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Papantonio: Paul Ryan WILL Be GOP 2016 Selection (Original Post) GoLeft TV Aug 2014 OP
I'd hate to see him elected. mysuzuki2 Aug 2014 #1
that would be the one, and only silver lining! riversedge Aug 2014 #2
Walker and Ryan! Pharaoh Aug 2014 #4
Pharaoh, I'm traveling from L.A. Iwillnevergiveup Aug 2014 #5
It is the rural people mostly Pharaoh Aug 2014 #6
FOX "news" devotees no doubt Plucketeer Aug 2014 #7
Oh yes... Iwillnevergiveup Aug 2014 #15
Betcha both of them deny being beer drinkers. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #8
And we do it without legalized marijuana...... Half-Century Man Aug 2014 #10
Even the psychopaths have to live somewhere. n/t SmittynMo Aug 2014 #14
LOL Kalidurga Aug 2014 #3
That means I will vote for Hillary Clinton, whom ballyhoo Aug 2014 #9
Paul Ryan proposes that we privatize Medicare. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #11
Than the Democrats Win 2016! Chasstev365 Aug 2014 #12
I don't see it happening SmittynMo Aug 2014 #13

mysuzuki2

(3,521 posts)
1. I'd hate to see him elected.
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:46 PM
Aug 2014

But if he runs, at least it would get his sorry ass out of Wisconsin for awhile.

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
5. Pharaoh, I'm traveling from L.A.
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:46 PM
Aug 2014

to northwest Wisconsin over Labor Day to visit my beloved country cousins, farmers all. They are asking the same question you are. You are not alone. Let's not see a replay of 2012 where Ryan got to keep his House seat after Romney's defeat.



Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
15. Oh yes...
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 08:37 PM
Aug 2014

my peeps LOVED Russ Feingold and voted against Walker twice and later to recall him. They are past fed up and I'm looking forward to the political discussions that will inevitably arise.

I remember last year my favorite cousin referring to Walker thusly: "Now, there's a crook if I ever saw one." Am bringing Sister Simone's book for his wife, "A Nun on the Bus." That group really hammered on Ryan 2 summers ago traveling through Wisconsin.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
10. And we do it without legalized marijuana......
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 01:31 AM
Aug 2014

Although to be fair, being stoned wouldn't get us to vote for Walker-lite (ie, blind follower of republican dogma, without enough ambition to overtly cheat). It would take legalized psilocybin mushrooms.

 

ballyhoo

(2,060 posts)
9. That means I will vote for Hillary Clinton, whom
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 12:09 AM
Aug 2014

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I despise, though not near as much as Paul Ryan. I will put a fifth of my money to defeat this filth, but none of it will go to airheads on mainstream media who talk like Donald Duck.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
11. Paul Ryan proposes that we privatize Medicare.
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 05:44 AM
Aug 2014

This would cause the costs to the individual citizen and the government to soar. Pass it on.

The Ayn Rand enthusiast also wants to privatize Social Security. Make sure everyone you know understands where Paul Ryan stands on Social Security and Medicare.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
12. Than the Democrats Win 2016!
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 08:31 AM
Aug 2014

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This guy will be seen as too radical and a hypocrite:

1. A good Catholic boy; who loves Ayan Rand.
2. Doesn't want the government running your life, yet opposes Gay Marriage, Marijuana legalization, and Abortion.
3. A beneficiary of his father's social security benefits, yet wants to cut most government programs to nothing.
4. A fiscal conservative who voted for all George W. Bush's trillions in deficit spending while a leader in the Republican House.

I actually fear Jeb Bush more than Paul Ryan because he will be portrayed as "the smarter, more reasonable Bush brother."
Bull Shit!

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
13. I don't see it happening
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 08:46 AM
Aug 2014

But they don't have anyone else. So they have to pick the best from the worst. If this guy wins, God help us all. Well, as far as that goes, if any GOP candidate wins, we're in deep shit.

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