Obama Campaign On Ryan’s RNC Speech: ‘He Lied’

[highplainsdem]

Source: TPM

Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for the Obama campaign, didn't mince words on Thursday when asked about vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's factually dubious speech at the Republican National Convention.

Cutter told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that many of Ryan's claims — including the oft-invoked attack on the president for the closure of a Wisconsin auto plant that was actually shuttered when former President George W. Bush was still in office — were more than merely misleading.

"Well, you know, Andrea, there's no delicate way to put this, but he lied," Cutter said. "He blatantly lied and brazenly. A number of different things have been fact checked by members of the media, independent fact checkers."

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"Facts are powerful things. We didn't hear many of them last night," Cutter said. "And one thing that we didn't hear is one idea, one tangible idea of how to move the country forward. Paul Ryan was picked as Mitt Romney's running mate because of his intellectual leadership. He was an intellectual leader of the Republican Party. You couldn't prove that to anybody last night watching that speech."

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[K8-EEE]

1. RIGHT ON! I don't want to here any BS about "distortion" or "everybody does it."

BLATANT LIES! Use the L word and use it OFTEN. IT FITS!

[nenagh]

2. Good, Ryan lied... Think Repuke Superpaks have a cascade of lying TV ads?

Ready to go after Labor Day? Based on LyinRyan's lies?

[Liberalynn]

7. I like that as his nickname

Lyin Ryan!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. I call them "Robme/Lyan". It works! ;)

[nenagh]

14. That's from twitter. ... I can't claim it at all...

But its a great name for him.

[grasswire]

3. way to go!!

Remember what they said about Clinton?

"If he lies about little things, he will lie about big things."

Ryan: Liar.

[Kalidurga]

4. Finally someone that doesn't pull a punch.

So, is Stephanie Cutter going to be busy in 2016? Maybe she should consider a bit higher a position in the Democratic Party.

[hue]

5. Ryan's living up to Romney's campaign slogan "We won't be dictated by facts."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Ryan's SIGNATURE (pic, pdf via house.gov): knew in June 2008 and yet continues to lie about it.

Ryan's SIGNATURE (pdf via house.gov): knew in June 2008 and yet continues to lie about it.

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

[font size="+2"]Signed, June 3, 2008[/font]

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

[greiner3]

8. I wish it had read;

Obama On Ryan’s RNC Speech: ‘He Lied.’"

[cstanleytech]

10. I cant help but feel that we should start a campaign where we send Ryan dvds of Disneys Pinocchio.

Think he would get the hint if he got a few thousand copies?

[Thrill]

11. Need Biden to start calling him Lyin Ryan

[Kingofalldems]

12. This should be the lead story in all network news tonight

[olegramps]

13. I can only hope that Biden goes after this asshole tooth and nail.

He should not menace words and call the him a lying bastard who has absolutely no of respect for the truth. I wonder what the Catholic bishops will have to say to cover up for this unscrupulous fraud? I imagine they will conveniently ignore that their precious little boot-licking creep actually despises the teaching of Jesus as he pushes the Republican agenda to starve children and the elderly while celebrating that the that the poor don't have any health insurance.

Its survival of the fittest and good riddance to the lowly working class whom that they regard as little more than vermin. While the parasitic Catholic bishops gorge themselves at the table and might, if the notion moves them, throw a few scrapes to the desperate poor that they regard as a distraction from their holy and noble fight to protect their raping priest. These sexual perverts suck up to the wealthy as they stomp the working class into servitude.

[sendero]

15. I don't want to hear "his campaign" or "Biden" outed the lies..

... Obama needs to get on TV and enumerate each lie and the truth. Particularly those that are cut and dried, which is most of them.

Obama needs to TAKE THE GLOVES OFF.

[high density]

16. Stephanie Cutter

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. They have a right to their own opinions

They don't have a right to their own facts.