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38. FoxNews: Paul Ryan’s speech is full of lies!

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 09:28 AM

Aug 2012

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8/30/12 Paul Ryan’s speech By Sally Kohn

to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold.
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Ryan may have helped solve some of the likeability problems facing Romney, but ultimately by trying to deceive voters about basic facts and trying to distract voters from his own record, Ryan’s speech caused a much larger problem for himself and his running mate.

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