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President Obama Regrets Attacking Paul ‘Jack’ Ryan in Budget Speech

Sep. 10, 2012 3:56pm Mytheos Holt

With two months to the election, Democrats are attempting to create a devastatingly negative narrative to throw at Republicans in order to bury GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

One of the more pungent accusations in this indictment is the charge that the GOP induced a crisis surrounding the debt ceiling, and then refused to negotiate with President Obama in good faith. It’s a serious charge, and until recently, much of the evidence made it look plausible.

However, as veteran journalist Bob Woodward recounts in his forthcoming book, “The Price of Politics,” the story is far, far more complicated. Indeed, the precise moment when negotiations over a supposed “grand bargain” between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner broke down appears to have been precipitated by a call for more tax increases on the part of the president, as well as some needlessly confrontational behavior toward current Republican vice presidential nominee and then-House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan – for instance, the incident in which President Obama gave Ryan a front row seat at one of his (Obama’s) speech on the budget, which turned out to be a kitchen sink-style assault on Ryan’s plan.

Now, looking back on the affair, Obama apparently regrets it. However, as Woodward recounts it, he did so with a revealing slip-up regarding Paul Ryan’s name:

“I’ll go ahead and say it – I think that I was not aware when I gave that speech that Jack Ryan was going to be sitting right there,” Obama told Woodward. “And so I did feel, in retrospect, had I known – we literally didn’t know he was going to be there until – or I didn’t know, until I arrived. I might have modified some of it so that we would leave more negotiations open, because I do think that they felt like we were trying to embarrass him.”

Obama’s disavowal is likely to strike many people as more than a little difficult to believe. After all, the invite for Ryan did come directly from the White House itself. Especially given Rep. Ryan’s recent prominence, one has to wonder why Obama would fumble his name like this. The answer may lie in nugget from Obama’s past run for Senate in 2004.

As the history books now faithfully record, Obama trounced his opponent, political commentator Alan Keyes, by the unfathomably wide margin of 70 percent to 27 percent. However, before Keyes, Obama’s opponent was originally slated to be the relatively popular Illinois politician Jack Ryan, former husband of actress Jeri Ryan.

So why didn’t Jack Ryan run against Obama? Simple – because the Obama campaign forced his divorce records with his wife to go public. And boy, were they damaging:

JUNE 22–In what may prove a crippling blow to his U.S. Senate campaign, divorce records reveal that Illinois Republican Jack Ryan was accused by his former wife, actress Jeri Ryan, of pressuring her to have sex at swinger’s clubs in New York, Paris, and New Orleans while other patrons watched.

The bombshell allegation is contained amidst nearly 400 pages of records ordered released yesterday by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge who ruled on media requests to unseal documents from the Ryan case. The salacious charge leveled at the politician was made by Jeri Ryan, who has starred in TV’s “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Boston Public,” in a court filing in connection with child custody proceedings.[...]

The performer alleged that she refused Ryan’s requests for public sex during the excursions, which included a trip to a New York club “with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling.” While Ryan, a former Goldman Sachs executive, confirmed the trips with the actress, he described them simply as “romantic getaways,” denying her claims that he sought public sex.

In short, like Paul Ryan, Jack Ryan was a promising politician with details about his record that Obama either knew or suspected were nuclear. In the case of Paul Ryan, those details (specifically, about his budget) have turned out to not be so nuclear after all. In the case of Jack Ryan, however, they obviously were.

So while more sinister explanations could be found, it would seem that Obama simply confused one of his more controversial current opponents with one of his more controversial past opponents. It’s a strange mistake to make, but given the prevalence of high-profile people with the last name “Ryan” in Obama’s life, it’s not an unbelievable one.

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term limits for congress
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 5:35pm
Obviously, BHO did it purposefully. It is the Chicago way.

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- TROONORTH
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 10:18pm
  “Seven of Nine”?!!??! Speaking on behalf of teenage boys of years past – “HUBBA – HUBBA!”
  
