Paul Ryan discovers there's no free lunch

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Source: LA Times

Once outed, Ryan issued an apology of sorts via his Facebook page: "I have just learned that Secretary Anderson misspoke, and that the story she told was improperly sourced. I regret failing to verify the original source of the story, but I appreciate her taking the time to share her insights."



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-no-free-lunch-20140307,0,6101775.story#ixzz2vIiNOa5y

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Ryan’s Free School Lunch ‘Horror’ Story Never Happened.

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[olddad56]

1. Lying is okay, just as long as you apologize when you get caught..

No, dude, it is still lying.

[ladywnch]

45. but of course.......everyone hears the lie

no one listens to the apology. mission accomplished

[Jackpine Radical]

2. "Misspoke:" White-collar conman argot for "lied."

Shrub, Condi, Colin & Rummy "misspoke" when they said Iraq had WMD.

Issa misspeaks regularly. Like, every time he opens his mouth.

Etc.

[Scuba]

3. That's not an apology, that's a cop-out.

[Roland99]

33. He's blaming it on her? Didn't he make up the entire exchange to begin with?!

oh wait...n/m.

I didn't realize Anderson had spoken at some dinner where Lyin' Ryan was in attendance.

[Scairp]

47. Not exactly

But I'm not really sure. He thanked her for her "taking the time to share her insights", whatever the hell that means. What a complete dickhead.

[atreides1]

4. And as usual!

He throws someone else under the bus...typical Ryan!

[tridim]

5. Is he going to apologize for being a pathological liar?

This isn't even close to the first time.

[Botany]

8. but I appreciate you for taking your time to share your insights

n/t

[William Seger]

27. ... and serial plagerist. (n/t)

[bunnies]

6. Oh look. Hes blaming someone else.

Way to own it, Paul.

[The Second Stone]

7. Were his lips moving again?

What a creep.

[tofuandbeer]

9. He should put a paper bag over his head—lying freak.

[Alkene]

32. Paper or plastic? n/t

[tofuandbeer]

44. :D

[Arkana]

10. No, you asshole, SHE FUCKING LIED.

IT'S NOT "MISSPEAKING". IT'S FUCKING LYING.

[Myrina]

49. Or, she told him the truth & HE twisted it to a lie

... to serve his own Rand-ian fantasy bullshit.

[onehandle]

11. 'Presidential' nt

[wryter2000]

12. I can't believe someone actually made one of them back down on one of their lies

It almost never happens.

[bkanderson76]

13. I have no apology for failing to misspeak, but Paul Ryan is a privileged punk.

[Blue Owl]

14. Mr. 3-hour Marathon Man has no remorse

n/t

[Orsino]

15. "I confess--somebody else misspoke."

The party of someone else's personal responsibility.

[Demit]

16. Next time I'm caught lying, I'm going to say my story was 'improperly sourced'.

[scorpiogirl]

17. Too bad the poo has already been flung.

It's out there now and the non-thinkers have already been exposed to it. They know exactly what they're doing.

[Aldo Leopold]

18. Typical non-apology apology

With a passive-aggressive swipe at women thrown in for good measure.

[unblock]

19. i cheated fair and square! it's not my fault the person i cheated off of also cheated!

[packman]

23. You said it as I was about to say it

a typical -the person I copied from was a liar so that makes me a victim. Damn, seems like you can't trust anyone any more.
This makes him out even more of a fool. When he bought into that "dignity" crap he sold what soul he had left anyway.

[SoapBox]

20. Misspoke my ass!

Lying fucker.

Typical TeaBagTaliban bullshit.

[Sunlei]

22. The R way, one lies and the other R plagiarizes bs to suck-up to the liar

[Sunlei]

21. all our school children deserve free meals like most other first world countries.

We would save a lot of taxpayer dollars that go to admin. costs.

[MyOwnPeace]

41. AMEN!!!

Many districts have realized what you are saying (and it saves taking lunches from some and throwing them away because they owe!)

[Sunlei]

43. would give children a bit more time for lunch (no checkout wait) and a lot less stress.

Plus I bet the amin costs, cost more than the actual food. The Federal gov. already subsidizes a lot of the food costs.

[Captain Stern]

24. Pretty Lame Apology

He essentially said:

"The person that I claimed told me the story lied about where she got it from. I'm sorry I didn't check and make sure she was telling me the truth."

[BumRushDaShow]

25. It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission

the liar's credos.

[griloco]

26. hey, dont b so hard on a guy who runs under 4hr marathons nt

[penultimate]

28. Even if that story was true...

Is he saying it's better to have the children have empty souls and empty stomachs? Unless he went on to advocate expanding services for the poor to ensure they can afford brown bags and food from home, I'm not following. I'm sure some will say it was him advocating having loving families, which is fine, but love doesn't buy food.

[Paladin]

29. As if that "apology" will keep the right wing from spewing that story like it's gospel.

That lie of Ryan's will be turning up on Facebook and other sites for decades to come, just like Reagan's "Welfare Cadillac" tale.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. NOT apology: he shifted the blame. nt

[Javaman]

31. the non-apology apology. typical. nt

[Berlum]

34. Republicons are just a truth-twisting disgrace

no honor.

[hue]

35. As usual Ryan demonstrates that he has NO SHAME!! Lies/plagiarism!

[liberal N proud]

36. He is not sorry he lies

He is only sorry that he gets caught.

He needs to go to liars rehab.

[cvoogt]

37. I have a hard time caring about this story

There are bigger problems in the world. So Ryan or someone he knows lied... shocker!

[MyOwnPeace]

42. But.......

you SHOULD care. This is yet another statement in his records that will be repeated and believed by the blind-following haters that comprise the voters in the Repug group.
They need to be called out for their lies each and every time and we can only hope that we get at least 1 more vote to end their destruction of the USA!

[cvoogt]

46. I just think

that this isn't an argument that would get us much traction with his entrenched base, and energies could be spent better elsewhere. He's a scheming huckster I know, but in a few years we won't be talking about him anymore. Unless of course he somehow becomes president, then this board will be like it was back in '04. Good times.

[Cha]

38. IOW.. we're a bunch of incompetent Lying Ryan assholes around here.. but,

we're not on the caliber of chris Christie.

[crim son]

39. What he regrets

is that somebody else did not fail to verify the original source of the story. Jackass.

[applegrove]

40. Those stories that push a cold hearted view of the less well off so they

can be scapegoated, so the 1% get more money, are so few and far between Ryan. Don't worry. We understand.

[Lasher]

48. That is a sneer, not an apology.

He knows what he's doing. He's pandering to the willfully ignorant pathological liar vote. We've all seen their many chain emails, one after another, all filled with nothing but lies.

Now watch, he'll get a shitload more campaign contributions over this. All according to plan.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

50. I'm not convinced he does know what he's doing.

Someone pulling his strings might but this guy has always seemed to me like too much of a dim bulb to do any complex scheming.

[Lasher]

51. He doesn't have to be brilliant to come up with such a ploy.

He's just doing what others have done. For example, Ted Cruz analogized moderate Senate Republicans with Nazi apologists and the willfully ignorant pathological liar crowd rewarded him with a mountain of cash.