Eat This GOP: Last day at the Janesville plant photo.

[kpete]

http://gazettextra.com/photos/galleries/last-day-gm/3119/

[sadbear]

1. That dude in red on the right breaks my heart.

Romney thinks they all should have gone bankrupt.

[enough]

2. +1 (nt)

[Brigid]

48. I wonder what that guy on the right is doing now.

And the others too.

[Glaisne]

58. He's voting republican.

Though I hope not.

[ailsagirl]

54. Yes, I noticed him right away

So inhumane

[d_b]

3. merry christmas

[AzDar]

4. May they choke on this.

Fucking LIARS.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. Well, hell. That's a heartbreaker.

And I don't mean for Ryan, but rather those folks.

I hope they beat Ryan upside his lying head with that fact.

[jillan]

7. They should start by voting him out of office in November - on both tickets he's on.

[polmaven]

61. I'm beginning to think

they all believe FACTS stands for Fuck All Crappy Truths Silly! (Crappy, of course, to them, because it doesn't fit their agendas.)

[jillan]

6. I saw some spokesliar for the Romney campaign this morning that said it AGAIN!!!!

They don't give a damn about facts, do they?

[Cosmocat]

11. No, they don't

and they haven't for about 6 months now ...

[lastlib]

26. Hell, they haven't given a damn about facts since the Nixon Administration!

(lyin fuckin' LYING sacks of PUKE-SHIT!!)

[mikeysnot]

42. well if they ran on the truth

no one would vote for them, they would get 1% of the vote...

[Sheepshank]

8. Ryan should be ashamed

Good Christian fellow like him lying to millions upon millions of people. If only there really was a hell!

[lastlib]

27. odd that a (quote) **good catholic** (end quote).....

...forgot (IGNORES?!?) that part about bearing false witness.....!

[Cali_Democrat]

9. This needs to go viral

Oh man....I don't think Ryan knew what he was getting himself into. I'm sure he's gonna wish he never brought up the GM plant in Janesville.

[CrispyQ]

10. Not a very happy crowd.

I'm sure The Beer Party will have it on their FB page soon. They have some totally good shit.

[Blue Owl]

12. Thanks, George W Bu$h and the GOP

And Paul Ryan -- go fuck yourself...

[Zalatix]

13. What does Romney & Ryan have to do with this?

And won't they just blame the closing of this plant on Obama? They blame everything on Obama - even stuff that happened before he got into office.

[Ineeda]

23. Series?

If you are serious, where have you been? That exactly what Ryan did last night in his speech and what they're continuing to do even after they've been called out on the LIE.

[Zalatix]

24. I didn't catch his speech last night.

I'm being utterly overwhelmed with the amount of lies and crap that Romney & Ryan are spouting. It's like fucking overload. How does anyone keep track of all of it?

[Ineeda]

29. Gotcha - I can relate. But here's a good benchmark to hold in your mind:

it their lips are moving, they're telling lies.

[Tx4obama]

31. The 5 Biggest Lies in Paul Ryan’s RNC Acceptance Speech

The 5 Biggest Lies in Paul Ryan’s RNC Acceptance Speech
Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101640335

[Zalatix]

43. Holy shit, that proves Ineeda was right. If Ryan's lips move, he's lying.

[nadinbrzezinski]

51. We fact checkers have jobs

Actually that is in all seriousness what a lot of political reporters do with debates and speeches. I am not looking forwards to that now that one incumbent has finally accepted to take on the other for a debate.

Last time around I overlooked a very minor fib, I knew where he was coming from... as a former medic. But I got whiplash when he said it. No, you cannot give chest compressions in water, but most folks really don't care.

[Botany]

14. 1/20/2009

[rurallib]

20. this picture still makes me tear up

such hope, such promise.
such a wonderful family.
In the end, I still believe he will go down as one of the great presidents.

[Botany]

35. If it wasn't for the non stop obstructism that the republicans started from day one .....

..... we would be much better off and Paul Ryan has made being a pain in the
ass and trying to sandbag the US economy in order to hurt the President job #1
from the time Obama took office.

And yes Obama might go down as one of the greatest Presidents ever.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Ryan's SIGNATURE (pic, pdf via house.gov): knew in June 2008

Here's the letter with Ryan's June 2008 signature acknowledging the closing (pdf via house.gov)

Signed, June 3, 2008

http://paulryan.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ltr_gm_060308.pdf

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Wow! Good find!

[Blanks]

49. You're kidding, right?

Just because he can sign his name doesn't mean he can read.

Didn't you learn anything from the Dubya administration? He 'read' a presidential daily brief that said terrorists might attack the world trade center on september 11th. (it's possible the date wasn't actually in the brief)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

50. Yawn

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Technically, ...

(On edit, adding dates)

Technically, the Ryan line is that the President failed to "keep it open".

