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Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:16 AM Aug 2012

Fox News: "Cow dung flowed from Ryan's mouth."

Attention DU'ers: Elvis has left the building!

Paul Ryan's speech in 3 words

(snip)

2. Deceiving

On the other hand, to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold.

The good news is that the Romney-Ryan campaign has likely created dozens of new jobs among the legions of additional fact checkers that media outlets are rushing to hire to sift through the mountain of cow dung that flowed from Ryan’s mouth. Said fact checkers have already condemned certain arguments that Ryan still irresponsibly repeated.

Fact: While Ryan tried to pin the downgrade of the United States’ credit rating on spending under President Obama, the credit rating was actually downgraded because Republicans threatened not to raise the debt ceiling.

Fact: While Ryan blamed President Obama for the shut down of a GM plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, the plant was actually closed under President George W. Bush. Ryan actually asked for federal spending to save the plant, while Romney has criticized the auto industry bailout that President Obama ultimately enacted to prevent other plants from closing.

Fact: Though Ryan insisted that President Obama wants to give all the credit for private sector success to government, that isn't what the president said. Period.

Fact: Though Paul Ryan accused President Obama of taking $716 billion out of Medicare, the fact is that that amount was savings in Medicare reimbursement rates (which, incidentally, save Medicare recipients out-of-pocket costs, too) and Ryan himself embraced these savings in his budget plan.


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Fox News: "Cow dung flowed from Ryan's mouth." (Original Post) Oilwellian Aug 2012 OP
Why is this on Fox? Hamlette Aug 2012 #1
They must have been rooting for the Teabaggers or Ron Paul Zalatix Aug 2012 #3
me too renate Aug 2012 #4
They want Jeb in '16? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #15
I think this is it exactly. obxhead Aug 2012 #18
"Facts are Stupid things" ... Ronald Reagan 1988 Repug Convention. nt Raine Aug 2012 #2
Am I high??? cliffordu Aug 2012 #5
Yes, you're Cha Aug 2012 #16
I am in shock. IdaBriggs Aug 2012 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author IdaBriggs Aug 2012 #6
When Fox News is calling Ryan a liar, citing facts........ speedoo Aug 2012 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author dogknob Aug 2012 #9
Smart move. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #10
Thank you. dogknob.. I hope she Cha Aug 2012 #17
The first time I've ever linked to a Fox News story. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #11
Does anyone know how to take a screen shot of that Fox News piece? Petrushka Aug 2012 #12
Win: Snipping Tool; Mac: Grab n/t dogknob Aug 2012 #23
Somebody beat ya to it . . . received a PM with detailed instructions and . . . Petrushka Aug 2012 #24
Here they are, just my browser and dock with current time dogknob Aug 2012 #28
Thank you, thank you! Petrushka Aug 2012 #32
Could you forward the directions to me? chloes1 Aug 2012 #58
I think you meant to reply to post #28 . . . because I don't know how to paste screenshots. Petrushka Aug 2012 #62
I posted it to facebook also Mojorabbit Aug 2012 #61
Check out the author. Tennessee Gal Aug 2012 #13
Proof that reality has a liberal bias. deutsey Aug 2012 #26
Not only that... Close the windows before Cha Aug 2012 #14
The funny thing is that there is some real serious stuff they could attack Obama with fasttense Aug 2012 #19
wtf? did I die last night? Ok what planet is this? rbrnmw Aug 2012 #20
Okay, what alternate reality is this and who stole the reality I knew? 1monster Aug 2012 #21
Is this a Sign? oldsarge54 Aug 2012 #22
It is 2012. Renew Deal Aug 2012 #34
Wow. I just posted link to my facebook. lamp_shade Aug 2012 #25
K&R nt avebury Aug 2012 #27
and this is on the heels of Limpballs saying Ship of Fools Aug 2012 #29
We can't chance it! Snarkoleptic Aug 2012 #30
This is one of the signs of the apocalypse, right? Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #31
Read the entire thing Renew Deal Aug 2012 #33
Did the sun rise in the west this morning? I never thought to see something like this from Fox News Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #35
My guess: Sally Kohn won't be a "Fox News contributor" for much longer... reformist2 Aug 2012 #36
I would like to be the first to wish Sally all the best in her future endeavors Mr. Sparkle Aug 2012 #37
R#60 & K n/t UTUSN Aug 2012 #38
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Oilwellian Aug 2012 #39
Writing is on the wall... Xolodno Aug 2012 #40
Some card-carrying member of the Communist Party must work on Fox' staff. Check out coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #41
Wow. From Fox. gollygee Aug 2012 #42
In all fairness... Oilwellian Aug 2012 #43
Got a copyright tsk-tsking from Skinner dogknob Aug 2012 #44
What the hell? Kablooie Aug 2012 #45
Well, well a first nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #46
aspens, nadin, aspens annabanana Aug 2012 #49
When you Google "Ryan lied, GOP Convention" you get 49 million results Oilwellian Aug 2012 #47
The aspens all turn together annabanana Aug 2012 #48
+1 DearAbby Aug 2012 #50
Sadly, I think that she was hired to do the "liberal" response to the speech. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #51
Nope Oilwellian Aug 2012 #55
I followed the link, got a blank screen Flying Squirrel Aug 2012 #52
Still there for me, surprisingly n/t Oilwellian Aug 2012 #56
I followed the link, got a blank screen Flying Squirrel Aug 2012 #53
Wow... Blue Belle Aug 2012 #54
I think they're the rats leaving Romney's ship and heading for the SS 2016. nolabear Aug 2012 #57
Murdoch is not the biggest fan of Romney. theinquisitivechad Aug 2012 #59
I'm dreaming...and the post I am reading is posted by Orwell BootinUp Aug 2012 #60

