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Paul Ryan Elected 54th House Speaker - Live Feed
Having received the support of the various warring (and whining) factions within the Republican Party, Paul Ryan has just garnered enough votes to become the 54th House Speaker. As CNN reports, Ryan began turning the page on Wednesday, telling reporters after his party's internal vote that, "we are not going to have a House that looks like it's looked the last two years. We are going to move forward. We are going to unify. Our party has lost its vision, and we are going to replace it with a vision."
- *U.S. HOUSE ELECTS PAUL D. RYAN AS HOUSE SPEAKER
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The 45-year-old Wisconsin Republican first worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide in 1992 and won his House seat in 1998 when he was 28.
He became known as a policy wonk and attracted national attention for his sweeping proposals to overhaul Medicare and restructure the tax code. In 2012, Mitt Romney picked Ryan to be his running mate on the GOP ticket. After Republicans lost that election, he returned to the House and ruled out running for president in 2016, instead settling into what he called his "dream job" as chairman of the House tax writing committee.
With the speaker's title, Ryan takes on a national profile and the difficult challenge of corralling what has been an unruly and divided House GOP conference.
According to an aide familiar with his plans, in his first speech as speaker, Ryan's message to his colleagues will be, "We have nothing to fear from honest differences honestly stated. If you have ideas, let's hear them. A greater clarity between us can lead to a greater charity among us."
Good luck.
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he looks like Aaron Rodgers
Boehner was crying all the time.
Ryan will need to come up with his own shtick, like loud farting, super-stutter, or better yet, Tourette’s syndrome. ;-)
Looney
Tourettes would be awesome to watch during press conferences.
Time to start learning to really speak Spanish conversationally.
Nice we got Boehner 2.0. Don't think so I would love to hear where they voted against each other or Stated a different view on a subject matter once in both of their careers.
Ah the farce continues...
Your elected representatives do not like you, respect you or give a shit what you think.
Especially if HELLary did it.
Paul Ryan's favorite musical group: Rage Against the Machine.
Paul Ryan's Reality: Too stupid to realize he is part of "the machine".
He'd do better to listen to Spike Jones if he wants to deal with Republicans.
Yes, it would be awesome.
The least these scumbags could do is entertain us whilst leading the country down the road to ruin!
lol :]
I have complete faith in paul ryan, that he will continue the proud traditions of john bhoener. I have no doubt that he will aid obama in wasting trillions of dollars in unconstitutional spending, and help him run up even more debt. I also have complete confidence that he will help whichever banker stooge manages to finagle his way into the white house next year do the same thing. I also have no doubt that he will do absolutely nothing to shrink the size of government, and will continue to aid the police state in gaining even more control over us. FOARWARD!
The budget through 2017 is already given. What will he do with a cruz, or trump, or carson or rubio is another matter. He is an open borders chamber of commerce guy.
your comment is a perfect description of how debt-based money works....the growth of the debt (AND THUS .gov) is REQUIRED, NOT OPTIONAL....so get ready for more welfare/warfare
Nothing changes without change. It's a start. 3rd in line.
Hitler had a vision as well Paul.
And where he learned to milk the Great American Aphids for fun and profit.
FORWARD STATISTS!
Oh goodie.. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. (huge sarc)
When asshole Ryan rfefers to "charity," that is codespeak for: "Pay me enough into a numbered account and I will go along with you, Master Obama, as you allow the barbarian hordes from the Middle East and North Africa to invade America."
He looks like the fucking fool that he is.
Fuck Paul Ryan.
those three words say it all
Glad to see the first of many FUPR's.
Fat Upper Pussy "Republicans"?
I am saddened that the one representative that voted lock step with the constitution decided to support this guy for speaker.
BOOO on Justin Amash MI!
The Constitution was the first betrayal of freedom. It's been a snow job ever since.
It was a good setup initially, when dependents were excluded from voting.
I will let a smarter man than myself reply:
-Lysander Spooner
the problem isn't the Constitution, it's the people where the power originally resided. we allowed the gov't to usurp our freedoms. the Constitution is an attepmt at a framework of a working Republic Of the People. it isn't in itself a entity to prevent anything, it's a piece of paper. that's why it can be shat upon , ignored nd discarded by TPTB while the People still believe that it prevents tyranny. only power prevents tyranny and power itself easliy becomes tyranny. the human condition has no utopia, no perfect solution. it will always be an ongoing battle.