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- GodHatesFigs
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 11:20pm
  The story linked to in this article about Jack Ryan’s divorce records being released says that they were released because of media requests, not at the request of the Obama campaign. This article is misleading.
  
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- Cosmos102
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 11:41pm
  @ Godhatesfigs
  
  You won’t have to worry about figs or slights against dear leader if he is reelected. Because the nation will experience a major economic collapse. My parents moved here from Germany right after WWII. They can tell you about people buying a bottle of milk or a loaf of bread using a wheel barrow full of Deutsche Marks because it took so much money to buy it. The Dollar will also collapse. Be warned. Romney/Ryan are our only hope.
  
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- mharry860
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 11:57pm
  GODHATESFIGS, are you that naive?
  
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- omni3460
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 5:28am
  Obama is simply blabbering as usual. He’s been bad mouthing anyone and everyone he can to divert attention from himself who is an abject failure !
  
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- lordamercy
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 6:55am
  Or..Obama had just finished reading Robert Ludlum-hero Jack Ryan!!
  
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scrudge
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 5:33pm
Ah Yes…. hay oBAMA…. tell us who your daddy really is….. are you a red diper baby ????

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- shorthanded12
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 6:49pm
  I agree I suspect its one of the two 1. FMD 2. M X…….
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 5:31pm
Obama is an A-hole and has set up a devastating economic disaster. It is well known that Soros and Obama are in perfect harmony along with the entire “Progressive” contingent. WHY isn’t this reported further? It is their words and writings that tell us. It is no theory! It is FACT in their own words and deeds!

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Larry E
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 5:14pm
What do little kids say, or used to say anyway? Oh, yeah, “liar, liar, pants on fire!”

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- Chromo200
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 6:07pm
  Sorry that is a white person saying it .. you should use NO MAS PANTALONES. or “YOU ARE A JIVE LYING A$$ MOTHER F$%^ER.”
  
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grams09
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 5:03pm
Litterly.

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getourcountryback
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 5:03pm
Obama’ pants are going to be going up in flames like that Progressive commercial with the lying agents. He is a blatent liar and if his lips are moving you can’t believe any of it.

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:50pm
He is messing with the wrong Ryan, now.

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- DarkJello
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:56pm
  Tread carefully or Ryan might offer public “fun” at Owebama’s expense.
  
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AJAYW
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:45pm
Obama is a lying Son of a B*tch the narcissist bastard knew he was there.

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- thibx
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 5:30pm
  and the sob knows his name is paul not jack. sometime i wonder if he is a human. he needs to climb back under the rock for a few million years.
  
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MadAsHeII
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:44pm
This song was on another post, but I thought I would put it here so more can listen to it. Awesome song about getting Obama out: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tE0M9R1YXH0
Enjoy.

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coizinho
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:35pm
He pretend to forget Paul Ryan name, this man is very astute. He very well know Paul Ryan, special after the health care debate, when Paul Ryan confront him.

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- calebjim
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:41pm
  Just another lie to add to his list of hundreds. I really believe that he has a problem with the truth and can’t help himself.
  
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olddog
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:34pm
obama does not have and never will have the humility and integrity needed to lead America, he is truly no more than a divider. Most all know the story of how barry treated ryan which was like a childish prank by our so called president…

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frogg
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:34pm
You Can’t trust a single word that comes out of Obama’s mouth! Obama’s farts are more trueful than his words. He has had a lot of practice. His family taught him to lie through out his whole life. Heck we don’t even know who his family is! See what I mean! I guess if we could get a DNA sample we could find out? But then again he’s been lieing so long that it may even be in his genes? My Grandmom used to say that about people who lied all the time. “He can’t help it! It’s in his genes!” So All we can do is Vote the lying piece of Sh#@ out of office!!!!!! Vote the BUMS out this November! Please! Pretty Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check out http://www.rescueourconstitution.com/

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NHwinter
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:34pm
Whatever Obama says now is just to get re-elected. He does not plan to do any of the positive things he is telling people before the election. If he is re-elected, he will do as he pleases and finish the destruction of America. I cannot believe we have an anti-American president and so many people will still vote for him. That big goofy smile that he always has is him laughing at the stupidity of the people he continues to lead down their own path of destruction. What fools.

