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Paul Ryan criticizes China policy that he voted against changing

WASHINGTON – Paul Ryan on Thursday began to criticize China as a currency manipulator, speaking out against the country’s trade policies with the same sharp rhetoric that his new running mate, Mitt Romney, has used for months.

“Free trade is a powerful tool for peace and prosperity, but our trading partners need to play by the rules,” Ryan said at a campaign rally in Ohio. “This challenge focuses on China. They steal our intellectual property rights, they block access to their markets, they manipulate their currency.”

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Ryan has been perfectly clear! Basically he says, "I hate Obama and will vote against anything he wants. It's only now that all that hard-line bs can come back to haunt him. On the plus side he's almost as good looking as Willard (ie Mitt) Romney and Senator Sidelines Brown.

I was for it before I was against it. Or against it before I was for it. Oh, golly, Mitt, ask Rove what he wants me to say.