Now I’ll be right up front here and say that I am
not a big supporter of Paul Ryan becoming our new Speaker of the House. Sorry, but I have a rather difficult time
accepting a guy who has been so very enthusiastically endorsed by none other
than ‘Dingy Harry’ Reid. But be that as
it may, it would at least appear that the Establishment wing of the Republican
Party may now be close to getting its wish.
That being, of course, their wish for another Boehner. But for conservatives, Ryan is far from being
the ideal candidate to fill the role of Speaker.
After meeting with House Republicans, Ryan admitted,
during a press conference, that he was willing to run for Speaker of the House,
but only if they met the list of demands of what it would take to get him to
run. But is such behavior something we
should coming from someone described as being a leader? And is it something that we would expect to
hear from someone who really wanted the job?
I would argue that it’s a no on both counts. He’ll only take the job if everyone agrees to
go along with whatever position he may take on any issue? Really?
Ryan said, “We as a conference should unify now and
not after a divisive Speaker election.” He
called for Republicans to gather as a team and “move from an opposition party
to being a proposition party.” What I
want now, and what I think many Americans want, is for the Republican Party to
finally start behaving like a true opposition party, instead of caving every
time they start feeling a little heat.
Frankly, I’m tired of this bunch if eunuchs. They have surrendered so many times because,
I think, it’s simply easier than putting up a fight.
And the level of arrogance exhibited by Ryan in
presenting his list of demands that he says must be met before he’d even be
willing to accept the third highest office in our constitutional republic, is
not a leadership trait. These demands appear
to highlight not only party unity but also loyalty to Ryan. He has also criticized the chaos in the
Republican caucus that lead to Boehner’s resignation. Well perhaps the chaos to which Ryan refers
might never have occurred had Boehner at least made an attempt to follow
through on at least a few of the promises made in 2014.
And according to Ryan’s spokesperson Brendan Buck, before
Ryan would become Speaker, one of his demands involves changing the process for
a motion to “vacate the chair,” a rule that was put into place by the third
President of the United States and Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson. And it was put into place in order to give
members of the House power to remove the sitting Speaker of the House. Buck told reporters before Ryan’s speech, “No
matter who is speaker, they cannot be successful with this weapon pointed at
them all the time.”
So I guess what Ryan is saying here is that every
House Republican must simply stand with him regardless of the position he
takes, regardless of the issue. Now I
ask you, how stupid would it be to agree to that? Especially when considering some of the
rather questionable positions that Ryan has taken on some pretty important
issues such as immigration. Look, I
didn’t send my representative off to Congress so he could simply agree with a
RINO like Ryan. I voted to send him to
Washington for him act on my behalf on the truly important issues of the day.
Ryan signaled that the partisan brinkmanship had to
come to an end. Ryan said, “We have
become the problem.” And he then added,
“If my colleagues entrust me to be the Speaker I want us to become the
solution.” Ryan also urged his House
colleagues to stop blaming the other party, the president, and the media for
blocking their agenda. He said, “People
don’t care about blame, people don’t care about effort, people care about
results.” And he called for Republicans
to embrace “results-driven, common-sense conservatism.”
Ryan admitted that if the conference couldn’t unite
behind him, he would be “happy” to remain as chairman of the Ways and Means
committee. He said, “This is not a job I ever wanted and I’ve ever sought,”
referring to the situation as a “dire moment” in America. Ok, so let’s keep him happy and on the Ways
and Means committee. He is not fit to be
Speaker. He’s not a conservative, or at
least conservative enough. He would be
no better that Boehner, and maybe even worse!
He’s more interested in getting along than in getting something done
that will get this country back on track.
It remains unclear whether or not the House Freedom
Caucus will oppose Ryan unanimously or begrudgingly support him. Ryan’s ultimatum might be enough to divide
rebel conservatives who will likely face peer pressure from their colleagues to
fall in line. After Ryan spoke with the
conference, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) announced that he would drop out of the
Speaker race in favor of Ryan. “Right
person at the right time,” he wrote briefly on Twitter. I would choose to respectfully disagree with
Mr. Chaffetz, Ryan is NOT the right person at this time.
So I’ll say this one more time and then I’ll let it
go. It is my humble opinion that Paul
Ryan is not the right choice for what has become a critically important job in
a very critical time for this country.
Frankly I don’t see him as being the leader we need in going up against
Barry during this the final hear of his administration. Look, Paul Ryan is
Boehner 2.0, except worse. And if he in
fact he is chosen to take over from Boehner then I have a sneaky suspicion that
come January 2017 that which had been a historic Republican majority will come
to an abrupt end.
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