Posted on 04/12/2016 9:48:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.” - William Tecumseh Sherman
You’re still thinking we have anything to say about it.
The trial balloon turned to lead and crashed.
Paul Nehlen sounds great. What are his chances? I recall Brat was given no chance against Cantor in Virginia’s primary. Turned into a big upset.
Last fall Ryan emphatically said that he didn't want to be Speaker of the House too.
5 Times Paul Ryan Said He’s Not Running for Speaker of the House
"As Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) grows more insistent that he will not be the GOP nominee, Politico’s Mike Allen points out that
Ryan is “running the same playbook he did to become [House] speaker: saying he doesn’t want it, that it won’t happen."
The very fact that he is giving this much-publicized speech at a “secret” meeting (don’t make me laugh) at the trendiest hotel in NYC means, “Look at me, folks. Some of you may not have heard of me, but now you have.” It’s part of the commercial.
I remember that..... and I don’t believe a damn word he says.
Don’t know Nehlen’s chances. He seems willing to put his own money into it so I would consider it a very serious challenge. If it is any indication, Southeastern Wisconsin voted Ted Cruz in the Wisconsin primary - Ryan’s hometown Janesville (Rock County) voted for Trump. hehe
“He also said he did not want to be Speaker....
Does anyone believe anything he says?”
I believe Paul Ryan about as much as if he told me that ALL ISIS FIGHTERS had just converted to Christianity and asked for forgiveness for all the heads they chopped off.
Same speech he gave when he didn’t want to be speaker?
He is being Lawyer Truthful, he is not ‘running’, he is being groomed for being ‘Selected’.
I don’t. He came across that time like somebody who is for sale - or who can be easily pressured.
Thanks for the Paul Nehlen link. I will send a contribution.
I think he honestly doesn’t want it. This has been an extremely ugly campaign, thanks mainly to Trump, and I think Ryan would be insane to get involved in it. If he wants to run for president, he can probably do so next time around.
Then lets see him delist his name from the PAC Elect Paul Ryan which was filed with the FEC last January.
It would be political suicide for anyone to accept a nomination in this manner IMO. You would be certain to lose in a landslide as everyone stays home and end any future possibilities.
“It’s a trick.”
Unreal – Paul Ryan Schedules Party Leadership Fundraiser at Home of Anti-Trump Super-PAC Donor…
For Speaker Ryan to be heading up a fundraiser in the home of Donald Trump’s primary financial opponent/antagonist speaks volumes to the intent of the Republican Party when it comes to a unity approach. This is not being tone-deaf, this is transparently by design.
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The message being sent by Paul Ryan is clearly one of antagonism toward Mr. Trump as the frontrunner of the Republican party. In addition, it is not a leap to see how this may be correctly perceived as Ryan positioning himself to be the nominee if Donald Trump can be successfully blocked at the republican party convention.
THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY – THE TRUE STORY OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY
If you think the ignominious defeat of Jeb Bush is the end of the maneuvering and jockeying for power and wealth by the Bush Family Dynasty you’re wrong. While 40 year old George P. Bush, Texas land Commissioner and son of Jeb is warming up in the bullpen and cutting a deal to become Lt. Governor, Jeb himself hasn’t given up on being President.
Rush Limbaugh even recently said Jeb could emerge as the STOP TRUMP candidate at a brokered GOP convention if the New York Billionaire falls short on the first ballot. “I’m here to tell you Jeb Bush is gonna be the nominee,” Limbaugh warned, according to a transcript of his radio show. “That’s what they’re gonna do. That’s what they’ve always wanted.”
Limbaugh recalled Bush remarking in December 2014 that his strategy was to win the nomination despite losing primaries – something he planned to do by outspending his opponents. Limbaugh added that Bush, who left race in February, would escape the primary without having to talk about abortion, immigration or anything else that matters to Tea Party voters.
“He’s gonna win the nomination nevertheless,” Limbaugh said. “And it may well yet happen.”
In fact, the Bush Family has vowed revenge on businessman Donald Trump for driving Jeb Bush, the anointed one, from the Presidential race. The New York Daily News also reported that former First Lady Barbara Bush, a bitter Trump critic, is a major proponent of the stop-Trump movement. ‘Rule or Ruin” is their goal for the GOP According the New York Daily News the vanquished Jeb Bush is trying to figure out how to transfer $30 million in left over SuperPAC funds to the STOP TRUMP effort.
Meanwhile, Neil Bush, disgraced son of President George H. W. Bush, who defrauded U.S. taxpayers out of $1.5 billion dollars in a savings and loan scam, and not a day in jail and later peddled influence for the Chinese government, (who plied him with Chinese prostitutes) has formally endorsed Senator Ted Cruz for president. You can’t make this stuff up.
Neil will head Cruz’s Finance Committee. The Bush’s have no shame in their exploiting old school tie connections, privilege, elitism, ambition, the Saudis, the CIA, Assassination, greed and policies that have destroyed our economy and left us humiliated abroad.
I wonder how many postcards Ryan received last week. (No Trump, No Vote postcards.)
Even the best wired Republicans are idiots it appears.
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