Democrats challenging Ryan statements

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-- you know Democrats are challenging much of what congressman Ryan said last night chief Washington correspondent James Rosen is here with a fact check.

That -- didn't last another year.

Obama Biden campaign manager Jim Messina went even further than the web video the president's campaign released.

Flatly accusing GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan in a fund raising email.

But having pulled lied in his acceptance speech and of having been dishonest about the GM plant that was once the largest employer in Ryan's hometown.

Of Janesville Wisconsin.

Then Senator Obama toward the plant in February 2008.

Right there at that -- Candidate Obama said.

I believe that if our government is there to support you this plan will be here for another hundred years well.

As it turned out.

That -- didn't last another year.

That's Obama campaign aides pointed out the play doubles effectively shuttered in December 2008 under president George W.

Bush.

But -- -- aides noted the congressman openly acknowledged in his speech but the GM plant was already endangered by the time Senator Obama showed up there especially in Janesville.

What we're about to lose a major factory.

And Ryan aides noted that in October 2008 when Jim first announced the factories fate.

Then candidate Obama -- as president I will lead an effort to retool plants like the GM facility in Janesville.

So we can build the fuel efficient cars of tomorrow and create good paying jobs in Wisconsin -- all across America GM confirmed to Fox News the that the -- is not closed book titled.

Could still today be reactivated under the -- the right economic conditions also fiercely debated after -- speech was the work of the Simpson Bowles commission the bipartisan debt reduction panel President Obama created in 2010 but these recommendations he did not fully -- he thinks them.

And sent them on their way.

And then did exactly.

Nothing.

Nothing except a dodge and demagogue the issue.

And birdied attacking those claims the Obama Biden campaign made use of a face familiar to Fox News viewers and then didn't exactly -- Nothing.

He was a member the Bowles Simpson commission and he voted against it.

-- -- counter that the commission failed to embrace the entitlement spending proposal Ryan -- with Clinton -- budget director Alice Rivlin.

But Ryan was wrong to say President Obama did nothing.

The chief executive offered his own debt reduction plan and negotiated personally albeit unsuccessfully -- house speaker John Boehner.

The fact is this has been a very busy season for the various fact checkers with their Pinocchio nose and pants on fire -- for both campaigns as both campaigns have their claims.

That have been shall we say factually challenged the good news is there's still 68 days left to go.

-- Hi James you know you're just over by Maine if you turn around come right about Washington.

Otherwise otherwise yes yes I'm here it is now probably are on the floor qualify if you don't -- -- -- -- For about twenty yards away and okay.

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