renate

(13,776 posts)
4. me too
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:46 AM
Aug 2012

Seriously, I don't know what to say. It's like waking up and seeing that the sun hasn't come up one morning after all.

 

obxhead

(8,434 posts)
18. I think this is it exactly.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:29 AM
Aug 2012

A romney win this election could possibly destroy Republican chances for decades. I think they are starting to see that very real possibility.

Response to Oilwellian (Original post)

Response to Oilwellian (Original post)

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
12. Does anyone know how to take a screen shot of that Fox News piece?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 04:51 AM
Aug 2012

Just in case someone takes a notion to make it disappear before too many more people read it?




Edited to add: I, too, posted the link on my Facebook wall . . . along with links to other news sources.

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
24. Somebody beat ya to it . . . received a PM with detailed instructions and . . .
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 06:11 AM
Aug 2012

considering my computer illiteracy and the length of that that article---LOL---it took 5 screen shots for me to capture the whole thing . . . not to mention everything else that was open on my screen.

Nonetheless, thank you!

chloes1

(88 posts)
58. Could you forward the directions to me?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:04 PM
Aug 2012

I can get the screenshot, but for some reason I can't paste it to anywhere. Help!

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
62. I think you meant to reply to post #28 . . . because I don't know how to paste screenshots.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:37 PM
Aug 2012

Try again.

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
13. Check out the author.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 04:51 AM
Aug 2012

She is not a right winger.

She is a liberal who once debated Michelle Malkin on Hannity's radio show.

Sally Kohn: http://sallykohn.com/

Cha

(297,123 posts)
14. Not only that... Close the windows before
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 04:54 AM
Aug 2012

Flying Pigs get in and the devil is slipping on ice as we speak!

I cannot believe this is coming from fox! Is it 1984?

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
19. The funny thing is that there is some real serious stuff they could attack Obama with
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:40 AM
Aug 2012

but they chose lies instead.

I think the real stuff would get too many people talking about what is really going on in DC.

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
20. wtf? did I die last night? Ok what planet is this?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:51 AM
Aug 2012

First they fire Sarah Palin now they allow this to be posted on their website

1monster

(11,012 posts)
21. Okay, what alternate reality is this and who stole the reality I knew?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:59 AM
Aug 2012
Fox Noise tells the truth?!

Conitive dissonace! That does not compute! Danger Will Robinson! Need imput! Cogniiiiiiiexs1!!&89llll zzzz........

oldsarge54

(582 posts)
22. Is this a Sign?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 06:02 AM
Aug 2012

Fox bashing a GOP ticket? Is this the sign of the Apocalypse? Should I build a bomb shelter, or just a good maginot type fortress?

Mr. Sparkle

(2,932 posts)
37. I would like to be the first to wish Sally all the best in her future endeavors
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 09:42 AM
Aug 2012

because with journalism like that, she has no place at Faux-news.

