WaPo Plumline: It was, by any reasonable standards, a staggering, staggering lie.
It was, by any reasonable standards, a staggering, staggering lie. Here’s Paul Ryan about Barack Obama:
He created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing.
“They.” “Them.” “Them.” Those words are lies. Because Paul Ryan was on that commission. “Came back with an urgent report.” That is a lie. The commission never made any recommendations for Barack Obama to support or oppose. Why not? Because the commission voted down its own recommendations. Why? Because Paul Ryan, a member of the commission, voted it down and successfully convinced the other House Republicans on the commission to vote it down.
The real truth is that Paul Ryan completely rejects the approach of that commission – because it includes tax increases along with spending cuts – while Barack Obama has, while not endorsing the exact plan that Ryan shot down, basically endorsed the commission’s approach. Nor was this a side point; Ryan's complaint about Obama on the deficit was absolutely central to his case against the president.
And then there’s the logic of the whole thing. As Seth Masket said, it all comes down to arguing “we must cut entitlements! Obama cutting entitlements is un-American.” There’s also, as many were pointing out, the plain fact that until January 2009 Paul Ryan faithfully supported all the tax cuts and spending increases which created the deficit problem he’s been so concerned about since January 2009.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/paul-ryan-fails----the-truth/2012/08/29/bbfe1eac-f254-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_blog.html
Glad to see the Post point out the utter "incredibly lazy mendacity" in Ryan's speech.
I hope the author is right that Ryan's "undeserved good reputation among many in the press and in Washington" doesn't "survive tonight’s speech."
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for his bullshit. Every. Single. Word.
K&R 
when I bother with the sarcasm smilie. I generally trust that most DUers are smart enough to where I don't have to put up a sign. I guess I need to reconsider.
Plucketeer, it sounds like we are on the same page. I am certainly in favor of democracy (everywhere) and a reasoned, progressive, and democratic discussion format here at DU. Humor is generally good too.
I will edit my initial reaction, above. People curious about it can click back through, but the fact is that I missed the target of your humorous barbs during the first round of this discussion.
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Truth is, it was the fact that we were/are on the same page that inspired my first reply. 
We're definitely playin' the same tune!
This message about what a liar Ryan is needs to be repeated until there is not a soul in this country (Ok, the world would be fine with me) who has not heard this. And more importantly, don't just make the charge. BACK IT UP with FACTS and FIGURES. Show the videos of him so he hangs himself with his own rhetoric. Show the contrast between what he says and what he actually DOES.
This man is a liar who clearly believes that the ends justify the means. And ya know what, Romney thinks that way, too. So what we have is a couple liars who will say anything, do anything to get what they want. No holds barred. And if a lie advances their position, they will say it.
The voters have a right to know the straight skinny on who their choices are. And two of them ---Romney and Ryan---are liars who would not know the truth if it bit them on the ass. 
