Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon: Paul Ryan: The definitive fact check

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http://www.salon.com/2012/08/30/paul_ryan_the_definitive_fact_check/

Paul Ryan delivered a blistering assessment of President Obama aided by a casual disregard for facts. Many, including Salon’s Joan Walsh and Steve Kornacki, have already pointed out the speech’s mendacity, but here is a comprehensive guide of every single lie, misrepresentation, or omission from the speech, in the order they were delivered:

- GM plant — Ryan: blamed Obama for the closing of GM plant in his hometown of Janesville, Wis. Truth: One of the biggest whoppers of the night, the plant closed before Obama was even sworn into office. His position also contradicts the Republicans’ position of opPposing President Obama’s auto rescue.

- Stimulus — Ryan: “The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst. You, the working men and women of this country, were cut out of the deal.” Truth: The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said the stimulus created 3.3 million jobs. Four out of five economists agree. Ryan himself wrote letters requesting stimulus money, then lied about it.

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Everyone lies. Ryan takes it to new levels.

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1. K&R

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2. Nice short, concise writing here, with hyper-links for the drill down too. nt

[Mister Ed]

3. "Lyin' Ryan". Circulate that nickname incessantly between now and November.

Use it at every chance, in every conversation, every Facebook debate, every e-mail exchange. Make it part of the vernacular.