as a policy wonk in '92.

This is the first election in a very long time where none of the 4 candidates have any military experience, not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

 

[about_average]

He drove the Wienermobile for a while.

No, seriously.

Damn, you beat me to it.

 

[KRCummings]

This is the first election in a very long time where none of the 4 candidates have any military experience, not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

IMO it is a bad thing. I think the Commander-in-Chief should have military experience. I think it should be a requirement for the office.

 

[Adre]

IMO it is a bad thing. I think the Commander-in-Chief should have military experience. I think it should be a requirement for the office.

Why. You don't have to have had a heart attack to be a great cardiologist FDR did OK commanding a war.

 

[Liar]

IMO it is a bad thing. I think the Commander-in-Chief should have military experience. I think it should be a requirement for the office.

He is cheif over a lot of things. Is experience in each feild a requirment? Or is military chops special somehow?

Not that I can't see the argument. Direct chain of command and all that. Just saying that I don't see it as all that different from his command over various domestic policies, when it comes down to the nuts and bolts of it.

 

[mercury14]

IMO it is a bad thing. I think the Commander-in-Chief should have military experience. I think it should be a requirement for the office.

Should they be an officer or even a commander? Or is eight years as a low-ranking enlisted in the E-Club enough?

 

[busybody..]

IMO it is a bad thing. I think the Commander-in-Chief should have military experience. I think it should be a requirement for the office.

except J McCain

who we all heard

was a NUTJOB....in 2008