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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumshis weekend on NPR's ...
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me segment, on of the hosts said something that almost made me crash my car ...The question was, " something to the effect of) During the RNC the fact-checkers had quite a time with candidate ryan's speech; but the one thing they all agreed on was, what?"
The contestant answered: "Well there was so much to choose from; but if I had to narrow it down to just one, I would have to say he lied about his marathon time."
The Host: "that is correct ... To non-marathon runners let me explain, the difference between running a sub-3 hour marathon and a 4+ hour marathon is like scoring a 2400 on the SAT and being ABLE to spell S-A-T."
I laughed so hard I almost drove off the road.
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his weekend on NPR's ... (Original Post)
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2012
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,024 posts)1. My favorite was Tom Bodette (sp?)'s October Surprise
RMoney will connect up his plane to some geese, throw the dog in a carrier onto the plane to make a tour of the swing states. Big problem - they are Canadian Geese!
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)2. The host is Peter Sagal...a marathoner himself.
And yes, lying about your finish time is a pretty low-class thing to do.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)3. I realize this has been mentioned before...
but I just can't get over the idea that he lied about a marathon time. Aside from the obvious bit that it's utterly irrelevant to anybody's qualification for political office - I for one have respect for anybody who can complete a marathon in any amount of time, and I'm guessing that most people feel the same way.
It's just pointless, pathological lying.