Posted on 03/18/2016 5:50:46 AM PDT by servo1969
An unintentionally revealing interview with House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) shows exactly why he's being touted as an establishment replacement for Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, and also why Trump is the shocking frontrunner for the 2016 nomination.
Like some modern Marie Antoinette, Ryan seems to be utterly clueless about the state of the nation, and utterly condescending towards the voters he needs to keep his job, according to his answers in the interview with CNBC interviewer John Harwood.
But first, with some throat-clearing modesty, Ryan wants to distance himself from establishment calls that he should take the nomination from Donald Trump when the GOP's delegates meet in July. "It's funny, but I actually think you should run for President if you're going to be President. I'm not running for President. I made that decision, consciously, not to," said Ryan, after fortifying himself with a sip of Guinness stout. "I'm not thinking about it. I'm happy where I am, so no."
Then he made clear that he's going to fight Trump's populist pitch. "I'm going to speak my mind. I'm going to defend conservatism as I understand it," Ryan told Harwood. "I'm going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party. But we're going to have to work with whoever the nominee is."
Then he dived straight into self-delusion. Ryan claimed that his House caucus is making the maximum effort to get "input from their constituents" as they craft an agenda, which will come as a surprise to the huge number of Republican voters outraged by the embarrassing budget deal, which jubilant Democrats touted as an absolute triumph over the new Speaker.
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“input from their constituents”
Isn’t that what the primaries are?
Primary him in Wisconsin and toss him out on his ass.
The rest of the congresscritters will get the message.
I have received several letters from the RNCC asking me to renew my membership and send money.
Ultimately I got one from an email address which was supposed to be Ryan.
I sent him the following letter:
My Response to Pual Ryan
http://www.jeffhead.com/RyanResponse.htm
and referred him to my article about:
The Donald Trump Phenomenon
http://www.jeffhead.com/Trump-Phenom.htm
Ryan’s first big deal was the budget deal...and it told us all we need to knw.
i.e. donations and junkets from lobbyists.
A wise man admits when he is wrong.
That leaves out Ryan and most of the GOP-e
Ahhhh!
The guy is in the house. He probably got elected with a couple of thousand votes and he’s supposedly the leader of the party now? Sarah should get elected to the house and take over the speaker-ship just to tick these people off
...that's the problem little Pauly, you don't understand, and you refuse to listen to THE PEOPLE.You are a simple puppet bound for failure
P Ryno is NOT “brilliant” and needs to be Cantorized.
At least while Boehner was speaker he had a place to contact him and tell him your bitch.
Ryan only has that fro his district.
The losers in the GOPe want to tell us how to win.
Its like taking financial advice from someone who is bankrupt.
Exactly.
“I’m going to defend conservatism as I understand it,”
That’s not saying much.
I have seen no evidence of a viable primary from the right against Ryan. Probably too late for this election :(
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