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[bdtex]

Paul Ryan debunked the latest GOP/PJCon talking point:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paul-ryan-gop-job-losses

"Just to understand, it is not that employers are laying people off," Ryan said.

"That is right," Elmendorf said.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Yikes.

Ryan better see a doc - he told the truth.

 

[NightSwimmer]

He hasn't gotten over being burned in the presidential election. I notice that he's been backing away from the most obscene denials of reality among his fellow Republicans lately.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

He hasn't gotten over being burned in the presidential election. I notice that he's been backing away from the most obscene denials of reality among his fellow Republicans lately.

He's trying to stake out a position as "the sane one"?

;-)

 

[bdtex]

He hasn't gotten over being burned in the presidential election. I notice that he's been backing away from the most obscene denials of reality among his fellow Republicans lately.

He got burned when he said yes to Romney. He took one for the team. He owes them nothing. They owe him.

 

[zzigzzag]

He's trying to stake out a position as "the sane one"?

;-)

Cheapest real estate in Baggerville.

 

[GordonGecko]

Oh, crap....Ryan just said Rightwing Media is lying.

 

[NightSwimmer]

He must be planning to make a run for the top of the ticket next time.

He knows quite well what the base wants to hear, but he also knows that the base doesn't really get to choose the presidential candidate. He's carefully positioning himself as a RINO.

 

[Bo-4]

The Creepy Munster kid had a lucid moment?

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

The Creepy Munster kid had a lucid moment?

Maybe he drank one of Grandpa's potions.

;-)

 

[NightSwimmer]

I knew that something was up with him when he agreed to a budget deal. I expect him to come out for immigration reform any day now.

 

[Bo-4]

Maybe he drank one of Grandpa's potions.

;-)

Ha!! Yeah, as i recall he cooked up a truth serum once.

 

[GordonGecko]

He must be planning to make a run for the top of the ticket next time.

He knows quite well what the base wants to hear, but he also knows that the base doesn't really get to choose the presidential candidate. He's carefully positioning himself as a RINO.

He'd have a tough time. GOP doesn't reward "losers".....ask Dan Quayle (in 1996) or Jack Kemp (in 2000).

 

[NightSwimmer]

He'd have a tough time. GOP doesn't reward "losers".....ask Dan Quayle (in 1996) or Jack Kemp (in 2000).

So, where do they turn when the entire field is composed of losers?

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

So, where do they turn when the entire field is composed of losers?

GOP to Mitt: Hey Mitt...you busy?

;-)

 

[NightSwimmer]

I suspect they'll go with Jeb. They need a Republican politician who hasn't held office during the past several years. That's why they chose Mitt last time. Any record for a Republican holding office recently is a bad record.

 

[GordonGecko]

So, where do they turn when the entire field is composed of losers?

Walker probably....he can appear fairly sane, even though he'll energize unions nation-wide against the Republicans, he may be their only option that isn't a wacko like Paul, Cruz, Huckster, et al.

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

I wouldn't vote for those guys

 

[NightSwimmer]

Walker probably....he can appear fairly sane, even though he'll energize unions nation-wide against the Republicans, he may be their only option that isn't a wacko like Paul, Cruz, Huckster, et al.

The number of unionized workers in the US now is probably an even smaller group than the Tea Party.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I wouldn't vote for those guys

Good for you. I wouldn't either.