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S. cerevisiae's avatar

Well yeah, when you starve the body and it dies then he gets his soul to save, maybe as he gives the starving poor the last rites.

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susan_g's avatar

"[T]he USDA has veered off of its mission by working extensively on issues unrelated to agriculture. This is mostly due to the nutrition programs,"

What bullshit. I am old enough to remember a time when republicans from farming states supported food stamps because it meant more business for them, as when poors eat, it is stuff that ag states produce. The alternative to this is starving, which may excite today's GOP cruelos but does not help out people who grow food.

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Dough's avatar

Just an fyi to Wonkette (and/or its algorithm) - My comments are legit comments from a live person.Seems like whenever I comment here, it's likely marked/removed as spam even though, if one looked at the content, it's obviously not.TL;DR - I'M NOT SPAM (and, believe me, I checked).Can someone official, like, un-flag my last comment and perhaps take me off some watchlist please?

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Her Wokedness, Sister Artemis's avatar

And, he has Eddie Munster hair! Oh, wait...

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gingerwentworth1's avatar

The most beautiful thing was that when the GOP was terribly excited about the Ryan Budget, which everybody had to wait for, and which then everybody had to read because it was going to be this big alternative to Democrats big spending and all, the Ryan Budget DID NOT BALANCE. It did cut everything except defense spending, but it didn't balance. That really showed the Democrats.

Edith Prickley, your picture always makes me sing "Mrs Falbo's Tiny Town" (all to myself of course).

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gingerwentworth1's avatar

He might give you a special pep talk. And I bet you'd find him irresistible, because he's so cheerful all the time.

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Daniel_Oriordan's avatar

This doesn't end with Trump either. He's sent a message, strong and clear, to the rest of the world. The maximum amount of time you can trust what the United States says and does is four years. When a new President comes in (whether it's four or eight years), all bets are off.

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Daniel_Oriordan's avatar

It's working. I'll be damned if I'll vote for Hillary in the next election.

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Daniel_Oriordan's avatar

Paulie's doomed. He doesn't have six months, he has two. As soon as we hit Labor Day, every mope in the House goes into campaign mode for the midterms, and absolutely nothing will be accomplished, particularly anything controversial that might be used against an incumbent in the upcoming election.

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Zyxomma's avatar

I'm one of those poor people Ryan's trying his best to ruin or bury. Why don't I have a job? I DO. Unfortunately, it's a stipend job, no benefits, doesn't pay into Social Security (I need more quarters!), 1099. It pays little enough that I get to keep my absurdly small benefits ($6/day food, $4/day cash, about 1/4 of the rent paid on my behalf), BUT my $150/week stipend just got cut to $110. How the fuck am I supposed to survive? Ryan could not care less.

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Sakonyachen for FALGSC's avatar

Since he claims to lift weights, I would say you have little chance of him being in your gym.

Also, if you are referencing planet fitness as your gym, you need to google “why planet fitness is not a gym”

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Culinary Mercenary's avatar

I would get kicked out of my gym because I am definitely judging that asshole.

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Dante Ardenz's avatar

Like his brain ,which is the size of a dehydrated Bebe .

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Carpeperdiem's avatar

I have to plumb the deepest depths of my psyche to come up with words that describe how I feel about that spineless, gutless, fake, feckless cunt Paul Ryan. But then I just yell "Fuck him" and feel a bit better.

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Edith Prickly's Clone's avatar

"Paul Ryan, For Real Serious Policy Wonk" is one of the biggest cons the GOP ever pulled on the Washington media (who, it should be said, are quite happy to be conned.) That asshole hasn't had an original idea since his Ayn-Rand-humping college days.

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Edith Prickly's Clone's avatar

UGH. You have to read the entire John Galt speech from Atlas Shrugged out loud to get him going, then he's done and that's 4 hours of your life you're never getting back.

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