He gave me a good ribbing over this at dinner tonight. Voters usually have some patience, but they can quickly become displeased with politicians whose prevarications become routine. Follow Politics Now on Twitter and Facebook james. Twitter: latimesrainey. James Rainey has covered multiple presidential elections, the media and the environment, mostly at the Los Angeles Times, which he first joined in He was part of Times teams that won three Pulitzer Prizes.
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First of all, it's impressive enough that you ran Second, as U. Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan has learned, you're pretty much guaranteed to get caught in your lie. In a recent radio interview, Mr. Ryan made the bold claim that his personal best time for running a marathon was under three hours.
I had a two hour and fifty-something," he told interviewer Hugh Hewitt. When Mr. Hewitt expressed awe, Mr. Ryan added: "I was faster when I was younger, yeah. Ryan also told Mr. Hewitt that he doesn't run marathons note the plural any more because he hurt a disc in his back. For non-professionals, a sub marathon is nothing short of awesome. As Runner's World pointed out , that would make Mr. Ryan the fastest marathoner on a national ticket. Already a subscriber?
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