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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsit 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
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louis-t
(23,199 posts)1. And the teabaggers will have a microscope on him.
One false move and wham! They will turn on him.
louis-t
(23,199 posts)2. Unless, of course, he turns out to be
the LGBT ringer, plant, undercover brother some right-wing jackass thinks he is.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)4. They won't need to
He's one of them.
spanone
(135,627 posts)3. he will use his position to destroy welfare, medicare/Obamacare and throw tax cuts to wealthy
Ayn Rand fetishist that one.
Kingofalldems
(38,359 posts)6. Will we all have to read Ayn Rand?
louis-t
(23,199 posts)9. Yes, and all Reagan speeches, and
GW Stupid quotes and....
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)7. To paraphrase a guy on NPR this morning:
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."
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,282 posts)8. But does he get his four-day workweek?
As if he actually works four days.