Hmmm. What will I lie about next?
Way back in 2008,
after the Janesville GM plant closed, Paul Ryan earned this dubious distinction in an end-of-year review of Wisconsin politics entitled THE POLITICS OF '08: FROM FANTASY TO DELUSION (The Cap Times, December 31, 2008, John Nicols):
Rankest HYPOCRISY: Janesville Congressman Paul Ryan, who paid no attention to the troubles of his hometown's essential employer until General Motors announced it would close the plant. Ryan has been a steady advocate for free-trade deals since his election to Congress in 1998. Yet, after those deals devastated his district, Ryan poured a mil-lion dollars into an ad campaign claiming he was working in Congress to defend American jobs. Ryan was lying. He's still a free-trader, and plants are still closing in his district.
So Ryan's been at it for a long time. No surprise. Now he just has a much bigger stage, and with it,
a lot more scrutiny.