Exactly this. The average person will not put forth the effort required to keep the parasites and psychopaths from taking total control over society, so long as they have their minimum needs met.
I disagree with the assertion that the Constitution isn't fit to exist. The fault is not in the Constitution, the fault is in the masses who do not force the politicians to operate within its limitations.
Yep, and back to square one, the founders designed our system to be far less democratic than it came to be, exactly to prevent this type of tyranny developing.
I wouldn't consider Congress having the power to tax, borrow, regulate commerce, etc. a good setup.
Originally congress could regulate "interstate" commerce. That's the plain language. However the quite popular FDR forced the Supremes to have that mean also non commerce entirely within a state. And here we are.
the answer, source and root cause is still the 17th amendment, imho
I am currently following how Italy is changing it's constitution and how it's senate is going to be composed, and there you see an interesting development that is in the opposite direction
before the 17th, the US had a quite typical federal setup, in the classic sense of the word. afterwards, less so
believe it or not, electing directly or appointing and recalling make a profound difference in how a state functions
The 17th was voted into existence by elected representatives who thought it was a great idea. Why? Progressive utopianism. Same era as proti-fascist Wilson, prohibition, eugenics, League of Nations, Fed founding, FDA founding, etc. You have to kill the ideas, not just their incarnation in law.
Correct. Marxist/progressive belief is a mental disease in the truest sense of the word.
But I'm pretty sure the only way to rid ourselves of it for good is to exterminate the banksters.
The House WHIP is used like a cudgel. "If you don't vote with us on this, you get no money for re-election/we run our plant against you. Thanks for trying sonny."
Paul Eberhart would like to thank all the hard working politicians who selflessly serve the nation. www.pauleberhart.com
The first Non "Baby Boomer" achieves high office. Will it matter? Well, at least the nature of the bullshit we have to listen to will change.
Vision same as Obama, fuck the citizenry
Another crooked Rhino only younger.Hope he screws up good.
Hope he gets attacked by rabid raccoons in the pig house...
Fuck You Ryan.
exactly...he's a pussy just all the rest of them...
he will do the bidding of the MoneyChangers just like all the rest of them...
nothing changes until we turn our backs othese mother fuckers and this fake ass democracy...
shun the dollar, move into Physical Silver and Gold and it all ends.....
Surprise surprise surprise!!!!!!!!!!.Boners hand picked son gets the job of replacing Boner with being Obamas reach around guy,86 Conservative house members voted NO.
So what?.
"Our party has lost its vision, and we are going to replace it with a vision."
So, we can expect more of the same RINO BS, then? More lies to soothe the voters, while really being DNC lackeys? No thanks Paul. I'll vote for an independent every time, from now on. Go F yourself. You're selling out your country for your own personal gain.
Oh goodie, moar change we can't believe in.
An open border liberal puke..
Good job repubican's, what next - an Obama 3rd term?
Is he a pedophile? Seems to be the requirement to hold the reigns. Heck even Pelosi had a dick.
Oh good. Now the GOP can all unite behind rock-solid conservative principles and stick to them and actually do what the electorate voted them in to do.
There's no real definition of "conservative" is there?
why not have an algo as the speaker? i mean, then everything will be awesome and zerohedge can say that "algos" are doing criminal work, instead of people - hence no human can ever be accused as the MSM covers it up with the algo BS.
Please hang yourself, Mr. Ryan. You would do the world a wonderful service!
SNIFFLEUPAGUS
I hope Ryan is not as wimpy as Boner who was 99% worthless at representing his Repugnican constituents. If Ryan does not get some balls and stan dup to the Dems, I suspect Hillery will win the next election.
I hope Ryan is not as wimpy as Boner who was 99% worthless at representing his Repugnican constituents. If Ryan does not get some balls and stan dup to the Dems, I suspect Hillery will win the next election.
Ryan is a clone of Boner. We knew the JIG was up when ALL Conservatives were not invited to the little speech to the Moderates and RINOS, by AXLEROD."If Ryan does not get some balls and stan dup to the Dems, I suspect Hillery will win the next election."
