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« on: November 05, 2016, 10:38:51 AM » |
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« edited: November 05, 2016, 11:45:10 AM by Malcolm X »
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Paul Ryan is the ultimate personification of Republicans who see Trump for what he is and are appalled, but are willing to support a psychologically unstable, crooked, bigoted sexual predator for President out of cowardace and raw ambition/hunger for power, so I'd say he's the ultimate villain (along with the "reluctant" Trump voters and rationalization-prone elected officials like him). At least the rabid crazies actually believe this non-sense; Ryan folks like him know better and support Trump anyway.
It calls to mind the biblical parable about the devil attempting to tempt Jesus by offering him the world in exchange for just one act of worship [by Christ toward the devil]. Paul Ryan - like George Wallace, Hugh Dorsey, Al Sharpton, David Miscavige, and many others before him - proved all too willing to perform the metaphorical act of worship. If Hell exists, then surely there's a special place in it for folks like Ryan who support something they know to be truly evil due to greed, ambition, or thirst for power. Whether condemning Trump would cost him the Speakership is irrelevant; this was one of those rare times where one candidate is unambiguously evil.
The only relevant election for Republican elected officials is "where will you stand when the flood comes?" And Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Pat Toomey, Rob Portman, and the rest of the revolting cowards in the "reluctant" Trump supporter/"I won't endorse or condemn" caucus have answered that question loud and clear. "I never endorsed him" or "I only did it because of the Supreme Court vacancy, but the stuff he said about [insert group/person here] was awful" are almost as pathetic "excuses" as "I was just following orders."
TL;DR: Paul Ryan and the "reluctant Trump" voters/politicians are the ultimate villains of the cycle.
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