memeorandum: Transcript of Paul Ryan's speech at the RNC (Fox News)

11:40 AM ET, August 30, 2012

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Joan Walsh / Salon:

Paul Ryan's brazen lies — His Republican National Convention speech was stunning for its dishonesty — Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan accepts the nomination as he addresses delegates during the third session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 29, 2012.

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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:

The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever? — You're going to read and hear a lot about Paul Ryan's speech on Wednesday night. And I imagine most of it will be about how Ryan's speech played—with the party loyalists in Tampa, with the television viewers across the country …

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Sally Kohn / Fox News:

Paul Ryan's speech in 3 words — Aug. 29, 2012: Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.AP — At least a quarter of Americans still don't know who Paul Ryan is, and only about half who know and have an opinion of him view him favorably.

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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:

Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan's Convention Speech — Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's headlining speech at the GOP convention in Tampa Wednesday night touched on many of the election's defining issues. But it was also filled with prevarications — not just recitations of the conventions …

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Washington Post:

Mr. Ryan's misleading speech — “YOU ARE ENTITLED to the clearest possible choice because the time for choosing is drawing near,” vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan told the Republican National Convention in Tampa in his hard-hitting acceptance speech Wednesday night.

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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Paul Ryan Is the Newest New Nixon, a Moocher Belied — SPENCER PLATT/GETTY (RYAN, SCOTT WALKER); MARK WILSON/GETTY (PROTESTOR, RICE); WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY (TELEPROMPTER, SKYBOX) — Clockwise from top left: A protestor held a sheet reading VAGINA — CAN'T SAY IT, DON'T LEGISTLATE …

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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:

The true, the false, and the misleading: grading Paul Ryan's convention speech. — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan / Washington Post — It was Paul Ryan's big moment in Tampa tonight, and he sure didn't lack for passion. But do the claims he made hold up? Wonkblog went about sorting the true …

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Great Moments in CNN Euphemisms — Coming right off Ryan's speech Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett seemed unable not to mention that Ryan's speech had well ... contained a lot of pretty huge fibs. So euphemisms to the rescue. The transcript ...

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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

Obama Camp Melts Down Over Ryan's Speech — The Obama campaign is lashing out at Paul Ryan, claiming that his fantastic convention speech last night was packed with falsehoods and lies. Here's their hysterical response video: — To the surprise of no one, the ad's “rebuttals” are misleading and wrong themselves.

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Paul Ryan / PolitiFact:

Did Barack Obama break a promise to keep GM plant open? — If the hometown of Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has had an icon during his lifetime, it was a sprawling General Motors auto assembly plant. — For decades, the Janesville, Wis., plant gave thousands of people a comfortable living.

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Fact-checking the factcheckers on Ryan's speech

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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan Get Their Wings: Candidates To Fly On Official Campaign Planes Friday

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Paul Ryan and Condi Rice: A Tale of 2 Speeches

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Fox News:
Transcript of Paul Ryan's speech at the RNC

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Glenn Kessler / Election 2012:
Ryan misleads on GM plant closing in hometown

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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
The GOP is the Party of Medicare

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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Everything you know about Paul Ryan's budget is (probably) wrong

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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Ryan Takes Factual Shortcuts in Speech

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Politico:
Paul Ryan RNC speech transcript (text, video)

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Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Secret Service Agent Accidentally Leaves Gun on Romney's Plane

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Accepts Republican Vice-Presidential Nomination

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Washington Post:

As Republican convention emphasizes diversity, racial incidents intrude — TAMPA — From the convention stage here, the Republican Party has tried to highlight its diversity, giving prime speaking slots to Latinos and blacks who have emphasized their party's economic appeal to all Americans.

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Jonathan Martin / Politico:

Ryan, Rice wake slumbering convention — TAMPA, Fla. - With a one-two punch, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Ryan Wednesday brought to life a Republican convention that so far had been weighed down by Todd Akin, Hurricane Isaac and a keynote speech that fell below high expectations.

Washington Post:
RNC 2012: Condoleezza Rice delivers speech to Republican National Convention in Tampa (full text)

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Corey Boles / Washington Wire:
Condoleezza Rice Hits Obama Policies

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Fantastic Night For the Cause of Freedom

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Politico:

Susana Martinez RNC speech transcript (text, video) — A transcript of remarks made by Gov. Susana Martinez, as prepared for delivery. — “Thank you and good evening. — On behalf of the great state of New Mexico, let me express my gratitude for being invited to speak tonight.

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Emi Kolawole / Washington Post:

President Obama's reddit AMA: Top five most awesome questions — This post has been updated. — If you haven't heard, President Obama was on reddit Wednesday doing an AMA, or “Ask Me Anything.” He is the first sitting president to participate in the site's popular feature.

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Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's presence boosts Reddit site traffic

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John Whitesides / Reuters:

Republican convention helps Romney pull even with Obama — (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney pulled even with President Barack Obama in a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Wednesday, getting a boost from his party's nominating convention in Tampa this week. — In a four-day rolling poll …

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CNN:

TRENDING: DNC readies ‘contingency plan,’ watches weather for Obama acceptance speech — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Democratic National Convention officials have been anxiously watching the weather for next week when President Obama will deliver his convention speech from an outdoor stadium in Charlotte …

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Gregory Martinez / Twitchy:

War on Women: ‘I want to murder Ann Romney’; Left hurls misogynist hate, death threats at multiple GOP women; Updated … Meet the new tone. It's the same as the Left's old and typically misogynist tone, only with even more vicious hate and death threats. Multiple GOP women were on the receiving end …

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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:

Tonight May Be More Important Than the Debates — My biggest complaint with many younger political journalists is their lack of appreciation for scale and context. Some seem to think that almost every event is huge and consequential, and will remain so until Election Day.

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Aug. 29: So Much Depends Upon Ohio — Polls that are published during the party conventions can be anticlimactic, representing old news since they won't fully reflect the effects of the convention bounce. And none of the surveys that came out on Wednesday were that newsworthy to begin with …

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Ian Swanson / The Hill:

Ryan carves up President Obama — TAMPA, Fla. — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday night electrified the Republican Party with a speech that combined lacerating attacks on President Obama with homespun values and a tribute to GOP candidate Mitt Romney. — In a 35-minute address …