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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:20 PM Apr 2018

Ryan in interview: I'm done seeking elected office

Source: Politico

By JAKE SHERMAN 04/11/2018 04:13 PM EDT

Speaker Paul Ryan said in an interview Wednesday that he won’t run for public office again after he leaves Congress next year.

During a conversation in his office on the day he told his colleagues he was retiring, Ryan reflected on his relationship with President Donald Trump, and noted he wished the president tweeted less, but said he has developed a good rapport with the commander-in-chief.

"It works better to have private conversations than public disputes," Ryan said.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/11/ryan-in-interview-im-done-seeking-elected-office-515678

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Ryan in interview: I'm done seeking elected office (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

Thank the heavens above... pbmus Apr 2018 #1

Which lobbying firm is he going to join? IronLionZion Apr 2018 #2

Now time to cash in as a well-paid lobbyist. kwassa Apr 2018 #3

or FUX talking head rurallib Apr 2018 #5

Remember the cushy job is not a bribe. Scruffy1 Apr 2018 #7

Nixon pulled this one. Don't trust him. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2018 #4

Yup. His denial plants the seed for 2020 and beyond. bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #6

Is he next in line after Trump Wellstone ruled Apr 2018 #8

Pence is. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2018 #9

Meant the VP spot. Wellstone ruled Apr 2018 #10

No. Pence would get to pick a VP. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2018 #11

Thinks he can avoid being kicked and hoping to be Nixon succeeding Johnson or Reagan after Carter Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #16

RUN AWAY YOU MOTHERFUCKING COWARD! Blue_Tires Apr 2018 #12

I take this as a threat! TranssexualKaren Apr 2018 #13

Randy Ironstache Bryce, a union organizer, scared the shit out of NCjack Apr 2018 #14

Well it's a good thing, Paul, because no one likes you and you probably wouldn't japple Apr 2018 #15

LIAR xxqqqzme Apr 2018 #17

Oh noes! Aristus Apr 2018 #18

pbmus

(12,422 posts)

1. Thank the heavens above...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:26 PM

Apr 2018

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)

2. Which lobbying firm is he going to join?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:27 PM

Apr 2018

Maybe he can join Boehner and lobby for marijuana legalization

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

3. Now time to cash in as a well-paid lobbyist.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:28 PM

Apr 2018

Now that he has developed all his connections.

rurallib

(62,415 posts)

5. or FUX talking head

Reply to kwassa (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:29 PM

Apr 2018

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)

7. Remember the cushy job is not a bribe.

Reply to kwassa (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:33 PM

Apr 2018

I can think of two former Republican office holders in my own state who got big paying jobs after leaving office. If you screw the people you will be richly rewarded. Too bad it's not illegal.

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)

4. Nixon pulled this one. Don't trust him. n/t

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:29 PM

Apr 2018

bucolic_frolic

(43,163 posts)

6. Yup. His denial plants the seed for 2020 and beyond.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:32 PM

Apr 2018

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

8. Is he next in line after Trump

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:41 PM

Apr 2018

resigns?

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)

9. Pence is. n/t

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:42 PM

Apr 2018

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

10. Meant the VP spot.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:43 PM

Apr 2018

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)

11. No. Pence would get to pick a VP. n/t

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:44 PM

Apr 2018

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)

16. Thinks he can avoid being kicked and hoping to be Nixon succeeding Johnson or Reagan after Carter

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:09 PM

Apr 2018

After the 1962 failed Governor of California campaign:

In an impromptu concession speech the morning after the election, Nixon blamed the media for favoring his opponent, saying, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference".

Ryan hoping that there will be such turmoil in the Trump-Republicon Party that he can ride to the rescue in 2020 as the Party's savior, or not contest 2020 in the hopes that a Democratic contender will win only to be weak in 2024 for Ryan's dreamed-of triumph.