Lyin' Ryan's Brass Balls

The Generic GOP; Romney and Ryan have nothing…but platitudes.

It’s a cynical presidential campaign; a mystery agenda that relies on an electorate revved up to hate Obama. Who needs anything else.

Take Paul Ryan’s response to a direct challenge by Bill Clinton.  

NY Times: A day after Bill Clinton attacked Rep. Paul D. Ryan‘s Medicare plan by saying “it takes some brass” to make the claims he has, Mr. Ryan did not mention the former president at a rally here on Thursday. Instead, Mr. Ryan repeated a staple of his stump speeches, telling supporters, “This debate about Medicare is a debate we want, it’s a debate we’re going to have and it’s a debate we’re going to win.’’

And that means...? Nothing really. Ryan’s been called out by a former president for lying, his hypocrisy, and having brass balls.

On Wednesday in Iowa, Mr. Ryan had praised Mr. Clinton as a model bipartisan president. But … Clinton thoroughly rejected the backhanded compliment. He denounced Mr. Ryan for his remarks at the Republican convention attacking President Obama’s health care law as “the biggest, coldest power play” by targeting older Americans for $716 billion in Medicare cuts. The law actually carves out those savings to expand coverage to the uninsured. “That $716 billion is exactly to the dollar the same amount of Medicare savings that he had in his own budget,’’ Mr. Clinton said. “It takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did.’’