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applegrove

(133,085 posts) Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:14 PM Oct 2015

Paul Ryan will be speaker only if all Republican factions agree to support him.

LOL!

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Paul Ryan will be speaker only if all Republican factions agree to support him. (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2015 OP

He probably just wants them to stop stalking him emulatorloo Oct 2015 #1

he is such a brat Skittles Oct 2015 #2

Good luck with that. LOL! octoberlib Oct 2015 #3

Hope that dimbulb asshat hifiguy Oct 2015 #4

His demand is that they stop that circular firing quad thing emulatorloo Oct 2015 #6

You'll see this first hifiguy Oct 2015 #7

... emulatorloo Oct 2015 #8

Now we know he really doesn't want the job... Wounded Bear Oct 2015 #5

the tea schmucks don't play nice with others...ain't gonna happen spanone Oct 2015 #9

It's already started. octoberlib Oct 2015 #10

emulatorloo

(46,155 posts)

1. He probably just wants them to stop stalking him

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:38 PM

Oct 2015

He's asking for the impossible.

Skittles

(172,852 posts)

2. he is such a brat

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:39 PM

Oct 2015

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

3. Good luck with that. LOL!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:44 PM

Oct 2015

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

4. Hope that dimbulb asshat

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:45 PM

Oct 2015

enjoys being at the center of a circular firing squad. No one is more deserving.

emulatorloo

(46,155 posts)

6. His demand is that they stop that circular firing quad thing

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:00 PM

Oct 2015

Never gonna happen lol

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

7. You'll see this first

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:01 PM

Oct 2015

emulatorloo

(46,155 posts)

8. ...

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:13 PM

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Wounded Bear

(64,631 posts)

5. Now we know he really doesn't want the job...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:47 PM

Oct 2015

That's about as much of an "if nominated I won't run, if elected I won't serve" statement a mealy-mouthed Repub is allowed to make.

Agrees to take one for the team, but only if they can herd all of their cats into one corral. Good luck with that.

What if they had a speakership, and nobody came?

spanone

(142,054 posts)

9. the tea schmucks don't play nice with others...ain't gonna happen

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:21 PM

Oct 2015

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

10. It's already started.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:32 PM

Oct 2015

Michael McAuliff ‏@mmcauliff 34s35 seconds ago
Michael McAuliff Retweeted Chad Pergram
So much for unanimity.
Chad Pergram @ChadPergram
Huelskamp says GOP Conf violated rules allowing Ryan to speak to conference and not Webster/Chaffetz

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