Technically, the plant had a hundred workers paid after the main line closed Dec 23, 2008, to keep a small line open to fill out a truck order until April 2009.

However, the basic fact that the weasel would have you not know is that the plant closing was accelerated by the Republican President who applauded GM for being "adaptable" in closing that and other plants. The plant was slated to close in 2010 (see letter above) but was accelerated and closed in 2008 except for an essentially inconsequential amount of work for a few months.

[font size = "+1"]Fact: [/font]It was all decided and finalized by time Obama took office.

[ProSense]

17. Here:

Bush Administration Praised Closure Of Auto Plant That Ryan Now Blames On Obama
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021233674

[lpbk2713]

19. Lyin' Ryan

May he rot in hell with his pants perpetually on fire.

[MADem]

52. Kinda hard to keep it open when you're NOT the President when it closes....

The last car came off that line under Bush.

[xtraxritical]

59. Regardless, Romney's view that the auto companies should have gone bankrupt

is in print in the New York Times and was written by himself. This should be hammered home repeatedly.

[barbtries]

18. two days before christmas.

that is sad. and the republicans who keep pushing the lie are disgusting human beings. nothing new of course.

[avebury]

21. K&R nt

[Jackpine Radical]

25. I betcha if I send this to My Favorite Wingnut, he will respond

with a claim that the banner was photoshopped.

[demosincebirth]

32. I'd send it anyway along with the link...if you can get it.

[Bertha Venation]

34. . . . then post his reply.

Sure to be great fun for the whole family.

[Romulox]

28. But buying a Kia employs *some* Americans! I mean, they wash the cars here, right? nt

[Brother Buzz]

30. Hey, Obama was President-elect when that plant closed

SO STOP SAYING THAT!

[Bertha Venation]

33. Posted on Facebook. n/t

[Indydem]

36. The rest of the plant did not close until April 2009.

Calling this a lie is not true, and those who do are tossing their credibility out the window.

http://www.gazettextra.com/news/2009/apr/21/thursday-last-day-production-isuzu-line-comes-end/

[Jennicut]

37. It was essentially over by 2008. It only stayed open until 2009

to fill one contract with Izuzu to make trucks and with a very small crew of workers. The main part of the plant that made suvs was closed by Dec. 2008. Without making suvs, the plant was over. The decision to close it was made by 2008.

[jeff47]

47. The decision to close it was made in 2008, and most of the plant was closed in 2008.

To claim Obama could have kept it open is either:
1) A lie
2) A belief that government should take over business.

So....which is it? A lie, or are Republicans actually Communists?

[fob]

38. Hello DNC! Get that banner and the 5 guys holding it AND

the guy in red on the right that's too upset to look at the camera to the FUCKING CONVENTION! Get a big, HUGE star a speaking slot to make excitement, garner coverage and reports and whatever then have them come out and say, "I want to use my time to rebut paul ryan's LIE about President Obama 'closing' the Janesville auto plant." Then he can introduce those six guys, have them unfurl the banner, and say, "I rest my case."

[kpete]

39. pic just shown

on MSNBC
thanks Rev AL!!!

peace, kpete

[Botany]

41. I sent it to Ed & Rachel

I have a feeling that Ryan's lies will comeback and bite him in the ass.

[Hoyt]

40. Republicans couldn't care less about the truth or proof they are wrong.

[Historic NY]

44. Retired GM worker wins the last Tahoe off the line....somebody needs to go get it....

Was a feel-good story all the way around this morning. Kinderman, 65, of 3908 Windwood Drive, is a retired General Motors worker who won the big prize after buying just one ticket. The United Way raised much more than its goal of $180,000 by selling more than 11,000 tickets for the last Tahoe off the line.

http://www.wclo.com/news/2009/feb/25/retired-gm-worker-wins-last-tahoe-line/

[klook]

55. "The black 2009 Chevy Tahoe LTZ was the last truck off the line

Dec. 23 (2008). It is fully loaded and carries a sticker price to match: $57,745."

Yep, Obama's fault for not retroactively keeping the plant open.

[LaydeeBug]

45. They are trying to say it closed formally in April 2009.

I have no link. They give me hives.

[spanone]

46. the know they are lying

[Firebrand Gary]

53. This picture will single handily destroy...

Governor Walkers, Ryans and Romney's argument. Fucking Liars! I hope the DNC really takes them to task for this!

[amuse bouche]

56. The faux outrage from the right over this is laughable

They don't give a rat's behind that Mitty destroyed companies and jobs for personal greed

[ChristianDemocratMom]

57. the press release

I've been reading for awhile, but just got signed up. Facts are a bitch, aren't they? Here's the original GM press release dated June 3, 2008:


[link:http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_3/docId_46161_pr.html|

[Liberal_Dog]

60. K & R