But perhaps a greater consideration is how deeply motivated I was in having people know what precisely I had lived through.
Last week, in an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Paul Ryan said that he had run a marathon in under three hours, or, more precisely, "I had a two hour and fifty-something".
By Nicholas Thompson August 31 , 2012 Last week in an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Paul Ryan said that he had run a marathon in under three hours, or, more precisely, "I had a two hour and fifty-something".
"Precisely because I have been through all this," he says with irritation.
I say it precisely because I have been there and understand its long-term implications.
"They didn't understand that leveling with viewers is precisely what I have done for 32 years".
"As I said, the record is going to be one that vindicates precisely what I have said throughout this matter".
It was precisely because I have never completely gotten it out of my head or my system that I decided to write about it on the eve of Super Bowl Sunday.
It's precisely because I have been anti-war and anti-Rove that I felt I had a platform for trying to calm down the mob about to string Rove up.
