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UPDATED with Video! The 10 Best Obama Zingers From Paul Ryan’s Snappy Convention Speech

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10 Best Paul Ryan Lines From His Convention Speech

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan delivers the key note address during the third day of the 2012 Republican national Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum August 29, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Paul Ryan’s speech brought more than just cheers to the convention hall Wednesday night, it picked a fight.

The VP candidate’s speech had RNC delegates at a fever pitch from the beginning. It brought a packed convention arena to its feet with over a dozen standing ovations.  By many reports and reactions, Paul Ryan can count his keynote a resounding success.

And while the speech was filled with conservative buzzwords, what really hat had the faithful cheering were the well timed one-liners about President Obama and his record.

Convention delegate and lifelong Republican Mark Mitchell told TheBlaze, “That speech is what we were waiting for!”  Mitchell continued enthusiastically, “We want a candidate that can expose and fight our administration and their B.S.  Ryan came out fighting, we like that!”

Here are the loudest most well-received Ryan zingers according to the non-scientific Blaze method of sitting in the convention hall with an ancient decibel meter (our ears).

 

10.

“Their moment came and went. Fear and division are all they’ve got left. With all their attack ads, the president is just throwing away money— and he’s pretty experienced at that.”

9.

“President Barack Obama came to office during an economic crisis, as he has reminded us a time or two.”

8.

“It all started off with stirring speeches, Greek columns, the thrill of something new. Now all that’s left is a presidency adrift, surviving on slogans that already seem tired, grasping at a moment that has already passed, like a ship trying to sail on yesterday’s wind.”

7.

“The man assumed office almost four years ago— isn’t it about time he assumed responsibility?”

6.

 ”None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers— a dull, adventureless journey from one entitlement to the next, a government-planned life, a country where everything is free but us.”

5.

“By the way, being successful in business— that’s a good thing.”

4.

“[Mitt] turned around the Olympics at a time when a great institution was collapsing under the weight of bad management, overspending, and corruption— sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

3.

“[Our rights] are self-evident and unchanging, and sometimes even presidents need reminding that our rights come from nature and God, not from government”

2.

“College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life.”

1. (Was actually not even about Obama)

“We’re a full generation apart, Governor Romney and I. And, in some ways, we’re a little different. There are the songs on his iPod, which I’ve heard on the campaign bus and on many hotel elevators. He actually urged me to play some of these songs at campaign rallies. I said, I hope it’s not a deal-breaker Mitt, but my playlist starts with AC/DC, and ends with Zeppelin.”

Our Friend at SUN News in Canada have generously put together a clip of Ryan’s best zingers, and you can watch it below!

Comments (178)

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  • Gup20
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:33am

    Ryan’s speech was really very good. He did exactly what he needed to do – which is underscore Obama’s dismal record. He was respectful and fair, I thought. He even touched on the fact that Bush (without naming him) made similar mistakes in spending too much money we didn’t have.

    However, I would like to see Romney-Ryan challenge the President for his Marxist Communist background, upbringing, and tendencies. I think it’s evident that Obama is a Marxist in his thinking, and an has carried his anti-colonial, anti-american dreams he got from his father into the way he conducts the affairs of this country. His actions, while confusing and seemingly negligent to the uninitiated, follow perfectly the communist agenda. They are the actions recommended for many years by communists to bring down this country from within. They are following the Alinsky / Frances Piven playbook for collapsing the country and fundamentally transforming it into a Marxist open society.

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:53am

      Great stuff. Dummies like this guy are still going to vote for Obama though:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTRqjpK6ScQ

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    • Max jones
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:58am

      Hey gup…We’ve had globalist influence in our gov. for a long time and now the chickens have come to roost….Get ,the NWO will absorb this nation as it has most of the world already.

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    • PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:03pm

      During the speech Ryan did mention the caste system that is not American. I can‘t remember exactly what he said but I believe he was putting the ’2016 the Movie” into play ever so slyly. I can hope can’t I?
      OMG
      TEA

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    • PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:06pm

      Maybe Dinesh D’Souza is the surprise speaker?

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    • Calmandcollected
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:12pm

      I disagree. They are focusing on what they need to focus on. The Republicans and Conservatives are already going to vote Romney/Ryan. They need to sway the middle. That is not done by highlighting what is perceived as an extreme view, Obama is a Marxist/Communist, even when that view is completely true… which it is. They are on the right path and I am pumped for November.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:59pm

      @PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:06pm
      Maybe Dinesh D’Souza is the surprise speaker?
      ****
      That would not only knock it out of the Ball Park, But cover all oceans and spread fear throughout all our enemies camps!

