Those Postmodern Republicans

After absorbing Sean Hannity's description of today's rather subtle speech, which changed the US government's position held by many presidents by barely a comma, as a "radical", "historic" event of seismic proportions, I guess I shouldn't be fazed by Gingrich's latest simple statement that he never said what he actually clearly said.

But it remains amazing how the essence of Palinism - the world is what I say it is, regardless of actual reality - is now endemic on the right. Money quote:

"And by the way, it was not a reference to Paul Ryan. There was no reference to Paul Ryan in that answer."

The broader context and the specific context of the on-the-record quote is as follows:

MR. GREGORY: But not what Paul Ryan is suggesting, which is completely changing Medicare.

REP. GINGRICH: I, I think that, I think, I think that that is too big a jump. I think what you want to have is a system where people voluntarily migrate to better outcomes, better solutions, better options, not one where you suddenly impose upon the--I don't want to--I'm against Obamacare, which is imposing radical change, and I would be against a conservative imposing radical change.