Paul Rylan is a grifter. Just a run of the mill con artist who isn't prepared for Big Time Grifting

[lunatica]

Even Sarah Palin and her husband are better than he is. It took us years to realize she was a grifter and not just stupid, but in Ryan we can see it quite plainly. He's no better than the snake oil salesman in the Old West who drifts from town to town so no one has the time to wise up and see him for what he is. It's worked for him up to now because he hasn't been much of a public figure so because he was able to con his way to where he landed in Congress he's become complacent and conceited about his act.

He believes he can con anyone and everyone. What he doesn't get is that his personal greed for power and fame have blinded him to the fact that his boyish good looks and the affect of sincerity he has used up to now isn't working in the Big Leagues. As the VP nominee the entire nation, as well as the world are watching him carefully. We have access to his record and to fact checking and to the people he talks about, like the automobile workers he claims Obama caused their plant to shut down in his hometown. He's become spoiled by a lazy media who gave passes to Republican lies while glibly lying about Democrats.

His bald faced lies are front and center and everyone knows all about them but he's convinced we're still in total thralldom of his conniving antics as he bats those baby blues at us, totally convinced that we're too stupid to ever get it.

He's in way over his head. The only thing that will save him will be if they steal the elections again. And why shouldn't they? It's worked before so why suddenly become honest when grifting and lying and stealing have worked so well.

[chieftain]

1. I think you have him pegged. n/t

[lumpy]

6. Verily.... Grifters lie...a lot

nt

[lunatica]

8. It's their stock in trade

[Whisp]

2. Liar! Liar! Liar!

[madaboutharry]

3. He reminds me of a triple A ball player suddenly

in the middle of the World Series.

He blended in just fine in the Congress along with a lot of other lightweights, but running as a VP on the presidential ticket is an entirely different matter.

[lunatica]

7. In Congress they can hide behind closed doors and little if any scrutiny

So as they get away with their underhanded tactics they forget that the light of day will expose them for what they are. It's pure complacency born out of believing themselves to be superior because they've managed to hoodwink everyone since they can work in the dark.

[Coyotl]

4. Does this fit?

PhotoShop this thread = http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021250539

[lunatica]

5. It definitely fits!

He's the height of conceit.

[lunatica]

9. kick

[Kingofalldems]

10. No way! He did the marathon in like 3 hrs or something.

He even said so.

[alterfurz]

14. "I worry that the story of Paul Ryan lying about his marathon time will overshadow the fact...

...that he's a sociopath." -- Andy Borowitz

MittWit/LyinRyan 2012: "Yeah, that's the ticket! -- Tommy Flanagan

[lunatica]

16. I'd hate to have people find this out after they win, if they do

[malaise]

11. Yes he comes from generations of Grifters feeding at the Teat of government

but remember we knew Lady Blah Blah was a Grifter very early.

[progressivebydesign]

12. I watched him tell that lie about the auto plant, on Ed's show.. and it was creepy.

He told the lie, and then had this weird micro smile look of satisfaction on his face. It was fleeting, but it was there. He knew full well that he was lying, and he enjoyed it.. as if it was a sport. Romney does a similar thing, but his face reflects more of an immature person "putting one over on someone" and getting away with it. I think Mitt has Daddy issues... But Ryan, he's calculated in his lies, and enjoys lying as if it's a competition.

[lunatica]

13. That's the true mark of a grifter

He's a sociopath who thinks everyone is to be exploited for his own personal ends. And like so many sociopaths he thinks he's smarter than everyone else.

[Quantess]

15. He is so arrogant. And he lies more than "necessary".

I agree that Sarah Palin is a better grifter.

[lunatica]

17. Yes. And why the necessity to lie at all?

Why isn't he proud of his record? Aren't Congresspeople's records public? Shouldn't he be bragging about what he truly does since that's what he was elected to do? Or was he elected on his lies?

[Quantess]

19. I figure it is a given that politicians spin things, obfuscate,

and twist things around. It is part of their job, as long as it falls short of lying. Nobody would get elected to office otherwise.

But at the same time, nobody likes a liar. So he is destroying his own image by lying about silly things or obvious things that can be verified.

[ananda]

18. Well, there are a lot of stupid gullible marks out there.

But hopefully not enough to elect him this time round.

[lunatica]

20. kick

[NightWatcher]

21. and Mitt R$ is a bishop in a "church" founded by a fraudster

That's quite a team, a liar and a guy who wont share his tax returns because of what's hiding in them. I have never seen a team that is so crooked. They could be called the Fraudster/Grifter 2012 ticket. They've got a few people fooled.

[WinkyDink]

22. I subscribe to the theory that Mitt doesn't want the LDS'ers to know he hasn't tithed. ;-)

[nanabugg]

23. Looks like he had a "grifter" girl friend in college too. nt

[lunatica]

24. That's interesting

Do you have a link or her name or something I can look up?

Thanks. The more we know about him the better.

Never mind. I found the story here --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021252065