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    • goengo
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 5:01pm

      GUP20: I agree with most everything you wrote, including the fact that Obama is in his heart a communist, and that he (like his father) is an anti-colonialist who despises this country.

      But it would be a mistake to run on this fact, because the independents, and many busy, busy Republicans are unaware of this. It would make Romney look like he was lying/exaggerating and would lose him votes in the long run.

      If, however, Obama is re-elected (God help us all) then THAT will be the time to raise hell and scream it from the mountaintops. Because at that point, we would have nothing to lose but our freedoms and our lives.

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    • DownWithDems
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 5:22pm

      The NY Obama Loving, Socialist Loving, Left Loving, Times.

      When you think they cannot get any lower, they just get even lower.
      Hopefully the Next stop is Hell. May they take their supporters with them!

      If you know anyone who is still dumb enough to read the Times, tell them
      the word Boycott sounds appropriate.

      http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/new-york-times-puts-son-satan-ryan-front-page_651233.html

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    • I_KNEW_Youd_Say_That
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 5:35pm

      I KNEW You’d Say That!

      “ZINGERS” aren’t the TRUTH!

      “I’m very concerned about this election, as are you. I said the other day, actually it was several weeks ago when Ann Coulter wrote her piece defending RomneyCare, I said, there it is. It‘s not enough that we should support him if he’s the nominee. We have to sell out our principles. We have to split hairs over RomneyCare and ObamaCare, make Federalism arguments, and this, that, and the other. I’m not doing that. I’m not surrendering my principles to support a modern Republican for President. I‘ll support him if he’s the nominee. But I can’t defend RomneyCare. Oh, that’s only a statement. So what! I mean I‘ve got audio here up the wazoo where he’s defending the individual mandate and actually encouraging the people who are putting together ObamaCare to consider it.”

      “But the reason this ObamaCare is so crucial and I’ve talked about from day one, the reason we’re litigating at Landmark Legal Foundation, the reason why you cannot simply ignore RomneyCare and the almost back-of-the-hand response that Romney gives you, is what you’re seeing unfold before your eyes — the use of ObamaCare to gut the 1st Amendment, to gut private property rights, to gut Commerce Clause. And soon it’ll be the 14th Amendment and the 5th Amendment.”

      Mark Levin 3/5

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    • bravjim
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 6:41pm

      Goengo:
      It is never a mistake to run on the truth. You just have to be wise on how you disseminate the information, and avoid over using the more extreme rhetoric. But the truth should be put out there for people in the middle so that they can recognize the difference between the candidates.

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    • Bowlz
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:43pm

      I agree with your comments. Both parties are responsible for the poor spending policies; BUT only ONE is responsible for electing a communist determined to take this country down! Growing up in Pittsburgh in the 70‘s and 80’s, I was around a lot of union workers that had American Flags on their hats and hated communism. THEY ARE THE COMMUNISTS! Many of these people were family and friends that I love. Their personal insecurities, pride and ignorance will not allow them to see what is really going on. Their minds are closed and they are the most negative people you would want to be around. What will it take for them to open their eyes???????? I hope they do at some point because they’re not helping themselves or others.

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    • Arc Angel
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:44pm

      I have thought the same thing as Gup20 said. “Taking over from within”. I heard that many years ago and it has really made sense that this is what this administration is trying to do. With one more term he will have almost accomplished it. We don’t want to re-elect him.

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  • ScoobyCheese
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:29am

    I hate that I missed this. I had no power because of Isaac. I blame Obama.

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    • Spankster
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:42am

      Scoobtcheese you should be thankful to Obama,If he hadn’t been standing out on the banks in his long flowing robe,with his staff in hand,directing Isaac to swing a little to the right,you folks would be treading water now.Oh what a friend and savior we have in Obama…..Snicker,Snicker.

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    • Sy Kosys
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:50am

      7 years to the day later, isn’t it fair to say that Obama “hates white people”?

      Wonder if i have to kick Kanye some royalties for that one….

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    • Max jones
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:34pm

      have you seen the video of Kanye admitting to selling his soul to Satan? I don’t have the link. but its out there.

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    • bravjim
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 6:43pm

      Why not blame Obama, everyone blamed Bush for Katrina.

