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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The actual transcript from the interview, as cited on http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/01/1126777/-Paul-Ryan-Al-Bundy-and-why-sports-don-t-build-character-they-reveal-it:

And for those who might still believe that Ryan’s tongue simply slipped, look again at what he said:

H. H.: Are you still running?
P. R.: Yeah, I hurt a disc in my back, so I don’t run marathons anymore. I just run ten miles or [less].
H. H.: But you did run marathons at some point?
P. R.: Yeah, but I can’t do it anymore, because my back is just not that great.
H. H.: I’ve just gotta ask, what’s your personal best?
P. R.: Under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something.
H. H.: Holy smokes. All right, now you go down to Miami University…
P. R.: I was fast when I was younger, yeah.

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The irony is that Hugh Hewitt's introduction to the interview included this:

[quote]Because biography is character and character often matters much more to voters than policy prescriptions, I chose to focus on Ryan's youth, which included stints in McDonald's, working corn fields and painting houses.  (The Dominican nuns who had him in elemtary school are retired now but I expect someone from MSNBC is lurking around the Chapter House.)  [/quote]

That caused me to chuckle twice.  Once because he is saying why the guy's early years are so important to cover, and two because he was so sure that the liberal media is out to get the guy.  Little did he know that HE is the true threat, for asking simple questions and then recording Ryan's actual answers.[/quote]

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