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turbinetree

(24,745 posts)
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 09:47 AM Apr 2018

Paul Ryans Family Legacy

Reprinted with permission from Creators.

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s stated reason for leaving office after this year’s election sure is getting a lot of traction.

“If I am here for one more term, my kids will only have ever known me as a weekend dad,” he said. “I just can’t let that happen. So I will be setting new priorities in my life.”

His children are all teenagers; the youngest is 13. I’m not suggesting teens don’t need their parents — anyone who’s raised one knows otherwise — but Ryan’s political legacy lays bare his hypocrisy.

It is true that most congressional spouses sometimes, if not regularly, wish for more family time. I speak from 14 years of experience as one of them.

It is just as true that putting family first can mean doing everything one can to oppose the continued harm this president is inflicting on families across the country. This requires one to define family as something bigger than the number of people living under your roof. One must also be willing to go toe-to-toe with Donald Trump in defense of other families.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/paul-ryans-family-legacy/


Yepper----------------Paul Ryan is a piece of shit when it comes to family values

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Paul Ryans Family Legacy (Original Post) turbinetree Apr 2018 OP
Ryan will cash in by becoming a lobbyist in Washington. dubyadiprecession Apr 2018 #1
His family is taken care of... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #2

dubyadiprecession

(5,737 posts)
1. Ryan will cash in by becoming a lobbyist in Washington.
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 11:56 AM
Apr 2018

His family is a flimsy excuse for leaving the speakership.

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