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  • Steve
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:17am

    Oh come on!!!…How can you miss “Under Obama, everything is free except us!”. I loved that one!

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  • squigs2004
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:16am

    Anybody hear about the new RNC rule change? The ones about how the RNC committee can call a meeting and change whatever rules it doesn‘t like as well as allow candidates to eject other candidates’ state delegates he/she doesn’t like? Some say the changes were aimed at Ron Paul supporters but it’s deeper than that. This change affects future Tea Party candidates too because the RNC RINO’s are afraid of the new people coming in. People who actually stand for traditional America. Makes me feel like I’m living in a Banana Republic where the candidates are chosen for you, the people and even the election itself is won by whome the establishment wants to win.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:39am

      From what I understand so far, it is still an attempt to change rules. Still ****** me off and it sounds like something that Dem-wits would do. Rush went into great detail a few days ago about this. I hope that it continues to fail.
      Just like the Bush 43 Admin, I expect a Romney Administration to provide a good number of let downs. But, I don’t expect a Romney Admin to scare the absolute Sierra Hotel India Tango out of me on a daily basis.

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    • drphil69
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:00pm

      Yes, it is designed so that the “non-existent” Establishment can control who the nominee is…

      Basically it will turn the Republican party into the Other Progressive Party…

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    • Max jones
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:39pm

      blame the extremists in the paulbot group not wanting to let go. I think some of them are nuts, too.

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    • Wu Ming Ren
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:58pm

      Should Obama retain the presidency, it will mark the end of the GOP. I will not be joining a third party, but rather a new party will displace the GOP, making it a third party. Sarah Palin has recently talked of this possiblity. I’ve been saying it for years.

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  • TEARS FOR AMERICA
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:11am

    Substantive, honest, and leadership capability in this speech brought us to believe that Mitt Romney and this young man can turn the course of this nation to save her from destruction and We The People must hold theirs and the feet of Congress to the fire.

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:11pm

      @TEARS FOR AMERICA

      Honest? Like when he blamed Obama for a GM plant that closed before Obama took office? As a Christian man you think he wouldn’t tell boldfaced lies like that. After all, it is a commandment, “thous shall not lie”. Oh sorry, I forgot, he’s a Christian, and being a Christian means you can lie, cheat and steal all you want, as long as you tell an invisible man in the sky that you’re sorry and ask him to forgive you.

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    • Max jones
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:44pm

      VANCE…the 250 billion+ bailout is Obama’s, and they are in arrears, looking to file bankruptcy…..that is what he’s talking about. stay up to date.

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    • Max jones
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:47pm

      VANCE….you are going to have some ‘splainin’ to do, Lucy.

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:58pm

      @Max jones
      Nope, he specifically mentioned this one GM plant twice.

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    • justangry
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 3:43pm

      I have a hard time buying into their speeches. I actually haven‘t watch a single minute of the convention or speech that wasn’t a clip posted on a website, but what they say always sounds good. It‘s just they never follow through with it or it’s just another politician spreading their lies. I know several have been debunked, but the one not mentioned is the one that bugs me the most as it should all Americans.

      “[Our rights] are self-evident and unchanging, and sometimes even presidents need reminding that our rights come from nature and God, not from government”

      The chosen candidates have either voted for or supported the destruction of these rights that are self-evident and unchanging. How can Ryan, with a straight face, says something like this when he has voted in favor of removing these rights from our Constitution? This is the kind of thing that makes it so I won’t even listen to what they have to say. It just makes me sick that this is the best that America has to offer. Anyone that doesn’t recognize this statement as a lie is kidding themselves. You can argue they are better than Obama, but don‘t go blowing smoke up peoples’ asses in saying they are good for America or anything.

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    • dc135custom
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 5:04pm

      nice try Vance but wrong the plant was failing in 2008 but actually shut it’s doors in 2009 after the stimulus and after Obama promised that plant would survive. FAIL!!!!

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  • EBL
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:08am

    The left is desperately trying to Palinize Ryan.

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  • G.E.R
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:07am

    He needed the zingers because everything else he said was totally misleading.

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    • drattastic
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:26am

      Scared aren’t you ? You damn sure should be, Ryan is what personifies the American spirit and the kind of guy that fixes what people like your little boy king breaks. The free ride is coming to an end and the adults are about to retake the helm.

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    • Pounding_hammer
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:50am

      @ G.E.R

      “He needed the zingers because everything else he said was totally misleading.”

