Let's pour one out for Paul Ryan, the Biggest. Fake. Ever. https://t.co/yDiYiD3PU7 pic.twitter.com/NynFyE3SWT
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 29, 2018
Almost titled this “Respite from A WCF”, because we know he’ll be back on the Very Serious Media no later than Jan. 6 2019 (even sooner, if Trump completely decompensates and/or flees the country before then), making bank to represent whichever batch of oligarchs and kakistocrats offers him a dirty dollar.
But in this happy moment, let us remember the True Paul Ryan: lifelong suckler upon the gubmint teat, devout Ayn Rand fanboi, personage who stood out for unlikeability even in a party figureheaded by Donald Trump and frontlined by such specimens as Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, and Stephen Miller…
Pour one out for Paul Ryan, who leaves office without accomplishing his lifelong goal of killing every poor person in America pic.twitter.com/Juqma4aQak
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) November 29, 2018
A special panel dreamed up by Speaker Paul Ryan to end the constant cycle of government shutdowns crashed and burned on Thursday.
The special panel tasked with recommending budget fixes overwhelmingly rejected its own set of proposals, even after lawmakers admitted the package included only modest changes to the way Congress approves budgets and funds the government…
Over several months, the leadership-appointed panel swatted down the most ambitious ideas for overhauling the budget process. The final text of the agreement contained changes like requiring Congress to pass a budget every two years, instead of annually. It also would have required a “fiscal state of the nation” report each year.
Sweeping proposals to “de-weaponize” the debt ceiling, tighten spending limits and disband Congress’ budget committees were all voted down or withdrawn…
He’s going out as he came in, attempting to delegitimize votes along strictly partisan lines…
Hey Paul Ryan: In California, we don't arbitrarily stop counting votes.
You raised taxes on millions of Californians, sabotaged health care & hated on immigrants. What did you think was going to happen? Don't blame CA voters, blame yourself.
Have a nice retirement @SpeakerRyan https://t.co/G9u61YUEvv
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) November 29, 2018
… Gee, ZEGS, let’s try to parcel this out, shall we? You fronted for an administration* that was xenophobic to the point of ripping families apart, apparently for sport, and for taking a brutally hard line on all immigrants, legal and otherwise. A somewhat gentler version of that was enough to end Pete Wilson’s political career in California 20 years ago. And Wilson was reasonably popular at the time and not a maniac…
Remember when people thought this guy was smart?
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