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GOP Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s speech at the RNC was an exercise in dishonesty. The speech by the Wisconsin congressman ran the full gamut, from lies of omission, to half-truths, to complete fabrications. Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter told MSNBC, simply, “He blatantly lied, and brazenly.” Even Fox News was forced to concede that Ryan’s speech was deceitful.
This isn’t a surprise — the Romney campaign has already announced that it does not care about facts. Still, the number of prevarications in Ryan’s speech were so breathtaking that the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein said Ryan is more deceitful than Sarah Palin.
Here’s a look at the worst lies uttered by Ryan while accepting the Republican nomination. This is not a comprehensive list — you don’t have all day. It is, however, a look at the biggest whoppers used by Ryan to introduce himself to America.
“It began with a perfect Triple-A credit rating for the United States; it ends with a downgraded America.”
It’s true that America’s credit rating was downgraded by one of the three major credit rating agencies during Obama’s term. While Moody’s and Fitch both rate America’s debt at “AAA,” or “outstanding,” Standard & Poor’s dropped the US rating to “AA+,” or “excellent,” in 2011.
However, Ryan is being dishonest when he lays the blame for the downgrade at President Barack Obama’s feet. After all, S&P said why they were downgrading U.S. debt, and they didn’t blame Obama. Instead, S&P blamed the “brinksmanship” of the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, in which House Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling without significant cuts to the budget. S&P also lamented a refusal to consider higher taxes, saying, “It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options.”
Who was leading the House charge against Obama? Well, the House leadership team, including their budget committee chair, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Ryan himself was instrumental in forcing the brinksmanship that led the U.S. to have its debt downgraded; Ryan was right about a downgraded America, but the culprit isn’t Barack Obama, but rather the guy Ryan sees in the mirror each morning.
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+ add your ownI would hope ever free thinking man and woman on this site will please send a green star to Mr. Gerard V. as he tell the truth as it should be told.
Here Gerald. It's your favorite. I warmed it up just for you. Ryan on Lie Sandwiches and embroidered truth soup.
I got the meat from Mr. O’Reilly at Hannity’s meat Deli, and fat old Mr. Beck had a fresh loaf lf Lie bread. They knew I was in such a Rush, but he tossed in some fauxnews fortune cookies for good measure. And Mr. Wall-ass, you know Chris?
He tossed in a few of your favorite BS sodas.
That’s a good nummy kins.
Oh Gerald, I’m, so happy.
Your face just lights up when you have a mouthful of Ryan on Lie.
Gerry? Look! I have a surprise. Here's some fresh slices of coulter cake for dessert.
Oh Fecke you right in the nose you drooling little quisling.
This is a fabulous posting, Jeff Fecke - thanks for putting it up there where I wish everyone could see and understand it!
It really isn’t a good idea Mr Bill to call people stupid, or to call them stupid because they are liberal. It isn’t all we think someone needs an attorney for, but you have told some whoppers here so it is a natural conclusion many of us can have in regard to the possible reasons for why you would have to keep an attorney on retainer.
And frankly I don’t think any of us care what reasons you might have used an attorney for.
Bill, did I upset your delicate anti-patriotic sensibilities? His was aren’t Marxist, or ultra liberal.
The only person in this discussion between the two of us that is on a high horse is and has been only and ever you. I am going to save this line from you Mr Bill the one here where you finally openly admit you are a bigot.
Listen up.
Bill Reese says it live on Care2 “Yes, I am a bigot”
You have been denying that for weeks Mr Bill. Thanks for finally owning up to it.
As for me I am not a bigot, and there isn’t one thing you can point to that indicates I am or have ever been.
But we now have you on record admitting that is what you are.
Thank you Bill, for finally being honest about something for a change.
Also, I would have to disagree with you about 90% of the posters here being bigots. I’d put it at 20% maybe.
Just goes to show the readers how stupid some of their Liberal friends are when all they think of is a company needs lawyers because of something they did wrong. Well for your information, we used lawyers for non-disclosure agreements, writing contract or checking those we write, we use lawyers to sell real property, and real estate, they are also used to write or change Corporate resolutions, and the Articles of incorporation. Many documents must have a Corporate attorney sign for the company, under different circumstances.
Now, that we have established the fact that our in-house attorney did more than defend idiots trying to sue my company, I will list several instances that we used our Attorney to our benefit.
1) My brother crashed in a contract helicopter in 1980 and broke three vertebra, we had to use an attorney bring suit against the helicopter insurance company. 2) We used an attorney to take the IRS to court in the early 1970's, and we were on all the main stream news networks from coast to coast. (we won), 3) As a forestry service company in the state of Washington we collected excise tax for the Dept. of Revenue, then one project we were told a major forest products company did not have to pay excise tax, so I asked to protest on behalf of our other 88 clients. I was told we could not as we had already paid their tax. The next year, I did not collect and I did not pay the tax and ran up an 80,000 dollar tax debt just so I could take it to court on behalf of
First lets stop trying to put lies in my words. I have never made a racist remark against Mr. Obama. I do not like his marxist ways, or ultra liberalism, or this handling of illegal aliens, the economy or unemployment or Fast and Furious (two American's dead) and a whole list of other stupid things the inexperienced stupid president has done. I have never called him black or half black and used race to pass on his dumb actions. If you will go back, I used the same terms about Clinton and Carter. Well, even Kennedy when he call off the air support for our freedom fights in the water at the bay of pigs.
Get off you ugly high horse and write things that are truthful. Yes, I am a bigot just as you are a bigot and probably 90% of the posters are bigots.
Wow great story Mr Bill. SO this never happened before and only happened because the president is half white and half black? I can't wait to hear your explanation for this. I can just picture President Obama sitting in a dark corner of the oval office rubbing his hands together engaging in malevolent laughter talking to himself about how he pulled another one over everyone's eyes.
I presume this is where you are heading with it.
How many times have you had to use that attorney you say you say you havehad to keep on retainer over the past 15 years, by the way, for getting yourself out of jail for saying the wrong things BTW Bill?
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/september-5-2012/fraud-scheme-supplied-over-3500-missouri-driver-s-licenses-illegal-aliens.html
"Fraud Scheme Supplied Over 3,500 Missouri Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens
Thursday, September 6, 2012, 8:33 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Federal prosecutors announced that 14 defendants are accused of running a fraud scheme that supplied more than 3,500 Missouri driver’s licenses to illegal aliens across the nation. The scheme, which sought licenses from a St. Joseph, Missouri facility between November 2009 and January 2012, allegedly made more than $5 million.
Four defendants have pleaded or are scheduled to plead guilty in federal court for their roles in the scheme, which involved supplying illegal aliens with fraudulent birth certificates and Social Security cards and helping them through the license acquisition process.
Four members of the Vanvacter/Gonzalez family admitted coaching illegal aliens to: memorize information on real birth certificates and Social Security cards; match signatures; and answer questions that employees could ask about the documents. The scheme also involved accompanying illegal aliens to the license office disguised as translators. The defendants – all citizens or legal residents -- each face up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
An illegal-alien defendant in the case, Ranfe Adaias Hernandez-Flores, is charged with two counts of bringing in and harboring i
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