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Travis_0004

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7. What is to gain from that?

Reply to sofa king (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 01:54 AM

Dec 2016

If they wanted Paul Ryan to be president, he would have ran for president.

A will make a (quite easy IMO) prediction that trump will be the next president. There is no secret plot.

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Paul Ryan is going to steal the election. [View all] sofa king Dec 2016 OP

Some game is afoot C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #1

I wouldn't count out Barack Obama. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #8

Master strategist C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #12

Speaker of the House can't take power away from the sitting President of the United States! We have lonestarnot Dec 2016 #2

You must have felt pretty vindicated today! flamingdem Dec 2016 #3

Not vindicated. Horrified. sofa king Dec 2016 #4

They will have to choose a consensus candidate... roamer65 Dec 2016 #5

A "consensus" candidate will be illegitimate by definition. duffyduff Dec 2016 #14

Been saying for months: watch the VP pick. Impeach Trump, install VP Pence. You know they have a Hekate Dec 2016 #6

What is to gain from that? Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #7

They do want Ryan to be President... sofa king Dec 2016 #13

obama should refuse to leave office, becasue we have no legitimately elected successor. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #9

I don't think that's one of his options, at least hughee99 Dec 2016 #10

Do you have a better idea? duffyduff Dec 2016 #15

Virtually any idea is better than allowing the sitting hughee99 Dec 2016 #16

There was no real Clinton email scandal. The appropriate terminology is: "the fake email scandal." StevieM Dec 2016 #11