h/t Heather

The fact-checkers must have been putting in some serious overtime last night with the abundance of lies that passed for Paul Ryan's speech. It was telling to watch journalists on Twitter respond to Ryan's words without placing them in context of truth or ethics.

But over on MSNBC, there was one particular slam of Ryan's against President Obama that just couldn't go unmentioned: the closure of the GM plant in Ryan's hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin. See, we in fact-based community know that Ryan tried to save the plant by writing a letter, appealing for assistance, but in end, the plant was closed in December 2008, a full month before Obama took office:

In June 2008, Ryan sent a letter along with his Wisconsin colleagues Senators Russ Feingold (D) and Herb Kohl (D) protesting the closure of General Motors plant in Janesville, Wisconsin. “We ask that you reconsider the decision to close the Janesville GM plant and request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss OM’s plans for the Janesville plant, including the possibility of retooling the plant for different production lines,” said the letter from the three lawmakers to GM CEO Rick Wagoner. As Talking Points Memo’s Benjy Sarlin notes, Ryan actually voted for a Bush-era effort to expand government loans to GM, a plan that failed to save the Janesville plant.

But that doesn't stop Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker from trying to blame Obama as well. But Rachel Maddow politely yet firmly gets right into his face calling out the lie, with Al Sharpton and Ed Schultz not far behind. Look how smoothly the blank-eyed liar keeps lying.