      Like what?
      Please, lefties, you need to say more than just “I don‘t like’em”

      Please state your actual problems (As in, please answer: What was misleading in Paul Ryan’s August 30th, 2012 speech, spoken at the RNC in Tampa, Florida?).

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    • The Jewish Avenger
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:54am

      I cant help it LOL.

      Imagine if you will…

      …a 3 year old thats on one of those old ice cream dry caked on 25 cents riding horses that sits outside some Wal-Mart type store and after about 30 seconds, stops. The kid looks at you in horror. the parent replies “That’s it, lets go.” and then they are dragged away crying?

      Now picture a 25 year old on the same ride but it’s titled “Obama’s Free Ride“ it stops and Romney drags him away saying ”Come on, let’s see if we can find you a job” and then he cries….

      (Yes, this could be Romney crying having to coddle a 25 year old, I see the dual use here.)

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    • Sy Kosys
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:59am

      I believe he’s trying to say something along the lines of:

      “You are right to say we’re not coming before you today to say ‘we have a definitive solution to that long term problem.’ What we do know is, we don’t like yours.”
      - Timmy ‘Tax Cheat’ Geithner

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    • G.E.R
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:59am

      He lied about Medicare. He lied about the Recovery Act. He lied about the deficit and debt. He even dishonestly attacked Barack Obama for the closing of a GM plant in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin — a plant that closed in December 2008 under George W. Bush. He also failed to offer one constructive idea about what he would do to move the country forward.
      He also didn’t mention that the Romney-Ryan plan would turn Medicare into a voucher program to pay for tax cuts for millionaires, or that their promise to repeal Obamacare would take away access to health care for 32 million Americans. And don‘t even get me started on how they want to end a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.

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    • Sy Kosys
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:11pm

      you forgot

      -he’s racist
      -wants to throw granny off a cliff
      -hates women (as a whole)
      -homophobic
      -bigoted
      -etc
      -etc
      -(yawn)

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    • Stone Cold Truth
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:02pm

      How did he lie about Medicare or any of those things. I heard facts. The only way you could parse any of that into a lie is if you’re name is Debbie Wasserman-Shultz. (ie sociopath, known blatent liar). Is that you, Debbie? Do you deny that Obamacare sucks all the money out of Mediacre? Do you deny that Congressional health care is pretty awsome? Put those two things together and you have a problem and a solution for everyone 53 and younger. Get Obama’s walnuts out your mouth, k, because you are a stage 3 hugger.

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    • bannedfromCNN
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:03pm

      …and you are totally terrified of Paul Ryan, just like Plugs Biden is.

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:14pm

      @Stone Cold Truth
      He didn’t lie? So you’re saying that Obama was in office in November of 2008? Because Ryan has claimed twice now that the plant closed while Obama was in office, and the plant closed in Nov. of 2008. Now proceed to cover your ears, stick your tongue out an say, “Nah, nah, nah, nah, I can’t hear you!”

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    • mrqstixx
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:30pm

      Such as?

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    • Max jones
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:16pm

      G>E>R< and VANCE….Ok, lets just cancel this election and crown Obama dictator of the the marxist states of Barackia. This what he is trying to do..he has shown over and over that he does not recognize any restraints to the executive branch of this gov. Does not recognize the constitution and runs roughshod over the taxpayers…which for the most part are not his constituents. And I am STILL a birther, and don't accept for one minute that the racist POS in the white house is qualified in any real sense to be there. In my own opinion the only reason he's there is that he has sold his mortal soul to satan(the entity you deny in public and worship in private). We have now entered a world devoid of morality and right thinking. If he's in for another 4 years it will take divine fire to fix the damage….
      You are bought and sold out. Obama does care for you. He cares only about power, and will say or do anything to retain that power. He cares not for the heritage or history of this nation…ask him.
      Every body wonders where the money went
      lets go ask the president
      can he admit its all been spent
      to help set up world government?
      http://www.youtube.com/embed/QXEoQJ7ZMZs?feature=player_detailpage

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    • rzamor1
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 3:05pm

      G.E.R – you said ” He lied about the deficit and debt. He even dishonestly attacked Barack Obama for the closing of a GM plant in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin — a plant that closed in December 2008 under George W. Bush. ”

      Go back and watch Ryan’s speech again. He said candidate Obama, not President Obama said he would keep the plant from closing.

      Yes, it was closed at the time, but Obama has not reopened it. Don’t twist his words.

