“I mean, look, we’re trying to take healthcare away from tens of millions of people, ensure that women are second-class citizens, remove the regulations that keep Americans safe, and put those uppity Black people back into their proper place,” Paul Ryan added, “and when I have to pretend to be a leader who cares about anything other than those things, it takes up precious seconds of my time that I could be spending writing even more Ayn Rand fanfiction disguised as laws.”
Ryan then looked at the reporters and added, “I mean, it’s not like anything I say right now matters, anyway. I’m in such a safe district, I can do whatever I want and stay in power. Watch.”
Mr. Ryan then kicked a puppy and continued. “But, let me say again: I will not stand by and say nothing when a rich, white celebrity is criticized by the president who I support in every single way that actually matters. You know it, I know it, and let’s continue to pretend that a single word I am uttering right now matters at all.”
The Speaker took no questions.
They hate him. With a passion. Even unhinged, mustache twirling, Supervillains tend to have some modicum of Standards. Crude, unwashed, imbecilic, viciously petty, blatantly vulgar, Apes are nearly universally… DISTASTEFUL. At the VERY least! EVEN those created/birthed in their own Supervillain Labs/Arcane Libraries. So, yes, even THEY hate him.
This does not, nor WILL it, stop them from SUPPORTING him.
His clownishly boorish antics have proven far too, conveniently, distracting. More than enough for them to operate, MOST effectively, in the shadows. They DESPISE him but, as long as he continues lumbering in a direction that accommodates THEM? He is to be TOLERATED. They are willing to take whatever superficial damage to their agenda that he manages to generate. EXCEPT for the one thing that’s proven more damaging to their Organization/Cause than ANYTHING else. The ONE thing that they, have so far passively but if necessary, will actively ASSIST him in avoiding at all costs?
Impeachment.
Been there, done that. NOT doing it again.
Yes, because he is a useful idiot.
He is so predictable. He overreacts to the simplest of provocations and puts himself in situations that eventually blow up in his face. It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
And that’s useful.
It’s useful to Vladimir Putin and it’s useful to Steve Bannon and it’s useful to Jeff Sessions and it’s useful to Fox News and it’s useful to the Republicans in Congress. All anyone has to do is lay a trail of breadcrumbs along the path of his vulnerabilities (and he has laid many a landmine for himself) and he predictably blows himself up in a manner that captures everyone’s attention.
It’s a distraction from the AHCA just as the news had started to focus on the CBO report and protests are gaining energy.
It’s a distraction from his voter fraud commission’s request from all 50 states that allows them to know who you are, where you live, and the VOTING HISTORY of every god damn person in the US.
It’s a distraction from the fact that the House just passed an immigration bill that gives Trump authority to punish sanctuary cities.
It’s a distraction from the fact that a modified version of the travel ban is now in effect.
Does he do it on purpose? Who cares. The effect is the same. His addiction to emotional drama makes him incredibly easily manipulated into providing a smoke screen for anyone who can get access to the media he likes.
Hearseeno 