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 7:55pm
  Amen, brother. (or sister?)
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:30pm
in related news, it turns out that nicki minaj was not endorsing Romney in that song….

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/09/nicki-minaj-says-she-didnt-endorse-mitt-romney/56696/

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- therealconservative
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 7:59pm
  And you think anyone, other than you cares.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 10:46pm
  apparently so, because Theblaze is now running the story on the front page. You put your foot in mouth AGAIN
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nicki-minaj-confirms-she-is-not-really-voting-for-mitt-romney/comment-page-2/?corder=desc#comments
  
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huey6367
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:24pm
He most likely invited Paul Ryan because he was the House Budget Committee Chair and Obama wanted to “thump his chest” and let them know he was the President. Basically, he wanted to be the bully on the playground but didn’t know what the other’s were all about. Obama is a shrill little man.

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- michael48
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:40pm
  I think you’re being far to generous…The.”choomer in chief”..is just plain incoherant and so egotistical that he’s more concerned with…”.BTW..did I tell you HOW MUCH I LOVE ME”…this 10 year twit is one sick, drug induced puppy….he hates Americas founding and as punishment is trying to re-distribute OUR FUTURE…in his sick mind ..it’s retribution on a GRAND SCALE….
  
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just my opinion maybe not yours
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:24pm
I wonder who Jeri Ryan voted for in 2008? Since the man that brought some very disturbing info out on her ex and her is the same man that was running for president, I wonder if she voted for him or not. She is from Hollywood…… Just wondering!!

As for the story he didn’t know Paul Ryan was there, he lies and lies and one day he is going to forget a big lie he said and he will be scrambling big time to cover it up!! And to say he got the two mixed up is another lie, he knew exactly what he was saying, he was trying to make Paul Ryan look bad by Calling him Paul “Jack” Ryan as he knows some people will go look for the info or remember Jack Ryan and they will assume Paul Ryan is either one in the same or is like Jack Ryan.

This president has no cares of who he destroys for his agenda, the ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS!!!

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- sophillyjimmy
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 8:31pm
  Do you mena getting caught in a web of lies like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, after being caught in a blatant lie which was audeo taped, she still lied more. Is there any truth at all in the Democrat party left? They are definitely playing follow the leader since none of them can tell the truth and those that do are demeaned by their own party members.
  If this is what the majority of the people want it will show in the polls, and if the majority of American’s became this low in morality, I will be ahasmed to say I am an American. It will prove to me that the people want our Democracy to become a Communist form of government, and they want the great Constitution abolished in favor of the Communist Manifesto.
  
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- rawmilker
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 9:42pm
  I was going to say the same thing JUST MY , he’s hoping he can use the Jack Ryan scandal to project misinformation to his many of his below 20 IQ supporters that Paul Ryan is the same person as Jack Ryan.
  
  Theres no doubt in my mind that he did this intentionally. I’ve never seen a dirtier, dishonest individual in my life as Barraka Barry Hussein Soetoro obama Davis….
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:22pm
I hope gas goes to twenty bucks a gallon before the election…………I really do.the FOODSTAMPERS will not spend the welfare money to go to the polls…….

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lilium479
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:19pm
Obama is on coke again or still. This man is not sane.

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- sophillyjimmy
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 8:39pm
  Don’t be fooled Lilium, Obama is as dumb as a fox and he has carefully planned everything he has done so far with the help of Axelrod who is the sleaziest man in politics. Axelrod is Obama Consigliere, he doesn’t have the balls to be the muscle of this Communist famiglia but he is Obama’s lie manufacturer. If you took notice, Obama managed to find Jewish people such as Axelrod and Debbie Wasserman Schultz to name just two that sold out their own people for money and power, and if the Jewish voters don’t see this and vote the same way they did in 08, they should be ashamed of themselves since Obama turned against Israel and bowed to Mecca as the Communist Muslim he really is.
  
