But if he has to actually work it would interfere with his workout time.
[***Oh, yeah! Eric Cantorā¦how soon we forget!Heād be all around that speaker job like a bad odor, wouldnāt he?***]
Cantor has been drifting outside the Capitol Building screaming: āPick MEEEEEEā!ā since McCarthy pulled out:
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Paul Ryan must be TERRIFIED that heās actually being asked to lead anything. For all the nasty GOP criticism of President Obama āleading from behindā, we suddenly have a Leading From Behind contest, with every GOP House member stepping backwards to thrust their unwilling caucus mates to the fore! Remarkable!
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It would be his at this moment, if he just could have defeated the guy whoās campaign budget was dwarfed by Cantorās dinner budgetā¦literally. And Cantor had been carefully laying the ground work for his ascension for years.
But hey, stuff happens. What can you do about it?
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Possibly, but, if heās smart [I know, just stay with me here and assume he has some political smarts], his no means either:
āhe really isnāt going to take the position
āheās not going to say yes until he can extract some concessions from those who want him to run
Me too. The twit who couldnāt jump over the matchboxes is a damn classic.
āIf only his father could understand,ā
BEST PYTHON LINE EVER!!
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Republicans seem to always praise him by saying heās smart. Leaving aside the implication that being a smart GOPer is noteworthy, there must be some truth to it since anyone smart would never volunteer for this job. You have to wonder what the āmoderatesā are thinking, if they really see him as someone who has appeal beyond the base why would they want to damage his future prospects by handing him the poisoned chalice? To some extent itās probably the same sort of short-term thinking that helped create this mess in the first place, but itās also a measure of just how desperate their current situation is.
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Itās my hope heās curled up somewhere in the fetal positionā¦
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Aw. I wanted to see the headline:
PAUL RYAN: WHITEST KNIGHT
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This may look to some like that Ryan is being oh-so-humble, but itās really the opposite. Paul Ryan wants to be President. In fact, Ryan thinks he will be President. And he knows that it is nearly impossible for someone who has been Speaker Of the House to become President (In fact, itās only happened once with James Polk who had to leave his Speakership and run for Governor of his state before his party would consider him viable to run for the Presidency).
So, this isnāt Ryan being humble. Itās Ryan continuing his long history of self-centered-ness and myopic politics as he continues to lust for the White House.
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Hmmmā¦Perhaps some āferrinerā behind the scenes is pulling these strings? ~snicker!~
http://images.dailykos.com/images/97712/large/cruz.png?1406850195
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The President should urge him to run for the job.
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Here is Congressman Orange right before he quit, dealing with a Teabagger
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The duck does my talking for me. Talk to the duck.
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Pfft. What does what he said before have to do with what heās saying today? Consistency is for losers.
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No kidding. Ryan is so Catholic he canāt watch the sunrise without feeling guilty.
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http://digitalclaritygroup.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trap.png
Edit to add:
Seriously though, when I think about it, the trap was sprung on Paul Ryan in 2012. They encouraged the Tea Party because they thought the their enthusiasm would provide the leverage to win back the White House. At this point the Frankensteinās Monster analogies are almost too easy.
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More cashā¦throw more cash!!!
Has anyone checked on Rangel yet?
That sound coming from his office is either him choking with laughter or making another smoothie.
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