Posted on 12/14/2017 10:23:07 AM PST by Beave Meister
You have composed the best comprehensive analysis of Paul Ryan’s political career that I’ve ever read. Excellent and not overly biased as is the temptation for anyone to do.
Don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out, Mr. Ryan!
Same situation with Anthon Weiner. He never did fully use those surplus millions.
Sex scandal coming up (fake or true)?
LOL! “#piewhisperer”.
Thanks.
I see that in the time it took me to write his political obituary he seems to have decided not to pull the trigger after all.
If that is the case, then I pray for the original Ryan to either re-emerge or to at least quit as speaker. I would not mind him keeping his House seat. Much like Trump, I think he'd go along with more conservative bills if somebody else does the work. I just no longer believe he is capable of leading the way.
Ryan is more intelligent than most on the Hill - recall how he severely schooled SlowBama and the Dems in general on live TV during the health care summit in 2010. It was great. And recall that the prez did not favor more summits after that.
Unfortunately, intelligence did Ryan in - my opinion. He now seems to suffer, like most in DC, from the disease of federal arrogance. It seems to spread via swamp contact. They think that good things cannot happen in America unless they happen via the central level - exactly the opposite of how America is supposed to function.
Today's Republicans will go down in history as wasting America's last best chance to return to our roots of honest greatness. We own every dang branch and, more importantly, every dang level of government. Several wave elections. Majorities and governorships galore at the state level.
Yet, instead of devolving power, we seem content to 'win' tiny, tiny changes purely at the central level (see current Tax bill) merely so that we can fund-raise off of relatively insignificant 'winning.'
A shame really. And, yes, I'm blaming R guvs too.
I don't know why it is so hard nowadays, even within our own party, to sell the winning concept of de-centralization. Many commentators wrongly say we all disagree more today than in the past. BS. The real problem is that every question for government today is only allowed one answer - the central one. There should be at least 50 answers. And many of them should be 'no'.
The closer to home that decisions are made, the more power individuals have to influence them. Resulting in more satisfaction for more citizens. The central arrogance disease leaves otherwise smart people fatally misguided in thinking that if we just make the dang bills voluminous enough and include side-deals and payoffs galore, then everybody will be happy. It will NEVER happen.
De-centralization should be sold as a win for liberals too: "Hey CA, do whatever the hell you want, just leave WI alone."
It boggles my mind that we federalism-minded folks don't take advantage of the secession movement in CA. Talk about leverage. Texas has bluffed with this in the past too. And I don't want either to actually secede. Just want R's to lean on that lever and market this chance for everybody to have what they want and still have the greatest military in history protecting ALL of us.
DON'T COMPROMISE. DE-CENTRALIZE!
This is one of the things wrong with Washington. Representatives see their job as working with the insider media and ignoring their constituents.
******The framers never anticipated elected government employment becoming a lucrative, life-long career.
It was to be a short period of time in which you set aside your real life as a farmer, lawyer, whatever, to serve the public******
When people with nefarious reasons(mainly lawyers)talked people into letting the government take more control of the ability to make laws, the people became treated as slaves instead of the true owners of this Republic.
He wouldn’t have a chance for the nomination!
He should not only resign, he also should self-exile. What an absolute loser on every level. I bet his family laughs at him.
There IS a God!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.