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  • taxpro4u03
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:06am

    We ‘get it.’ Stay the high ground and remain COHERENT in civil discourse. It confuses the adversary, particularly when articulated with independent unbiased QUALIFIERS. Credibility on BOTH sides of the aisle are all but shot…. Governments fix nothing. Technicians fix stuff…. ‘step aside, we got this…’

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:03am

    Happily and proudly AMERICAN.

    Aren’t these two men and their families a breath of fresh air?

    THANK YOU, GOD, that the difference between YOU and satan is as obvious and clear to those who choose to believe, to see and to hear.

    THANK YOU, LORD, that YOU are giving us more time for more of us to wake up and to come to YOU.

    THANK YOU, LORD, that YOU LOVE AMERICA, too.

    THANK YOU, GOD, FOR COURAGE, YOUR COURAGE, at this time.

    THANK YOU for YOUR SMILES, YOUR FORGIVENESS, YOUR LOVE.

    In JESUS’ name, amen.

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  • Landon410
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:02am

    I want to go bow hunting with Paul Ryan, he seems like the kind of guy you want in your deer camp.
    If any Paul Ryan people are scoping out the Blaze throw that invite his way, bow season in Missouri starts Sept. 15th

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    • bumfuzeled
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:21pm

      Same here, Archery season in Texas begins September 29.

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:55am

    Great speech according to the idle-minded, but nevertheless it was just platitudes not addressing the foundation of problems which prop-up the table of symptoms which Paul Ryan addressed. Problems like parents not wanting to be parents out of fear; children treating the parents as if they are the children; children who don’t want to leave home (not just that they can not leave home), etc, etc.

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    • HOOT_OWL
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:10am

      He was right on the money Tim.
      This was exactly what needed to be said ,the left is livid.
      And when they are beside themselves they screw-up and
      say stupid stuff. I hope some of the people ,that are on the
      fence pick-up on it and quit drinking the kool-aid.

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    • watersRpeople
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:13am

      There is way, way more underlying serious problems with America than people want to acknowledge with their idle-minds. Problems with even the damage big government and unions did to the American family since FDR, and on to present. Case in point the promise of employment at companies for a term of military service by some very ignoramus individuals whom probably would have been exterminated by life had they not found protection by companies and unions. Then they went on to have 8, 10, 12 children who were also ignoramuses who didn’t drink any wine of intelligence from the family tree, and even many can not trace their ancestry back past 25 years. The core of America is very rotten.

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    • watersRpeople
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:15am

      The left is always livid about Republicans and Conservatives, they wake-up livid.

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    • 2A
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:18am

      I was wondering the same thing. Children, parents, fear, living at home, etc, etc……ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!???

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    • watersRpeople
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:19am

      HOOT_OWL,
      Mitt Romney, and Paul Ryan are not Barrack Obama, and Joe Biden – that’s all that really matters to you. Paul Ryan could had said: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious….and if you say it long enough you’ll vote for me the mostes.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:45am

      Hey WATERSPORTS, forget to take certain meds again today?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4

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    • Max jones
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:55am

      waterspeeps….I love you ….but I think its time for your meds….you are making less sense than usual.

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:41pm

      ““[Our rights] are self-evident and unchanging, and sometimes even presidents need reminding that our rights come from nature and God, not from government””

      Really, except when you’re voting for Patriot Act permanency, SOPA/PIPA/CISPA, NDAA, etc.

      He should have added…”and that we will ignore them just like the last two administrations.”

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    • WEBWITHDEB
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:56pm

      Idle-minded? Not working minds? If someone’s mind is not working, then they are brain dead. If they are brain dead, they ostensibly did not hear any of this speech.

      Water’s mind appears to be addle-minded — confused, at the very least, on his/her word usage.

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  • conservativeamericanmom
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:54am

    Paul Ryan ROCKS!!!! Finally someone to say what we are all thinking!!! GO Ryan!

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  • HOOT_OWL
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:54am

    I think Paul Ryan was stretching it a bit on that last one .
    I cant see him head banging to highway to hell and whole lotta love.

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    • Boggycreek5
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:35am

      I am also 42 and I grew up listening to *A LOT* of AC/DC and Zeplin. Not my favorite type of mucic then or now, but you couldn’t really escape it growing up in the 70s / coming of age in the 80s. I think a lot of people my age did and still do listen to these bands.

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    • RedHotFuzz
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:54am

      I’m 43, and AC/DC and Zeppelin are still staples on my playlist. In addition, of course, to newer groups like Arctic Monkeys and Black Keys.

