Democrats making huge mistake in attacks on Ryan
Guy Benson (no relation) reports on the meltdown:
Ed Morrissey also takes on the "fact checkers" attempts to say Ryan was not being truthful. But take a look at this post of Frank Luntz talking about the mistake of calling your opponent a liar. It is a mistake the Democrats made in spades after the Ryan speech and in the process they lost credibility. Jennifer Rubin also talks about the Democrats' freak out and bogus claims of lying.
The Obama campaign is lashing out at Paul Ryan, claiming that his fantastic convention speechlast night was packed with falsehoods and lies. Here's their hysterical response video:
To the surprise of no one, the ad's "rebuttals" are misleading and wrong themselves. Point by point:
(1) They begin with video of CNN reporters discussing accusations of Ryan's "lies." This is proof that the Obama campaign sent out a lot of angry emails, and nothing else.(2) Medicare - Sorry, guys, but it is 100 percent true that Obamacare raided $716 Billion from Medicare to pay for itself. It does cut benefits to current seniors. And Paul Ryan's plan took the president's Medicare "savings," and re-routed them back into Medicare to shore up the program. Mitt Romney's plan would undo those cuts altogether. Obama took those cuts and used them to pay for Obamacare. He has admitted this on camera:
(3) The GM Plant - Part of the factory Ryan mentioned was shut down under Bush, despite the initial GM bailout (which Senator Obama supported). The plant finally fully closed in April of 2009, during Obama's presidency, as this report clearly states. Obama's problem is that he showed up and made empty promises to pander for votes. Ryan never said Obama was personally responsible for the plant's closure, but he accurately stated that it closed down within a year of candidate Obama's hope-filled speech and remains closed today. Obama goes on and on about "saving" the auto industry and his economic recovery. That boarded-up Janesville plant tells a different story.
...There is more.
Ed Morrissey also takes on the "fact checkers" attempts to say Ryan was not being truthful. But take a look at this post of Frank Luntz talking about the mistake of calling your opponent a liar. It is a mistake the Democrats made in spades after the Ryan speech and in the process they lost credibility. Jennifer Rubin also talks about the Democrats' freak out and bogus claims of lying.
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