Ryan Greeted In Las Vegas By Protests Outside Adelson Event (Wow!) - updated

[ProSense]

Ryan Greeted In Las Vegas By Protests Outside Adelson Event

Unions protest the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee.



LAS VEGAS — Paul Ryan was greeted at The Venetian resort and casino by hundreds of union protesters picketing his finance meeting with Sheldon Adelson and other top campaign donors.

The protesters, from the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO...AFGE president John Gage, who was in Las Vegas for his union's convention, told reporters that they were there to demonstrate against Ryan's proposed cuts to the federal government and Medicare.

"Romney Hood, Ryan Hood, not in our neighborhood," he said.

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Approximately 40 high-level donors gathered at what the campaign called a "finance event" featuring billionaire mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, who owns the casino. Donors dressed in suits were spotted leaving the event holding envelopes emblazoned with the Romney Victory logo, but would not talk to reporters.



http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/ryan-greeted-in-las-vegas-by-protests-outside-adel

Updated to add other reports.

Paul Ryan, Sheldon Adelson greeted by hundreds of protesters in Las Vegas
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/paul-ryan-sheldon-adelson-greeted-by-hundreds-of-protesters-in-las-vegas/2012/08/15/434b0864-e6ea-11e1-8f62-58260e3940a0_blog.html

Paul Ryan Meets with Nevada Donors as Protest Rages Outside
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/paul-ryan-meets-with-nevada-donors-as-protest-rages-outside/

Ryan meets with Vegas casino mogul as hundreds protest
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/14/13286238-ryan-meets-with-vegas-casino-mogul-as-hundreds-protest?lite

Protesters greet running mate Ryan on Vegas strip
http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-greet-running-mate-ryan-vegas-strip-024931746.html

[cali]

1. A great big thank you to all the folks who turned out for this.

[livetohike]

2. Wow! I hope this keeps up wherever Ryan/Romney go.

It seems the media are giving Ryan a pass right now. Wonder how long they can ignore this?

[flamingdem]

3. Wonderful n/t

[bullwinkle428]

4. Paul Ryan is reuniting this party like nobody's business!!

[PotatoChip]

5. In the words of the immortal Grateful Dead..."Wherever he goes the people all complain"

Couldn't happen to a better guy. Bwhahahahah!

[freshwest]

6. +1

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. Thank you, ryan "greeters"!

[Pisces]

8. I didn't see this reported anywhere!!

[YellaDog1950]

19. I haven't seen a report on this either.

Thanks, DU, for once again keeping me up-to-date.

[xxqqqzme]

9. Impressive!

n/t

[Auntie Bush]

10. I like this one. ""Romney Hood, Ryan Hood, not in our neighborhood"

Would make a good bumper sticker.

[nenagh]

11. Wow is right.... and thank everyone who protested...

Just the best news ...

[Blaspherian]

12. Agreed

Thanks to all that took a stand

[ellie]

13. Nice!

[polichick]

14. I would say "whoring for the 1%" but "hustling" is good too! k&r

[ProSense]

24. LOL! n/t

[Plucketeer]

15. Truly heartening!

SCREW Citizens United and the crooked law makers (SCOTUS) that made it happen. WE THE PEOPLE will prevail!!!

[CabCurious]

16. I smiled with the cute obama kid pics. I smiled with the white house ale. Now this. :)

[PATRICK]

17. experienced a remarkable phenomenon

A family member absolutely dedicated for voting for a a third party candidate because of strong policy disagreements(to put it mildly) is so enraged by the Ryan "choice" that he will now vote for Obama.
Even should Obama have no problem winning my Blue State I find myself with an irresistible urge to put one more vote as pressure on the stake through the GOP "heart" so well exposed and arrogantly represented by their ticket.

Even had he chosen Palin or Bachman I would have found this reaction totally unpredictable. It is because Ryan personifies the GOP policy, his life all the horrible models of what is wrong, menacing.

There is a lot more that could be said, but this one single emotion, this call to smack down is a pretty raw drive in a campaign that is otherwise predictable. Is this happening to all the base as they learn or recall Ryan and the Plan? Similarly what about the hold your nose GOP who are not total idiots. Doctrinaire Reaganism disappeared without explanation, like the Cold War and the sneaky substitute is merely a bolder madness, something worth destroying much more than arguing about.

And that "promise" to reveal their taxes AFTER they get elected? The biggest lie of the ROTFL so far in the campaign. That pledge is so obviously DOA as to strain the Big Lie theory to gut-busting ridicule.

[ProSense]

25. Excellent. Thanks for sharing. n/t

[Generic Other]

18. They didn't anticipate that we'd remember Ryan was the mastermind

the dumb criminal who tried to steal our Social Security already. I think the troops are ready for him this time.

[heaven05]

20. anger

I never got why there was enough anger, during the french revolution, to bring out the guillotines. I am beginning to understand. If so many of the one % weren't so self-centered and greedy, we would have a better world, I think.

[jillan]

21. Thank you Las Vegas!!!

[lpbk2713]

22. Thanks AFGE members. It must have been hotter than blazes there.

You did the right thing and I thank you for it.

[Care Acutely]

23. Beautiful! These are what real patriots look like - people standing up for their countrymen

over greed and corporations.

Way to go!