If it is a GOP turd, they turn it into a gold bar. If it is a Dem avatar, they treat him/her like trash.

The only silver lining to that seems to be that the GOP believes the media hype and becomes delusional, then it all collapses for them spectacularly in public view.

See: Biden vs. Ryan (2012 VP debate); Obama vs. Romney (2nd and 3rd Pres. debates); Clinton vs. Benghazi Committee....

I mean, regardless of what your opinions are of Obama, Biden, and Clinton are in terms of policy/accomplishment, you have to admit that in terms of these public political spectacles, Dems vs. GOP is currently like a MLB all-star team vs. someone's AA/AAA team in the playoffs.

I don't think things would have gotten this drastic, if the media would have stayed fair and balanced. The thing is, Obama and Biden and HRC all live in the real world with the rest of us. The GOP lives on some strange planet that has huge problems when it runs up against the wall of reality.

Hell, the media treats Sanders as some sort of "fringe" leftist, when in reality he'd find a home in any of the mainstream, center-left Social Democratic parties in Europe.

I think part of the problem is how the media interprets "fair and balanced." The media is too scarred (or itself deluded) to call out the GOP over living in la-la-land lest they be branded as biased.

When I feel that it is almost 100% where the focus needs to be, since the media gets to pretend to be the moral majority of voters.

You run with that, CNN.

he's one of their favorites--they'll carry water for him as long as they can. Aww he will abide by the Denny (pedophile) Hastert Rule.

The Freedom Caucus announced Wednesday that a “supermajority” of its members would back Ryan. There was no official endorsement from the group, however, which means the unspecified majority fell short of 80?percent.

That doesn’t sound so bad — perhaps 10 or fewer unreconciled renegades, who theoretically could be marginalized. “I believe this is a positive step toward a unified Republican team,” Ryan said. But in courting the ultra-conservatives, he reportedly made concessions that seem to guarantee that the speaker’s gavel will be a symbol of misery, not of power.

The main problem is that Ryan is said to have promised to follow the “Hastert rule,” named for former speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), requiring that legislation have the support of a majority of the GOP caucus before it is brought to the House floor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/paul-ryan-is-doomed/2015/10/22/4dce4352-78e9-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html

to work for $2 an hour.

They want Women to die in back alleys if they have sex without permission.

THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT

Does anyone reading this disagree with what I just said?

I know there are idiots who cant post on DU who disagree with me, but do any of the adults here at DU?

How about their desire to see government workers be hungry and homeless? Anyone doubt this is their goal?

start as many wars as they can and punish those already on welfare. They are the most destructive poitlical party we've ever encountered and their people in charge are the biggest idiots on the planet.

They want us all to be workforce slaves and when we die...we better just go out with a wimper. We are expendable assests to the GOP and when we want stuff (like water and shelter) we get derided by the GOP as depending on handouts.

All the while, the biggest welfare cheats ARE the GOP members!

One day the GOP is going to pay for every year they've hurt this country and it's citizens. That day will come and it will be ugly for the traitors and charlatans that have put so many millions out of work and in graves.

for the Tea Crazies.

He brought them out in the sun

HRC will do the same thing imo.

for our country. Didn't he introduce a terrible budget just before he ran for VP? I am very sure that he is still for that piece of junk. And if I remember correctly he actually wants all of us to starve not just government workers.

The various R groups have just given him their vow to follow him regardless of what he proposes. I actually think in the long run that is good for us. He is going to give us all reasons to hate Rs. He is stubborn, arrogant and has no empathy for anyone but himself.

He is not going to make any friends among the people who are sick of business as usual.

the infighting between the fighting factions in the House will be his downfall just as it was for Boehner...

tells me that paul ryan is a flap jack flippin' genius!!!

he may be the best turd in their toilet .

The sight of him just enrages me. Ugh!

If he gets elected speaker I predict a full blown crisis when the debt ceiling debate comes around.
The RW will push him to shut down the government and since he just got elected he will not defy the freedom caucus.
So, he will do it. We will have to go through a couple weeks of default before the crisis is resolved.