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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

PAUL RYAN FOR SPEAKER…JUST SAY NO!!!


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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