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Paul Ryan says that he doesnt want to be the Speaker of the House, but hes willing to give it a shot because his party needs him. But he has one condition that the Party has to meet before he officially decides to run prove that hell win and hes in. Can you get more pathetic than that?
Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
V0ltairesGh0st
(306 posts)eom
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Bucky
(53,795 posts)Not just a sad comment for him, but the idea that the entire Republican caucus can't get behind a pretty conservative candidate who, as an unexpected bonus, can even speak clearly and is relatively sane.
Knucklehead City
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)I agree with much of what Mr. Cousins said. Under normal circumstances, I would consider Paul Ryan a poor choice to be either Speaker of the house or the guest speaker at the next get-together of the local Rotary Club. However, he has demonstrated that he is willing to compromise his sociopathic principles to move legislation and that's good thing, even if most of the even more extremely sociopathic Freedom Caucus would disagree.
I do not believe that Mr. Ryan is asking for the support of the major Republican caucuses, including the Freedom Caucus, merely to prove he can win. I don't think we need any proof that he could win. What Mr. Ryan wants is to know that nobody will try to stab him in the back for shaking hands with Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, which is something a Republican House speaker must do every now and then. Without that guarantee from all factions of the Party, he fears being the next House Speaker to resign his seat in Congress while singing "Zippity-Doo-Dah."
Snarkoleptic
(5,995 posts)(If by party, one means loose group of grifters and vandals.)
ffr
(22,649 posts)Republicans eating their own. Like was said above, grifters and vandals.
Couldn't happen to a less accomplished bunch of idiots.
Martak Sarno
(77 posts)Paul Ryan to GOP: Prove That Ill Win and Ill Run for Speaker
Gowdy:"Hey, Mitch! You still have those Diebold machines from the 2000 elections?"