Ryan made this comment during a May 2011 appearance on “Meet the Press” in response to numbers suggesting Americans weren’t in favor of cutting Medicare to balance the federal budget.
Paul Ryan’s many faces
The veep candidate inspires artists across the Internet. We plucked the most interesting ones
By Salon StaffTopics: Paul Ryan, 2012 Elections, Politics News
Paul Ryan's many faces
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Artist Bret A. Melvin writes that Ryan’s doctor-like qualities, “a rare combination of seriousness and honesty” in explaining debt and spending, inspired his illustration.
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Did Romney’s choice have something to do with attracting female voters? Artist Stoaty Weasel thinks so.
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Slashing Medicare? That’s a clown move.
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No food stamps? Let them eat cake pops.
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That sure is a sad face from the man who developed the “prescription for prosperity” budget.
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Some mainstream media outlets have welcomed Ryan with open arms. Others, not so much.
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A bold take on Paul Ryan’s eerie resemblance to Frankenstein.
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Is the Obama-Ryan budget clash veering into childish territory?
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If Romney’s pick was meant to “appease the monstrous appetites of the Right,” writes the artist behind this image, he should be aware that doing so “only makes them exponentially hungrier and crazier.”
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Artist Capt. Elaine says she’s enjoyed following Ryan for several years. She writes, “The media always portrays him as killing Medicare, while in fact his plan will SAVE Medicare from going broke.”
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The answers to our nation’s woes are all in Ryan’s head.
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It’s a magical, wealthy world for Mitt and Paul.
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It will be fascinating — or terrifying — to see how Romney and Ryan combine their ideas.
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Paul Ryan is washing his hands of Medicare.
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Says caricaturist Kate Salley Palmer, “Paul Ryan with his vampire-like widow’s peak, and those big blue eyes…those clenched cheeks when he grimaces or smiles…those Obama ears of his, and that impossibly black hair–what caricaturist could resist that?”
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