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Not Paul Ryan's personal best moment

 

Tuesday 04 September 2012 09:00 BST
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Paul Ryan , Romney’s running mate, has finally owned up to mis-speaking after lying on his running skills
Paul Ryan , Romney’s running mate, has finally owned up to mis-speaking after lying on his running skills (Getty Images)

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Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, has finally owned up to mis-speaking, as Hillary Clinton called it, or at best misremembering (if not straight-up lying) when he claimed last week to have run a marathon in under three hours.

It turns out the would-be Veep was an hour out. If you're going to exaggerate your achievements, think small, Paul! The Congressman has yet to be as forthcoming about the more serious factual errors that reportedly littered his convention speech.

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