      You’re never too old to rock!

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    • OhioRifleman
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:20pm

      I’m 28, and AC/DC has an honored place in my playlist. Led Zepplin and Styx, even more so. My primary is Power Metal (Sabaton, Nightwish, Kamelot, Hammerfall if you want some CHEESE in your metal diet), but respect for the classics is REQUIRED in my household.

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    • Alessandre
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 3:12pm

      I know many very devout & very cool Catholics & heavy metal is definitely #1 in re secular music. I even know some who’d like to create heavy metal versions of certain hymns – most notably those composed by Bach – & certain chants – think Dies Irae – he has much support. one of the biggest surprises of my life was when I attended a Christian rock concert w/ a close friend who is 5 feet (on a good day), very shy, sings classical music, is so devout she wears a mantilla at Mass & fasts from everything w/ any flavour during Lent. I’m a dancer – ballet, jazz, even a rare bit of hip hop – but that night, she turned into a jumping, head banging creature that scared the hell out of me. fortunately there was no mosh pit or she’d have been passed along & tossed about like spinach in a salad. among my friends, I also count several Polish Dominican priests who are very faithful to the magisterium, incredibly well educated & very holy. they also love heavy metal & ride motorcycles. ditto CFRs (Franciscan Friars of the Renewal) who just happen to grow ZZ Top type beards & play guitars, drums, etc. though it’s not true for me, heavy metal aficionados & devout Catholics are often the same people. go figure.

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    • Alessandre
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 3:32pm

      of course, I enjoy the music, have even danced to some metal, but no head banging & a much wider playlist.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:53am

    You should see the hate spewing out of the lberals on conservative sites over Ryan and his speech! HAHAHA Looks like he hit one out of the park! :)

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  • founderschild
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:52am

    Ryan’s speech was so uplifting. Amazing how the truth works every time.

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  • Drum Man
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:48am

    That is one cool dude.

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  • deltaecho
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:41am

    I thought Paul’s quip about “we need to be better listeners?” could have had a place on that list.

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    • needmoinfo
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:54am

      Obama thinks he didn’t preach to the lemmings enough to keep them in their coma.

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    • JRook
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:58am

      (9) Yes, Bush left the PRESIDENT with the worst economy since the depression and a $1.2 trillion deficit run rate (fy 2008). (7) It took Reagan more than 4 years to fix, through federal spending, a recession that was 20% of the one Bush provided. (5) Yes it is but being a vulture capitalist is not, avoiding taxes with offshore accounts and IRA tricks and lying about them is not (4) Do some research about what really transpired at the Olympics and Romney’s large donor who was at the heart of the bribery scandal. (3) from God, not Christianity and what rights exactly have been challenged? (2) Yes that is what Bush and the Bankers have done to these graduates. And neither Romney nor Ryan have a real plan other than to cut school loans and have more of them work for minimum wage and claim that is job creation. (e.g. Perry in Texas)

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:15am

      Poor myopic, desperate JROOK….
      9) The slowest recovery from a recession in the history of the nation. But let‘s add Obama’s words to this also….
      “Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.”-Barack Obama.
      Tell me JROOK..how’s Obama looking on that pledge? Would you make a pledge like that if the economy was as bad as your post says it was? Barry did didn’t he sport? Did you believe him? If you didnt’..why did you vote for him? He was clearly lying..do you routinely vote for obvious liars?

      5) Tell the folks at Staples how much of a vulture Romney is. Tell the Winter Olympics what a vulture Romney is. Balancing the budget, lowering the unemployment rate in MA..tell that state what a vulture Romney is. Can Obama claim the same by the way? Obama has never earned a paycheck from the private sector..even as a lawyer he represented non-profits. Can you show me where Obama is on the way to balancing the budget and lowering unemployment JROOK? Can you? Any sign he’s on the way to do that champ? Unemployment under Obama has been consistently over 8% with no sign of abating. The underemployment rate under Obama is the highest since WWII. Don‘t tell me you want to continue with Obama’s handling of the economy do you? Really?

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  • rosegrower
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:36am

    “The man assumed office almost four years ago— isn’t it about time he assumed responsibility?”
    From Ryan‘s mouth to God’s ears!

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  • TROLLMONGER
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:36am

    All lies. But the truth doesnt matter to the right wingers. They gobble it up like their bibles.

