Given the dissatisfaction with Obama in the country, why does Ryan and others mentioned in the article think they have to lie to win? Shouldn’t telling the truth be enough?
Laying out the first plans for his party’s presidential ticket, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts Wednesday night when he attacked President Barack Obama’s policies on Medicare, the economic stimulus and the budget deficit.
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Shouldn’t the state of our Country and economy be enough in itself? I heard Obama say when he campaigned in 2008 that give him 4 years and if things are not better he would not expect another 4? I would say 4 years is generous to prove you can do a job. Most private sector jobs give you 90 days to prove yourself.
Why is it no matter Democrat or Republican can we expect that 4 bad unproductive years deserves 4 more?
Because Obama was handed a 10 year job.
Its math.
4 years and not even baby steps in the right direction. What is his plan for the economy? I have yet to hear one so I am assuming more of the same.
Great Plan….your fired.
Here is his plan for the economy. Please note that I am not arguing for or against it here, I am no economist. But you said you have not heard of his plan. It’s published on his campaign website.
http://change.gov/agenda/economy_agenda/
Looked great! Looked great in 2008 as well.
So WTF?
That’s fair. You just suggested no plan exists which is not really the case.
Sorry, I thought when a plan didn’t work out, after say, 4 years, you might want to try something different, not cut and paste your old plan onto your new website.
My bad.
“not cut and paste your old plan onto your new website”
The “old plan” like tax cuts, gutting regulation, vilifying teachers, destroying social programs, and feathering the nest of the mil/ind complex?
Romney’s ideas aren’t exactly bold and new either. Even when you can pin them down.
The steps taken were: TARP, then Stimulus, then Obamacare ((THE POINT OF WHICH…is to save money which everybody seems to agree it will at least to the tune of 716 Billion?)) Ending the War in Iraq, Not starting Wars in Egypt and Syria ((Why he doubled down in Afghanistan is a Mystery and a Great Shame), Auto Bailout===LOTS OF STEPS WERE/ARE being taken.
You can disagree with what was done but something “else” is going on to characterize it the way you have. Momentary lapse of reason?
Stimulus = more debt
Obamacare = everybody agrees? Wow.
Iraq = Contractors out yet?
Egypt and Syria = I thought we were backing Al-Queda Freedom Fighters?
You know those pesky guys who blowed up NYC. Oh and you failed to mention Libya, how’d that Sharia Law thing work out?
Afghanistan – Opium protection. Gotta fund that other shit.
Auto Bailout = huh, I thought they lost something like 36 Billion in a quarter, I could be wrong. Too big to fail, whatever. Seems like a bad idea to pay to relocate to China.
Sorry, but the pink slips in the mail.
The bailouts were before Obama.
GM bailout is owned by Obama.
The GM bailout was passed by congress on October 3, 2008. Barack Obama was sworn in to office on January 20, 2009.
How is the GM bailout owned by Barack Obama?
Simply because he is taking credit for it, not sure why however. If he was smart, he’d pin this one on W.
How is Barack Obama taking credit for the bailout of General Motors?
Geez Really?
“At a Colorado pep rally, President Obama praised his GM bailout as an example for American industry to follow.
“The American automobile industry has come roaring back…So now I want to say what we did with the auto industry, we can do it in manufacturing across America. Let’s make sure advanced, high-tech manufacturing jobs take root here, not in China. And that means …..
blah blah blah… Notice where it says HIS Bailout. He owns it.
http://forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2012/08/12/outsourcer-in-chief-obama-of-general-motors/
Google, OK?
Thanks for the link, that is interesting.
When he says “we” in this video I kind of feel like he is talking about we as a nation rather than himself alone. Do you not get that impression? I do get where you are coming from but I think you may be misinterpreting his meaning.
By video I meant quote.
I find it ironic that Romney would trot out the “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago” adage to a crowd where I would venture that everyone there was better off than 4 years ago.
