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The Arrogance of The Prom King(Paul Ryan)
robertringer.com ^ | May 7, 2016 | Robert Ringer

Posted on 05/09/2016 7:23:45 AM PDT by all the best

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To: all the best
Boy, those House Republicans really know how to pick Speakers, don't they?
41 posted on 05/09/2016 9:57:56 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Chaguito
The problem is not that Ryan disagrees with Trump

To be honest with you, I am starting to think that in many cases it actually is only that he disagrees with him. Look at the instant flip from villain to hero, or hero to villain going on here, based solely on if that person says something positive or negative about Trump.

42 posted on 05/09/2016 10:51:38 AM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: DugwayDuke

I would interpret it as pusillanimy on Ryan’s part.

All Ryan had to say originally was that Trump was the people’s choice and he looked forward to working with him on their differences for the ultimate good of the Republican party and the people of the US.

Even his allies in the House couldn’t figure out what he hoped to accomplish with such a tone-deaf statement as he made.


43 posted on 05/09/2016 11:32:56 AM PDT by Chaguito
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To: T. P. Pole

For you to say that means you didn’t see that a lot of us realized Paul Ryan was a turncoat before he became speaker.

For you to say that means you didn’t understand that the reckless passing of the omnibus bill by him was terrible in and of itself.

Ryan deserves to get thrown out. He is a failure. He was a failure before Trump ever became the presumed nominee. It’s fortunate that he has now demonstrated that for the whole country.


44 posted on 05/09/2016 12:23:32 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. He's not Hillary. I love both these things.)
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To: Lakeshark

I wasn’t just talking about Ryan. I think it was just yesterday I saw a “Oh, we are supposed to like Coulter again?”


45 posted on 05/09/2016 1:53:49 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: T. P. Pole

Ryan hasn’t been a hero to most of us in a long long time so your statement is smoke to allow a Trump supporter bash.


46 posted on 05/09/2016 2:03:44 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: JayGalt
No it is not. I think Ryan is getting way more crap than he deserves, but he does deserve some crap.

What I am talking about is the emotional reaction to anything said about Trump. If it is perceived as negative (even if it is a misleading headline), then that person is a villain. If it is perceived as positive, then that person is a hero.

And it seems that one can go from villain to hero based on that bell ringing. Oh, we are supposed to like Dole now? Or Cheney? Or Coulter? Or, well, fill in the blank.

It feels more and more like a liberal circle jerk with some of the comments in here. What happened to reasoned discussion?

47 posted on 05/09/2016 2:22:36 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: all the best
I kinda remember Paul Ryan being a young conservative firebrand or something like that when he was first elected. Is there any truth to that memory of mine memory?

Ryan was one of several Congressmen who put out a budget proposal in 2008, which he modified in 2010. In 2011, as Republicans were preparing alternative proposals to counter ObamaCare passed in 2010, Ryan's budget proposal was the most matured of them all and became the framework for the Republican response.

It may not be a case of Ryan being some up and coming Conservative hotshot, but rather someone in the right place at the right time with something that the leadership needed.

-PJ

48 posted on 05/09/2016 2:37:19 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: AuntB

Thank You AuntB for posting that link to Towncrier.

Chock full of info and names names as well!


49 posted on 05/09/2016 2:41:58 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Aim small, Miss small.)
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To: Randy Larsen

Thanks you,Randy Larsen. Feel free to use any info on my blog that will help Trump! It has a search feature.


50 posted on 05/09/2016 2:45:19 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: T. P. Pole

Very clever.

I noticed you ignored the clarity some of us had in knowing Paul Ryan was a fraud before we decided to support Trump.

As to Coulter, do you think she’s wrong about stopping the invasion of illegals from Mexico being the most important issue right now?


51 posted on 05/09/2016 3:21:07 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. He's not Hillary. I love both these things.)
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To: Chaguito

I think he has to say it because his district is full of Mexicans.


52 posted on 05/09/2016 6:57:56 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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