Discussion for article #241973
Is this a shotgun wedding speakership?
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“I think he also has the credentials to reach out to traditional conservative organizations to help bridge the gap that we have in the House today.”
Let that sink in for a second and you’ll see it…
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This is excellent news. Speakership means the end of the last of the Republican “young guns” that were gonna dominate politics after 2010.
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There is exactly one person in Washington who believes Paul Ryan can be speaker without negotiating with – and ultimately being held hostage by – the Freedom Caucus.
That person is Paul Ryan.
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If he takes the job, we’ll know when they release white doves and smoke pours out of the chimney.
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The final and total destruction of Paul Ryan if he takes the job. Could not happen to a bigger and better azzhole!
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“Reporting from various sources through the day Tuesday indicated that Ryan was expected to meet Tuesday evening privately with some of the House GOP conference, including some of the members of the Freedom Caucus.”
I hear he brought his knee pads and chapstick.
The only way he gets the votes is by swearing allegiance to the TPers, and selling the “Establishment” up the river. Any sort of “understanding” that he thinks is coming out of such meetings will be chucked out the window as soon as he proposes a clean debt bill and/or any appropriations bill that doesn’t call for completely gutting Obamacare, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
And if he DOES offer up such a bill, besides it going down in flames and kicking off another shutdown, the TPers will only up their demands. These idiots are perfectly fine with shutting down the government the entirety of next year and beyond. And if Ryan is forced to take up their cause, his political career is over. Let him be paraded around Wisconsin as the poster boy of insane tea partying and watch how quickly he gets tossed from his House district.
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Wait a second. Something is wrong with that picture!!
Take a look at lunch special #4 very carefully. And its the most expensive!!
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Here’s a sure cure for any erectile dysfunction I may ever experience in the future (not that it’s an issue now, ladies…):
Paul Ryan says he’ll do it.
Then he doesn’t get the votes.
And my underpants elastic ricochets off the ceiling.
He’s trying to jam Ryan into the position. Boehner has 11 days to go. For a House that has been stunningly ineffective, does he think he can actually get the debt ceiling raised in those 11 days?
And a short-term funding the government bill passed?
Paulie thought he could be the second sitting member of the House to become President. First was James Garfield in 1880, and he was assassinated.
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Perhaps the greatest “What if not” tragedies in our history:
Check out this book on Goodreads: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10335318-destiny-of-the-republic
Nah, that’s Trey Gowdy burning all the Banghazigate subpoenas.
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I’ve read it. Yes, he could have been one of the great ones.
I am kinda expecting to see black smoke pouring out of the chimney, but I hope not because I can’t wait for Rayn to do some mean cat herdin’. Now, I know what it feels like to literally roll around on the floor and laugh my ass off.