Romney ignored warnings about Ryan’s history of lies, exaggerations

[Liberal_in_LA]

Romney ignored warnings about Ryan’s history of lies, exaggerations



Campaign professionals vetting Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as a potential Republican vice presidential candidate warned Mitt Romney‘s strategists that the Congressman had a “history of exaggeration and prevarication” that could become a campaign issue and distraction but the GOP presidential nominee’s team ignored the warnings.

Romney campaign insiders tell Capitol Hill Blue that an intense internal battle raged inside the campaign over Ryan’s history of blatant lies, factual misstatements and exaggerations.

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“Paul Ryan is a loose cannon. He’s Mitt Romney’s Sarah Palin and his involvement with the campaign will sink the Republican Party in this election,” said another GOP pro, who also asked to remain anonymous.

“When I heard Ryan was on the short list, my first reaction was ‘oh, Christ, here we go again,’ ” the longtime GOP operative said Sunday. ”The man tells so many whoppers so often that I’m not sure he even knows when he’s lying.”

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/44972

[Vincardog]

1. No he saw them as useful prior experience. LIES are all they have

[surrealAmerican]

17. Indeed.

In Mitt's world, honesty would be seen as a disqualifying characteristic.

[kardonb]

36. indeed

Ryan's face tells you everything about his character . He cannot hide his mean soul ..

[ejbr]

33. + 1 n/t

[sufrommich]

2. They certainly have no problem with him lying in his speeches.nt

[Tennessee Gal]

3. It's a match made in heaven. They both lie so easily. nt

[backscatter712]

42. More like a match made in Hell... n/t

[zbdent]

4. so ... when he accepted the job of VP ...

was he lying then, too?

[yardwork]

5. I'm not sure that I believe this spin. I think that Romney is trying to distance himself from Ryan.

I think that the Romney team picked Ryan because of his lies. Lies are their strategy.

[rbrnmw]

11. Exactly they have done it for so long

They didn't expect the backlash to be so fast and widespread

[Jackpine Radical]

18. And indeed the attention the media are gving to the lies is new & unprecedented.

The same people who functioned as an echo chamber for the Swiftboat liars are now betraying their sacred responsibility to the Republican Party and turning on rMoney. I have no idea why this is happening, but it's pretty interesting.

[speedoo]

45. Could it be happening simply because they happen to like Obama?

Matthews, for example, likes Barack a lot, I think.. Hasn't Obama been pretty straight with the media folks since he took office?. Other than Fox, of course.

[JDPriestly]

63. Obama is just a competent human being and a very competent president.

We could not get better at this time.

Romney and Ryan are imposters just there to fill the space on the ballot while we re-elect the president we like, Barack Obama.

As many know, I will be the first to criticize Barack Obama on human rights -- after he is re-elected. Hopefully in his second term, he will perform with more integrity in that area. We shall see. But in so far as running the government, Barack Obama is the best.

Neither Romney nor Ryan have the stable personalities that Obama has. And that is what we need in the White House -- an adult with a sense of humility and humor -- Barack Obama.

[Chemisse]

58. It may be because R & R are on a sinking boat

Everybody wants to be on the side of the winner.

[JHB]

82. They're positioning themselves for afterward...

"I saw it coming. I saw it and told you way back then..." they'll say to their media contacts. Working to make sure they don't get saddled with the blame.

[CrispyQ]

80. The media heads have to know what a hit the US will take

in the global community if we have the likes of R/R in office. It will be W on steroids.

[Angry Dragon]

16. How does Willard distance himself from lying ryan when Willard picked him to be VP??

They are joined at the hip

[yardwork]

40. It smells like a Rove-like strategy. Good cop bad cop.

They picked Ryan so that he would tell these outrageous lies. The Rethugs figured that the media would give them a pass like they usually do. Now that some of Ryan's lies are being exposed, Romney tries to be the "good guy" and tells everyone that it's Ryan's habit to lie. This conveniently covers up the liars' strategy.

[jsr]

6. Romney needed Lyin' Ryan

Ryan is his lifeline to teabaggers.

[rurallib]

23. truth is not something baggers care about.

[adigal]

30. Exactly, and who else would have said Yes?

They all know the deck is stacked against them, in my view.

[HooptieWagon]

7. Sounds like Mitt's kindred spirit.

[rocktivity]

8. Pfft -- Romney didn't pick Ryan

any more than McCain picked Palin.

Ryan's job is to bring in the Christian fundies that Mitt can't as a Mormon.


rocktivity

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. true enough. It was a forced marriage.

