paul ryan as a big budget extremist, budget slasher. roll tape. >> battle lines have been drawn after mitt romney chose conservative congressman and budget slasher paul ryan. >> ryan, the architect of a polarizing budget plan, to slash trillions in funding, including medicare, has set a clear choice. >> he really slashes into programs across the board in order to get this budget back into bbs. >> sean: safer gave a context -- cuts medicare. the only put who cut medicare is the president. $741 billion. they didn't tell that part of the story. >> no. here's a key thing, with the budget slasher. a key to remember, the ryan plan doesn't balance the budget for 28 years.