What does it matter whether it's coming from one party or the other? Don't take the full shot of bullshit. Don't even sniff the goddamn glass. Just get up and walk away from the bar.
"Fearing early death" Ryan -- he really does - family history -- is my representative, and not a good one. His staff are like GE employees that will stab one another in the back if it helps their own personal career options. Ryan claims he's a policy wonk. He is smart, but he applies his intellect to being highly deceptive, misleading, and ultimately incapable of solving real problems. His past proposals are masterpiece gimmicks: risk-shifting experiments that perpetuate debt growth. He panders in his town meetings to the sea of white hair in front of him. He cloaks himself in a conservative self-description, but acts as if Lyndon B. Johnson was his personal mentor.
As a reminder, Paul "I fear early natural death" Ryan voted FOR Tarp despite the clear and unambiguous assertions from his staff at the time, who were so proud to tell me that calls and letters from constitutents were pouring in 50:1 against dropping $700 million++++ into the bankers pockets. "You can count on Paul to do the right thing for the people of southeastern WI..." No, I can't. He's the centerpiece of the corrupt establishment that's methodically erasing our standard of living and civil liberty.
Ryan deserves the 15 to 20 point increase in his blood pressure that this new job will bring.
More Dope and Lame , I mean Hope and Change....
Rumor is Obama has been banging Boehner.
I’d bet Ryan is all lubed-up and ready to go.
‘Our party has lost its vision, and we are going to replace it with a vision.
Hmm… What was the vision and why did that ‘vision’ fail so much so a new vision is required?
wonder if Boehner left him the keys to the tanning bed. Can't wait to see how long before he totally screws his own party.
In other news
12 Days Before '08 Crash, Congress was Secretly Told to Sell Off Their Stocks
Bush gave everyone a $500.00 tax rebate check. It’s all good.
Not everyone....
Oh Bill, didn't you know congress is the intellectual vanguard that is destined to protect the proletariat from harm?
Banana Republic meets Kangaroo Congress. And rubber stamps were handed out to all.
Absolutely disgraceful. More of the same by the Rhinos, they still have not gotten that our disdain for them is growing in record numbers.
Ryan is just another cuckservative.
Phew! That was close! Budget deal through next election and a play-along patsy in as Speaker! The Kleptoligarchy marches on!
If Boehner was a real American, he’d self-immolate on live TV.
If Ryan was a real American, he’d shoot Boehner on live TV. (An Israeli made Desert Eagle would be acceptable).
Sell out POS. Watch out for a GIGANTIC amnesty incoming. Ryan is bought and paid for by the CoC. If you thought Boehner was bad, just wait until see what this asshat does.
Meet the new clown...
Same as the old clown...
And all the other ass clowns are sitting there applauding the new ass clown. Here's an idea, why don't all of you STFU and get back to work.
Reality, Ryan will drag out speech till lunch time, all members go out for 3 hour lunch and then call it a good week's work done on Thursday afternoon.
That's the first time I ever heard Pelosi speak, after which I didn't feel like smacking her (and I don't mean lip-wise). Good luck Mr. Ryan, but I fear it's going to be more of the same. We'll see.
The MIC celebrated with a $2 billion blimp ascension!
I guess we can start calling RINOS by a new name - Ryan-O's!
I will say a prayer to my creator for this Guy. Seems like a decent minion.
But I think he will be the decent caretaker for the demise of this nation. At least the nation as we have known it.
Good thing he is young. He probably won't die of a mysterious heart attack.
Oh my, a younger Boehner.
Nobody has any faith in Ryan being anything more than a Obama lackey and Clinton lapdog.
The republicans as a political party can only be viewed as democrats but arriving to the party without invitations.
The real divide in America is between Corporatism (fascism) and Citizens.
That is the divining rod. You are either rubber stamping TPP, the Fed and ongoing war and the surveillance state, or you're a champion of the Human Spirit.
This is what the Tea Party was about before it was destroyed by the republican establishment.
I really do not care about your politics, ethnicity, or loyalties to which nation.
All these things matter equally in Wichita, Lagos, Moscow or Beijing.
When you have systems of control like TPP herald an global government paradigm you want to worry when Google's algorithm secretly conclude that you and your family has no value in society.
