Paul Ryan’s brazen lies: His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://www.salon.com/2012/08/30/paul_ryans_brazen_lies/

Paul Ryan gave a feisty anti-Obama speech that will have fact-checkers working for days. His most brazen lie accused President Obama of “raiding” Medicare by taking the exact same $716 billion that Ryan and the House GOP notoriously voted to slash. It was stunning.

But that’s not all. He attacked Obama for failing to keep open a Janesville GM plant that closed under Bush in 2008. He hit him for a credit-rating downgrade that S&P essentially blamed on GOP intransigence. He claimed that all taxpayers got from the 2009 stimulus was “more debt,” when most got a tax cut (and the stimulus is known to have saved between 1.4 and 3.3 million jobs). He derided the president for walking away from the Simpson Bowles commission deficit-cutting recommendations when Ryan himself, a commission member, voted against those recommendations.

He blamed Obama for a deficit mostly created by programs he himself voted for – from two wars, tax cuts, new Medicare benefits and TARP.

[dhill926]

1. although it lacks subtlety and nuance....all I can say is.....

fuck this smarmy little piece of fucking motherfucking shit......

apologies of course, to mothers everywhere.....

[Cha]

2. That little pipsqueak just got up and washed his

hands of all his failings and tried to dry them on Pres Obama but IT AIN'T GONNA WORK.

OWN UP TO YOUR OWN SHITE, LYIN', YA DUMBFUCK.

[burnsei sensei]

15. And he thinks he's another Theodore Roosevelt

or Winston Churchill.
He's only Paul Ryan.
A failure who hides behind lies.

[Ian62]

3. Yep

"He blamed Obama for a deficit mostly created by programs he himself voted for – from two wars, tax cuts, new Medicare benefits and TARP."

It was GW Bush that caused the economic downturn with his reckless spending, the waste of $5tn and counting on 2 pointless wars.
The housing bubble and bust was on Bush's watch. Interest rates being set too low to get Bush re-elected, was one of the major factors - too much cheap money was another.
Bush has the worst job creation record since WW2. Romney/Ryan have EXACTLY the same policies.

The biggest lie of all.
The Romney/Ryan budgets.
I do not think this will appeal too much to Independent voters.
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-absolute-insanity-of-romneyryan.html


The true costs of Bush's wars.
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/real-cost-of-afghan-and-iraq-wars.html

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. This is a FOX "News" campaign. From the bubble, for the bubble.

I'm surprised he didn't claim Obama got in with the help of voter fraud through ACORN and the New Black Panthers running off White voters.

[renate]

5. I think it's smart of Romney to balance the ticket...

... NOT, by adding a VP candidate who lies just as much as he does.

I mean, really-- it's "Liar and Liarer." And this isn't just spin--it's LIES. LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES. I really hope that his bullshit pisses off the MSM enough that they finally and actually call bullshit on his bullshit instead of just presenting an opposing opinion and calling that fair and balanced.

[imanamerican63]

6. Cussing????

Do you need to cuss out your words???? No!!!!! We need to be able to have freedom of speech, but these word make us small!!!!!!

[Mortos]

7. Yes we cuss here. We are adults.

Sometimes the lies and vitriol from the right wing demands it. Sometimes we are so angry that we explode with offensive words to describe offensive behavior. While it may not be the most diplomatic way to argue a point, it is sometimes a necessary verbal relief valve. Cuss words don't make us small. Tolerating and ignoring lies of people in power does.

Welcome to DU. I hope you are around for a long time and you get angry enough at the cretins on the right to explode in righteous anger and let a bad word fly every now and then.

[Do it Right]

10. I agree with you

although I don't cuss as much as I use to....sometimes we should cuss because of the insanity these idiots !!!!! Maybe we all need to cuss more...it may be our problem why they keep getting away with these lies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fumesucker]

8. Welcome to DU!

I hope you enjoy your stay!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. They make us small?

Good. I need to lose some fucking weight.

Welcome to DU.

[Bake]

12. If strong language offends you

I suggest you avoid posts of the Rude Pundit.

I agree we don't need to drop the f-bomb all the time. But sometimes it's the only word that really fits.

Bake

[uponit7771]

13. Cussing like "voter suppression" or cussing like lying about keeping medicare? I could care less...

...about the 4 letter words I care more about the lying

[Quantess]

19. No kidding.

Of all the myriad of things in this world that are offensive, the f-word is pretty far down the list.

[hootinholler]

14. my words are generally well behaved and don't get cussed out

But that fucking liar Ryan is another issue.

[burnsei sensei]

16. Oh, I would curse Paul Ryan.

The problem is that since he's already 9/10ths of the way to hell, I figure, what's the point?

[tanyev]

20. Internet much?

[Turbineguy]

9. I miss

Spiro Agnew!

[HooptieWagon]

17. Nixon/Agnew - "honest" republicans, relatively speaking...

compared to the current bunch.

[carla]

18. Angle of attack;

"Lyin' Ryan. It will stick if we use it often enough.

[dellcophill]

21. asshole

that asshole wont's to reopen the donut hole give seniors a brake 716 billion my ass delcophill

[napkinz]

22. Misleading from behind ...

[napkinz]

23. They should make a movie about these guys