Analysis of the fact that Ryan can lie the way he does requires the skills of a psychologist. All I can say is that we’re in new territory—a Republican trying to own a Democratic issue, and doing so on the basis of a couple of lies so blatant that he’s practically saying to the Democrats and the media: ‘Fuck you, come and get me. You can’t touch me.’

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— Michael Tomasky, arguing that Paul Ryan pushed American politics into new territory with last night’s convention speech, effectively daring Democrats and the media to call him out on his string of blatant falsehoods. (via newsweek)

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