Bush Administration Praised Closure Of Auto Plant That Ryan Now Blames On Obama

I now understand why his high school year book said Ryan was mostly likely to succeed as a Brown-Noser.

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/paul-ryan-didnt-work-all-hard-help-hi

As I've pointed out, the coverage of Paul Ryan by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been whitewashed for national consumption, but bloggers and progressive media in Wisconsin are working hard to fill in the blanks, especially about Ryan's uneasy relationship with his hometown.

Elizabeth DiNovella of The Progressive describes Janesville:

Janesville it used to be an industrial center, a place where workers at the GM factory churned out 1,000 SUVs a day. But that was a long time ago, or so it seems. Back then, Ryan requested government money for projects, such as public transportation and water treatment plants. Back then, during the George W. Bush era, Ryan was “miserable,” he says, as he voted over and over again to support his party’s ever-growing government deficits, wars, and bureaucracies.

Now, though, Janesville is living in misery. It has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, alongside other cities like Racine and Kenosha in Ryan’s First Congressional District. Foreclosures have tripled since 2000.

Janesville native Lou Kaye has been covering Paul Ryan for years and points out that Ryan's personal politics clashed with what a town in recovery desperately needed - including making the choice to skip every government meeting related to helping his hometown recover:

With a White House official playing host and several more federal officials in attendance, this economic recovery summit was perhaps the single most important meeting concerning the future economic vitality of Janesville and the Rock County area in over 50 years. Everyone and anybody that represents city and county government were there including State Assembly Rep. Mike Sheridan and Rep. Tammy Baldwin. The state was represented by the DWD Secretary, Roberta Gassman. So just about everyone was there except for. one. Paul. Ryan.

That's right, Paul Ryan, the guy who often refers to himself as the area's go-to "federal guy", did not participate in the district's most important plans for economic recovery during what was arguably the most stressful time in its history since the Great Depression. These two important meetings were not only in his congressional district, but Janesville is his hometown.

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LIAR!!!!!!!!

such an asshole.

The one that got me this morning was about Bowles-Simpson...I did not realized that this dirt bag was actually ON that committe...AND that he rejected the committees finding/recommendations!

GRRRRR!

Just the way that CouponCare Ryan was so snarky and condescending, with his non-existent thin lips.

What a dick.

What a lineup that was, last night, 'eh?

Contradicta and the CouponCare Kid. Sounds like some sort of Bizarro World Wild West revue.

Here's the letter with Ryan's June 2008 signature acknowledging the closing (pdf via house.gov)

Signed, June 3, 2008

http://paulryan.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ltr_gm_060308.pdf

If that's not a Photoshop job, then this should be shown on every news program in the country. The Obama administration should project it 40 feet high behind the President on his next campaign stop.

In Wisconsin, the wingers think Russ is the devil incarnate and were very unhappy that McCain tied his name to him. This will actually turn off a few more right-wing cheesehead voters.

.... either they're imbeciles or they know the fix is in.

This isn't 1988 where they can make shit up about Willie Horton to win an election. We have this thing called the internet where we store information and can quickly retrieve information refute bullshit.

so a lot of Americans had forget. If Americans had a good memory, politicians couldn't get away with spewing the BS they do.