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No, I never asked for stimulus,” he told Cincinnati’s WCPO-TV, whose reporter mentioned an Associated Press article reporting on Ryan appealing to two departments seeking stimulus money for Wisconsin projects. “I don’t recall—and I haven’t seen this report so I really can’t comment on it. I opposed the stimulus because it doesn’t work, it didn’t work. It brought us deeper into debt.
Thursday evening, Ryan acknowledged having sent the letters above his signature. “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. This is why I didn’t recall the letters earlier. But they should have been handled differently, and I take responsibility for that.”
He did not explain why he was not alerted to the fact his office had sent a letter asking for stimulus aid from the Department of Labor when the Wall Street Journal reported on this in 2010
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I thnk Romney picked the right guy. They're more alike than I thought.
If he hadn't sought the funds he would have been a fool. His vote on TARP rules him out for me but after losing the stimulus fight, he most certainly should have sought some of the funds as his constituents and his constituents kids are going to be paying for it.
We know that Ryan bashed the POTUS and the stimulus, but still begged for a piece of it, but when asked the question after the fact, he just had no problem lying.
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Asked about having sought stimulus funding, Paul Ryan out-and-out lies
In an interview with a Boston radio station, Paul Ryan was asked about stimulus funding and Ryan just lied about it.
“I assume you voted against the stimulus and I’m just curious if you accepted any money in your district,” a caller wondered.
“No, I’m not one [of those] people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money,” Ryan said. “I did not request any stimulus money.”
This is just so not true.
Still, how good a fit is Ryan for the Romney ticket? A couple of worldclass GOP liars, working together to hoodwink the nation. Honest Abe Lincoln, father of the Republican Party, would be so proud.
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Romney/Ryan A couple of worldclass GOP liars
