Posted on 12/16/2013 12:27:05 PM PST by amnestynone
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he thinks that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is presidential material because of his work on the spending deal he cut with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). “From my point of view, he's showing leadership," Graham said, according to the Huffington Post. “I mean, if you want to become president, maybe instead of trying to please every faction of your party, maybe you should show the country as a whole I can actually work with the other side on something important.” Huffington Post noted that Graham “added with a laugh” that he thinks “it's a unique way to become president, but I think it might actually work.” Ryan was the vice presidential nominee in last year’s failed bid by Mitt Romney to unseat incumbent President Barack Obama. He, like Graham, supports granting amnesty to America’s at least 11 million illegal aliens--a position that has the ability to undercut any GOP politician’s support from the base, as polls show it did to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Ryan is expected to attempt to champion an amnesty plan through the House in early 2014.
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He is not presidential material. He has already alienated too many people with his talk about cutting entitlements.
The only thing Ryan is good for is derailing GOP chances.
Good grief.
Is he going to run as a Democrat?
Can you say; Kiss Of Death?
Graham and now Ryan aptly illustrate the whole flawed underpants gnome strategy of the GOPe, that somehow if we just be bipartisan and come to some deal just to have a deal, then well America will love us and vote for us because it shows we’re real nice guys.
Even of course if the deal is crap and does nothing to solve real problems, like this budget. Trying to win with sleight of hand and Madison Ave PR garbage of zero substance doesn’t impress the American voter and will not get their vote if you are a Republican.
This is their achilles heel and a great opportunity for any conservative opposition candidate in the primary to make hay.
This from the guy who walked up a Glacier tourist path in Seward Alaska with Hillary Clinton and John McCain and was convinced to support Global Warming before heading off for a grilled Salmon dinner at our expense.
Shouldn’t this little a$$ wipe be licking McCain’s underwear in the Ukraine?
Graham really thinks that Ryan would be able to defeat Hillary Clinton in the Democrat primaries?
pssst. Linsie is afraid of Cruz.
My first thought.
Number of times in U.S. history a losing VP nominee was later elected President: one.
Yep. He wasn’t even impressive VP material.
But anyone—and I mean anyone—whom Graham endorses is not fit for public office.
LOL! Yep, he will be every bit as effective at that as he was in carrying Wisconsin for the RINO ticket. Hell, BO won his congressional district in 2012 and 2008.
“Shouldn’t this little a$$ wipe be licking McCain’s underwear in the Ukraine?”
Do you mean Aunt Lindsey licking mcCain? That would make sense. And I know right where he would like to lick him. But I suspect Aunt Lindsey would rather be licking cute Paul.
Grahamnesty’s at it again.
Oh barf!!! The guy can’t even put together a budget that balances in less than 10 years predicated on a 5% unemployment rate.
” - - - Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) signaled that Republicans would not raise the debt ceiling next year without some sort of concessions from Democrats - - - “
The key cave-in word in the above quote is the word “without.”
If without is removed, and the qualifying following dependent phrase, the statement becomes: “ - - - Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) signaled that Republicans would not raise the debt ceiling next year.”
Thus, Ryan has “signaled” that he is working a con on his loyal, and very gullible voters.
If the word “signaled” is replaced by “stated,” then we have a statement worthy of a true Federal Republican Politician: “ - - - Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) stated that Republicans would not raise the debt ceiling next year.”
This is a good object lesson for us Conservatives to consider at how eager the current RINO Establishment leadership is to surrender, cave-in or otherwise grovel at the feet of their betters (the Marxist Democrats).
Always willing to avoid a knock-down, drag out battle such as the 2012 Reid-Obama Controlled Partial Government shutdown, the Federal Congressional RINO Establishment continues to cave in to the loudest voices in Marxist Obama Administration, the Marxist Reid’s Senate, and the Leftstream Media.
Ryan’s double con is working as long as we Conservatives allow his Con to go un-noticed.
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