# Paul Ryan, you're a pussy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 21, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474 "2018-12-21T06:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/1 "2018-12-21T06:25:44Z")
I just figured I’d put that out there, because this is a guy who on the one hand laments the toxic tone of politics yet repeatedly enabled Trump and basically was terrified of being primaried a la Eric Kantor. Please, just do us a favor and shut the hell up and be a lobbyist and Fox News contributor. ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/2 "2018-12-21T06:44:19Z")
He better be careful, Trump will grab him ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/3 "2018-12-21T06:46:50Z")
> [@Batano](#): > > He better be careful, Trump will grab him Well, man I spewed tea everywhere! Funny. ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/4 "2018-12-21T07:16:48Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well, man I spewed tea everywhere! Funny. That’s OK, I’ll get Mexico to pay for a new keyboard. Believe me. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/5 "2018-12-21T07:32:54Z")
You’re not wrong, of course, but what specifically made you think of this today? Did he say something to remind you? Got a link? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/6 "2018-12-21T11:36:29Z")
I’d assume it was not going ahead with the vote on the continuing resolution to fund the government. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/7 "2018-12-21T13:14:44Z")
Well, at least he was careful to use multisyllable words so Trump wouldn’t understand him. ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/8 "2018-12-21T13:32:33Z")
Not the word I’d have chosen, but I agree with the sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/9 "2018-12-21T14:30:31Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Trump and basically was terrified of being primaried a la Eric Kantor Paul Ryan is retiring from Congress. He’s not terrified that he’ll be primaried, he’s terrified that he won’t land some cushy gig as a lobbyist or at a conservative think tank, or something. Pure self interest. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/10 "2018-12-21T14:38:13Z")
> [@Celidin](#): > > Not the word I’d have chosen, but I agree with the sentiment. I’d call him a despicable piece of shit, but that would be insulting to honest excrement everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/11 "2018-12-21T15:03:05Z")
I liked when someone changed the wiki page for “Invertebrates” to include Paul Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/12 "2018-12-21T15:24:38Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > Paul Ryan is retiring from Congress. He’s not terrified that he’ll be primaried, he’s terrified that he won’t land some cushy gig as a lobbyist or at a conservative think tank, or something. Pure self interest. The modern Republican Party: “Ask not how you can improve your country, ask how your country can improve you.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/13 "2018-12-21T18:00:11Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > > [@asahi](#): > > > > Trump and basically was terrified of being primaried a la Eric Kantor. > > Paul Ryan is retiring from Congress. He’s not terrified that he’ll be primaried, he’s terrified that he won’t land some cushy gig as a lobbyist or at a conservative think tank, or something. Pure self interest. I think you’re mixing up cause and effect here. He chose to retire from Congress to avoid being challenged in the 2018 Republican primary election. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/14 "2018-12-21T18:22:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think you’re mixing up cause and effect here. He chose to retire from Congress to avoid being challenged in the 2018 Republican primary election. …AND once that was decided, went out with his final act being caving to Trump and the FC, instead of standing on his alleged principles … in order to insure a profitable future in K Street or the Punditsphere. And to keep from being sent off being called nasty names. Which I’m sure Donald WILL very soon anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/15 "2018-12-21T18:45:33Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I’d call him a despicable piece of shit, but that would be insulting to honest excrement everywhere. This. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/16 "2018-12-21T19:12:14Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > …AND once that was decided, went out with his final act being caving to Trump and the FC, instead of standing on his alleged principles … in order to insure a profitable future in K Street or the Punditsphere. And to keep from being sent off being called nasty names. Which I’m sure Donald WILL very soon anyway. Yep, that’s why I called Puss Ryan a Pussy. But the joke’s on me: he’s gonna get rich lobbying for “job creators” who are going to fuck me out of even getting a sniff of retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/17 "2018-12-21T21:27:12Z")
A pussy!? [But, but…](https://www.google.com/search?q=ryan+with+weights&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUgpzY7bHfAhV9GDQIHSr-DSoQ_AUIDigB&biw=1010&bih=810) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/18 "2018-12-21T21:44:35Z")
I’m particularly pleased that all political blogs, from the extreme right to the extreme left, have come together to call Ryan a mendacious, spineless, greasy little worm. Man, NOBODY likes the guy. Unity! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/19 "2018-12-21T23:54:39Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I’m particularly pleased that all political blogs, from the extreme right to the extreme left, have come together to call Ryan a mendacious, spineless, greasy little worm. > > Man, NOBODY likes the guy. Unity! Maybe he’s got a future in food-testing. Because Paul Ryan will swallow _any_thing. (And keep it down.) ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474/20 "2018-12-22T02:41:50Z")
I think by far the best summary of the topic of Paul Ryan is [this tweet](https://twitter.com/LOLGOP/status/959864090670895104/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E959864090670895104&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-fix%2Fwp%2F2018%2F02%2F03%2Fpaul-ryan-celebrated-the-tax-cut-with-a-tweet-about-a-secretary-saving-1-50-a-week%2F) that parodied a real tweet by him. (More on Ryan’s original tweet and the response [here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/02/03/paul-ryan-celebrated-the-tax-cut-with-a-tweet-about-a-secretary-saving-1-50-a-week/?utm_term=.560a44582e74).) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-youre-a-pussy/826474.md?page=2)