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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf it was the staff's fault, then why did Paul Ryan sign the letters?
If it was the staff's fault, then why did Paul Ryan sign the letters?
by Jed Lewison
Paul Ryan gets caught lying and then blames the staff:
But if the staff is really to blame, then why is Ryan's personal signature on each letter? This isn't the work of an auto pen:
Unless Ryan's staff is forging his signature, he's being a real jerk by blaming them.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/17/1121336/-If-it-was-the-staff-s-fault-then-why-did-Paul-Ryan-sign-the-letters
by Jed Lewison
Paul Ryan gets caught lying and then blames the staff:
After initially denying he had requested stimulus funds, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has acknowledged that his office had sought the money for his Wisconsin congressional district and took responsibility for it.
After having these letters called to my attention I checked into them, and they were treated as constituent service requests in the same way matters involving Social Security or Veterans Affairs are handled, Ryan said in a statement late Thursday. This is why I didn't recall the letters earlier.
But if the staff is really to blame, then why is Ryan's personal signature on each letter? This isn't the work of an auto pen:
Unless Ryan's staff is forging his signature, he's being a real jerk by blaming them.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/17/1121336/-If-it-was-the-staff-s-fault-then-why-did-Paul-Ryan-sign-the-letters
Paul Ryan questioned over apparent shifts on issues
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021149046
Paul Ryan did request stimulus funds, but says retroactively he would not have done that (updated)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021146616
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If it was the staff's fault, then why did Paul Ryan sign the letters? (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2012
OP
He is Just a Signing Machine, Ma'am, Signs Anything Put in Front Of Him....
The Magistrate
Aug 2012
#2
And, ma'am, If He Had Known It was Stimulus Money, He Would Not Have Signed
The Magistrate
Aug 2012
#5
randr
(12,417 posts)1. He is a Republican
Lying is in their genes.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)4. he`s a neoconteaparty republican....
the republicans of my youth were never this bad....
The Magistrate
(95,257 posts)2. He is Just a Signing Machine, Ma'am, Signs Anything Put in Front Of Him....
You do not expect such an exalted policy wonk and serious-minded numbers guy to actually read sopmething he siogns, do you? It would cut into valuable posturing time....
"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."
"Ryan loves America like Manson loved the Beatles."
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Really, he wants
people to believe his staff requested stimulus money without his knowledge.
Also added to the OP another dimension to his lies.
The Magistrate
(95,257 posts)5. And, ma'am, If He Had Known It was Stimulus Money, He Would Not Have Signed
Cause that bad, mean stimulus money he does not want in his district, no sir, because it only ruins America!
Regular Federal money, in amounts in excess of Federal revenues, that is the only kind of job-creating money he wants to wrangle for his constituents....