To me it seems doubtful the House will get anything accomplished before November, whether the Speaker is Ryan, McCarthy or some other jackass they may trot out. They blew their wad already. And thank God for it.
Ryan will go down in history as the Speaker who held more than 70 votes to abolish the ACA and failed every time to lead his party to victory. Loser.
Misty water-colored mem-ries
of the way we werrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre
“Nobody I know is pressuring Paul Ryan to step aside. We just want results,” Barton said.
So, Barton doesn't know Mulvaney?If they want someone to lead, they should have chosen a leader, not a weathervane. The memory of real House Speakers, like Sam Rayburn and Tip O’Neill, is sullied by pusillanimous polecats like Ryan.
Chief qualification for their next Speaker will be the ability to demagogue. Hence the enthusiasm in some quarters for Jim Jordan.
Ryan has always been a weasel, a weakling, and a weather-vane, but I do think the Freedumb Caucus makes managing a GOP House next to impossible. Which is a good thing.
The most interesting thing about the Freedumb Caucus is they have power all out of proportion to their actual numbers. They truly know how to jump up and down and stomp their feet. Ryan’s failure is not getting control of them. That failure is going to cost Republicans dearly this fall. Ryan’s failure might be because committee chairmanships aren’t worth a bucket of warm spit anymore. Or it could reflect the overwhelming power of a handful of libertarian billionaires who are intent on destroying American institutions. No doubt somewhere in the mix is the power of right wing media.
In any event Ryan is singularly suited to be the easily rolled chairman he has proven himself to be.
I thought Donald was the fixer?
The GOP seems divided between people who are as dumb as a dumb box of rocks and those who are too clever by half. They have all these complicated infighting plans that would be brilliant except for reality.
Somewhere John Boner is laughing his ass off.
“Ryan received a standing ovation, according to one person who attended.”
Acting like the trained seals they are; with knives behind their backs.
“Ryan says a bipartisan bill will never get Trump’s signature, and he doesn’t want to pursue any bill unless it can become law.”
A true bi-partisan bill (Freedumb Caucus excluded) wouldn’t need Dotard’s signature. Math is so hard.
Assuming a 2/3 Senate vote, of course,
In any event Ryan is singularly suited to be the easily rolled chairman charlatan he has proven himself to be.
Fixed, I daresay.