Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:07 AM
Segami (5,756 posts)
Yeah, PAUL RYAN Is Also A DICKLast edited Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:14 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) 
HERE IS A DICK. Paul Ryan better PRAY that his so-called ' bunch of friends ' don't speak up on a political commercial calling out Ryan on his lies. Hmm, hope the Dems are on top of this one. As we saw a short while ago, Paul Ryan is retroactively blaming Pres. Barack Obama for a plant closing, in Ohio, in 2008. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/17/1121306/-Paul-Ryan-blames-Obama-for-GM-plant-closed-in-2008-under-Bush He's got this whole spiel about Obama's terrible energy policies and how they doomed the plant. I can't wait to see if he amends his criticism, since it would've been George W. Bush's energy policies that doomed the plant. 
But an interesting side story has emerged from this episode. You see—while Obama had nothing to do with that plant, as a representative from Wisconsin, Ryan happened to represent the district that was home to that plant. In fact, he claimed today that a bunch of his friends happened to work at it. So if he represents the home of that plant, and he's got friends who work there ... he fights to keep it open, right? Of course not. 
In 2008, however, Ryan vowed not to request earmarks anymore; he later helped push through an outright ban. I asked whether Ryan’s libertarianism ever clashed with the needs of his constituents. He hesitated, then said, finally, "I suppose there could have been a full-court press to just cobble together as much federal money as possible on our behalf to make it irresistible for G.M. to keep this plant open."
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/06/120806fa_fact_lizza#ixzz23ppoXZ82 In other words, Ryan did nothing to try and stop the closing of a major employer in his town, one that supposedly employed a bunch of his friends.  
That's called being a dick. The fact that he then tries to pin the blame on Obama just confirms that he's a big one. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/17/1121347/-Yeah-Paul-Ryan-is-also-a-dick .
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 Yeah, PAUL RYAN Is Also A DICK (Original post) |
Segami | Aug 2012 | OP |
| SunsetDreams | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| JaneyVee | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| freshwest | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| freshwest | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| Kalidurga | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| SunSeeker | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| Cha | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| lumpy | Aug 2012 | #8 | |
| Segami | Aug 2012 | #10 | |
| DallasNE | Aug 2012 | #9 |
Response to Segami (Original post)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:19 AM
SunsetDreams (8,299 posts)
1. Very nice find! K&R and Bookmarked!
Response to Segami (Original post)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:20 AM
2. Great ammo for the Obama team next time they stop through Wisconsin.
Response to JaneyVee (Reply #2)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 01:30 AM
freshwest (31,425 posts)
4. Yes, I hope they use it!
Response to Segami (Original post)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 01:28 AM
freshwest (31,425 posts)
3. That is the most freaking outrageous thing ever! Thanks for telling the world here!
Response to Segami (Original post)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 01:44 AM
SunSeeker (5,030 posts)
6. Wow. That New Yorker quote is devastating. nt
Response to Segami (Original post)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 02:00 AM
Cha (124,546 posts)
7. The evidence of lyin' ryan being
Response to Cha (Reply #7)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 10:38 AM
Segami (5,756 posts)
10. Ryan's lyin needs to get more press ink coverage than its getting.
Response to Segami (Original post)
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 02:26 AM
9. It Is Like I Posted on Thinkprogress.org Earlier
