Factually challenged...What Paul Ryan said (Obama campaign email)

[pinto]

If you've seen any coverage of Paul Ryan's speech in Tampa, you know that the consensus among journalists and independent observers is that it was ... factually challenged.

He lied about Medicare. He lied about the Recovery Act. He lied about the deficit and debt. He even dishonestly attacked Barack Obama for the closing of a GM plant in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin -- a plant that closed in December 2008 under George W. Bush. He also failed to offer one constructive idea about what he would do to move the country forward.

The fact that this speech, on this huge stage, is this blatantly false represents a huge bet by the Romney campaign -- they've decided that facts, truth and reality will not be a brake on their campaign message. And they just signaled to the extremist billionaires and corporate interests that support them that they should go ahead and spend their hundreds of millions of dollars attacking Barack Obama with whatever lies can work.

Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

[yodermon]

1. i really hope Obama himself uses the L-word when referring to Rmoney/Ryan.

Good to see the campaign at least doing so.

[Coexist]

2. liar - i like the use of the L word

[renate]

3. so they've finally come out and used the word "lied"...

... about the statements from the campaign; the next step is for somebody, not the President himself, to use the word "liar" to describe both of the candidates. "Lied" to describe actions and "liar" to describe people may not seem like much of a difference, but it's like parents who say they're disappointed in their kids' actions but not in their kids. I think it's time to pin the word "liar" right on their lying Republican asses.

I'm not criticizing the campaign, because this has to be handled carefully--I just hope they're working up to using the real label eventually.

[pinto]

4. See also this thread (blunt comments from the Obama campaign) -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021233464