Grapevine: Paul Ryan walks back marathon comment

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And that's a fresh pickings from the political grapevine.

Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has walked back a comment about his prowess at marathon runner.

Last week Ryan told a radio host he had run a marathon in quote under three hours high two's I had a two hour and fifty something.

Brian is known to be a workout warrior but the claim raised eyebrows over -- Runner's World Magazine.

They did some digging and found he ran a single marathon in 1990 finishing in four hours one minute and 25 seconds.

-- issued a statement saying even family members teased him about the claim quote the race was more than twenty years ago.

But my brother Tobin who ran Boston last year reminds me that he is the owner of the fastest marathon in the family.

And has never himself.

-- -- sub three.

In two days President Clinton will last America to reelect President Obama but their past hasn't always been so congenial.

During an effort to secure an endorsement for Hillary Clinton from Ted Kennedy President Clinton allegedly set of then Senator Obama quote.

A few years ago this guy would have been carrying our backs.

The new Yorker's Ryan -- -- says he got the bag carrying story from Tim Russert.

Who died in 2008.

So far no comment from presidents Clinton or Obama.

Where their camps.

Photo ID is required to get into the DNC.

Prompting an avalanche of irony laced tweets today.

One user tweets utter hypocrisy dams require photo ID to get into DNC convention.

Unions require ID to vote -- halls on union contracts but voter ID is bad.

Another if I need an ID to buy cold medicine use a check or even get into the DNC convention.

Why should not need an ID to vote.

And finally Clint eastwood's Republican Convention dialogue with an empty chair inspired east wouldn't.

People posing with an empty chair for pictures as we told you about Friday and now a new effort national empty chair day.

Today users of FaceBook Twitter and conservative blogs like legal insurrection dot com have posted there chairs empty chairs.

Pictures all over the country.

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