"Forty minutes of vitriol and a half dozen previously debunked attacks, but not one tangible idea."
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.@stefcutter on Paul Ryan: "Forty minutes of vitriol and a half dozen previously debunked attacks, but not one tangible idea."
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FACT: Ryan opposed the deficit reduction deal because it would help President Obama's re-election chances. http://OFA.BO/d7brJS
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FACT: Paul Ryan blamed President Obama for a GM factory closing in Janesville, WI. The factory was slated to close BEFORE Obama took office.
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FACT: Romney ranked 47th out of 50 in job growth as Massachusetts governor. http://OFA.BO/d4D5Ac
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FACT: Ryan fails to mention that he repeatedly sought Recovery Act funds for his own district.
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FACT: 38,000 teachers and 27,000 special education teachers could lose their jobs because of the Ryan budget. http://OFA.BO/UgkgzA
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FACT: The Ryan budget would cut elementary and secondary education funding by $4.8 billion. http://OFA.BO/y4vmmn
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FACT: The Ryan budget would push 200,000 children from Head Start early education. http://OFA.BO/eVGw2u
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FACT: The Romney-Ryan ticket has provided no plan to reduce the deficit.
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FACT: Economists say Romney's ideas wouldn't fix the short-term crisis and could make things worse. http://OFA.BO/f6Y5mC
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FACT: Romney and Ryan both say they want housing market to “hit bottom.” http://OFA.BO/GGHu1C
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FACT: Romney said, "Don't try to stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom." http://OFA.BO/1Ux6KR
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FACT: New retirees could pay an extra $6,400 a year under a Medicare plan authored by Paul Ryan. http://OFA.BO/mnG5fM
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FACT: Ryan's budget would end guaranteed benefits for Medicare. http://OFA.BO/Xz3fyk
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FACT: Ryan's budget would end Medicare as we know it, turning it into a voucher system.
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FACT: The consensus among economists is that the Recovery Act staved off a rerun of the 1930s. http://OFA.BO/WGqhM5
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FACT: Ryan criticized President Obama's decision to save the auto industry after voting in favor of it. http://OFA.BO/7aXW43
A few of his biggest lies:
On his district: He blamed President Obama for an auto plant that closed in his district—but the truth is the plant had shut down in 2008, when George W. Bush was president.
On Medicare: Ryan said that he and Romney would save Medicare for future generations. Their plan would actually replace Medicare as we know it with a voucher system—raising costs for seniors.
On the deficit: Ryan said, “President Obama has added more debt than any other president before him.” False.
On the middle class: Ryan called for “the strong to protect the weak.” But the Romney-Ryan plan would ask for nothing from the wealthiest Americans—instead their plan would raise taxes on middle-class families, and strip key programs like Pell Grants and Medicare, just to provide more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
http://www.barackobama.com/romney-convention/entry/watching-the-republican-convention-day-three-RC
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Among the other Republican notables were Newt Gingrich and strategist Frank Luntz.
(Gingrich) at the end of that strategy session in the Caucus Room:
“You will remember this day,” he began. “You’ll remember this as the day the seeds of 2012 were sown . .
http://www.amsterdamnews.com/politics_noir/early-on-obama-and-rangel-targeted-by-gop/article_3582501e-953e-11e1-9528-0019bb2963f4.html
Trying to help the sell-ability of these claims that you call facts.
Instead you have to insert some phrase from the plan, budget or name some economists that proves the 'would' claim. Because 'would' language isn't weighty enough to opposing party voters or independents who are pretty used to outright lies right about now. Or who are in an emo bubble. Injecting solid language that convinces hostile audiences is crucial right now.
I also think that reporting what people SAY isn't as indicative of their future "bold leadership" activity as much as is what they have DONE, which is more convincing.
