Bye, Bye
Who’s keeping count?
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election, people close to the Wisconsin lawmaker said Wednesday.
Ryan’s plans have been the source of much speculation amid Republican concerns over keeping their majority in the House of Representatives. Ryan had made tax cuts a centerpiece of his legislative agenda, and Congress delivered on that late last year.
Ryan is not saying why he’s not seeking reelection but I think it’s because of all that stuff about winning so much in Congress that he got tired of winning.
Or, it could be that he expects to be President by November.
Thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts about why he is getting out, I would imagine anybody that is associated with Trump will be tarnished forever(I hope) and prayers that a Democrat wins.
1Paul Ryan has seen the future and it isn’t him.
2He’s bragging about all the accomplishments of the past year or so, and I’m willing to bet he’d like to take credit for the non-active legislature with BHO; he’s likely to go down in history as a real sleaze and I hope he learns to be ashamed of his behavior before he dies.
3I agree, He should be President by this time next year.
4May he never appear in public again and be consigned to history as a vicious despicable man.
5May he be known for his campaign stunt: visiting a soup kitchen after hours and washing pots that were already clean.
6Another guy who is in way over his head! He never wanted this job and boy does it ever show! President? thats even more than over his head. Why would he want to repeat the non=performance of his non-performance? That would be boring, embarrassing and inexcusable.
7Move in preparation for a Senate run?
8The only house he should be in is the Big House.
9What does this mean?
For starters, the House of Rep.s will go from dysfunctional to being truly broken. Can anyone name a House leader that can unify the Repub. party in that body? I can’t. Of course the next Speaker could be a Democrat (AKA Lucifer’s minions), and the problem is mooted.
He could potentially be ashamed of his lack of actions in defending our country from the significant national security risk in the White House. (Heh, I know, cold day in Hillary’s Administration…)
He could be undergoing a strategic retreat to get out from under some threat (Blackmail? Ironstache? Emergence of a conscience?).
He could be as sick of the mess he’s up to his widow’s peak in on a daily basis, and is looking for a cushy board gig to reap the benefits of having been in that position without being forced to resign from (his own) scandal…
10He says he wants to “spend more time” with his kids because they aren’t getting any younger. They’re teenagers. I’m sure their top priority now is spending more time with the old man.
11He thinks that after Nov
12the House will be Dem run and he will be out of the Speaker job anyway. You can’t fire me, I quit! Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out, Paul baby.
So.. im<ho
If the Dems win the House in November 2018, who will take a bullet for the team and serve a term as Speaker? The Dem who does will not be polishing their resume for higher office AND will be in for a frustrating, stressful, and thankless term. Sucks to be you.
If the snacilbupeR retain the House in November 2018, who will take a bullet for the team and serve a term as Speaker? The snacilbupeR who does will not be polishing their resume for higher office AND will be in for a frustrating, stressful, and thankless term. Sucks to be you too.
With the horrible person inhabiting the Oval Office and an almost as horrible Veep, it'd surprise me if ANYONE would voluntarily run for Speaker or Senate Majority Leader.
13“Or, it could be that he expects to be President by November.”
He really is dumber than he looks. For Lyin’ Ryan to ‘ascend’ implies that Dotard and Dopey are gone. For anyone who thinks snacilbupeR in Congress will vote for impeachment between now and November, I have a lovely real estate deal for you located at 666 5th Avenue. Sorry Paulie, but the tea leaves say there’s a Blue tsunami coming your way. Ergo a Speaker of the House being elevated to President via the impeachment process means she is President Pelosi to you, chump.
14So Eddie Wolfgang Munster is hanging up his gavel in order to repair to the ancestral home, touting all his accomplishments(?)
15and the honor it was to serve as speaker for one of the meanest, racist and most money-grubbing political bodies that ever existed. Don’t think of it as quitting, think of it as taking the money and run.
John Boehner, the preceding Rethug SoH, is now becoming a ‘high’ level weed dealer, so maybe Lyin’ Ryan has been invited to join in and make some serious money too?
Even the rabid anti-weed Texas Rethugs have been floating ‘legalize and tax’ ideas lately, with $$$$ in their squinty greedy eyes.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/11/1756185/-Retired-Republican-Speaker-of-the-House-John-Boehner-is-now-a-Pot-Dealer
“Boehner has seized upon an opportunity to accept a very lucrative position as a spokesperson for Acreage Holdings, an “investment company with an established footprint in the cannabis industry in the United States.”
16…
(@SpeakerBoehner )
I’m joining the board of #AcreageHoldings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved. I’m convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities. @AcreageCannabis https://www.acreageholdings.com/news-release-board-of-advisors-appointment …”
No doubt Paul Ryan hopes he can spend more time with his family, and constituents, and for a few months find a booth in the dark recesses of a Rathskeller, one of any scattered throughout the great state of Wisconsin, occasionally joining in for a rousing chorus of “In Heaven There Is No Beer (That’s Why We Drink It Here).”
17If it weren’t for the arthritis, I’d be doing a happy dance. Won’t lose Social Security and Medicare this year!
18Two words: Peter Principle
19Ralph, how succinct! Brevity is truly the soul of wit.
20Nadia Schadlow is out at NSC. Either didn’t want to work with Bolton or was pushed out, who can say?
21One more vermin gone, lots more to go.
A good twit sums it up:
Richard Allen Smith
22✔
@rockrichard
The guy who spent his entire career trying to steal your retirement is retiring at the age of 48
The r’s have until until June 1 to find an alternative to the out right, and proud, nazi already running in r primary against ryan.
23he could join the nazi in Ill. who has already won r primary ( Ill. 7 or 11?) and the one in Oregon etc.
Not all thugs are nazi’s but all nazi’s are thugs and the rest of the thugs “tolerate” the nazi’s because they can use them to get tax cuts.
Quisling is dated, Fellow travelor is associated with old soviet regime so new title for these spineless cowards.
He probably needs the time to explain to the kids and his wife about why he’s going to prison for taking over $20 million from the Russians during the Reptilican convention.
24***If*** Lyin’Ryan had the nads of a gnat*** …
*** It’s well known he doesn’t.
On his way out the door, he could do a few things. Preferably do them tomorrow morning. #1 Introduce a bill for an AUMF that returns the war powers to Congress and effectively clips the wings of the Orange Dodo bird. #2 Remove Deviant Nunes as chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. #3 Actually move toward balancing the budget and retiring the national debt with a bill designed to CLOSE the many loopholes designed for the .01% one loophole at a time every time it’s time to fund the needs of the nation. For starters …
25Dennis Ross’s resignation from Fl. 15.
26The R’s have until May 4 ( Florida primary filing deadline according to the google machine) to find new candinate. Only other filed R primary candinate is a true whack job like Nehlens in ryans district and the nazi ( no exagreration, no embellishment self professed and proud of it) in Ill. 3 the only candinate that could make lipinski look good.
D’s seriously underfunded. Not on anyones radar until today.
Shows that Deans policy of fighting for every seat was absolutely accurate. Also I hope the DCCC doesn’t screw this up by trying to parachute in a turncoat thuglican self funder with d apperachec looking for another payday.