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[aeolist]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rep-paul-ryan-likely-be-elected-next-house-speaker-n453696

Ryan is expected to call for a renewed effort to make the House function as a great deliberative body again. And he asked members to put the concerns of working families front and center.

"We have nothing to fear from honest differences honestly stated," Ryan was expected to say in prepared remarks. "If you have ideas, let's hear them. A greater clarity between us can lead to a greater charity among us."

kill me with a heart attack if old

 

[B-Dubs]

Weak, I was hoping for a few rounds of fuckery first.

 

[m_shortpants]

He's an utter joke, but how much moreso than Boner remains to be seen.

 

[ElTorro]

 

[Rhomega Beta]

For some reason, I was expecting this to take longer.

 

[The Albatross]

THe only choice for Republicans

 

[Esch]

wonder whats playing in those headphones

 

[Orbis Tabula]

So it's officially official now? I'm not sure I'm entirely thrilled about this.

 

[The Technomancer]

And he asked members to put the concerns of working families front and center.

So rich coming from Ryan

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Haha, I love a good bit of schadenfreude. You can tell he doesn't want this position but he does want a bigger political career so he has to take it.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

Cool, I can bust this out again

 

[JDSN]

Good luck.

 

[Angelus Errare]

And people were excited that Boenher was gone. Now we have this limey fuck stain.

 

[Enduin]

I just threw up in my mouth a bit.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Aw boring. I was really hoping the Freedom Caucus would pull some shit.

And people were excited that Boenher was gone. Now we have this limey fuck stain.

It could be much worse. At least there's the silver lining of Ryan not being completely insane and wanting to shut down the government.

 

[spindashing]

wonder whats playing in those headphones

huey lewis and the news

 

[Omegasquash]

OP, I think you mean "Entitled Cunt elected as Speaker of the House".

 

[Orbis Tabula]

kill me with a heart attack if old

Oh shit I just got this. That's a little grim.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Why does he remind me so much of Mr. Schuester?

 

[MoxManiac]

I don't know much about Paul Ryan, but i noticed over at freerepublic they are upset about it, so thats a good sign to me.

 

[aeolist]

It could be much worse. At least there's the silver lining of Ryan not being completely insane and wanting to shut down the government.

fiscally he's completely insane though, and his rhetoric about restoring unity makes it sound like he's going to try and position the democrats in congress as the obstructionists who prevent him from getting anything done when he tries to pass budgets that are outright evil

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Wisconsin represent.

Crap. Between him and Scott Walker, our state is looking like a joke on the national stage.

I was more proud of Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer.

 

[Veritigo_X]

fiscally he's completely insane though, and his rhetoric about restoring unity makes it sound like he's going to try and position the democrats in congress as the obstructionists who prevent him from getting anything done when he tries to pass budgets that are outright evil

Agreed, I'm not trying to give him too much credit here. He's just on the saner side of insane when it comes to the Republican party these days. If the Freedom Caucus had their way we'd all be crying right now.

 

[aeolist]

Agreed, I'm not trying to give him too much credit here. He's just on the saner side of insane when it comes to the Republican party these days. If the Freedom Caucus had their way we'd all be crying right now.

yeah, most republicans only want to shut down the government when thing don't go their way. the freedom caucus wants to shut down the government forever just because.

 

[explodet]

At 45, he's the youngest Speaker of the House since 1869 - over 145 years ago.

He should go into work every day actively trying to piss off every single member of Congress. He might as well try and get SOME enjoyment from his job.

 

[Makai]

 

[Spehornoob]

Rage Against the Machine now required listening for all House members.

 

[Fenderputty]

Like Boeher, I don't think Ryan wants to shut the government down and default us.That's about the best I can think of.

 

[psychotron]

Eddie Munster looking asshat. Ugh.

 

[Konka]

That's Paul D. Ryan to you.

 

[Drakeon]

Well, I don't think he'll be in favor of blowing up the debt ceiling, so this is probably as good of a result as possible given the circumstances.

 

[Robdraggoo]

"If you have ideas, lets here em"
Left need not apply

He seems worse than Boehner

 

[Afrodium]

I don't know much about Paul Ryan, but i noticed over at freerepublic they are upset about it, so thats a good sign to me.

Anyone who has so much as smiled at a Democrat is unacceptable to those folks.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

Paul Ryan lost me when he talks about being fiscal but ignores the bloated defense budget.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Anyone who has so much as smiled at a Democrat is unacceptable to those folks.

Harry Reid's endorsement stirred things up a bit. I love that he did that.

 

[BobTheFork]

'Let's put working families first, any ideas?'

'How about cuts to assistance programs and upper class tax cuts?'

'GENIUS!'

 

[Tesseract]

if republicans win the presidency, we are looking at 1000 years of darkness

 

[JCX]

Congrats?

 

[BigDug13]

'Let's put working families first, any ideas?'

'How about cuts to assistance programs and upper class tax cuts?'

'GENIUS!'

Didn't you know? The upper class ARE the working families. Everyone else just isn't working hard enough. Otherwise they would be in the upper class.

 

[Walter White Walker]

Somewhere Boehner is furiously masturbating while singing, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah".

 

[Herbs]

Somewhere Boehner is furiously masturbating while singing, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah".

don't forget the crying too.

 

[Ghost is Bad]

meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

I can respect that he basically kiboshed his own long-term ambitions to try and act as a focal point of unity for his troubled party. While I despise what that unity represents, I appreciate how hard of a decision it must have been.

 

[Tesseract]

I can respect that he basically kiboshed his own long-term ambitions to try and act as a focal point of unity for his troubled party. While I despise what that unity represents, I appreciate how hard of a decision it must have been.

he is immune to the light

 

[NimbusD]

'Let's put working families first, any ideas?'

'How about cuts to assistance programs and upper class tax cuts?'

'GENIUS!'

I mean, logic checks out. If you're rich, it's cuz you work hard.

If you're poor, it's cuz you're lazy and want handouts.

 

[aeolist]

I can respect that he basically kiboshed his own long-term ambitions to try and act as a focal point of unity for his troubled party. While I despise what that unity represents, I appreciate how hard of a decision it must have been.

it depends, if he actually got everything he asked for then it's not affecting his ambitions at all because he has basically guaranteed that the party will be voting the way he wants

 

[Jakten]

Speaker of the house? Isn't worth my spit!
Comforter, philosopher' and lifelong shit!

 

[Kid Kamikaze10]

I guess they finally made him tap out.

There was never going to be a good choice. Or even a decent one.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[balladofwindfishes]

RIP his presidential ambitions.