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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:56 PM Jan 2016

Pic Of The Moment: What Fresh Ideas Does New Speaker Paul Ryan Have On The Agenda For 2016?



Week ahead: House set to send ObamaCare repeal to White House


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Pic Of The Moment: What Fresh Ideas Does New Speaker Paul Ryan Have On The Agenda For 2016? (Original Post) EarlG Jan 2016 OP
can't paulie boy afford a razor? niyad Jan 2016 #1
Auditioning for a BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #3
hmmm, a definite possibility niyad Jan 2016 #4
He is going incognito--that's a disguise! MADem Jan 2016 #6
can't paulie boy afford a razor? AlbertCat Jan 2016 #9
looking slightly less like Ayn now... alterfurz Jan 2016 #11
Holy crap! liberalnarb Jan 2016 #25
Lyin' Ryan alterfurz Jan 2016 #33
Those who cannot remember the past.... Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #2
If you don't succeed the first 56 times, try again? Initech Jan 2016 #5
"If at first you don't succeed . . . tclambert Jan 2016 #27
I'm starting to think Nyan Jan 2016 #29
And they still get paychecks- marew Jan 2016 #7
Clever Maynar Jan 2016 #24
another winner from EarlG NoMoreRepugs Jan 2016 #8
He's trying to look like Abe Lincoln yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #10
I thought he looked more like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ohnoyoudidnt Jan 2016 #12
naw, he has that vampire peak yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #13
Oh, yeah. nice catch! ohnoyoudidnt Jan 2016 #14
you are quite correct in that. niyad Jan 2016 #26
Some member should propose a daily vote on Obamacare just to get it out of the way liberal N proud Jan 2016 #15
Be careful what your wish (vote) for Cyrano Jan 2016 #16
Actually is isn't no cost at all. brer cat Jan 2016 #20
Yes; and that's the reason Bill "the bloody" Kristol got the GOP to kill Clinton's attempt Grins Jan 2016 #32
Common ground: both have been called "Muslim" (by morons). Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #17
This congress has so much work to do and Paul Ryan, like Boehner, wastes time of the law makers. rladdi Jan 2016 #18
it's becoming a ritual for them, a futile, dumb, obnoxious ritual Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #19
I'd say this is more of a habit than a ritual d_legendary1 Jan 2016 #21
That pic of PBO is priceless! AllyCat Jan 2016 #22
Meet the New boss... czarjak Jan 2016 #23
Like congress has nothing else to do wordpix Jan 2016 #28
Gee what crock pots of shit they stir. lonestarnot Jan 2016 #30
Republicans Are Pieces Of Human Feces Yallow Jan 2016 #31

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. He is going incognito--that's a disguise!
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 01:53 PM
Jan 2016

When he finishes being Mistah Speeeeeeekah maybe he'll shave it off!

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
9. can't paulie boy afford a razor?
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 02:20 PM
Jan 2016

Maybe he an borrow Al Gore's.



Personally, I think we need more bearded politicians.

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
27. "If at first you don't succeed . . .
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 11:30 PM
Jan 2016

try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try,
try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try,
try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try,
try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try,
try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try,
try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try,
try,
try,
try,
try,
try,
try,
try,
try,
try again.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
29. I'm starting to think
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 07:25 AM
Jan 2016

that they're just trying to prove to private insurance companies/their deep-pocket donors how tenacious they are, and this is all a show they're putting on for THEM.

liberal N proud

(60,300 posts)
15. Some member should propose a daily vote on Obamacare just to get it out of the way
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 03:29 PM
Jan 2016

They are so fixated on this one thing, they have paralyzed all the other things they are not doing.

Cyrano

(15,021 posts)
16. Be careful what your wish (vote) for
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 03:52 PM
Jan 2016

Most Republicans don't really want to repeal Obamacare.

Republican politicians know it's a meaningless vote that will never pass. It's just something they can do (at no cost) to show the know-nothings who vote for them that they're against that black guy in the White House.

If they ever succeeded in destroying it, the people it would screw would finally "get it" and would never again vote for a Republican. It would be the end of the GOP.

brer cat

(24,401 posts)
20. Actually is isn't no cost at all.
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 07:51 PM
Jan 2016

The Congressional Research Service estimates that it cost $1.45 million for every vote. Think of all the good we could have done with that totally wasted money. These fiscal conservative sure do like to waste don't they?

Grins

(7,133 posts)
32. Yes; and that's the reason Bill "the bloody" Kristol got the GOP to kill Clinton's attempt
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jan 2016
If they ever succeeded in destroying it, the people it would screw would finally "get it" and would never again vote for a Republican.

Kristol saw what that did to conservatives in the UK when liberals created the National Health Service. They were dead, and Bloody Bill saw that happening in the US

rladdi

(581 posts)
18. This congress has so much work to do and Paul Ryan, like Boehner, wastes time of the law makers.
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 06:13 PM
Jan 2016

I ask Ryan why he didn't debate and pass a mental health bill, but do you know GOP is against any mental health bills, the states have or are defunding them. So why does Ryan say mental health is the gun issue? He will not do anything. Well whats new. Congress has failed to do work in 7 years. But they still get paid.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
21. I'd say this is more of a habit than a ritual
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 08:59 PM
Jan 2016

A ritual consists of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
28. Like congress has nothing else to do
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 01:29 AM
Jan 2016

The infrastructure of the nation is falling into ruins, people can't even afford Obamacare, there are mass shootings each week and these asshats spend their time and our money on a futile gesture to the Kochheads,who with $ 83 billion can afford all the health care they want. What a country.

 

Yallow

(1,926 posts)
31. Republicans Are Pieces Of Human Feces
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 11:10 AM
Jan 2016

They don't care if your family can see a doctor without going bankrupt or not.

Their only job is to impress the haters.

GOD I HATE REPUBLICANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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