[jmowreader]

81. He would have picked a Protestant if that was the case

There are a LOT of fundies who think Catholics are just as hell-bound as Mormons, and Ryan is a Catholic.

Ryan's job is to bring in the teabaggers and freepers who would never vote for Romney because Romney is supposedly a liberal...the problem is, if you do a comparative analysis of teabagger politics and label anyone to the left of a teabagger on any issue a liberal, as the TBs do, you find a hell of a lot of liberals in American politics including every GOP president prior to Bush the Younger and Joe McCarthy.

[russspeakeasy]

9. "Mitch" probably figured that it would take the heat off the

really, really big lies that he is telling.

[WI_DEM]

12. No wonder Mitt wanted him!

[socialindependocrat]

13. This prooves there is a higher power watching over us and making beer. n/t

[11cents]

14. Um. Capitol Hill Blue has a history of lies, exaggerations.

It's not a reliable source. At all. And do note that every "quote" in this piece is unattributed.

This particular article happens to be GOP-negative, but in the past Capitol Hill Blue has made shit up about Democrats too, IIRC.

[jobycom]

71. Exactly.

CHB is pure fiction and makes a living by making up stuff people want to hear.

[emulatorloo]

77. Yeah, the guy just makes up shit.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. This is turning out to be Palin 2.0 - another embarrassment

Martin Bashir today compared Palin to Ryan, pointing out that although she couldn't name a magazine she reads or a Supreme Court decision she admires, she never lied about it. Nor did she lie about her time in a marathon wheres Ryan not only lied about his time, he even said he'd run more than one, another lie. Bashir called Ryan a pathological liar who has surprised the many people who thought he was a "straight shooter".

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. She did lie in her speeches about Obama. She'd lie, get called on it

then move on to another lie, from what I recall.

[buff2]

54. Lies

I've never seen a repuke yet that DIDN'T lie. They lie with a straight face too. That's why I can't stomach to listen to them talk. The lies roll out of their mouths one after another. What is the point in listening to them?

[barbtries]

21. death panels nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. yes! n/t

[Mariana]

31. WTF? She said she read "all of them".

That's not a lie?

[barbtries]

20. they're two peas in a pod.

both constantly telling lies. it's disgusting.

[unblock]

22. "warned"??? lying is a core competency for a republican!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. We all (DU) joked that he was pathological, but even the vetters discovered it to be a fact. Wow. nt

[WinkyDink]

39. "Jesus freaks" generally loathe Catholics.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

65. Amen....

Fundies only give you half-credit for being Catholic.

[The empressof all]

27. Here's my speculation on the whole Ryan pick

The more Moderate Repug. Party silent elders including Romney pretty much already know he's gonna lose. Choosing Ryan now to be in the national spotlight shines a light on his skeezebag behavior and policies. It cuts him off at the knees and takes away the threat to Bohner for the Speakership if they maintain the House. Bohner stays in position. Ryan is Palinized. His side of the party is marginalized and will not present as much of a threat in 4 years when they can run a more moderate candidate in general.

If Romney does by chance win...well no sweat...They'll find a way to neutralize him later

I'm still optimistic that there are still some Rational Republicans somewhere in string pulling power who want to rid the country of the Baggers and Teavangelicals as much as we do.

[WinkyDink]

68. "there are still some Rational Republicans somewhere in string pulling power" = FantasyLand.

[The empressof all]

79. LOL....You are probably correct

[malaise]

28. Kochcaine will blow your brain

I'm lovin' it.

[SunSeeker]

34. LOL

Reminds me of the lyrics to an old reggae song: "Cocaine will blow your brain, but sensemilla is irie."

[malaise]

35. You Betcha

[Vietnameravet]

29. Problem is..

The base doesnt care,,.,all they care is Obama is black..

[smirkymonkey]

32. K&R!

[indepat]

37. Sounds like a snake-in-the-grass kind of swell fella

[Vogon_Glory]

38. Remember When The Corporate News Media Was Roasting VP Gore For

Remember when the corporate news media was roasting former vice president Gore for his supposed lies and exaggerations? No doubt the gutless sacks of jello in editors' offices and boardroom suites are getting ready to give little Paulie the free passes for Paulie's lying that they wouldn't give Al Gore for ad-libbing.

[karynnj]

41. Romney himself lies continuously - so he may have wanted someone like himself

I don't think Biden lied about any political issues.

[backscatter712]

43. Psychopaths of a feather flock together... n/t

[nc4bo]

44. 2nd time I've heard Ryan's lies called "whoppers". Once right here on DU

and it definitely fits the description.

Romney's big problem is almost exactly the same as McCain's problem when he chose Lady Blah-Blah.

