Me too, but imagine how New Yorkers feel.
He has no legs in Wisconsin, where he seems to be particularly hated by the conservative community, much the same as in Utah. I’m not so sure that’s true in a lot of other solidly red states, though.
MSNBC covered his victory speech live, perhaps expecting to grow a spine. Some hope.
Yeah, he didn’t have time to even read the comments because the election was such a nail-biter.
Maybe he thinks he’ll have a hard time controlling his party in Congress if he dumps Trump. Maybe he’s a pussy. Who knows?
Paul Ryan continues his spineless course of being a Trump supporter, no matter what foul thing Trump says:
Ryan is spineless and unprincipled. He condemns everything The Groper says, but still stands by his endorsement.
because hey, Trump may have admitted to committing sexual assaults, but he’s a “R”, so party solidarity!
Paul is in a hard spot right now. He has to point out that Trump is a filthy pig after seeing that video, yet, he has to do what he can to promote unity in the Republican party. It’s a hard order to fill. How do you champion the Republican party in view of a public disclosure that your candidate is without any compassion for women?
Ryan never should have endorsed Trump, and the smart thing to do is pull your endorsement asap. But doing that will make him look like a fair weather Republican. He can’t spin this as nothing (as many Republicans are doing) because he’ll piss off part of his support base.
He’s in a hard spot, he’s screwed no matter which way he turns. It’s a LOL moment for the Democrats.
And for John Boehner. He’s probably laughing so hard he had to pull the RV over.
He should send Ryan a gift basket. Containing a blindfold and cigarette.
It’s one of those moments that comes along in life where you get to truly show (and perhaps define) what kind of person you really are.
And many times in the past I told Mitch McConnell to say his prayers when he decided to support Trump. But did the Turtle listen to me? No.
Republican Party Could Recover as Early as 2096, Experts Say
It’s the Borowitz Report-satire.
Speaker Ryan convened a conference call this morning for the Republican House Conference. Upshot appears to be:
• he will no longer defend Trump;
• issues a “sauve qui peut” to Republican House members: “you all need to do what’s best for you and your district”;
• his only goal in this election is to preserve their majority in the House.
I was thinking after yesterday, and this past weekend, Paul Ryan and the real GOP would grow a pair and kick that dirtbag nominee of theirs to the curb. At least he’s admitting the GOP has lost the presidency this time around and is trying to staunch the bleeding by preserving as much as possible in Congress:
“He will spend his entire energy making sure that Hillary Clinton does not get a blank check with a Democrat-controlled Congress,” said the person on the call — an implied acknowledgment that Donald Trump no longer appears able to capture the White House.
The BBC’s take on it:
Still no unendorsement, though. Ryan is still formally supporting Trump.
“Supporting”, but not “endorsing”. Ever see the video of a snail creeping on the edge of a straight razor, just slow enough to not disembowel itself? Ah, the pangs of ambition! Taste the sweetness of karma, Mr. Ryan!
I believe he’s already endorsed Trump. He has yet to unendorsed him – officially, that is.
Oh, shit, I had it backwards! He is “endorsing” Trump, but not “supporting” him! Yes, of course, silly me. I won’t ask you to explain the difference, even if you could, I wouldn’t understand.
“Paul Ryan should spend more time on balancing the budget, jobs and illegal immigration and not waste his time on fighting Republican nominee”
- Trump Tweet
Great image (if painful). May have to steal that in the near future.
Ever so sophisticated!
Over this side of the puddle we call that the Dingo Principle (for north american dopers read coyote)
i.e. When the chips are down it’s every bastard for himself.
It’s like giving an author a quote about their book they can use on the back cover in praise of it and asking the author to use a pseudonym for your name.