Paul Ryan to Tea Party: You are the problem

washingtonpost.com ^ | 2/3/16 | Paul Waldman

[cotton1706]

Today, Paul Ryan gave a fascinating speech at Heritage Action, a tea party-allied organization that has fashioned itself as the guardian of conservative purity. The speech called for unity. "To quote William Wallace in Braveheart," he said, "we have to unite the clans."

But his speech was actually a repudiation of everything the tea party has done. Not only that, Ryan also took shots at the congressional Republican leadership, and even the current GOP presidential candidates. He didn’t call anyone out by name, but if you understand what’s happening now and the conflict that has roiled the Republican Party for the last seven years, the critique was hard to miss.

[Valin]

What has he done in the (?) 2 months he’s been Speaker? What in your opinion should he have done?

This should be good.

[Zarro]

He invites me to shut up and then asks for an explanation. I am guessing that critical thinking is just not your deal?
I’ll help you out with a hint: it’s not what he should have done, it’s what he should NOT have done. Try plugging some key words into Google and see what you get: Pelosi Reid Omnibus Ryan... that should get you close.

Good luck!

And lastly, if you want to be a Ryan fanboi, be my guest. I used to think he was a principled conservative, too.