Paul Ryan, "I did not vote, for the vote, that I voted for!"

Courtesy of Think Progress:

O’DONNELL: Now you’re criticizing the President for those same defense cuts you’re voting for and called a victory. 

RYAN: No, no — I have to correct on you this, Norah. I voted for a mechanism that says the sequester will occur if we don’t cut $1.2 trillion in government. … We can get into this nomenclature; I voted for the Budget Control Act. But the Obama Administration proposed $478 billion in defense cuts. We don’t agree with that, our budget rejected that, and then on top of that is another $500 billion in defense cuts in the sequester. 

O’DONNELL: Right. A trillion dollars in defense spending, and you voted for it! 

RYAN: No, Norah. I voted for the Budget Control Act. 

O’DONNELL: That included defense spending! 

RYAN: Norah, you’re mistaken. 

O’Donnell is, in fact, not mistaken. The Budget Control Act, as passed, included both the roughly $600 billion in “sequestration” cuts that will happen if there’s no compromise on the budget by December as well as the $487 billion of military-supported cuts that will take place regardless. The fact that Ryan may have wished that the bill didn’t contain said defense cuts does not absolve him of the fact that he and 201 other Republicans voted for the bill as-passed. 

Moreover, Ryan’s statement after voting for the bill contained not a single word of criticism about the defense cuts. As O’Donnell correctly noted, Ryan said the bill “represents a victory for those committed to controlling government spending and growing our economy” and that “The agreement – while far from perfect – underscores the extent to which the new House majority has successfully changed Washington’s culture of spending.” It’s at best misleading, and at worst an outright lie, for Ryan to assert that voting for the Budget Control Act did not mean voting for defense cuts.

You know I have often used Sarah Palin as the barometer for determining just how big of a liar somebody is, but I have to say that Paul Ryan may have surpassed her in outright bullshit.

And at it turns out NEITHER of them can hold a candle to Mitt the Twit who has managed to tell 616 lies in 33 weeks.

If the team of Romney and Ryan were actually able to win this election it would literally mean that honesty was no longer of ANY importance in choosing our leaders, and that the only thing that mattered was how much money they had to finance their campaign, and how many lies they could jam down the throats of the American people.

And wouldn't THAT suck for the future of our democracy?

Just what IS the difference between "Romneycare" and "Obamacare?"

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When Romney claims that on day one of his president he will "act to repeal Obamacare," he is of course lying to the American people since, in practical terms, there is no way for him to accomplish this.

But even if he could, what exactly is he going to offer in its place? After all the American people still want healthcare reform, but since the Republicans have spent the last two years smearing the ACA, they are not convinced that Obamacare is what they want.  However, as the chart above indicates, Romney's history demonstrates that whatever HE came up with would be far worse, and less workable. than what the Obama administration put together.

The only question is, "How long can Romney hold off from explaining, in detail, how HIS plan would differ from the President's?" Because once he does that, and voters get a chance to do a little comparison shopping, he is truly fucked.

Just watch John Boehner, shucking and jiving his way through a simple question about the difference from  Norah O'Donnell.

Hmm, perhaps THAT'S why MIttens only wants to talk to Right Wing propaganda sites. Because he knows that they realize how vulnerable he is as well, and that they will make damn sure to avoid the question at all cost.

However here is something for Romney to remember when it comes to the MSM:

"He can run, but he cannot hide," and if "He hides, he cannot run."

Chris Matthews points out the "elephant in the room" concerning Sarah Palin's supporters.

I don't always agree with Matthews, but he is dead on here.

And Norah O'Donnell points out an important piece as well when she identifies Palin supporters as feeling somehow "victimized". These Christian white Americans, clearly the majority in this country, have convinced themselves that they are suddenly second class citizens because a black man resides in the White House.

It is absolutely sickening. And Sarah Palin is the de facto leader of this pathetic, self pitying group of losers.

(H/T to ella for the embed.)

One of the questions that gets asked all of the time is, "Who still supports Sarah Palin?" Thankfully Norah O'Donnell and MSNBC have an answer.

Wow! That is some serious stupid on display right there.

But don't forget, they are still high functioning enough to poke a hole in a ballot. Keep that in mind.