Paul Ryan's Halloween costume: Kevin Rose circa 2006

Time's photos of vice president hopeful Paul Ryan bear a striking resemblance to the BusinessWeek's 2006 cover of Digg cofounder Kevin Rose.

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Well, they’re both caucasian, both wearing hats, both using either headphones or earbuds, and both photographed in front of a colored background.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=708491342 David Liam Clayton

But look beyond the superficial at their chosen metaphors: Kevin Rose is upbeat about the country’s economic prospects; Paul Ryan feels they’re a heavy burden.
Mark Lee McDonald

I don’t see it. One looks like a self-satisfied frat-boy douche, the other looks like Kevin Rose.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DRHIO7JQJDY4NOBICEV3I2QXCI David

Well, I will never take Paul Ryan serious. (not that I ever would have) He looks more like Steve Carell.
- rattypilgrim
  
  He also bears a striking resemblance to “Goober Pyle” on Mayberry RFD. Not exactly instilling intelligence and confidence in his leadership.
  - Mark_Frauenfelder
    
    You are right!
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    “Goober!” was my first thought.
John Verne

I had to Google both of those names.
Rider

The best Kevin Rose clone was the fianllyfast kid:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/4237314921_51649d1701.jpg

And I think the point of this post is, they are clearly trying to superficially go for the young tech hipster demo. Not that they look like twins.
Brainspore

It looks like either one could break out into bad upper-class-white-boy-freestyle-rap given the slightest provocation.
saint_al

Ryan looks like a pin-up boy for smugness. I would not buy a used car from him.
http://www.commodorecrush.com/ Commodore Crush

Does he not get how Halloween works? That’s like a real Firefighter cheating and wearing his/her turnouts to a party. Maybe he should have dressed as a giant Skeptic magazine.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_B6WAFG5LAPULIRSQN35PL6M3BE Daniel

nice 8″ guns, Paul Ryan. frat boy fail.
http://www.facebook.com/kasey.diamond.1 Kasey Diamond

WTF ???
http://twitter.com/ManekiNico Maneki Nico

Excellent!
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quantize

No costume required, the fact that this fundamentalist nightmare holds any kind of public office is frightening enough.. He should stick to the suit..its scary enough.
http://profile.yahoo.com/OMHO6ER5QJE3SIZ35VAXIRCLYM Stephan

This picture of Ryan scares the living hell out of me. It looks like he is in one of those switch movies where the son becomes the dad and the dad becomes the son.
Jeremy Lusk

I’m not seeing the Kevin Rose resemblance, but wow – that TIME article sounds like it was drummed by an intern at Cosmo: “Confusing the electorate is unwise, but according to Horton, confusing the muscles is a plus”