Discussion: Republicans Elect Paul Ryan To Be Next House Speaker

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“Gosh, fellas! This comes as a total surprise!”

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I was worried he’d run for President against Hillary in 2020 … I don’t think he’ll even be in the House anymore by then.

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We are collectively screwed

I don’t think he’ll even be in the House anymore by then.

That is my guess too, though I still think he’s got the White House on the mind.

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He can have the WH on his mind as he’s looking out the window from a K Street sinecure.

Cantor, McCarthy, Ryan - yep, the Young Guns are now officially finished.

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Why?

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Here is a live look at his reaction… http://newsdailynow.com/2015/10/28/reaction/

Eddie Munster being the favorite for Speaker of the House three days before Halloween is somehow fitting.

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Dead man walking!

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he got 200 votes in his caucus (I assume the 43 for Danny Dingbat were the FC.) He needs 218. Are 18 of the FC going to become RINOs?

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A new low for Congress…a Speaker who can’t add.
For fact check please refer to the Ryan budget while a VP candidate.

So. His POLITICAL CAREER is now basically over. Nowhere to go but down politically now.
Look for him to retire to a job as CEO of “Americans for Prosperity” after his stint as Speaker is over.
I’ll bet the KOCH BROS. are ecstatic to have one of their sock-puppets two-heartbeats away from the Presidency however.

So every dem WILL vote for Nancy, eh? How is the Freedom C. selecting it’s sacrificial BBQ?

I am totally confused… What is the significantly of the number 218? Thought that was the required number.

a youthful overachiever

In what fucking parallel universe is this description accurate? Paul Ryan is a complete con artist - a master at sounding thoughtful and competent while peddling the Royal Quality Assortment of Bullshit in his budget proposals.

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Probably because a shitload of people, including bad reporters, eat it up?

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Short, bitter, pro forma speech backgrounded by the unsmiling faces of rumpled Kathy McMorris Rodgers and the untrustable Kevin McCarthy…The Spandex Speaker and these people are not happy.

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Does that mean that Joe Biden will come and humiliate him again on national TV? Cool!

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Well, the Freedom Caucasians wanted a Speaker with no leadership experience. They have their man.

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