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Ryan: GOP can’t be seen as ‘opposition party’
AP via PBS Newshour ^ | April 26, 2016 at 9:28 AM EDT

Posted on 04/26/2016 9:43:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai

House Speaker Paul Ryan concedes the “five-point” Republican legislative agenda he’s pursuing in Congress could be construed as competing with policy points the GOP presidential candidates are pushing in the primary season.

But he argues that the party shouldn’t wait until its nominating convention in July to tell the public its priorities, including lowering the national debt, strengthening the military and easing government regulation of business. […]

… Ryan adds that the GOP needs “a transition from being an opposition party to being a proposition party.” …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bigtent; election2016; gopestablishment; oppositionparty; paulryan; paulryno; uniparty; wisconsin
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1 posted on 04/26/2016 9:43:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Except that a every Democratic country on Earth has opposition parties. Whereas a proposition party is something that DOES NOT EXIST.


2 posted on 04/26/2016 9:45:10 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Olog-hai
But he argues that the party shouldn’t wait until its nominating convention in July to tell the public its priorities, including lowering the national debt, strengthening the military and easing government regulation of business.

Why? They won't be any more believable then than they are now.

3 posted on 04/26/2016 9:45:18 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Olog-hai

to being a proposition party.”
= = =

Doesn’t that usually involve Whores????


4 posted on 04/26/2016 9:46:53 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (As always, /s is implicitly assumed. Unless explicitly labled /not s. Saves keystrokes.)
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To: Olog-hai

Then what’s the point?.......................


5 posted on 04/26/2016 9:47:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: Olog-hai

Believe me Mr. Ryan, no one sees the GOPe as an opposition party! However, we CRAVE an opposition party — and that explains Mr. Trump’s popularity more than anything else.


6 posted on 04/26/2016 9:47:38 AM PDT by rhinohunter (#NeverKasick)
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To: DoodleDawg

Said perfectly DD!


7 posted on 04/26/2016 9:47:45 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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8 posted on 04/26/2016 9:48:04 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Olog-hai

Ryan is worse than McConnell......by about 2%.

He HAS to go !


9 posted on 04/26/2016 9:50:31 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Olog-hai

Is he suggesting the Republicans go on offense instead of playing defense all the time?

If so, I agree.


10 posted on 04/26/2016 9:52:06 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: Olog-hai

GOPee needs to transition from a roll-over party to a Constitutional PArty.


11 posted on 04/26/2016 9:52:14 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: rhinohunter
Believe me Mr. Ryan, no one sees the GOPe as an opposition party! However, we CRAVE an opposition party — and that explains Mr. Trump’s popularity more than anything else.

Please some one send this to Rush, Beck and Levin, they apparently don't know it.

12 posted on 04/26/2016 9:52:22 AM PDT by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't finish a sentence, but he will finish a term.)
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To: Scrambler Bob
Doesn’t that usually involve Whores????

An apt description of Boehner, Ryan, et al Don't you think?


13 posted on 04/26/2016 9:52:38 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Olog-hai; All; FReepers
With Their Powers Combined, They Are

THE UNIPARTY!


14 posted on 04/26/2016 9:52:50 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Everyone Does Know that after the Last Brokered Republican Convention, They Lost, Right?)
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To: Olog-hai

Sean Hannity begged Ryan months ago to publicly formalize the party’s agenda. He hasn’t done so.


15 posted on 04/26/2016 9:52:55 AM PDT by chiller (One from the Right - One for the Fight)
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To: Olog-hai

He is correct, but not in the sense he means it.

One cannot conclude that the GOPe has opposed Obama on much of anything.

Their lack of fortitude is what has made them irrelevant.


16 posted on 04/26/2016 9:53:24 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: Olog-hai

Go away, traitor.


17 posted on 04/26/2016 9:58:26 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Olog-hai

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!



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18 posted on 04/26/2016 9:59:07 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Olog-hai

The progressives in the GOP do not oppose the progressives in the Dem party? Shocking. Not exactly breaking news here.


19 posted on 04/26/2016 10:04:49 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Olog-hai
Ditch the GOPe's princeling, Paul Ryan.

There is an alternative.

www.paulnehlen.com


20 posted on 04/26/2016 10:05:18 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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