Didn't take long to expose Palin's dirty laundry, Ryan's must be exposed in the same way.

Mr. Wonderful's reputation is slowly being chipped away.......just not fast enough for me.

[laundry_queen]

72. I like the english term, "Porky pies" myself.

Whoppers and porky pies. It's all the GOP has left.

[moondust]

46. Lying is normal in GOP World.

Faux keeps the waters muddied with bullshit so their viewers can't tell the difference between GOP lies and the truth.

[tomm2thumbs]

51. plus the more you do it, the more you get used to doing it

it starts to warp your own sense of self and core belief.

Oh wait, that's the GOP in a nutshell!

[DemKittyNC]

47. WTH?

So now that Ryan blew up in their faces and they are seeing that only a few brain dead people are falling for his lies they are claiming they are innocent and tried to stop this from ever happening and then try to say all of this is Mitt's fault now since they are both going down in flames they may as well tie all the wrong doings to just these two losers and try to come out of this mess looking like innocent, misled angels who never would had done anything so despicable as to put Lyin Ryan and Soul Sucking Mitt out there for the public consumption and self destruction of their own party.

Whatever...

[Xyzse]

48. It is not as if it matters to them.

They just think...

Oh, at least he's not Obama.

[Jane Austin]

49. WOW! In that picture

he looks just like Jack Abramoff!

[tomm2thumbs]

50. to be fair, he agreed no lies would cross his lips

but having NO lips, I guess he was pulling a bit of a fast one on the Romney folks...

No one should ever trust those who argue that the ends justify the means. Because that flies in the face of everything in our Constitution.

"Oh that 'ol thing", exclaims Ryan, "... it was obviously translated wrong. Let me tell you what it really means."

meh

[cyclezealot]

52. Why should this be a surprise. Fantasy is his belief system.

that being Ayn Rand.. Rand writes fantasy , not economics.

[gordianot]

53. Mitt just found a kindred spirit who matches his own exaggerations and prevarication.

[King_Klonopin]

55. It would appear that Romney and Ryan have made a conscious decision

That their entire campaign was going to be based solely upon lies.
All Lies. Nothing but Lies. All the time. Because it's the only way
they can win over enough voters beyond the angry, racist white guys.

AND they are going to unleash a negative ad blitzkrieg starting very soon
that could probably make Carl Rove blush (if he had a sense of shame)
and make Satan vomit. Beyond ugly and beyond shameless.

[Godot51]

56. Catholics...

Probably, in Ryan's tiny, little brain, all is forgiven once he confesses to his priest once a week or so. He's a blank slate ready to start all over again. If this were the "good old days" of Catholicism he'd be busy buying indulgences.

[Berlum]

57. Lying is such an integral part of Republican culture, that Willard no doubt

paid Ryan's sleazy reputation no mind whatsoever...

[tclambert]

59. That history of lies was probably considered a qualification for the job.

[rucky]

60. That's why Romney picked him.

He needed a VP willing to lie alongside of him.

[tanyev]

61. The champion brown-noser said everything Romney wanted to hear.

Mitt looked into those big blue eyes and was a goner.

[JDPriestly]

62. Ryan tells whoppers? So does Mitt, so of course Mitt doesn't care.

Neither of them lives in reality. But then what Republican in today's party does?

[RiffRandell]

64. Love it.

The GOP has nobody to turn to that's halfway honest or sane in their party anymore.

[LibGranny]

66. Seems the GOPers are always tone-deaf when it comes to who they pick for

VP candidates! Remember the last one?

[WinkyDink]

69. Not when they really want to win. See: Cheney, Dick.

[lpbk2713]

67. It was easy to overlook.

After all, he wasn't that much different from any other devious and deceitful rethuglicant.

[jobycom]

70. We look like idiots when we quote Capital Hill Blue.

This is a very bad source that makes stuff up and credits unnamed sources. It's like quoting The Onion, only without the realization that it was all meant as a joke at the end.

[Sheepshank]

73. These GOP Presidential hopefuls...all trying to be the smartest guy in the room...all by themselves

Isn't this the same thing that happened to McCain and Palin?

[stevenleser]

74. After Sarah Palin and Paul Ryan, I wouldn't trust Republicans to vet an acceptible candidate to

shampoo my dog.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

75. wow...this is big ! love it !

[demosincebirth]

76. One of the first things a learned in Catholic school was a lie (has many forms), is the greatest sin

of all aside from murder. I'm paraphrasing this because its been 50 years.

[nichomachus]

78. The last thing the GOP needs is someone who tells the truth

All they have are lies. If any one of them tells the truth, the election will be over tomorrow.