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As Biden Promised - Here They Are: "THE RYAN LETTERS" (Original Post) kpete Oct 2012 OP
Oh, hey! You gotta love the way Paul signs his letters! KansDem Oct 2012 #1
Ego on parade. mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #3
He gets pretty "familiar" by the last letter JBoy Oct 2012 #6
Yeah...pretty cozy! n/t KansDem Oct 2012 #11
Bet the Rethugniks in the Media totally suppresses this. Savannahmann Oct 2012 #2
ABC had published some awhile ago. BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #4
Ryan - the olympic gold winner in the field of Hypocrisy sad sally Oct 2012 #12
I missed this; did he say something earlier in the debate? arcane1 Oct 2012 #5
here you go, it was beautiful! kpete Oct 2012 #7
Bingo jsr Oct 2012 #8
Biden should have taken it a step further and asked the Lying One... randome Oct 2012 #9
Thanks! I can't wait to watch the full debate tonight :) arcane1 Oct 2012 #10

sad sally

(2,627 posts)
12. Ryan - the olympic gold winner in the field of Hypocrisy
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:23 PM
Oct 2012

“The Olympics may be over but Paul Ryan could have gotten a gold medal in hypocrisy,” a senior administration official told ABC’s Jake Tapper. “As someone who spends all day every day railing against government spending, but then secretly seeks millions in funds for pet projects, he is as Washington as it gets.”

kpete

(72,005 posts)
7. here you go, it was beautiful!
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:43 PM
Oct 2012

BIDEN: And I love my friend here. I — I’m not allowed to show letters but go on our website, he sent me two letters saying, “By the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of Wisconsin?” We sent millions of dollars. You know…

RADDATZ: You did ask for stimulus money, correct?

BIDEN: Sure he did. By the way…

RYAN: On two occasions we — we — we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. That’s what we do. We do that for all constituents who are…

(CROSSTALK) BIDEN: I love that. I love that. This was such a bad program and he writes me a letter saying — writes the Department of Energy a letter saying, “The reason we need this stimulus, it will create growth and jobs.” His words. And now he’s sitting here looking at me.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/10/12/1002571/biden-slams-ryan-over-his-past-support-for-the-clean-energy-stimulus/

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
9. Biden should have taken it a step further and asked the Lying One...
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:46 PM
Oct 2012

..."By the way, Mr. Ryan, how many jobs DID you create with that stimulus money? Any idea? You DID use it for that purpose, right?"

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