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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRyan on tap to deliver 'hard truths' in VP nomination speech
Ryan's "Hard Truth"--We need to end Medicare to pay for more tax cuts for the millionaires and billionaires like me and Mitt. Sorry.
Ryan on tap to deliver 'hard truths' in VP nomination speech -
If Chris Christie lit a fire under Republicans last night, it's now up to Paul Ryan to provide the fuel to keep it burning for what promises to be a hard-fought two-month battle to win the White House.
The Republican vice presidential candidate is teed up Wednesday to deliver the "hard truths" Christie talked about in his rousing keynote address on opening night. While Christie is known as the GOP fighter, Ryan is the point-man for budget-balancing solutions the party claims to represent.
The Wisconsin congressman has been quietly preparing his speech for days. Members of Ryan's staff contacted by Fox News earlier this week said they couldn't say precisely how long it would be, but that he has "teased" some of the ideas in it before.
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Ryan on tap to deliver 'hard truths' in VP nomination speech (Original Post)
ErikJ
Aug 2012
OP
Hard truth #1: All you white working guys who like me, I'm actually a front man for your owners
BeyondGeography
Aug 2012
#3
librechik
(30,674 posts)1. He'd better stay far away from the Republican agenda, then--100% untruths
and not hard at all. Just cruel and vague.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)2. Will this be a 70 page speech?
Riveting!
BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)3. Hard truth #1: All you white working guys who like me, I'm actually a front man for your owners
_Liann_
(377 posts)4. Ryan's Hard Truths