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    • Wildblue3
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:46am

      Troll,
      I know you are brain damaged but even you can’t say this is a lie
      “[Our rights] are self-evident and unchanging, and sometimes even presidents need reminding that our rights come from nature and God, not from government”
      Our rights are from God, not from our government. If you read the constitution, you would know that

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:47am

      You worship at the feet of Obama and admonish his opponents as liars? You people are unbelievable. Obama has done nothing but lie and push half truths since he came to the attention of the American people! Even your beloved Clinton’s have said the same about him. Obama’s whole life is a lie.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:50am

      AWWWEEEE did someone get out of bed on the WRONG SIDE? Try the RIGHT side next time! God Bless your little heart. :)

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:51am

      Dude…. You really need to pull your head out more often… Oxygen starvation really isn’t pretty, as once again your posts prove….

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    • vetswife
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:51am

      You wouldn’t know the truth even if it bit you in the butt.

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    • needmoinfo
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:51am

      Can’t wait for the DNC speeches so I can compare them to the facts and stats. But then the audience will be their cronies and families. Even so they all know they are in the toilet. We will all be watching for a family feud and blame throwing to start at this family reunion.

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    • GMJEDI
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:54am

      Lies? I didn’t see any, show me, prove to me that what he said was a lie… There’s not enough characters remaining in this post that can tell you all the lies obama has dished out.

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    • USACommoner
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:54am

      Oh, Troll. You’re on a sinking ship, dude. Abandon it while you still can. We can teach you how to recognize real lies when you hear them.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:57am

      Oh, honey, I’m going to have to add you to my PRAYER LIST!

      Consider yourself cured!!!

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    • SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:58am

      Wow…..you really don’t have any new material, do you Troll man?

      Typical Lib, always repeating the same dribble over and over again, never making any sense.

      What a dufus. You make Biden seem profound.

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    • HOOT_OWL
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:58am

      I’m still waiting for the paulbots to renounce your sorry butt.
      You kids are one emp strike from being totally worthless.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:01am

      TURDMONGER There you go talkin &%^$ again because the name I gave you applies,I can smell the feces you’re spewing out of your sewer you call a mouth and it stinks.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:06am

      Lies TROLLY?

      You mean like this?

      “There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together (Barack Obama Sr and Stanley Anne Dunham- Obama’s parents) and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don‘t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don’t tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama.”- Barack Obama 2008 at a speech in Selma, Alabama.

      “So they got together and Barack Obama Jr was born” TROLLY..hmmmm but…“Barack Obama Jr” was born in 1961 and the Selma rally he’s talking about happened in 1965 TROLLY. In fact…by the end of 1961..Obama‘s parents had split up they didn’t even know each other by 1965. Lies TROLLY? Don’t tell me you believed Barry did you champ?
      Let’s see lies huh?..hmmm.
      “Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.”-Barack Obama Jr.
      Today the reality is Obama is on target to add $6trillion to the debt by the end of the his first term. Don’t tell me you believed “Barack Obama Jr” did you champ? Fool me once right TROLLY?

      Come on TROLLY…you need better material than your sour grapes at what’s turning out to be a rousingly successful GOP convention with candidates that you can see will resonate with the American public. You’re scared I know…and your “bah humbug” posts prove it.

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    • TEARS FOR AMERICA
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:16am

      Truth will always rise above deception.

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    • dimbulbz
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:44am

      The equivalent of “I know you are but what am I?“ or ”I am rubber, you are glue”

      Grow up you dolt. Its morning in America – again.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:33am

    Good job Paul, keep moving your feet and punching. Obama’s whole campaign looks tired, you’re going to get a TKO in the last round.

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    • Government_Goodies
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:38am

      “The man assumed office almost four years ago— isn’t it about time he assumed responsibility?”

      OH SHN@P!

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:54am

      The AC/DC-Zeppelin line sold me….I‘m looking forward to seeing how Ryan performs as VP and if he’s as good as I anticipate he will be…he has my vote should he run for the big job.

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    • coachsmac
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:00am

      Gonzo, I don’t know that it will go the distance, many who voted for the socialist in 2008 have had their eyes opened in a big way. He will get the diehards who will vote Democrat if Satan himself were on the ticket(It is my guess that he is!) and will not think for themselves or are just waiting on the next handout! But the people who can and will think for themselves are fleeing from their ranks en masse! This may become a rout before it is over!!! Way to go Paul Ryan, you made many a valid point, and had many people enjoying your evisceration of the current administration!! Matthews and Maddow were in meltdown!!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:16am

      If the referee (the free press) was not bought and paid for by the mobsters (Soros etc.), I would agree with you. This referee will make sure it goes the distance.

