Only a Republican can apologize for saying something ignorant or insulting, without actually retracting the statement they're apologizing for. But Paul Ryan is a master of the tactic.
Last week, when asked why the Republicans opted to ignore the generals' advice on military budget cuts, Paul Ryan said, "We don’t think the generals are giving us their true advice. We don’t think the generals believe that their budget is really the right budget." Now he's claiming he didn't mean to say that. Watch it.
Typical, when you corner a republic in a lie it is always I misspoke, or you took me out of context. Just look at all the slime that comes from rubber lips limbast and all the rest of them. Same line. Pathetic and sick what about half of this country has come to believe in.
Rob, Oregon
4/2/2012 10:56:02 AM
Ryan's just another lying douche teabagger.. And I'm not "misspeaking" You keep putting these lap dogs for the wealthiest Americans in Congress, and we will end up like Brazil with an incredible divide between rich and poor. The wealthiest there can run down a peon in the slums with their big luxury car, and never go to trial. Our GOP must envy them so.
sandy
4/2/2012 9:25:24 AM
Ryan is so arrogant that he feels that the Repubs have only knowledge and truth about what's good for this country. As for the military, where has this idiot served? I just can't believe how he counters the generals in the estimation of what our needs are in this area.
Of course he wants to keep the wars going. Ever notice how we're using drones to bomb Pakistan and Yemen? These are 2 more quiet wars that we're engaged in that most people aren't aware of. It's just a matter of time before we end up in Syria and Iran.
Why do they feel that it's necessary for our country to always be at war? It's to keep Americans in a vigilant state of awareness that we're always about ready to be attacked. With jobs still being outsourced, it gives young adults, who aren't wealthy, no choice except to join the military. Then, it gives the military industrial complex and contractors enormous amounts of wealth and profits as to do whatever they're doing overseas. We don't really know except that this is seldom mentioned in the media. The purpose is to make everyone feel dumb because they simply don't know what's going on except for the celebrity status of some movie star.
theduck
4/1/2012 10:18:46 PM
Ever notice that when a Dem "mis-speaks" they call it lies, but when they tell lies it's "mis-spoke". What a bunch of lying losers.
ron mariposa
4/1/2012 10:05:50 PM
Rex on the cornell web is a report on KeystoneXL and I quote it a bit here when the idiots start up on the price of gas. I also tell them to check out foxy snooze in 2008 when dub bush had 4.00 plus gas. There is a video on their talking heads and economist saying no president can ever control gas and they give reasons.
These people are liars from the economy to wars and they wont change.
Stephen, N.E. Tn.
4/1/2012 9:48:30 PM
Really Ryan, Call it what it is.... LYING!! You (R) Clowns are quite Famous for it!
Mad Dog..... Folks, these (R) Idiots even lie about Lying!!!
donnajoy
4/1/2012 6:24:10 PM
Hot air goes as hot air is. Paul Ryan is so brainwashed to the libertarian ideology, that he has no idea of what he is saying most of the time.There is no sound logic to his Budget. Giving more tax breaks to wealthy individuals and taking away benefits from the middle and lower class is a very irresponsible and totally selfish. These ideas are so extreme that he may eventually find himself irrelevant. The hawkish views do not represent the majority of people in this country. With the Iraq war over and the end of the war in Afganistan in sight and the deficit in this country, it is a very wise move to re-evaluate the defense expenses and its ROI. Even former Sec. of Defense, Mr. Gates suggested this process take place and he has a great deal more of experience than Mr Ryan has had in this area. The conservatives without consciences are more focused on possibly attacking Iran and Syria than helping the unemployed and uninsured Americans, which include many children. This GOP/Tea Party members do not represent the majority. The right wing mainstream media i.e. Fox News, Wall Street Journal, IBD are totally misleading the public in believing that this party has a great deal of support when in reality it does not. All it is is smoking mirrors.
Rex, Moorhead
4/1/2012 5:55:48 PM
I am not sure why the GOP is so PRO-WAR. The Iraq war has over one trillion in the short term and over three trillion long term once all the military reset costs, care for veterans, and interest on the national debt is paid up. Afghanistan could easily add another one trillion plus dollars longer term. So what I find amusing is why the GOP WANTS TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH WHILE RAISING THE NATIONAL DEBT FOR WAR? The rich should be paying 75% income taxes after the first million. If you want low taxes and low government spending STOP GOING TO WAR. John McCain has talked about a possible war with Iran and airstrikes against Syria! So we can not even get out of the two wars we are in, just barely leaving Iraq last December, 2011, before we have to start on some more wars! The Ryan budget increases both military spending and tax cuts for the richest Americans! So here we go again, the brainless GOP leading the zombies. The GOP is a party of mindless lackeys.
If we really want to do something for the country spend money on infrastructure and on an Apollo energy program that gets us off of imported OPEC oil from unstable parts of the world. Now that is a defense program that puts our national security interests first. We should only go to war if we are attacked. Good government policies can contain threats while diplomacy and sanctions works its way against Iran and Syria. Sanctions can work if you work hard at diplomacy and get the whole international community on board. This approach takes time, patience, hard work, cooperation, and cerebral ability. These are all the things that President Obama has and his GOP opponents lack.
ron mariposa
4/1/2012 4:31:43 PM
This man is like the rest of these gop=tea baggers. When they get called out on anything the do the big flip and then they do a bigger flop. They will cut all the programs for people, but will increase the military so they can go to WAR, WAR, AND ANOTHER WAR. These people are the worst thing that has ever happen to this country and if they gain power we are so screwed it is unreal. Time will show the gop=tea baggers are like a plauge of locus and will leave this country broken and beyon repair. Ryan is a little man with big dreams of being more that he can be, and he is will do anything to prove it even when it hurt this country and its people. We all need to speak the truth and try our best to stop these people.
