Paul Ryan is the Rosie Ruiz of American politics

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/opinion/krugman-rosie-ruiz-republicans.html

September 2, 2012
Rosie Ruiz Republicans
By PAUL KRUGMAN

... And these days Paul Ryan is the Rosie Ruiz of American politics...

In a statement issued by a spokesman, Mr. Ryan tried to laugh the whole thing off as a simple error. But serious runners find that implausible: the difference between sub-three and over-four is the difference between extraordinary and perfectly ordinary, and it’s not something a runner could get wrong, unless he’s a fabulist who imagines his own reality. And does suggesting that Mr. Ryan is delusional rather than dishonest actually make the situation any better?

Which brings us back to the real issues of this presidential campaign.

Obviously nobody cares how fast Mr. Ryan can run, and even his strange marathon misstatement wouldn’t be worth talking about in isolation. What makes this incident so striking is, instead, the way it resonates with the essential Rosie-Ruizness of Mr. Ryan’s whole political persona, which is built around big boasts about accomplishments he hasn’t accomplished. ...

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1. Krugman is spot on.

Unfortunately unless one is old enough they ptobably don't remember Rosie Ruiz.