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Paul Ryan's eloquent rhetoric can't hide the harsh reality. We compare side-by-side Paul Ryan's words with facts from Congressman Chris Van Hollen's speech.

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Congressman Chris Van Hollen lays out the choice that Congressman Ryan faces on Thursday when he debates Vice President Biden. Ryan can stand by the extreme positions he and Governor Romney hold, like turning Medicare into a voucher program that ends the program's guaranteed benefits for seniors. Or he can flat-out deny the existence of these promises, as Governor Romney did in last week's debate when he denied their plan to cut taxes for the wealthiest few at the expense of the middle class -- a plan they've touted for months.

The Vice President on the other hand will do what he does best: tell the truth and talk directly to the American people about the concrete vision that he and the President share to build the economy from the middle out.

"Victims. Dependent. That's what Mitt Romney called forty-seven percent of Americans. Including people on Medicare. But what about his plan for you? Romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. Seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. A plan AARP says would undermine Medicare. You're no victim...you earned your benefits. Don't let Mitt Romney take them away."

"It's one of the hardest decisions a family can make ...realizing a nursing home is the only choice. For many middle class families, Medicaid is the only way to afford the care. But as a governor, Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times. And as President, his budget cuts Medicaid by one-third. And Burdens families with the cost of nursing home care. We have a president who won't let that happen."

Mitt Romney put profits from China ahead of security for America.

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Mitt Romney: "I'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut."

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Voiceover from Romney ad: "According to an Independent, non-partisan study, Barack Obama and the liberals will raise taxes on the middle class..."

Remember when Mitt Romney said 47% of Americans are "victims" who don't "take responsibility for their lives"? Seventeen days after it leaked, he's saying he didn't mean a word of it.

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Mitt Romney didn't tell the truth about Medicare.

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Mitt Romney misled Americans about his health care plan.

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President Obama shares his thoughts on Mitt Romney's extreme makeover, his tax loopholes and Big Bird.

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