{"id":9531,"date":"2012-09-04T10:53:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=9531"},"modified":"2012-09-04T17:54:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T00:54:43","slug":"rnc-wrap-ryan-lied-says-former-bush-political-strategist-convention-a-re-run-says-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9531","title":{"rendered":"RNC Wrap: Ryan Lied, Says Former Bush Political Strategist; Convention a ‘Re-Run’, Says Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we get started with this week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, a final noteworthy thought or two on last week’s RNC in Tampa.<\/p>\n

The first comes as Twitter battles continue over the truthiness<\/em> of VP nominee Rep. Paul Ryan’s acceptance speech last Wednesday, with trolls continuing to insist, somehow, that Ryan wasn’t lying about one thing after another. The trolls will be disappointed to learn that George W. Bush’s Chief Political Strategist, Matthew Dowd, disagrees with them. Yes, Ryan lied, said Dowd on ABC’s This Week<\/i> on Sunday…<\/a><\/p>\n

DOWD: Paul Ryan, what he did in his speech, I think so stretched the truth. And I like Paul Ryan, have a lot of great respect for Paul Ryan, but the elements that he said about closing the GM plant which closed before Barack Obama took President [sic], about the Simpson-Bowles bill which he opposed and then all of a sudden he faults Barack Obama for. At some point, the truth should matter”\u00a6He was trying to convey that Barack Obama was responsible for the closing of that GM plant and that isn’t true.<\/div>\n