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    • Veteran Patriot
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:36am

      The trolls have proven that they are not even as smart as rats. Even rats have the good sense to leave a sinking ship…

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:04pm

      AVENGERK, I hope he had sense enough to purge anything from his iPod by Rage Against The Machine. Screw alphabetical order, I have Zeppelin in the front.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:07pm

      One of my favorites up front:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L47W36VPE7Q

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:09pm

      RJJING…Ryan should use AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” as his campaign theme after last night’s speech. And he should dedicate “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” to Barack Obama.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 4:50pm

      AK, Obama’s theme is Dazed and Confused!

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  • contkmi
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:31am

    Can’t wait to see him destroy Biden. Of course, my three year old niece could destroy Biden…

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:48am

      HAHAHA Good one!

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    • Veteran Patriot
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:46am

      That debate will never happen, there is no way the dems would allow it. However, if, by some chance, it does go down it has the potential to be a gaffe-fest that will make Biden’s last three years actually sound intelligent.

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    • RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:20pm

      Ryan should be ashamed of himself, going into a battle of wits/facts with an unarmed man.

      NOBAMA
      **2012**

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:30am

    By the amount of applause from the audience over NUMBER 2, there sure must be a LOT OF THEM! hahaha That was so funny because it is so true. I know lots of college grads since 2009 who can’t find a good job. They sold their votes for a free slice of pizza and boy, do they regret it now!

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  • Sirfoldallot
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:30am

    Hello !!!!!

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  • SREGN
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:29am

    Finally. A heartbeat away.

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  • cause_glen_said_so
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:27am

    for fear, division and attack ads………… this from the Romney campaign is too good to pass
    “We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.”

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:34am

      I don’t get it? Obama so called “fact-checkers” are LIARS, just like him? They put ‘crap’ out there, THEN come back and correct their mistakes ONLY after everyone has seen the ‘crap’? Keep digging there, Media Matters. We now have CITIZENS UNITED to keep the “fact-checkers” honest! :)

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    • barber2
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:38am

      Someone’s pinkies are in a twist ! What ? No Race Card ? No Blame Card ? Hey, Lefties: there is NO way the MIC Check/ Glitter Bomb / ACORN Bullhorn Crowd can play the Civility Card ; that is one card that is NOT in your deck !

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    • cause_glen_said_so
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:03am

      Fact checkers are not Obamas, they are the facts and citizens united only makes it that much easier to buy an election…has nothing to do with checking facts. I am sure you know this or you would not have brought it up in reply to a post that had 0% to do with it

      Hey Barber
      play your games but know I do not play them. Enjoy playing with yourself…..And Don’t get your camo undies in a “twist” either sweetie (or are they pink satin?)

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    • SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:08am

      I recently discovered that the website snopes.com was run by a very liberal husband and wife team, not some organization with dozens of fact checkers. This came to light due to their puzzling answers to Obama related issues, as if they ignored the actual story and tried to disprove all the facts by focusing in on one tangential aspect of the account.

      This website is also backed by George Soros, so enough said.

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    • cause_glen_said_so
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:16pm

      sitdown
      Nice try
      ”
      Because snopes.com is all about rumors, it was only a matter of time before rumors began to circulate about it and its operators, such as the following:
      Snopes receives funding from an undisclosed source. The source is undisclosed because Snopes refuses to disclose that source. The Democratic Alliance, a funding channel for uber-Leftist (Marxist) Billionaires (George Soros etc.), direct funds to an “Internet Propaganda Arm” pushing these views. The Democratic Alliance has been reported to instruct Fundees to not disclose their funding source.
      The snopes.com web site is (and always has been) a completely independent, self-sufficient entity wholly owned by its operators, Barbara and David Mikkelson, and funded through advertising revenues. Neither the site nor its operators has ever received monies from (or been engaged in any business or editorial relationship with), any sponsor, investor, partner, political party, religious group, business organization, government agency, or any other outside group or organization.

      Barbara Mikkelson is a Canadian citizen and as such cannot vote in U.S. elections, register an affiliation with a U.S. political party, or donate to any U.S. political campaign or candidate. David Mikkelson is an American citizen whose participation in U.S. politics has never extended beyond periodically exercising his civic duty at the ballot box. As FactCheck confirmed in April 2009, David is a registered independent”

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