Dave Weigel: Ryan's speech "one of the more impressive strings of whoppers we've seen at this level"

[highplainsdem]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_breakfast_table/features/2012/_2012_republican_national_convention/paul_ryan_s_speech_included_an_incredible_string_of_false_or_misleading_statements_.html

Rice got the best pre-Ryan reception, definitely, but these nights are rigged for the veep speeches. The lights dim a little. The floor gets packed—so packed that reporters were told to stay away, lest we violate fire codes, starting at 10:20 pm.

So I was in the cheap seats, not on carpet, when Ryan plowed through one of the more impressive strings of whoppers we've seen at this level. Ryan's been doling out chunks of this speech for weeks, which made the fibs sound even stranger.

In the spirit of the Internet, I will package them in listicle form.

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Heck, this is the part where I should offer some balance. Well: Ryan delivered these lines perfectly, with just the right decibel shifts. And "a ship trying to sail on yesterday's wind" is a keeper.

I agree -- it was a well-delivered assortment of lies.

[left on green only]

1. "A ship trying to sail on yesterday's wind"..........

is better off than a ship trying to sail on his breaking wind.

Slap my face!

[Sophiegirl]

2. Bloodshot eyes

Anyone else think that his eyes looked bloodshot? A little too much of the wide variety of nightlife there in Tampa?

[Tx4obama]

3. The republicans have been hosting a bunch of high-dollar fund raisers for the big bundlers

They have four or five locations were the big $$$$$$$$$$$$$ guys are having private parties

and also there was a big fund raising party on a yacht today.

Yacht article here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014211588