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Related: About this forumCNN just said "Is Paul Ryan fibbing on the campaign trail...
and is he right to do so?" Who the hell writes this stuff for these people?
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CNN just said "Is Paul Ryan fibbing on the campaign trail... (Original Post)
billky
Aug 2012
OP
Once again for a language-challenged friends at CNN: On EARTH we call it LYING. n/t
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
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liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)1. They actually used the word fibbing?
Like it is an OK lie?
Damn librul media.
billky
(159 posts)2. She actually said fibbing..and
then they did the story where Ryan has been lying about Obama's fault the automobile plant shut down in his district. Of course, they did say that it shut down while Bush was in office...but they still tried to make Ryan look good by saying he tried to help them as much as he could. So I guess the answer is that it is ok for him to be lying..they think fibbing sounds better
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)14. but it turns out he did nothing to help them keep the plant.
He was playing it like one of the Koch Brothers long lost sons...
pkdu
(3,977 posts)3. Are his lips moving?........nt
rock
(13,218 posts)9. He can merely nod and lie
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)4. is he right to do so?
oh yes, CNN. That's number one in what we peons want from our govt. Righteous lying. Praise the Ryan.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)5. Did they also say his fibbing was "bold and courageous"?
GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)6. 3rd graders write better.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)7. They just can't bring themselves to use the word "lie."
A fib is where you tell somebody they don't look fat in that outfit, or where you say you didn't eat the last cookie in the jar.
Lying is what Ryan and Romney are doing. They are saying things that are just plain false, and not by mistake, either.
Fibbing. My fat white ass.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)8. My eight year old fibs.
Adults lie. Call it what it is.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)10. "Who the hell writes this stuff"???
Duh ... Coors, Scaife, Koch, etc.
avebury
(10,952 posts)11. And stuff like this is why
I don't watch CNN.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)12. This thread needs pictures
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)13. Once again for a language-challenged friends at CNN: On EARTH we call it LYING. n/t
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)15. Why can't they just fucking say the word "LIE"!!
And yes, he is lying. Constantly. Because whenever a repuke opens his trap, a lie comes out.