Zealots ad naseum comes out of his shell saying:
8/30/2012 at 2:53 pm
Stimulus = more debt /// Correct. Keynesian theory show to be more helpful than a cut back.
Obamacare = everybody agrees? Wow. /// Agrees with the 716 Billion number. Haven’t seen a comment anywhere that disagrees. Do you—or have you conflated agreement with this one number to all the other issues? Can you “think straight?”
Iraq = Contractors out yet? /// No. You only make my point though.
Egypt and Syria = I thought we were backing Al-Queda Freedom Fighters? /// Words. No armed invasion/support like McSame is urging in his brain dead Neo-Con fashion.
You know those pesky guys who blowed up NYC. Oh and you failed to mention Libya, how’d that Sharia Law thing work out? /// This is relevant to any raised issue how?
Afghanistan – Opium protection. Gotta fund that other shit. /// I disagree. Obama sadly was not the “anti war” candidate that was too easy to assume he was.
Auto Bailout = huh, I thought they lost something like 36 Billion in a quarter, I could be wrong. Too big to fail, whatever. Seems like a bad idea to pay to relocate to China. /// Jumbled mind shit. Make a point==learn to edit.
Sorry, but the pink slips in the mail. /// Pfffft. Think/argue better. I’m here all week.
Sad that you will be here all week. I have a life however, it has been fun though.
BTW, when your laying on your deathbed, will you regret the amount of time you have spent trying to convince people just how stupid they are, and how fucking brilliant you are?
Somehow I doubt it.
Adios, MoFo!
Savages. You are all a bunch of savages.
We try, we’re kinda like the blogging version of Fight Club.
First rule of Dvorak uncensored, don’t talk about Dvorak uncensored. Other then that all bets are off.
Don’t worry. Obama expects all partisanship will disappear after he is reelected. The blister will pop, he says.
That is his plan for the second term. He will keep on blaming Republicans, and perhaps George Bush for four straight years.
Zealots ad naseum letting the screen door hit him in the ass says:
8/30/2012 at 3:17 pm
Sad that you will be here all week. I have a life however, it has been fun though. /// A life full of sound and fury no doubt. But obviously you rarely engage your intellect except with those that agree with you. But if its been fun….. what more is needed?
BTW, when your laying on your deathbed, will you regret the amount of time you have spent trying to convince people just how stupid they are, and how fucking brilliant you are? /// I’m not “trying” to convince anyone of anything. Just responding to what I see, more for myself than anyone else. I agree I “sound like” what you say, and I may swerve into that lane from time to time, but its a very thin response. The only thing that make the depth you assume is that everything is connected to everything else. Not my doing.
Somehow I doubt it. /// Anyone on their death bed is just that irrelevant. But for a few more seconds, maybe a spot more lucidity than existing elsewhere for such a long time what with zealots to the left and right of me. It all springs from, and returns to, existential meaningless.
Adios, MoFo! /// I never did that.
Harry Truman said of another famous Republican – Nixon – ” He speaks out of both sides of his mouth – TELLING LIES OUT OF BOTH SIDES !” That’s what Repukes did then, and that is what they STILL DO TODAY !!!
Truman also said: “They call me ‘Give’em Hell Harry” ! Well, I don’t give them Hell, I just tell the truth, and they think it is Hell !”
So Romney and Ryan say the want to “Save” these programs BY DESTROYING THEM !!! Sort of like that Village in Vietnam they had to BURN TO “SAVE” IT !!!
McDonalds AGAIN?!?!
Obama’s budget plan increases the deficit even more than if you don’t pass Obama’s budget plan. He can’t exactly blame Republicans for not dealing with the deficit, when his own plan would make things worse. No wonder he couldn’t get a single Democrat to vote for it.
Both parties are completely ignoring the fact that we are metaphorically spending like crazy on a maxed out credit card. Maybe I missed something but I have not seen a plan from either party that eliminates our national debt before 2030. :/
Maybe this is just the way the world works… but the least we could do is stop spending more than we make.
