Paul Ryan's acceptance speech was wonderful. Left-leaners understandably can't just endorse it, so they must construct
some kind of criticism, and of course they'll come up with something, as nothing is beyond criticism. The best the professionals could come up with was a few things Ryan said in simple language when referring to events that were somewhat more complicated. At first they called them "lies", then backed off when confronted with facts and are now calling most of them "misleading".
Then people muddy things up further when relaying the professionals' spin. Tom Morgan claims that Ryan "said that a car factory in Wisconsin closed due to Barack Obama's handling of the economy", yet Ryan didn't say that. If you didn't see the speech yourself, read the
transcript. The real-life facts are complicated (GM officially closed the plant before Obama even took office, but the plant was still in operation well after Obama took office; Obama's promise was conditional and subject to some interpretation). However, what Ryan said was literally true, and the spirit of his claim, that this was an example of Obama not delivering on his promises, is also true.
Laguna's article is full of this stuff. For example, Ryan said, when talking about Obama's failure to address debt, "He created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing." It's all true in technicality, and it's true in the way it supports the big idea that Obama hasn't done anything to correct the spiraling debt, but has exacerbated it. Laguna's article claims that there was no report. But there
was a report,
here, though it wasn't approved by the supermajority needed to bring it up on the floor of the House. And Ryan
was on the committee, and
did oppose the final report even though he contributed a lot to it, because of irreconcilable differences in key areas. Then he came up with his own long-term budget proposal and shepherded it through the House. Is he really supposed to say all that in a speech?
Again, Ryan's speech was wonderful, and the worst criticism is to infer things he didn't say and show how your inferences aren't completely straightforward.