Rep. Ryan: ‘I Really Misspoke’ When I Said The Generals Were Lying

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Rep. Ryan: ‘I Really Misspoke’ When I Said The Generals Were Lying

By Annie-Rose Strasser

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) today walked back his previous accusation that generals were lying about their support of President Obama’s Pentagon budget. On CNN’s “State of the Union” this morning, Ryan said that he had called to apologize to Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:

RYAN: I really misspoke, to be candid with you, Candy. I didn’t mean to make that kind of impression. So, I was clumsy in describing the point I was trying to make. The point I was trying to make — and General Dempsey and I spoke after that. I wanted to give that point to him, which is that’s not what I was attempting to say. [...]

CROWLEY: You have apologized to him?

RYAN: Yeah, I called him to tell him that.

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On ABC’s This Week, Ryan also said he “totally misspoke,” and claimed, “My issue is I think that the president’s budget on the Pentagon is a budget-driven strategy, not a strategy-driven budget.” But even that statement is a false attack on the generals.

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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/04/01/456192/rep-ryan-i-misspoke-when-i-said-the-generals-were-lying/

Dear Ryan, you didn't misspeak. You lied, you little punk!

[trumad]

1. The asshole is starting to walk back his tea bag craziness

to get consideration for the VP spot.

See this a mile away.

[TahitiNut]

9. He'd have to"walk back"

... almost to the day he was born to erase the abomination that he has become. He's the poster boy for duplicity, fraud, and deceit in a Congress overrun with such cockroaches.

[xtraxritical]

14. Wisconsin loves their demagouges

they're still electing McCarthy clones.

[spanone]

2. k&r...

[newspeak]

12. okay ryan

you can start walking back that shitty bill that just passed the house. You know, the one cutting medicaid, medicare and basically calling to privatize the shite out of our SSA-the one against most of the people in this country.

[Scuba]

3. He wouldn't know the truth if it hit him in the ass....

http://www.robzerban.com

[Historic NY]

4. Ryan is such a little man........with no integrity..

were suppose to believe he has our interests over his.

[freshwest]

5. Psychopaths have no trouble apologizing, it's part of the deception. "Yes, Your Honor and Ladies and

Gentlemen of the Jury, I'm truly sorry that I have to inform you that I killed that man, woman, child, dog, country, etc. Now just don't read between the words and I think I can get out of here for my meeting in time."

Naturally, he said his first attack and then made his apology with a straight face.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. I really despise that little teabagger.

[Faygo Kid]

7. He's the ultimate GOP-Koch tool

Like others, I can't despise him more than I do - and yet he is worshipped by the media.

[Deep13]

8. Unless he meant to say "trying" instead of lying, he did not mispeak. nt

[DCBob]

10. Lawyer tactic.. make a statement you know is false but then appologize to the court when confronted.

but the statement is still out there in the minds of people which was the intention.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. The man is an addled member of an extremist cult

He worships Ayn Rand and her idiotic religion of selfishness and sociopathy and requires staff members to read her works. Why do we talk about Romney's Mormonism but ignore Ryan's religion that glorifies evil?

[pangaia]

13. He didn't mispeak.

He said exactly what he meant to say and now he is lying about it.

[uponit7771]

15. Isn't mispeaking saying something that wasnt MEANT to be said or reversing terms

...or somethin of the sort?

[msongs]

16. sad part is he is probably correct in matters other than that budget nt