Posted on 10/11/2016 6:02:07 PM PDT by drewh
Another day, another rewrite of Sunset Boulevard by Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny starver from the state of Wisconsin. Not content with Monday's fan dance of gilded pusillanimity, "sources close" to Speaker Paul Ryan—and very likely simultaneously wearing his socks and underwear—have taken to deliver Act II of Hamlet On The Banks Of The Rock River. And it's pretty much what you expected, if you happen to be a middle-school drama teacher.
In fact, Ryan has personally been on the edge of pulling the plug but has held out because his decision is about more than just his personal feelings: It's about saving his massive 60-seat majority. The Wisconsin Republican is in an excruciating spot: He feels torn between his own conscience and his obligations as the top Republican in the country, according to multiple sources in leadership familiar with the internal discussions.
Oh, my dear god in heaven, just step up to the bar and have this nice steaming cup of STFU.
He senses, with the animal instinct politicians at his level possess, that even his speakership has been tossed into the hazard. He knows that a portion of his caucus consider him a backsliding RINO, which is kind compared to what the Trump thinks of him at this point. But instead of doing what any average statesman would do, he continues to take his besieged and delicate conscience out for public walks with the usual gang of sympathetic sycophants.
Many of his closest allies say left to his own devices, he'd dump Trump. But Ryan, who's seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2020, has held on, despite some possible long-term political upside of abandoning Trump. The immediate calculation is this: If Ryan pulls his endorsement, the base could revolt or stay home on Election Day, damaging GOP House candidates. Plus, in some of the deep red districts around the country, constituents want House Republicans to rally around Trump no matter what. See, here's the thing. He is left to his own devices.
He's Speaker of the House of Representatives, third in line to the presidency. He represents as safe a congressional district as there is in Wisconsin and, even if he didn't, the Republican legislature would take care of him. Whatever risk there is should be balanced out by some semblance of statesmanship and/or concern for the republic. In this dark, haunted political season, he's already lost more than he can possibly lose at the polls.
Ryan already pulled the plug on Trump. He is dead to me.
Ryan is dead politically.
Hell, it took forever to find someone who even wanted the job of Speaker this time.
Coward bastard!!
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Ryan will do much damage on his way out, just like Boehner.
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The dipshit writing this article doesn’t even understand that we will come out to vote or Trump, but leave the RAT-Lite part of the ballot empty.
NO WAY IN GOD’S GREEN EARTH RYAN WILL GET MY VOTE IN 2020
Yeah, right. All sorts of others will beat him to that. PRyno will be the Yheb! of 2020, at best.
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Ryan and Romney laid down like dogs for Obama.
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If he were my Senator, I’d vote for the Democrat. And I’ve never voted Democrat.
Why not vote against him this year?
No chance at all of him being president. Chances were slim to none before this last display of cowardice.
Ryan is a liberal dimocRAT who says he’s a republican! Nothing more, Nothing less!
What the heck was that supposed to mean?
It means that each Senator with an R has to choose between Trump and Ryan or else....
If Trump wins, he will have enough political stroke to demand and get Ryun’s resignation as speaker. This is what rubber spined Ryun is worried about.
“he continues to take his besieged and delicate conscience out for public walks with the usual gang of sympathetic sycophants”
Author nailed that. Ryan glows brighter with every move, self identifying more and more as the loser he is.
If Paul Ryan is okay with his Republican voters in Wisconsin voting for Hitlery then he should be okay with them voting for whoever his RAT opponent is. Are you up to it Wisconsin Republicans?
Ryan is working to lose the House
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