Ryan: Let them eat corn!!

Unless you're someone who makes the state fair circuit a regular pastime, news that Iowa State Fair's giant pumpkin competition took a huge hit this year is barely a blip on your radar.

Due to a persistent drought and the hottest July in the recorded history of Julys, this year's weigh-in for the behemoth gourds showed significant weight reduction among its top giants. For the first time in years, the winner clocked in at under 1,000 pounds.

As though to soften the competitive blow, farmer Dan Carlson, half of the winning Peterson-Carlson team for the past three years, pointed to farmers facing fates worse than their own, asking, "Have you seen the corn crop lately?”

It was among all this talk of less than super-sized pumpkins and drought and devastated corn crops that Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan came to stump for votes.
And it was in the midst of all this talk among farmers, looking at possibly losing their livelihoods -- now known simply as "policy things" -- that the candidate was asked about his stance on giving them some federal relief. To which he incredibly replied displaying way more quid than pro quo:

“We’ll get into all those policy things later. Right now I just want to enjoy the fair,” Ryan replied.

Talk about basic cluelessness within the Romney team to address losses estimated to be as high as $40 billion throughout the Corn Belt.

Let them eat corn, as for me, Ryan, my veins shall be clogged with cheese.