Paul Ryan's marathon

And what about this claim?

The Republican House budget chairman is a former personal trainer with 6% to 8% body fat, who told CNN he faced a crossroads earlier in his life when he had to chose between a career in government or professional skiing.

“Did you ever regret that decision?” CNN’s Candy Crowley asked.

“Sometimes,” Ryan replied.

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When Allen asked Ryan to name his worst habit, it was a vice that would have sounded pretty tame to most of us.

“I drink two cups of coffee every morning,” Ryan said.

I think Ryan has a habit a bit worse than "two cups of coffee every morning". How about lying with every other word he speaks?

Before this came out I was squarely in the Romney/Ryan camp. However, now I'm definitely voting for Obama/Biden.

makes sense....kinda like ditching your GF because she's 5 lbs overweight, in favor of a 450lb circus freak fat lady..

Conundrum wrote:

When Allen asked Ryan to name his worst habit, it was a vice that would have sounded pretty tame to most of us.

“I drink two cups of coffee every morning,” Ryan said.

That guy is a puppet. That is a cliche job interview answer. Had he already used "I sometimes get overly involved in my work and neglect my social life"?

He is such a bad boy drinking those cups of Satans brew.

Hmmmmmmmmm wrote:

Before this came out I was squarely in the Romney/Ryan camp. However, now I'm definitely voting for Obama/Biden.

I call total bs on this one.

Joe Biden had to drop out of the 1988 race because of plagiarism.

If you were undecided it might make a difference.

Amazing how many folks are willing to excuse a lie like this just because they share the guy's politics

we're talking about Barry Chooma Bong Hussein Obama now, right?

politics left wrote:

Hmmmmmmmmm wrote:

Before this came out I was squarely in the Romney/Ryan camp. However, now I'm definitely voting for Obama/Biden.

I call total bs on this one.

Joe Biden had to drop out of the 1988 race because of plagiarism.

If you were undecided it might make a difference.

Biden's mistake was 25 years ago and was later proved false. Ryan is lying NOW and he still thinks it's okay.

funny but true

random a hole wrote:

Conundrum wrote:

When Allen asked Ryan to name his worst habit, it was a vice that would have sounded pretty tame to most of us.

“I drink two cups of coffee every morning,” Ryan said.

That guy is a puppet. That is a cliche job interview answer. Had he already used "I sometimes get overly involved in my work and neglect my social life"?

He is such a bad boy drinking those cups of Satans brew.

Totally bogus thread.

I can't tell you how many athletes I've coached that didn't even know their bests WHILE they were competing, let alone 20+ years in the past!!!

Fortunately, most people are not living-in-their-parents-basement nerds as is most of the LR crowd.

Is Bill Walker a living-in-their-parents-basement nerd?

This is possibly the most absurd statement that I've ever read on Letsrun. And, as we all know, that bar is set awfully high.

JAVMAN83 wrote:

I can't tell you how many athletes I've coached that didn't even know their bests WHILE they were competing...

@JAVMAN83, are you the obese guy from Chicago who does 3-hour half marathons? If that's the case, I understand that people you coach are also out-of-shape and just want to participate, and that's fine, but that's not Paul Ryan's case.

JAVMAN83 wrote:

Totally bogus thread.

I can't tell you how many athletes I've coached that didn't even know their bests WHILE they were competing, let alone 20+ years in the past!!!

Fortunately, most people are not living-in-their-parents-basement nerds as is most of the LR crowd.

I didn't buy the whole honest mistake argument. No way he could misremember his time by that much. However, now that I'm seeing interviews with him I'm starting to believe him. It seems his brain is totally incapable of retaining any specifics on any topic whatsoever. I mean, he clearly doesn't remember what those tax loopholes were that he and Romney are supposed to eliminate. The difference is when it was his marathon time he just pulled a number out of his as\s, whereas when it comes to policy he avoids answering the question entirely. So although his memory is not getting better, at least he's trying to get better at this honesty thing.

Ya'll should get a life.. Who cares how long it took him to run the marathon!!

If you want the US to fall apart then go ahead and vote for our current president.

So many ignorants in this country!!!

MAURICE wrote:

makes sense....kinda like ditching your GF because she's 5 lbs overweight, in favor of a 450lb circus freak fat lady..

Ha! Very nice!

Joe Ackney wrote:

So many ignorants in this country!!!

... and many seem to live in those red states! Facts DO matter.

would be better to base the presidency fastest of an Obama vs Ryan marathon. They have 2 months to train

OK. This whole thing is crap. Ryan is a liar and I could care less about his politics. Yeah, my priorities are out of whack, but being a runner and former climber I never cared about a runner's or climbing partner's politics, but if you lied about your accomplishments that makes you pretty low and tells me you will say anything to make yourself look good.

I'm sure Obama/Biden are lying about stuff too, but its not something I'm close enough to to care about. Blah, blah, blah, "you're not close to the economy, you're not close to health care?" I can hear you jackasses already so don't bother.

None of these guys are going to make my life any better or worse, but for God's sake don't lie about your athletic prowess.