Paul Ryan and Ryan Gosling spark vice-presidential humour online

When Mitt Romney officially named Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate on Sunday he likely had no clue what the internet had in store for him.

Early Saturday, as news began to leak, online pranksters sprung into action and revived a meme that first appeared earlier this year: Paul Ryan Gosling. It

builds on that uber-popular "Hey Girl" meme featuring actor Ryan Gosling by combining pictures or Tweets of Paul Ryan with a romantic and/or conservative

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One of the first blogs to spring into action was Hey Girl, It's Paul Ryan. According to Time Magazine, the Tumblr blog was started back in April but lasted

only about a week. Since Ryan was picked to be Romney's running mate, however, it was revived.

It features such pithy comments as "Hey girl, I like big cuts and I cannot lie" and "Hey girl, I may be vying for #2. But you'll always be my #1."
Here's another one:
But Hey Girl, It's Paul Ryan is not to be confused with another Tumblr called simply Paul Ryan Gosling that sprung up on Saturday.
The creator(s) behind the Paul Ryan Gosling Tumblr don't want to be confused with yet another addition to the meme craze. They wrote:
"If you follow @PaulRyanGosling on Twitter, be advised that that is not the real Paul Ryan Gosling, the adorable middle-class-destroying scamp that you know

and love from this page right here.

Facebook.com/PaulRyanGosling. Real talk."
The @paulryangosling Twitter account also sprang into action Saturday with a Tweet about Medicare.