Letsrun, Bill Walker, and Paul Ryan's Marathon on Yahoo FRONT PAGE

Rush Maddow wrote:

such a waste of time wrote:Obama once said all "57 states" in the union. It was obviously a mistake. Move on.

Not to defend Obama, but claiming to have visited all 57 states was nothing more than a matter of mis-speaking. Not unlike a person with five kids occasionally calling one of them by the name of one of his/her siblings.

He was just counting New Mexico, Canada and/or Puerto Rico - it depends the system you are using just like whether Pluto is a "planet" or not and if there are 10 planets because some of them have primaries too, not just the quote/unquote states.

Lemur Lover wrote:

Rush Maddow wrote:

Not to defend Obama, but claiming to have visited all 57 states was nothing more than a matter of mis-speaking. Not unlike a person with five kids occasionally calling one of them by the name of one of his/her siblings.

He was just counting New Mexico, Canada and/or Puerto Rico - it depends the system you are using just like whether Pluto is a "planet" or not and if there are 10 planets because some of them have primaries too, not just the quote/unquote states.

it's unbelievable to me that this 57 states thing won't die. how many of you can tell us how many primaries there are in a U.S. presidential election?

or how many "states" have votes in the electoral college?

hint: neither answer is 50.

odelltrclan wrote:

Bill Walker's intentions were political from the moment he posted what he did.

Have a look at the original posting:

Bill Walker

Paul Ryan's marathon 8/30/2012 1:00PM

In an Aug. 22 interview by Hugh Hewitt, Representative Ryan said he had run a marathon in "two hour and fifty something." Does anyone know the marathon and the year?

It was a slip up, There are 57 Islamic states and I am sure he was thinking of that since it seems to be part of his core (undeclared of course) agenda.

I was referring to his answers to the Letsrun.com article, not his original post on LR.com. However, I would not doubt his intentions for that posting either.

odelltrclan wrote:

I was referring to his answers to the Letsrun.com article, not his original post on LR.com.

He was asked by LRC:

Let's turn to politics. Will you tell us who you're voting for?

Complaining that he had political intentions, when he answered this question, must be the most inane thing ever written on these message boards.

Wikiwatcher wrote:

. . . . must be the most inane thing ever written on these message boards.

Like that's real believable! Read the content of his reply to LRC, if your capable. Other's responded to it. I won't regurgitate it.

odelltrclan wrote:

Like that's real believable! Read the content of his reply to LRC, if your capable. Other's responded to it. I won't regurgitate it.

You're right, he MUST have had a political agenda by simply ANSWERING the question ASKED to him by Letsrun.

Those of us who have actually run a sub 3hr marathon know how difficult a feat this is with respect to training and executing to the plan, particularly if you are a masters runner. I was completely offended by Paul Ryan’s comments to claim a “2 50 something” when in reality he was off by 1hr.

Paul Ryan, the politician, epitomizes what’s wrong with this country. Instead of being straight forward and HONEST, he exaggerated his own capabilities. How in the world can you trust any of his campaign promises? I am an independent voter and was equally offended in 2004 when John Kerry claimed to have run the Boston Marathon. I was equally critical of Kerry’s behaviors as I searched the history of Boston Marathon finishers. Those of us who have earned our battle scars on the road expect a bit of sincerity from the celebrities and politicians who want to be a part of the same marathon finishers club. Like anything else, you have to earn your stripes and it should be easily referenced.

Bill Walker was right in stating that “…A Vice-Presidential nominee telling a verifiable lie about himself should attract a lot of attention. It speaks to his character, and that's relevant to the issue of whether someone should vote for Romney/Ryan in November.” Those of us who have suffered many times at mile 25 / 26 know the true character of a marathoner as one’s heart and soul are on display for everyone to see. I saw no heart by Paul Ryan who wanted to boast about his low body fat percentage using the PX90 system. At least in my case, I know it really took 80 mile weeks to achieve those body fat readings……….

Also Paul Ryan claimed further that "I used to be fast back in the day" or some such nonsense, not just the time. He only backpedaled when he got so much backlash on LR. Very different than Obama's 57 states error, which was a brain fart.

wejo wrote:

The free tshirt for the yahoo screen shot has been claimed.

ITT

Idiots that don't know how to cache yahoo.com front pages.

wejo wrote:

It's news to me that, "the Republican Party's embrac(es) those people who hate the President because of his race/color."

I think he's probably referring to the extreme tea partiers, for whom there is some pretty good evidence of racism:

"Republicans embracing those who hate the President per his skin color" - absolute BS, typical when-all-else-fails-play-the-race-card scuzzball politics. Black republicans might take issue with this claim, or are they not genuinely black?

Totally agree that not all Republicans are racist.

That being said if you're a racist, you're almost definitely a Republican.

So it's looking like Paul Ryan's lie won't bring down the Republican presidential campaign. Darn. Perhaps this issue will resurface in the presidential debates.

yes, and Barry Chooma Bong's only lie/brain fart was the 57 states thing, right? Right??........

In the strictist form it wouldn't be, but these are some of the terms that have been used extensively in political rhetoric to paint Obama as "different" . . . "not american" . . . "not one of us."

If you think Obama is different, i.e. black, then you are quick to accept these terms as fact based on emotional thinking rather than actually making informed, engaged decisions of your own.

I'm actually a 51 yo white man. I have voted for candidates of both parties over the years and an independent or two in certain political races. I have seen enough political campaigns to know what demographic political strategists are targeting when certain terms are used over and over and in conjunction with other code words. . . . i've "been around ya' know."

you are the poster child for what's wrong with America: 51 yr old while male loser who feels good about voting for the black guy solely because he's black.

You see a racist behind every tree.

Oh wait, 'tree' is probably a racist code word - my bad..

Hahaha, you lambast him for stereotyping republicans as racist, as well you should, but then you go full hypocrite by projecting the stereotype that white democrats are a bunch of wimps with white guilt. Bravo sir.