"I know that face. It is the face of every guy I went to school with who was not one of the "cool kids," but one of those "in the middle" types who were particularly treacherous because he thought if he put enough effort into being horrible to everyone, he'd get to be one of the cool kids."
I've never been able to properly articulate what it is about his face that irked me. This is it. Total wannabe douchenozzle.
I tutor a kid whom I suspect is a future Paul Ryan. I give him math assignments and he tries to do as little as he can. He hates showing his work and will often just write guesses and try to convince me that they're the correct answers (spoiler alert: They are not the correct answers). That's exactly how all of Paul Ryan's budget proposals have been presented: Made up numbers, refusal to show his work, and then insists you just have to take his word that they all add up.
Ryan was not a numbers guy, that's for sure. He was just good at repeating the numbers bullshit (like Medicare for All will bankrupt the country, tax breaks will increase revenue, etc.). If he actually was a true numbers guy, he would know that his numbers were of the imaginary type.
Why did Paul Ryan choose not to run for re-election? What will be the consequences? Your guess is as good as mine — literally. I can speculate based on what I read in the papers, but so can you.On the other hand, I do have some insight into how Ryan — who has always been an obvious con man, to anyone willing to see — came to become speaker of the House. And that’s a story that reflects badly not just on Ryan himself, not just on his party, but also on self-proclaimed centrists and the news media, who boosted his career through their malfeasance. Furthermore, the forces that brought Ryan to a position of power are the same forces that have brought America to the edge of a constitutional crisis.About Ryan: Incredibly, I’m seeing some news reports about his exit that portray him as a serious policy wonk and fiscal hawk who, sadly, found himself unable to fulfill his mission in the Trump era. Unbelievable.
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"I know that face. It is the face of every guy I went to school with who was not one of the "cool kids," but one of those "in the middle" types who were particularly treacherous because he thought if he put enough effort into being horrible to everyone, he'd get to be one of the cool kids."
I've never been able to properly articulate what it is about his face that irked me. This is it. Total wannabe douchenozzle.
My Maggie is getting the staples from her spay out this afternoon. Looks like desexing was the hot gift for Wonkette pooches this Christmas!
Whoop-di-fucking-do. Paul Ryan tepidly supports free and fair elections. Give the man a fucking cookie.
He was the SMRT Republican.
I tutor a kid whom I suspect is a future Paul Ryan. I give him math assignments and he tries to do as little as he can. He hates showing his work and will often just write guesses and try to convince me that they're the correct answers (spoiler alert: They are not the correct answers). That's exactly how all of Paul Ryan's budget proposals have been presented: Made up numbers, refusal to show his work, and then insists you just have to take his word that they all add up.
And put the soup kitchen's funding at risk by using them as a political photo op.
Who asked him?
Ryan was not a numbers guy, that's for sure. He was just good at repeating the numbers bullshit (like Medicare for All will bankrupt the country, tax breaks will increase revenue, etc.). If he actually was a true numbers guy, he would know that his numbers were of the imaginary type.
Didn’t Pence carry empty boxes? Masters of the empty gesture, this lot.
Krugzilla from 4/12/18:
Why did Paul Ryan choose not to run for re-election? What will be the consequences? Your guess is as good as mine — literally. I can speculate based on what I read in the papers, but so can you.On the other hand, I do have some insight into how Ryan — who has always been an obvious con man, to anyone willing to see — came to become speaker of the House. And that’s a story that reflects badly not just on Ryan himself, not just on his party, but also on self-proclaimed centrists and the news media, who boosted his career through their malfeasance. Furthermore, the forces that brought Ryan to a position of power are the same forces that have brought America to the edge of a constitutional crisis.About Ryan: Incredibly, I’m seeing some news reports about his exit that portray him as a serious policy wonk and fiscal hawk who, sadly, found himself unable to fulfill his mission in the Trump era. Unbelievable.
And that's just the beginning...
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Krugman's been on his ass for years.
The people swooning over Paul Ryan are the same ones who call Trump a successful businessman. Don't let them near your money.
Perhaps with regard to Speaker Ryan.
Horseshoe crab blood has something to do with bacteriology that I’m not entirely clear about but is essential to the whole keeping-us-alive business.
Adopting “Release the Malarken” as a personal motto until President Harris is sworn in.
Love the "spoiler alert".