Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:57 PM

Stuart G (7,689 posts)

Runner that First Questioned Paul Ryans Time Speaks Out

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Source: Yahoo News, Lets Run.com

By Chris Moody, Yahoo! News

Political Reporter

PostsEmailRSSBy Chris Moody, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 2 hrs 3 mins ago

When Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said during an August radio interview that he once ran a marathon in less than three hours, North Carolina runner Bill Walker was impressed, but wanted more details.

The 63-year-old attorney, who has run four sub-three-hour marathons since college, posted a simple question on a message board for LetsRun.com, a national online forum for runners. ;In an Aug. 22 interview by Hugh Hewitt, Representative Ryan said he had run a marathon in 'two hour and fifty something,' ; Walker wrote on the message board. ";Does anyone know the marathon and the year?"

In little time, hundreds of skeptical runners on the message board started questioning Ryan's claim that his best marathon time was two hour and fifty something The thread went viral. The day after Walker posted his question, Runner's World writer Scott Douglas started examining it. Turns out Ryan never ran a marathon in that time; a campaign spokesman was forced to walk back the comment.

And it wall started with one question on a message board. ".I just wanted to know,"
Walker said in an interview posted Wednesday on LetsRun.com. " If he had really run a marathon in that range, I would be impressed because I know the effort that goes into a sub-three-hour marathon. But, if he was lying or really stretching the truth, I thought that would be significant since he had just been nominated to run for Vice-President on the Republican ticket."

Walker says he is a registered Republican, but will be voting for President Barack Obama in November._
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further down in the article Walker is quoted as saying this about was he surpriesed as to how much national news this gathered.

Bill Walker: No. A Vice-Presidential nominee telling a verifiable lie about himself should attract a lot of attention. It speaks to his character, and that's relevant to the issue of whether someone should vote for Romney-Ryan in November.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/runner-first-questioned-paul-ryan-marathon-time-speaks-155321505--election.html

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Runner that First Questioned Paul Ryans Time Speaks Out (Original post)	Stuart G	Sep 2012	OP
Seems like many Republicans just don't get the concept of the Internet.	Arugula Latte	Sep 2012	#1
Correct..but what a petty lie, about something so unimportant.	Stuart G	Sep 2012	#2
He's a compulsive liar,	ashling	Sep 2012	#3
Just to avoid confusion, can we refer to this as the "marathon lie" as opposed to the "lie marathon"	BlueStreak	Sep 2012	#4
+1	Tarheel_Dem	Sep 2012	#6
"Walker says he is a registered Repub, but will be voting for President Barack Obama in November"	catbyte	Sep 2012	#5
Let's just hope he's not "boycotted" by the wingnuts. I know several of these folks, but they.....	Tarheel_Dem	Sep 2012	#7
OBAMA REPUBLICANS a new trend, this year's Reagan Democrats?	alp227	Sep 2012	#8
Perhaps many regular Republicans who cannot stomach these liars will just not vote at all...nt	Stuart G	Sep 2012	#9
I'm almost expecting him to announce his old girlfriend was Morgan Fairchild.	Whovian	Sep 2012	#10
and he was with Neil Armstrong on the moon	cosmicone	Sep 2012	#11

Response to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:11 PM

Arugula Latte (40,209 posts)

1. Seems like many Republicans just don't get the concept of the Internet.

People can check on stuff and word gets around, ya know?

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Response to Arugula Latte (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:17 PM

Stuart G (7,689 posts)

2. Correct..but what a petty lie, about something so unimportant.

But it defines Ryan more than anything else can. And, other evidence shows he lies about the smallest of things. And people in know knew this before he was picked.

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Response to Stuart G (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:35 PM

ashling (19,237 posts)

3. He's a compulsive liar,

duh ... he's a Republican

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Response to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:41 PM

BlueStreak (3,819 posts)

4. Just to avoid confusion, can we refer to this as the "marathon lie" as opposed to the "lie marathon"

which was his convention speech?

So many lies, it is hard to keep them straight.

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Response to BlueStreak (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:47 PM

Tarheel_Dem (16,678 posts)

6. +1

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Response to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:42 PM

catbyte (3,945 posts)

5. "Walker says he is a registered Repub, but will be voting for President Barack Obama in November"

There seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

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Response to catbyte (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:50 PM

Tarheel_Dem (16,678 posts)

7. Let's just hope he's not "boycotted" by the wingnuts. I know several of these folks, but they.....

tell me in whispers. Yes, there are Obama-cans! Some of them were with him in '08, and from what I can tell, they'll be there in '12. I appreciate them, because they helped turn this NC blue.

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 03:17 PM

alp227 (20,513 posts)

8. OBAMA REPUBLICANS a new trend, this year's Reagan Democrats?

First the pizza place owner in Florida who bear hugged the president. Now this man. And the personal stores I have read on DU. Wonder how many registered Republicans are so fed up with the sleazebags Romney/Ryan they feel better voting Obama.

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Response to alp227 (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 03:19 PM

Stuart G (7,689 posts)