Paul Ryan "soul searching" whether to retire. That shouldn't take long

[Bradshaw3]

A very shallow pool to search in.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/politics/paul-ryan-future/index.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. he doesnt deserve my input or time, the soulless ass

[MontanaMama]

3. When you're soul

wouldn't fill a thimble...well, you get my drift. Guess the Cowardly Ryan doesn't want to lose his next re-election bid bigly.

[Skittles]

4. he needs to just go fuck himself

[Sanity Claws]

5. How can you search something that doesn't exist?

He doesn't have a soul.
Or a heart.

Just large pockets that need to be constantly filled.

[potone]

6. Oh, I don't know.

When your soul is infinitesimally small, it could take some time to find.

[DFW]

11. I don't even think Indiana Jones could locate anything that remote.

He should be searching elsewhere for the answer, anyway. Retiring Republicans not leaving for reasons of indictments, arrests, or embarrassment usually have lucrative jobs waiting for them. I'm sure a top political commentator on Fox Noise makes several multiples of what a House Speaker makes.

Wouldn't it be ironic if Ryan left the House for Fox, and then got canned because Disney didn't want the embarrassment?

[bearsfootball516]

12. I don't think Disney took control of Fox News or Fox Sports.

[DFW]

14. I have no clue.

I just saw a quick headline in passing, and was speculating. I guess, in retrospect, it would make sense that Murdoch would not give up Fox Noise. Selling stupidity to idiots must be one of the most lucrative gigs around these days.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. I think it is right next to Trump's conscience.

Close to Yertle's compassion.

[mythology]

7. I wonder if he was whistling zip-a-dee-doo-dah like Boehner

[MrsCoffee]

8. Soul searching? Or trying to escape Mueller?

[C_U_L8R]

9. Still searching

I'd be shocked if he ever finds the darn thing.

[bronxiteforever]

10. When you scratch his surface, you get more surface.

Greed and hatred are his sole emotions

[JDC]

13. He's done.

This is pretext and pretence.

[awesomerwb1]

15. If he's soul searching he might be in congress for a while

as the f-er doesn't have one. F him.

[Initech]

16. Eh, Koch Industries will hand him a nice sack of money and he will suddenly un-retire.

[Iggo]

21. Oh-zack-lee.

[NastyRiffraff]

17. He'll be searching for a long time

in vain, since he has no soul.

[Trumpocalypse]

18. Soul searching??? But he has no soul. nt

[Iggo]

20. "Soul", huh? That's a funny way to spell "Donation." (n/t)

[Joe941]

22. He knows 2018 is lost and he is going to lose his speaker position.

[Bradshaw3]

23. I think that's part of it

I think he also knows he's going to get a big payday from whichever fellow souless oligarch Randian for doing whatever. And he won't have to deal with all the bs from the teabaggers, drumpf, etc.

[Guilded Lilly]

30. This was my immediate thought as well. Political doublespeak for

My ass may very well be grass in this next election so I will float the rumor that I may be leaving on my own anyway.

[KelleyKramer]

24. He will need to contact the Koch Bros, because that's who he sold his soul to

[lastlib]

25. (It'll be a LOO-O-O-ONNNNG search for HIS soul.

He'd better have a good magnifying glass......or an electron microscope.....)

[WhiteTara]

26. First he must have a soul for which to search.

He is soulless and devoid of humanity.

[Lifelong Protester]

27. Hollow-eyed granny starver!

I hope he runs and is defeated.

[Phoenix61]

28. Little late for him to be looking for his soul

Although I guess better late than never could apply.

[krispos42]

29. Translation: the GOP wants somebody more competent to be 2nd-in-line for the Presidency

Just... yanno... in case. Something. Um, happens. Maybe. Possibly.