I’m pretty sure that Ayn Rand’s first law of political action was to show up late to soup kitchens and fake-wash their clean dishes.
This shows compassion without any necessity to worry about getting lice.
“Had they asked for permission, it wouldn’t have been granted. … But I certainly wouldn’t have let him wash clean pans, and then take a picture.”
The Ryans were at this location for a mere 15 minutes. It was just enough time to don the aprons they brought with them and pretend to clean their kitchen. Of course, the charity’s bylaws precluded them from hosting political candidates or taking any partisan positions. The Ryans should never have come on the property in the first place.
This is what people who have contempt for the poor do when they try to show that they actually care.
The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week “ramrodded their way” into the group’s Youngstown soup kitchen so that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan could get his picture taken washing dishes in the dining hall.
Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, said that he was not contacted by the Romney campaign ahead of the Saturday morning visit by Ryan, who stopped by the soup kitchen after a town hall at Youngstown State University.
“We’re a faith-based organization; we are apolitical because the majority of our funding is from private donations,” Antal said in a phone interview Monday afternoon. “It’s strictly in our bylaws not to do it. They showed up there, and they did not have permission. They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors.”
He added: “The photo-op they did wasn’t even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall.”
I will leave you with some scripture that Paul Ryan should already be familiar with but apparently doesn’t care about.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” – Gospel According to Matthew, Chapter 6, Verses 1:4
According to Jesus, Paul Ryan is a hypocrite who will get no reward from his Father in Heaven.
