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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 10:46 PM Aug 2012

Ryan Greeted In Las Vegas By Protests Outside Adelson Event

Source: BuzzFeed





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, gathered in the plaza outside the hotel with signs like "Paul Ryan: Hustling for the 1%," and "Romney/Ryan Road to Ruin."

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.

"Ryan, Go Home," the union members shouted. Gage said his union has 300,000 members nation-wide and estimate that about 9,000 or 10,000 are from Nevada.



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

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Ryan Greeted In Las Vegas By Protests Outside Adelson Event (Original Post) maddezmom Aug 2012 OP
They all deserve a medal for going out in the heat Iwillnevergiveup Aug 2012 #1
No kidding! I forgot how hot it gets in Vegas in August. SunSeeker Aug 2012 #5
"Ryan, Go Home" CountAllVotes Aug 2012 #2
Being from Wisconsin, I'd go with "Ryan, go to Hell". Scuba Aug 2012 #9
This I like.... CherokeeDem Aug 2012 #3
But Fox says "Three people showed up to heckle our next VP" nt DCKit Aug 2012 #4
Fox has standards to uphold DFW Aug 2012 #7
Great pics. Thanks for the post! nt SunSeeker Aug 2012 #6
Bumper sticker would be good kathman-duzi Aug 2012 #8
Las Vegas has been really hard hit by the economy lunatica Aug 2012 #10

DFW

(54,430 posts)
7. Fox has standards to uphold
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 11:53 PM
Aug 2012

Those standards were set by the editorial staff of Pravda in the 1950s, but who's checking?

kathman-duzi

(82 posts)
8. Bumper sticker would be good
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 12:22 AM
Aug 2012

Love the sign that says;

Ryan hustling for the 1%!
Good bumper sticker candidate.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. Las Vegas has been really hard hit by the economy
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:06 AM
Aug 2012

The unemployment rate is 12% and Marcus & Millichap, a national commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm rates it last among 44 markets rated.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/apr/03/new-reports-confirm-las-vegas-lagging-economic-rec/

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