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Supervisor: Paul Ryan campaign event, “a highly inappropriate use of hangar space,” violated county rules

One might conclude that Paul Ryan felt “entitled” to break a few county rules when he held a rally for thousands in a local airport hangar in Wisconsin.

Via JS Online:

A Nov. 5 rally for Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan at a county-owned Mitchell International Airport hangar violated county rules and lease terms for the firm that rents the space, a county supervisor said Wednesday.

Supervisor Patricia Jursik called Ryan’s election eve rally “a highly inappropriate use of hangar space.” She said the rally violated the county’s hangar lease with Sterling Aviation, where Ryan spoke to more than 2,000 supporters.

It turned that hangar into a big convention hall,” Jursik said in an interview.

He also caused traffic jams and violated the county ethics ordinance, but who’s counting?

In case anyone is wondering, Supervisor Jursik is an independent, so this wasn’t about politics.

The airport manager said Ryan was originally given approval because they thought it would be nothing more than a landing and takeoff, as other national candidates have done. But it turned into something bigger and “inappropriate,” you know, kind of like the Romney-Ryan campaign.

PhotOH! Mitt Romney broke a Facebook rule. Do we sense a pattern?

Ruh-roh, Willard, you got some ‘splainin’ to do to Facebook. According to their rules, you can’t include a web address in your cover photo. I took a screen grab to prove it, and even highlighted the relevant parts:

But on the Romney page, as Gizmodo points out, Willard has clearly posted a web address, right there on his cover photo. Here’s a screen grab of that, too:

Willard broke their rule, no doubt about it. Then again, we already know that he plays fast and loose with rules, so this is nothing new.

Besides, he probably feels entitled to his very own rules, to do whatever he wants whenever he wants. After all, he’s running for office, for Pete’s sake. He’s a contender! He’s somebody!

Or, hey, maybe he bought himself a new rule that allows only him to post a web address on his Facebook cover photo.

Or perhaps he had someone fired for trying to prevent him from displaying “MittRomney.com” across the page.

Or maybe, just maybe, he secretly bought Facebook!

The presumptive Republican presidential candidate is setting some example there, isn’t he? Quite the little role model. A man we can always trust to follow the law rules.

Now if President Obama had done such a thing, had he dared to do as he pleased with total disregard for Facebook’s demands, he would have been vilified.

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