Maddow Shows Paul Ryan Grilled by Constituents - And Airbrushes Ryan's Responses
(Updated with video clips of Kenosha, Wisc., town hall forum provided by Congressman Ryan's press office; links to clips after end of post)
Congressman Paul Ryan was rendered nearly speechless last night by Rachel Maddow -- due entirely to the wonders of editing.
In a segment that could serve as template for what liberals deem a robust exchange of ideas, Maddow ran clips of Ryan's constituents peppering him with questions about the GOP budget plan, while she showed hardly any of what Ryan said in response.
Here's what was asked of Ryan, and his abbreviated answers as sliced by Maddow (video after page break) --
FIRST CONSTITUENT: You want to take a publicly-administered program such as Medicare and turn it over to a private corporation. ... Tell me how my grandma's going to benefit from that, please.
RYAN: Yeah, that's, it's a fair question ...
SECOND CONSTITUENT: You're asking the elderly to take on the insurance companies when we can't take on the insurance companies.
RYAN: Yes, so, right, so ...
THIRD CONSTITUENT: Do you know anything about Medicare?
RYAN: Well I'm not on it, no, so ...
CONSTITUENT: That's what I'm driving at.
FOURTH CONSTITUENT: When I look at your budget I see you cutting the things that I agree with, entitlement programs, but I don't see you doing across-the-board cuts with the military.
FIFTH CONSTITUENT: It's not that hard to find savings and cut programs on the backs of the poor, of the underprivileged, of those without lobbyist groups and those without clout. ... I read this piece of document and I saw nothing that really speaks to helping those who are already ...
RYAN: Right ...
FIFTH CONSTITUENT: ... not able to make ends meet.
SIXTH CONSTITUENT: Do not renew the Bush tax credit for the wealthy. (applause) ... Tax corporations and oversea profits and bring the jobs home. (applause) ....
RYAN: OK.
SIXTH CONSTITUENT: Place a windfall tax on oil companies and rescind the $4 billion subsidy. (applause) ... I'll debate these points any time with you. Just call me, my number's 262-(rest of number bleeped, presumably to prevent man from being inundated with calls from Maddow viewers).
RYAN: What was the last, 9-7-what ...?
Followed by Maddow saying, "Welcome home, Congressman Ryan." So nice to not hear what you have to say.
***** Video clips from the town hall forum in Kenosha --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtmQgdCRzPQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gew8anYkGMY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmXzlMxQcI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyo5XY0nins&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fT2AdXGJgE&feature=related
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Well, in Rick's defense, I
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:24pm.
Well, in Rick's defense, I chose not to hear what she has to say every night. So I guess we're even.
Interestingly...
Submitted by unkeeaf on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:07am.
The Morning Joe crew played the same edited piece yesterday morning as they came on air. After the bit finished and they showed the Joe and Mika cackling like hens. They really thought that was good.
Liberals are the worst.
Maddow and the Left have waited for anything . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:19pm.
. . . resembling the grilling Dems got at the 2009 town hall meetings, and I guess when they couldn't really find one, they created one through editing.
Paul Ryan...
Submitted by GregE on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:22pm.
....scares Progressives.
Demagogic Pity Party of Woe-Is-Me
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:29pm.
Didn't she accuse James O'Keefe of selective editing? Madcow and Bill Clinton have lowered Rhodes Scholarhips prestigiousness in my estimation.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
maddow is such a
Submitted by nemesis on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:32pm.
This obvious manufactured trick in editing is an insult to intelligent americans.
I wouldn't expect anything less from her ilk.
Ok did Ryan actually say
Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 8:46pm.
Ok did Ryan actually say those moronic answers or did maddow edit out the full answers? How come you didn't fill in the blanks NB?
MM, I agree...
Submitted by retrocon on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 4:19pm.
Where's the original clip(s)? Original transcripts?
I like Ryan, and i wouldn't put selective editing past anyone in the MSM, since they absolutely do practice it unethically (i know folks involved in the "racist tea partier brings assault weapon to Obama speech," where they edited out the head, face and hands of the -- yes -- African American with the AR-15).
