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jdman13 asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 9 years ago

Where is Ryan blaming Obama for the GM plant closing?

"President Barack Obama came to office during an economic crisis, as he has reminded us a time or two. Those were very tough days, and any fair measure of his record has to take that into account. My home state voted for President Obama. When he talked about change, many people liked the sound of it, especially in Janesville, where we were about to lose a major factory. "

"A lot of guys I went to high school with worked at that GM plant. Right there at that plant, candidate Obama said: “I believe that if our government is there to support you … this plant will be here for another hundred years.” That’s what he said in 2008."

"Well, as it turned out, that plant didn’t last another year. It is locked up and empty to this day. And that’s how it is in so many towns today, where the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight."

What he is blaming Obama of is a failed recovery. NOWHERE in his statement does he say the plant closed because of Obama. He said they were about to lose a major factory DURING Obama's run for president. He said in 2008 the candidate Obama gave a speech and that the plant didn't make it another year. So if you have no idea about when the plant closed, going by Ryan, it could have closed ANYWHERE from that date in 2008 till maybe the very first of 2009. So where is the lie???/??

He never made ANY point in saying the plant closed because of Obama, he is talking about the failed recovery, which has left MANY plants across the country with closed doors.

Is this REALLY the best liberals have???? Are you kidding me???/

This and a gaffe about the difference between 3 hours and 4 hours TWENTY YEARS ago??? What difference does his marathon time mean??? He has already said what the real time was, we wouldn't know that if he didn't tell us now would we??? How did we find out that he gaffed about his time from a marathon TWENTY YEARS AGO,,,, oh that's right,, he told us.

Come on liberals,,, you can do better than this.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    It's not Obama's fault it closed.

    It is obama's fault that it didn't stay open.

    He seized control of GM, Deposed it's C.E.O., installed his own hand-picked guy, Forced them to take the bailout, Handed the controlling interest over to the labor union, and quite frankly, in that long list of calling the shots, it was obviously not part of his agenda to keep it open. I guess with all the thrills of dictatorship, he forgot the promise he made to all those people.

  • 5 years ago

    The one factor i will feel of is Paul Ryan is a mendacity sack of $hit . GM introduced the plant closing in June 2008 . The phase that mendacity jackass disregarded used to be after they closed the plant HE VOTED in opposition to UNEMPLOYMENT advantages EXTENSION IN 2009 .

  • John
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Ryan said Obama closed a plant that closed a month before Obama became president.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Judging by Insanity has a liberal bias's little bedwetting moment there, liberals do not have any better.

    And it means just what Ryan said - that there has been no recovery under Obama.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    It's dishonest, but politically convenient. Just like Mitt Romney murdering that lady with his business practices.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Ryan made this comment on Tuesday.

    It took Rush, Fox, and the rest of right wing media 5 days to give you nut jobs spin instructions? LOL

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Because he has become a pathological liar as the rest of the Republicans. Its really sad.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    You're parsing so hard that you're sweating. Anyone who listened to Ryan's crap would have assumed that Obama reneged.

    You're a lying POS.

    Source(s): http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/201... Ryan said Obama broke his promise to keep a Wisconsin GM plant from closing. But we don't see evidence he explicitly made such a promise -- and more importantly, the Janesville plant shut down before he took office. We rate Ryan's statement False.
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    good point, preach on brother!

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