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
39. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 10:40 AM
Aug 2012

I had to get some sleep shortly after posting this article in the wee hours of the morning. I'm so glad to see everyone else is as shocked as I that Fox News, freaking Fox News, told the truth for once.

Here's another bit of truth:



:ROFL:

Xolodno

(6,390 posts)
40. Writing is on the wall...
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 10:47 AM
Aug 2012

...they are starting to think Romney can't win. And if he loses the hard right is going to push even harder for a hard right candidate next time.

Now that would for sure sideline the Republican party for awhile. As it is they are trying to regain the trust of moderates and women...thats not a position you want to be in during an election.

So....they are going throw the Conservatives/Tea Party types under the bus and rebuild. And blame the loss of this election on the Conservatives for not turning out. In the end, the Conservatives will have to come around the next time because their choices will be some influence vs. no influence.

 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
41. Some card-carrying member of the Communist Party must work on Fox' staff. Check out
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 10:50 AM
Aug 2012

excerpts from #3:

3. Distracting

And then there’s what Ryan didn’t talk about.

Ryan didn’t mention his extremist stance on banning all abortions with no exception for rape or incest, a stance that is out of touch with 75% of American voters.

Ryan didn’t mention his previous plan to hand over Social Security to Wall Street.

Ryan didn’t mention his numerous votes to raise spending and balloon the deficit when George W. Bush was president.

Ryan didn’t mention how his budget would eviscerate programs that help the poor and raise taxes on 95% of Americans in order to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires even further and increase — yes, increase —the deficit.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz252b4OwGG


Holy Shit! Methinks Sally Kohn will soon be 'leaving to pursue other opportunities."

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
43. In all fairness...
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:03 AM
Aug 2012

Sally Kohn is one of the few liberal commentators on Fox News. What shocks me is, this article is still standing on their website. I'm glad someone above got a screen shot of it because from what I'm seeing, Sally's piece is getting a lot of attention.

Link to her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sallykohn
Link to her Website: http://sallykohn.com/
Link to her Tweets: https://twitter.com/sallykohn

dogknob

(2,431 posts)
44. Got a copyright tsk-tsking from Skinner
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:16 PM
Aug 2012

... so I took down the full text of the story. The screenshots I took are still up, so grab 'em while you can before I get another notice about "intellectual property."

Kablooie

(18,625 posts)
45. What the hell?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:14 PM
Aug 2012

Something's going on here that I don't understand.
Fox rarely criticizes their candidates and never with such vehemence.

Either this blogger will be out of a job by tomorrow or there are machenations at work that we don't understand yet.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
46. Well, well a first
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:21 PM
Aug 2012

I just put a fox link on my fb wall. I make out of my way not to put major papers links, but this was is too delicious for it.

THey must want jeb, and they must realize how radical the GOP has become.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
49. aspens, nadin, aspens
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:47 PM
Aug 2012

Libby's letter to Judith Miller:

You went into jail in the summer. It is fall now. You will have stories to cover--Iraqi elections and suicide bombers, biological threats and the Iranian nuclear program. Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them. Come back to work--and life.


The War Party is bi-partisan.

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
47. When you Google "Ryan lied, GOP Convention" you get 49 million results
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:41 PM
Aug 2012

The print media isn't hesitating to call out Ryan on his lies. The question is, how is the television media reporting it? Is anyone brave enough to watch Fox News and see if their television media is talking about his lies as well? I just returned from a visit with my aging parents who must blast Fox News to hear it. A week of enduring that torture has me cringing at the thought of having listening to them again.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
51. Sadly, I think that she was hired to do the "liberal" response to the speech.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:57 PM
Aug 2012

The usual characters on Fox would never say that stuff. Ever.

theinquisitivechad

(322 posts)
59. Murdoch is not the biggest fan of Romney.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:21 PM
Aug 2012

In fact, he seems kind of anti-Romney at times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/us/politics/journal-critique-of-romney-shows-murdoch-doubt-on-candidacy.html?pagewanted=all

Not sure whether that's a complete apostasy or whether he thinks it will ruin the base's chances of electing another Repub, as other posters have noted.
And I forget, but a few weeks ago, didn't he come down pretty liberally on some important issue? It's a shame I can't remember.

But knowing how strong the patriarchal structure of the news corporation is. . .I wouldn't be surprised if he has started to send tentacles down to the reporting level. . .

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