{"id":32100,"date":"2018-04-12T13:49:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32100"},"modified":"2018-04-12T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:49:36","slug":"good-riddance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/12\/good-riddance\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Riddance!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of Paul Lyin’ Ryan’s announcement that he will not seek reelection, the talking heads of the Trumpopolypse are singing Ryan’s praises.  Of course, they are hard put to keep up with Ryan singing his own praises.  However, when the smoke clears, and we get to look back on Ryan’s speakership, it will be clear that Ryan has been the worst Speaker of the House in History.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Nearly all the oxygen and outrage in DC is being sucked up by Donald Trump and his outrageous executive orders. But let\u2019s not forget about the man without whom Trump could not accomplish his larger agenda: the spineless speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, Trump\u2019s mainstream defender and apologist at every turn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ryan, who has cultivated a sham image as the \u201creasonable\u201d Republican for years, has backed virtually all of Trump\u2019s most controversial and cruel policies<\/strong>. Ryan manages to never buck Trump on anything of significance, while getting publicity for meaningless, quasi-critical statements. He is the biggest fraud in American politics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That much was clear yet again over the weekend, as the New York Times\u2019 Jim Rotenberg reported that Ryan\u2019s office<\/a> \u201cdeclined to engage\u201d with him on any questions about Trump\u2019s despicable war on the press, which even Republicans who haven\u2019t dared to break with Trump on much of anything decried as a move befitting a dictator. Instead, Rotenberg wrote, Ryan\u2019s office said it \u201cdisputed the premise of the question\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just one in a long line of cowardly and slimy moves by Ryan, who is really just Trump in a more aesthetically appealing wrapper<\/strong>…  [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <The Guardian<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

Is the author spot-on or what?<\/font><\/p>\n

One of the best presentations of this I have seen is from Lawrence O’Donnell<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n