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ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:36 PM Oct 2015

it was always going to be Ryan

It's the classic strategy of making some noise about something and then falling in line to give it a patina of legitimacy and make it seem as if some compromising had been done. He's a right-wing teabagger. Not even close to a moderate.

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it was always going to be Ryan (Original Post) ibegurpard Oct 2015 OP
And the teabaggers will have a microscope on him. louis-t Oct 2015 #1
Unless, of course, he turns out to be louis-t Oct 2015 #2
They won't need to ibegurpard Oct 2015 #4
he will use his position to destroy welfare, medicare/Obamacare and throw tax cuts to wealthy spanone Oct 2015 #3
yup ibegurpard Oct 2015 #5
Will we all have to read Ayn Rand? Kingofalldems Oct 2015 #6
Yes, and all Reagan speeches, and louis-t Oct 2015 #9
To paraphrase a guy on NPR this morning: OriginalGeek Oct 2015 #7
But does he get his four-day workweek? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2015 #8

louis-t

(23,199 posts)
2. Unless, of course, he turns out to be
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 04:01 PM
Oct 2015

the LGBT ringer, plant, undercover brother some right-wing jackass thinks he is.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
7. To paraphrase a guy on NPR this morning:
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 04:53 PM
Oct 2015

Paul Ryan: "I'll only run for speaker if my demands are met. They are:
1) You have to be unified in wanting me
2) You have to get rid of that thing where you can just throw me out"

Teabagger coalition:
"1) No.
2) No."

Paul Ryan: "Okie Dokie I'll run."

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