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In reply to the discussion: Did anyone catch Mika on MJ this morning pissed about Ryan's lies? [View all]brewens
(15,359 posts)6. You have to really delusional to think you can get away with a lie like that. You have to
think you are so well loved and respected that no one will rat one you. It's exactly the opposite. Someone that felt that way about you will be doubly disgusted about a lie like that and blow the whistle. At least in some cases. Devout partisans will keep their mouths shut but you'll find someone it pisses off enough.
That's like lying about military service. Real veterans won't usually let that stand. Of course there are exceptions and phony accusations like the Swift Boat thing. There have to be a few that could have backed up what we know about Bush too. It's more likely he was around so few veterans that there aren't that many that would remember much. The rest are right-wingers that held their noses and let it slide.
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Did anyone catch Mika on MJ this morning pissed about Ryan's lies? [View all]
PearliePoo2
Sep 2012
OP
Probably because more "ordinary" people all over the country identify with running times.
George II
Sep 2012
#30
Yeah, nothing matters to a Republican until it's about themselves. Not impressed.
WinkyDink
Sep 2012
#2
You have to really delusional to think you can get away with a lie like that. You have to
brewens
Sep 2012
#6
It exposes his lack of character. He can lie about some abstracts and people just can't relate.
myrna minx
Sep 2012
#11
Another poster brought this up last week.... runners just *don't* lie about their run-times!
reformist2
Sep 2012
#15
It's a sad commentary on journalism today that it took Runners World to out Ryan
catbyte
Sep 2012
#34
I had just tuned in and I got the impression that she thought all the other lies were politics as
libinnyandia
Sep 2012
#29
Mika Brzezinski is a co-host with Joe Scarborough on the "Morning Joe" show (MJ)
PearliePoo2
Sep 2012
#47