Discussion for article #242003
āI canāt believe they would reject Paul Ryan. I think if they do, they totally marginalize themselves,ā Rep. Pete King (R-NY) told reporters, adding that Ryan dropping out of the race would leave Republicans āin total disarray.ā
Those New Yorkers. Always the kidders.
Peteā¦you ARE in total disarray. They ARE rejecting Ryan. And didnāt you make a statement yesterday about retiring if Ryan didnāt get the job? Yeahā¦your bluff is being called on that.
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America, America, oh Americaā¦Havenāt we suffered enough at the hands of these gop fools?
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Boy: Please go out with me.
Girl: Sure, Iāll go out with you-- if you morph into George Clooney and go to bridal showers with me four nights a week.
Boy: I think you might not want to go out with me.
Girl: No, I do want to go out with you. I just want you to become someone totally different first. 'K?
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I like how they are sure no one seeking private employment would ever place any conditions on the job description prior to accepting an offer of employment. Thatās their view of the world, employer equals master, employee equals slave to masterās desires and control. Iāve had lots of prospective employees put conditions on employment, especially professional employees (no travel, no responsibility for HR, whatever) and if you really want that person or you are indifferent to what they are asking for, you hire on their terms. They glorify the private sector that they seem to know next to nothing about.
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Execs put conditions on hiring all the time. Paulās āyou canāt just kick me out when you realize how bad I am at this jobā is like the ubiquitous CEO Golden Parachute payday clauseābut with with no money. He should talk to Carly.
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Instead of negotiating with the āfreedom caucusā (or however they style themselves), Mr. Ryan should take the bipartisanship step to open conversations with Democrats for support and votes. He is to be Speaker of the House, not Speaker of the Republican caucus. Oh, wait, bipartisanship is only important when the Republicans want the Democrats to cave. Then never mind. I forgot: Bipartisanship is dead.
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āMost folks have never been used to someone applying for a job and telling you, 'I donāt do windows, I donāt do beds,ā Salmon said
Unless you happen to be a Republican running for Congress, in which case you say, āI donāt do windows, I donāt do beds, and Iāll do my best to break everything I can get my spiteful little hands on.ā
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Slightly OT, but I would love to see the look on Eric Cantorās stupid sour face the last few weeks =D
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Cute to use the words āFreedom Caucusā when your main goal is to shut down the Government when you donāt get your way.
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Indeed. Most have them have spent an awful lot of time sucking on that government teat they keep decrying.
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āHis list of demands were so bold, they pass into almost the unreasonable,ā
Honey, you wouldnāt know reasonable if it walked up to you and punched you in the nose.
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There is nothing surprising here. Ryan doesnāt want the job, and, if heās going to be pressured into it, then he is smart enough to demand that it be on his terms.
He was clear up front that heād only be interested if he could actually unify the caucus as opposed to being held up as āthe oneā who could. Given the hype, any dissent would now be viewed as his fault, so heās going to insist on an up front promise to toe the line.
He was also clear up front that this is not the part of his life where heās prepared to be away from family for weeks at a time. He is currently chairing the Ways and Means committee, which many regard as more important than being speaker. That job allows him to spend time at home. I donāt think itās possible to be speaker and take weekends off, but heās at least being honest about what it will take to get him to take the job.
In the end, all the discussion about his āconsidering the jobā is nonsense. This set of conditions is intended to bring out the ire of the Freedom Caucus and will result in them ārejectingā him. When they do, he will smile, say he tried, and go back to Ways and Meansā¦which was always where he wanted to be.
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His first official act will be to pass the Ryanās [O]nly Family Leave Act.
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āWe need to do what the American people want. Thatās why Donald Trump is doing well. Heās listening to the American people,ā Jones said to reporters on the Hill.
Ummm, yes. Letās see. Donald Trump has the support of 25% of, to be generous, 32% of American voters. So, in Jonesā view, 8% of all voters dictate what the āpeopleā want.
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āWe to do what the American people want. Thatās why Donald Trump is doing well. Heās listening to the American people,ā Jones said to reporters on the Hill.
Perhaps if Trump drops out he can run for Speaker.
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Indeed Jake Ryan was acting very odd. I agree with Rep. Salmonās comment entirely. āMost folks have never been used to someone applying for a job and telling you, 'I donāt do windows, I donāt do beds,ā Salmon said
I guess the bottom line here is that the hardliners will create ways to either declare victory on Ryanās demands like the rule change, ignore them like the weekends off or pretend to accept them. Theyāll elect Ryan speaker and thenā¦ nothing will change.
So much smokeā¦ so many mirrorsā¦
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Wait - werenāt these folks practically begging Ryan to run a week or so ago?
Also - ārecalcitrant,ā thatās the word youāre going to go with? I can think of a few others, but they arenāt so polite.