Politics can’t scare off Ryan from his appointed Halloween rounds
Janesville, Wisconsin (CNN) – Even in an election year, Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan stuck to a family trick-or-treat tradition.
On Wednesday, Mitt Romney's running mate held three rallies in his home state before he and wife, Janna, returned to Janesville to spend Halloween with their three children.
“We will go trick-or-treating on the same route we go every year, which is the same route I went on when I was a little guy," Ryan said earlier in Racine.
Ryan's 10-year-old daughter, Liza, donned a blue wig and dressed up as a tamer version of pop singer Katy Perry, who recently performed at a fundraiser for President Barack Obama.
Unrecognizable in a red cape and black mask, 9-year-old Charlie dressed up as the Unknown Phantom. Grim Reaper, 7-year-old Sam, included a scythe that his dad carried around so his son could collect candy.
Janna Ryan wore a witch's hat but her husband appeared to be dressed up as an everyday Wisconsin dad. Ryan wore the same red University of Wisconsin jacket he had on earlier in the day but added a Badgers hat to his trick-or-treat ensemble. Joining the family was Ryan's sister-in-law Zoe, married to brother Stan, and their 2-year-old, Zaydee Mae Ryan, dressed up as a butterfly.
This year, reporters and campaign staff accompanied the Ryan brood down Jefferson Avenue, a street he frequented as a kid.
Now, with a cadre of reporters and campaign staff, Ryan's personal aide, Jake Kastan, also took part in the fun. Early on in the campaign, Ryan's youngest son, Sam, began calling him "chicken butt." Kastan joined in on the fun, surprised the kids and dressed up in a yellow chicken suit.
"You guys know why he has this suit on don't you? Because Sam calls him ‘chicken butt,’ " Ryan said with a laugh as he and Janna posed for a picture with his personal aide.
When reporters followed Ryan's clan to the last house, they asked the vice presidential hopeful to comment on the latest poll numbers in Wisconsin.
Ryan brushed off the question, "We're not doing questions."
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Vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on Nov 6 who can save America!!
That is sweet!
if he,s elected there will be a lot of seniors out next year just to eat
maybe he can get romney to finally let us see his tax returns? whats romney got to hide? doesnt or isnt America good enough for romney to release his returns so we can truly find out his true character? if hiis returns were clean...they would be public record! i cant trust romney or lying ryan with dog catching responsibilities not to to even imagine these two liers running my country!!!
And I thought Paul Ryan was against handouts?
I can totally relate to him now
Around here (Orange Park, FL) the ultra-religious Protestants, which make up most of the population, will not participate in Halloween. 3/4 of the neighborhood is dark and I only had about 10 trick or treaters all night. Ugh. I gotta move. It's a sea of intolerance and Romney/Ryan bumper stickers.
Don't you just love that right wing extremist smile on this man and his family? Not a care in the world.
Very refreshing to see someone from Washington acting like a father. Whomever wins Mr Romney and Mr. Ryan have my respect. All the BS aside they represent what is good about the USA. It bothers me when they talk about Mr. romneys religion, I can remember the same discourse about Kennedy, it wasn't true than and it isn'true now.
The east coast is a mess, and Ryan is out trick or treating? I guess it just doesn't affect him that millions of citizens can't celebrate his pagan holiday with him and his children.
Aww. Cute family 🙂
The fake man is with his family tonight.. I wonder if he is as fake with his family as he is with the American people.. ..I would say yes, you can't turn that kind of slime off..
Goodie Gumdrops. Who cares?
well, I guess he has his priorities straight
Thats great, real great where did they go? Where the hand out $100 bills, and make fun of the middle and lower classes?
Ryan took first place for scariest costune, he went as a vice presidential canidate
Why is this even a story? Journalism was killed by the Communications Major. You should have stuck with cheerleading as a career.
How sweet.. . . really and truly makes me want to BARF my breakfast!
Get lost. All of you.
It is appropriate to enjoin family celebrations, however when one is trying to achieve the position of leadership level of a nation that has just witnessed such a profound natural disaster I believe his time would be better spent in studying the duress of so many and how repairs can be made to those lives rather than a petty and casual relaxation to gather candy and joyous costuming. I doubt many people on the eastern seaboard can find the same portion of their life to celebrate a minor holiday as he can. Somehow he seems hollow in ignorance of the immensity of our national trauma. Then again, Mr. Ryan always represented this obvious display of negligence to the public. This is sadness masked to denial.
Once the photo op was over he went back to campaigning , his wife doesn't want him in Wisconsin anymore than anyone from Wisconsin... All kidding aside folks, who would vote for this known liar ???
Who cares?
I bet his kids said, "Golly, dad, this sure beats pretending to wash clean pots and pans for the homeless!"
In other pressing news, Mitt Romney ate dinner last night, Joe Biden watched a scary movie, and Ronald Reagan is still dead.
Let me see: Ryan, good Christian family man with a mission to help the economy; or Biden, a lush with plugs who makes fun if people from India and does not know who he is or where he is going but can laugh laugh laugh at anyone and everything like a banshee. Hmmmm. Big decision. NOT. Romney/Ryan
Really.. no one can comment on this... ? Then why put up the story? I think they are fraud !