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- Magyar
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 8:44pm
  I respectfully disagree, my friend… Ovomit and his minions are part of a very well orchestrated plan to destroy the economy and in it’s place build a one world government.
  
  Do not be fooled, he knows exactly what he’s doing….
  
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- sophillyjimmy
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 11:04pm
  Magyar, I fully agree with you, since throughout history Communist who want to overthrow a government first destroys their economy, divides and conquers the people by class, and Obama has something besides class to conquer and divide, he has a country of different races and he is dividing We The People by race also. He is also atempting to deny our freedom of religion which is another step towards Communism.
  The answer to this problem is since we are the silent majority we have to get out like minded people to vote like they never voted before, if we don’t get out the vote, we will surly lose the America we love and it will be Obama’s America which will be under Communist rule.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:19pm
Whatever – obama is non-recyclable trash – soon to be dumped in the landfill of history.

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burnteye86
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:14pm
Either that or he thinks he’s in a Tom Clancy story

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- Stuck_in_CA
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:26pm
  Time to Ask Obama about His Social Security Number
  By Jack Cashill
  …More to the point, Daniels has information that the Romney campaign needs to know and needs to talk about: President Barack Obama has apparently been using a fraudulent Social Security number for the last 25 years…. http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/09/time_to_ask_obama_abut_his_social_security_number.html
  It puzzles me how Glenn can say Obama is a fraud, and we no next to NOTHING about him. He has fabricated his own history. But Glenn will not question the so-called “Birther” evidence. I just don’t get it…
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:49pm
  Everyone should ask Husted why he isn’t allowing Ms. Daniela’s case
  
  http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/agency/ContactUsAgency.aspx
  
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- sophillyjimmy
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 9:01pm
  Stuck_In_ Ca, it is quite obvious that the Republican’s and good Democrats in office for some reason have a hands off attitude with Obama. I don’t know if it is fear of retaliation from the Chicago Democrat syndicate, because they will be treated as racist or if they are all in the same bed as Obama, but it is without a doubt that with all the crimes both past and present that Obama has committed nobody will bring out the truth. Obama is fabricating lies everytime he moves his lips against Romney and Ryan but yet, either man are making an attempt to force Obama’s lies and crimes to the fore front. If there is one thing I dislike as much as a liar is someone who is a coward, the although I will vote for Romney/Ryan in November it will not be for their bravado, it will be a vote against the lying Communist Muslim that is in office right now. I hope that Romney and Ryan grow a pair soon or they will be torn to shreads in November by the voters just like McCain was because he didn’t want to offend Obama. When a man like Obama attacks his opponents with lies and inuendo’s they have to fight back especially when they have so much ammunition to fight with, and Obama gave them a full arsenal to atack him with but they are just stock piling this ammunition instead of using it and put Obama on the defense. It is time for Obama to answer about his past and present since we will not get the truth from him as far as his future plans for America.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:13pm
The maggot in chief’s whole life is a lie,a fable told to fool the masses into believing he’s for the little guy.
He’s been consistent since day one,all he does is lie.

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CONSERVATIVE1
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:13pm
And it will be Vice President Ryan…

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righthanddrive
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:11pm
That statement is a lie. And that ‘Jack’ bit was not a slip of the tongue but a very deliberate attempt to slur Cong. Paul Ryan. Folks we are seeing the real Obama – the one not seen in his book or 2016. We should start wearing scotch-guard treated clothes lest the slime stains us every time we get near an Obama news item.

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floridareader
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:06pm
It seems that his past haunts him more than he would expect to.

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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:01pm
Obamy will remember his name November 6, 2012

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- PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
  Posted on September 10, 2012 at 4:17pm
  I like your attitude.
  OMG
  
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