This is not a partisan issue, this has been a problem with our government for decades.
::sigh::
Another lie, Newf. Presidents don’t make budgets.
You should polish your lies a bit more before you trot them out in public.
Let’s not leave out the washington Post fact checker, Glenn Kessler.
From John Nolte at Big Hollywood
1. A pro-Israel group last week began running ads knocking President Obama for failing to visit Israel. The ad is filled with the sounds of Chinese gongs and Arabian sounds, and postcard-like images showing Obama in his world travels, often arm-in-arm with Arab leaders.
ME: It is simply a fact that Obama did not visit Israel in his first term.
2. Then, on Sunday, the Romney campaign echoed this charge with its own ad also calling attention to Obama not visiting Israel as president. …
ME: Again, it is simply a fact that Obama did not visit Israel in his first term.
3. The Emergency Committee [for Israel] ad also suggests that Obama has visited Arab countries rather than Israel. …
ME: It is simply a fact that Obama did visit Arab countries while choosing to not visit Israel.
4. The ad also incorrectly says Obama has “traveled all over the Middle East.” Obama visited just Turkey and Iraq in April 2009, and Egypt and Saudi Arabia in June 2009.
ME: Kessler’s assertion that Obama visiting four Middle East countries in two years does not qualify as “travel[ling] all over the Middle East” is his opinion, not a fact.
Liberals were really freaked out by the convention and Ryan’s speech, and had to resort to calling him a liar in an attempt to hit back.
The bigger reason for the story is because they are planning to tell many lies at their convention about their opponent, and they wanted to set it up where the worst that happens is both sides are accusing the other side of lying.
That’s what Honey Boo Boo said!
So now the people who call out the liars are the liars. What a lovely deranged place you live in, it truly is Opposite Day every day.
Ryan lied several times, Romney lied several times, all those lies are documented. Do you want to ask me for a source or are you going to add more lies to the mix?
Republicans saying things that aren’t true to get votes?? That almost never happens every single election.
I should point out that telling the truth is often mistaken as a comedy act.
George Carlin was a master of telling the truth.
I sure do miss that guy. I hope he is doing well in hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=tkmS6JrWSPU
Different views on the facts. Somebody is obviously wrong. I’m sure you will decide for yourself but at least check the disputed facts: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/083012-624188-so-called-fact-checks-disguise-media-liberal-agenda.htm?src=HPLNews
This plant closing story is a good one to focus on words and what they mean.
Did the plant close in 2008?==No.
Did the plant terminate normal operations in 2008?==Yes.
Did Obama close the plant?==No.
Did Obama fail to save the plant?==Yes.
The truth is easy to see if you have a dictionary.
Just look.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
“We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers,” says Romney pollster Neil Newhouse
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120831/OPINION01/308310017/-1/SPORTS13/Another-View-We-re-seeing-campaign-able-just-ignore-facts
Don’t forget Soledad OBrien, CNN’s self anointed fact checker. First she got smothered by John Sununu, then everyone’s favorite witch Christine ODonnell got her to say Obama is a Communist.
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/08/31/christine-odonnell-breitbarts#continued
No fact checker has reported as false Eastwood’s statement that Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party.
Obama is lying on the campaign trail. He quoted a Romney guy of saying,”We won’t let the truth get in the way.” Even the New York Times said that the Romney guy never said that, though they helpfully put it way down in the column, instead of running it in the headline and editorials that Obama is lying, as they would do for ROmney.
So you are quibbling over phrasing? Are you denying that a Romney representative said that they wouldn’t let fact checkers rule the debate?
Your slippery avoidance of issues shows that you are afraid of honest and open debate. I’ve been trying to get you to be honest for days and all you do is lie or run away.
Are you proud that you need to use deception and outright lies to defend your political beliefs?