Has there EVER been a more SPINELESS Speaker of the House than Paul Ryan?

[ElementaryPenguin]

This is someone who could, practically single-handedly, spare the nation and the world from Traitor Trump's destruction.

And he won't do it. (Not yet, anyway) : PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even John Boehner had enough balls to quit (which was like telling the GOP to shove it).

[njhoneybadger]

1. Limp dick mother fucker

[PJMcK]

5. Hold on, now

Most dicks are limp most of the time and anyone with kids is, by definition, a motherfucker.

Paul Ryan lacks a moral compass, a trait he and others in the GOP share with Trump.

[ElementaryPenguin]

9. Precisely.

[PJMcK]

2. Well, there was Dennis Hastert

The GOP really does know how to pick 'em.

[ElementaryPenguin]

8. What a monster, that thing was...

Jeez - they sure can pick 'em!

[Initech]

19. And Newt Gingrich.

The fact that he's on TV siding with Trump and the Nazis very clearly shows which side he's on.

[spanone]

3. he knows they could shit on a piece of paper and trump would sign it. that's all that matters to him

tax breaks for the rich....they live for it

[DetlefK]

4. Spineless is a harsh word. He's a powerless figurehead and he knows it.

The Tea-Party kicked out John Boehner. Ryan never wanted to be Speaker, because now he will never become President.

There's simply nothing Paul Ryan can do. He has to keep the moderate Republicans of the McCain/Collins-type happy. He has to keep the Tea Party happy. He has to keep Trump happy. All of them at the same time, without offending any of them.

He. Can. Not. Show. Any. Spine.
If he does, he will be deposed as Speaker and his political career is over.

[ElementaryPenguin]

6. So he can choose between HIS political career...

And the survival of his country - and perhaps this planet!!

NOT SUCH A DIFFICULT CHOICE AFTER ALL!

[Siwsan]

7. I suspect he worried about how tainted he is, by the Russia situation

And he likely realizes that trump* isn't likely to take the fall, without company.

[bdamomma]

13. I think they (repigs)

are all willing to fall on a sword for der fuhrer.

[Skidmore]

10. Not spineless...

craven, greedy,rigid ideologue. The white-collar version of those thugs. He bludgeons with wordsmithing policy.

[Greybnk48]

15. Skidmore's correct. He's not spineless, he's worse than that.

Let me add to Skidmore's list pathological liar (even about his workout routines), shameless, sociopathic phony, lacking even a shred of decency or empathy. And I am NOT exaggerating and neither is Skidmore!

[ElementaryPenguin]

17. You and Skidmore are right.

[oppressedproletarian]

11. Googly-eyed grannystarver

my contempt knows no bounds

[ElementaryPenguin]

20. LOL!

[bdamomma]

12. Ryan

what a cowardless POS he is, keep putting up those billboards. Hasn't had a town hall in 672 days. He is a tool of the Repigs. Don't have time to speak to your own constituents??? you sir are ignorant arrogant man.

[brush]

14. Yep, there's no there there in Ryan...a total nothing burger with no courage nor empathy.

[MoonRiver]

16. Not in my observation.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. No chance at healing with the GOP in power

I try to think what Pence or Ryan could do to heal the country if they got rid of Trump, and there's nothing they could do, because their whole agenda is terribly racist.

They want to jail minorities, starve their children, and prevent them from voting. The entire Republican Platform is racist.

[ElementaryPenguin]

21. Pence would be awful - but I don't see him starting WWIII

like the orange buffoon will do to change the subject and save his own neck.

[Grammy23]

22. The bottom line is we have two choices---

Let tRump continue in his own unpredictable and often unhinged way.

Or oust him ASAP and let Pence assume the position.

Neither of those are palatable, but the fact of the matter is tRump is mentally unstable. He is unfit for a variety of reasons, but his mental health rises to the top of the list. Allowed to continue in office, tRump will have more incidents like yesterday's debacle. And the message that sends to the citizens of the US and the world is that the USA has fundamentally changed. We are not the country that welcomes those seeking a better life. In fact, we reject them. The idea that all are created equal is antiquated thinking and got torched and burned to a cinder Friday night.

As distasteful as it might be to have Pence as President, the other option to leave tRump in place is catastrophic for our country. At least Pence is not mentally ill. His views and beliefs are contrary to views most of us hold, but we're used to dealing with that. Trying to deal with a mentally unstable person is another thing altogether.

We must insist and demand that tRump be removed! March on DC if we must. Jam their phone lines, fill their inboxes and mailboxes. But make our voices heard. This cannot stand. And somehow, some way we must convince the tRump supporters we know that he is a clear and present danger to the world. Until they speak up, too, the Republicans who can make sure the steps are taken to remove tRump will give half hearted statements and will just hope we will all move on without actually doing anything.

[Leith]

23. His Silence Proves His Complicity

There's no more to it.