Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
That's what I was trying to point out though, even his kids can see through him. That's why it's so painful.

Out of a 15min visit, how many dishes do you think got clean? I can tell you from experience that not much got done, AND that Ryan has never had a callous on his hand as a result of dishwashing IN HIS LIFE.

It was a photo-op. With that said, why continue the tired old cliché politician photo-op at the soup kitchen. I actually might have changed my vote if I saw him actually gettin down, serving people and cleaning up for a day. DO SOMETHING instead of being a rich political shill.
agreed, there was something very fake and cliche about it all.

However, i disagree with the "hes never worked in his life" comment. He was not born rich. He worked his way up, he is from middle class upbringing.

Following his sophomore year, Ryan took a job working the grill at McDonald's.[6] He was on his high school's ski, track and varsity soccer teams and played basketball in a Catholic recreational league.[19][20][21] He also participated in several academic and social clubs including the Model United Nations.[6][19] Ryan and his family often went on hiking and skiing trips to the Colorado Rocky Mountains.[10][16]

When he was 16, Ryan found his 55-year-old father lying dead in bed of a heart attack.[6][16] Following the death of his father, Ryan's grandmother moved in with the family, and because she had Alzheimer's, Ryan helped care for her while his mother commuted to college in Madison, Wisconsin.[6] After his father's death Ryan received Social Security survivors benefits until his 18th birthday, which were saved up in order to pay for his college education.[2