Alphabet and Clinton are the harbingers of doom.
People like Ryan and Congress are merely ice-skating between one cheese platter to another page-boy.
Corporate America figured out years ago they can buy Congress for less than $100 million.
The worst possible scenario, Ryan is a Democrat, he supported every possible wish of Obama, supported every measure, every dream, every fantasy the democrats could conjure. Hope is fading fast, this guy could care less about hisown country, he will sell us all out again and again and again it what he does, his specialty.
I'm a hardcore conservative. JFK was a good man. The last speech before he was assininated. Even Eisenhower warned us. Let's take back country.
JFK: The Speech That Killed Him - YouTube
JFK RIP
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
My how far we've come.
The free shit army shits themselves when they hear those words.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
Statists and tyants have been asking people to ask themselves what they can do for their country forever. Let's not get to misty-eyed over that. The current crop tells you that you should pay taxes to support invaders, and do it with a smile.
NO "hardcore conservative" tells us that a guy who used the IRS as a weapon was a "good man".
Eddie Munster appears to be one of those cuckservatives I keep hearing about lately.
Ryan will not vote for amnesty, the more likely scenario is he votes to usher in North Am Union and dissolve the USA completely, watch, just watch.
Ryan is a despicable Israel firster, warmonger, and cunt. Israel's 5th column just got a lot stronger.
And that is bad for just about everyone.
http://tinyurl.com/qxgjfwt
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2002/09/born-again-zionists
by the way, while you're waiting for WW3 to start in Syria, Netanyahu et al have been busy murdering Palestinians at an increased pace, designed to generate a response, which is framed in a heavily Jewish/Zionist media as Israel "responding to" yet more mindless Islamist/Arab violence which is just about hating Jews... of course, the body count tells a different story - but the facts don't really enter into it -
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/10/prominent-israelis-replacing
http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.premium-1.682728
Bibi is far more dangerous than even his critics grasp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFr4C2BPLeM
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The two party system scumbags are getting caught in their own lies. Watch this phenomenon go global.
The entire civilization will shit can Bush/Clinton foreign policy under Council of Foreign Relations directive.
I miss the good ol' days when there was at least the pretense of difference between the (fake) Republicans and Democrats. Now it's all too obvious and it takes away all the fun. :(
We miss you fake Left vs. Right paradigm. Please come back!
The Enemy of the historic American people, the Whites, control BOTH political parties. NOW you know why the GOP did everything to give Obama what he wanted.
Paul Ryan OPEN BORDERS, Trade treaty and Obamacare enabler.
This explains what happened to America, something which the average White American has, literally, NO IDEA!
Review of 'The Culture of Critique'
Merkel: Gone Mad—Or Bribed? GOP Example Suggests The Latter
Ben Carson = Eric Cantor? Steak Dinners Again!
Mugging Americans: ObamaCare’s Jonathan Gruber And Norbert Schlei Of The 1965 Immigration Act
This just in... plane crash in Arkansas kills those on board. Time to check your list of those up next to get whacked by the Clinton's.
"we are going to replace it with a vision"
yeah, whatever, the neocon version of the zionist vision. The original vision of the 'white slave owners', like liberty, limited government, a self governed body politic, causes too much 'division', as it is very hateful to 'minorities' who lose out on wealth distribution, it takes the fun away from those who thrive on the power of redistributing that wealth, and it would kill foreign aid to racist foreign states like israel (something totally inconsistent with the American idea, not to mention an entangling alliance), which would set the fire breathing dragon of talmudic jewry ablaze with fury.
What makes Paul Ryan anything other than a sober version of Boehner?
Boner smokes, Ryan is into P90X
Will Ryan support a bill, under Congress' Article 1 Section 8 power over weights and measures of coinage, to reset the value of Gold held in the possession of the United States Treasury, Central Bank, etc, to a value equal to 40% of the outstanding monetary base of the United States in accordance with the last (and still current) law on the subject of Specie backing for the United States Dollar?
If yes, Welcome Speaker Ryan.
If not, welcome Boner junior.
what a disaster. this guy is such a tool.
Career politician for MORE THAN HALF of his life. Utterly incapable of being a representative of the people, since he is utterly unacquainted with the lives of the ruled class, which is why he is an amnesty shill.