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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/01/3718181/paul-ryan-asked-to-name-one-thing-he-can-accomplish-in-the-next-6-months-cant-come-up-with-answer/Appearing on Meet The Press, newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan was directly asked by host Chuck Todd to name one thing he could accomplish in the first six months that the country will be impressed with.
Ryan did not answer.
Instead, Ryan went through a litany of Republican talking points. Working families are falling behind, the economy is stale our foreign policy is a disaster, Ryan said.
He then retreated to even safer ground: Obamacare. Look at the the disaster that the rollout of Obamacare is continuing to be, the new House speaker opined, still not answering the question.
plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
Chuckie will get in trouble for asking a hard question.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)PERIOD! EOM
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)impressing the American people." "Everything is bad. Obamacare. We owe the American people specifics."
In what universe does that answer the fucking question?
Johonny
(20,856 posts)for nearly 7 years now. They keep winning elections based on it so why stop. Constant complaining is all they got, but somehow it works.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)unless your hope is to contribute nothing?
Ryan has no plan because the plan is to have no plan.
Bring up the Senate passed immigration bill for a vote, rather than pretend you can not work with Obama on immigration, for starters..the work has already been done if sheer lack of ambition is not your ambition.
Ryan promising the Fascist Caucus he had no plans is how he got the job.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Republicans aren't supposed to answer a bunch of questions about what they've done, what they're doing, or what they plan to do. YOU'RE the real fascists! No fair! You don't ask Democrats these tough questions!
Hmm. Running out of poutrage. What else do Republicans politicians complain about?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)into their thin skins.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Why, you can use your so-called facts to prove anything that's even remotely true. Well, I'm not going to play that game, and I will stubbornly stick with my totally disproved talking point because the lamestream media (thought that one up myself) just won't let me live in my own little world that I want to force on everyone else.
Galileo126
(2,016 posts)If you hate government so much, why are you (all) so desperately trying to be hired by the same government?
I swear, 50% of this country is so stupid to fall for such grifters.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)malaise
(269,087 posts)jmowreader
(50,561 posts)In the next six months, Paul Ryan plans to accomplish Not One Fucking Thing. He also plans to try to stop the president from using his executive power to get anything done in the year or so he has left.
Y'all know how Republicans say they want the government to run "like a business"? Well, I can't fault them on that. Let's make the government run like a business - and in business, if you don't do a damn thing for a year they escort you out of the building and mail the contents of your desk home to you.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Dork.