Ryan's RNC speech was less a tissue of lies, more a big blanket – but politicians now weave a reality out of fact checkers' reach

Poor Paul Ryan. Ever since his speech at the Republican National Convention last week, the GOP vice-presidential nominee has been accused of telling Big Lies. From Paul Krugman of the New York Times, to Kevin Richert of the Idaho Statesman, to DownWithTyranny.blogspot.com, commentators have piled onto Ryan for his mendacity. FoxNews.com contributor Sally Kohn described his performance as "an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech."

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