What you are witnessing is a complete failure of the Duck Principle. I'll explain:
If it walks like a Duck and talks like a Duck it is supposed to be a Duck. That same principle should apply to Republicans. Unfortunately in some cases it fails. For example:
If Paul Ryan walks like a Democrat and talks like a Democrat then he should be a Democrat.
But he's not. He calls himself a Republican. He runs for office as a Republican. And he is not a Duck. at least I don't think so. I realize this is all very confusing but that's life.
A *uck for a duck, a duck for a *uck and a buck for a *ucked up duck.
I think that with Ryan we got stuck with a *ucked up duck.