But i'm afraid that without some evidence that Ryan did, in fact, say more, and it was selectively edited, this article is propaganda. I don't like to see that in NB, folks...
sorry
BTW...
Submitted by retrocon on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 4:22pm.
I looked around a little, and did not find any matching "unedited" clips. That doesn't mean that they don't exist, just that i didn't have a lot of time to look. I hope that someone here on NB will do the due diligence, and find them.
Jack, well done!
Submitted by retrocon on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:08pm.
You've added the links to the townhall!!!
While i haven't reviewed them yet, good job finding them and putting them up! It was the right thing to do.
Funny, i skipped through a couple, and all the questions i heard were about how people thought Obama was screwing up, not Ryan ;-)
Can't wait to find some of the sections that Maddow butchered!
Again, well done!
You're welcome, retrocon, and thanks for reading
Submitted by Jack Coleman on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 8:08am.
... and a tip of the hat to Congressman Ryan's press guy for providing a fuller context
Progressives.........
Submitted by GregE on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 9:12pm.
.......cannot compete with conservative ideas, period. And in the context of the Constitution, they fare even worse. If they were told they could rip up that document, they'd be in line like a Best Buy sale on iPads on Black Friday.
Lib's PACK Ryan meeting??
Submitted by TheSter on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 9:32pm.
I will BET that some LIB talker or website bussed in some GOONS to disrupt Paul Ryans town hall!!
Hmmm...Example?
Rep. West's meeting where a LIB Air AmeriKa talk show host was ARRESTED for disrupting his meeting....AFTER promoting it on her "show"!!
Ster.
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher
Great that they fear Congressman Ryan
Submitted by octavioj on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 9:40pm.
I love the fact they are in fear of Congressman Ryan's ideas now. They must destroy him otherwise they will lose the battle. They must try to do to Paul Ryan what they did to Sarah Palin.
Michael Moore would be proud
Submitted by povertypimpin on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 10:23pm.
Michael Moore would be proud
I'm confused
Submitted by Dave81 on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 10:59pm.
So Maddow showed what, that there are people who aren't happy with Paul Ryan's plan? Where's the news? I'm pretty sure that even her viewers are smart enough to realize that not playing someone's response doesn't mean he didn't have one.
"SIXTH CONSTITUENT: Do not
Submitted by VBaxter on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 3:12am.
"SIXTH CONSTITUENT: Do not renew the Bush tax credit for the wealthy. (applause) ... Tax corporations and oversea profits and bring the jobs home. (applause) ...."
Wait a minute. In all honesty, you can call me a fool, and please correct me if I'm wrong here, but how does taxing the corporations more bring jobs back home? I am sitting here, trying to figure this one out, and I simply can't understand the logic here. Wouldn't tax increases drive companies away? Someone please help me understand what that guy meant. (I guess I understand the "overseas profits", but the rest doesn't make sense to me.)
Ron Paul 2012
I'll wager that the majority of those at the meeting opposed to
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 5:16am.
Paul Ryan's proposals were either union members, or in the group who are paying no income taxes or are receiving more income from the government than they are paying the government in taxes.
WOW!
Submitted by Flying_Flynn on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 7:14am.
Good, hard-hitting journalism Madcow! But please remember, when the Dems were getting hit hard in '09, we saw their ANSWERS to the questions. Please do the same this time around, I'm sure the results will be quite different.
Did the unions...
Submitted by eugenedebs on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:16am.
and Organizing for America bus in scripted audience members to this town hall? That sounded like a check list of Media Matters talking points. Ryan typically handles these types with aplomb, but I can't seem to find an unedited video of this meeting anywhere. Please let me know if anyone finds one.
Is the complete transcript
Submitted by Semus on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 12:40pm.
Is the complete transcript available?
duh...what do you expect...
Submitted by Patriot II on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 2:16pm.
from a lying, perverted bitch?