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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:39 PM Jun 2018

Sweet Jesus, Tom McNaught wins the Internet for his response to Paul Ryan's Fathers Day tweet.

Tom McNaught
? @TomMcNaught1
Replying to @SpeakerRyan

My heart goes out to Liza, Charlie and Sam as they deal someday with their father’s legacy of empowering a sociopath who destroyed our democracy; who remained silent as children were ripped from their mother’s arms; who tolerated corruption when he had the power to stop it.
3:47 AM - 18 Jun 2018





Paul Ryan
?Verified account @SpeakerRyan

My life changed the day I became a father. Liza, Charlie, and Sam are my highest priority. Wishing all of the dads out there a happy early #FathersDay


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Sweet Jesus, Tom McNaught wins the Internet for his response to Paul Ryan's Fathers Day tweet. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2018 OP
proud to rec this one - wish I could rec it a few more times rurallib Jun 2018 #1
Baaaaazing. oasis Jun 2018 #2
Ryan is now in open defiance of the Magesterium Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #3
Just beautiful. dewsgirl Jun 2018 #4
And may have helped funnel putin's money around duforsure Jun 2018 #5
It will be very interesting to learn how many NRA Roubles Ryan has taken. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #7
It's on tape. Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #27
I am sorry Mr. Ryan. When you took your oath in the House, the people of the United States LiberalArkie Jun 2018 #6
His behavior is destroying the future of his own children. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #8
He gets it quakerboy Jun 2018 #28
It's called Affluenza ... aggiesal Jun 2018 #29
You can choose your friends,.. Fritz Walter Jun 2018 #9
Unfortunately, the turd usually doesn't fall far from the asshole flibbitygiblets Jun 2018 #26
What a zinger, K&R BlueJac Jun 2018 #10
Where the hell is Pope Francis????? alwaysinasnit Jun 2018 #11
Really. No pope has been more outspoken condemning their policies. olegramps Jun 2018 #13
I totally agree with you... alwaysinasnit Jun 2018 #14
This appears to be a policy review by the Church... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #23
Many Thanks alwaysinasnit Jun 2018 #24
I regret that I have but one rec to give to this post! n/t Different Drummer Jun 2018 #12
same here NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #15
awsome answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! onecent Jun 2018 #16
K&R n/t Glorfindel Jun 2018 #17
Sadly, Ryans deluded world view will change all our lives. Good riddance OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #18
Wow.. so true. Cha Jun 2018 #19
I wonder how the fathers at the border feel... SpankMe Jun 2018 #20
What a sanctimonious prick RainCaster Jun 2018 #21
Ryan's looking more and more like Ted Cruz every day Blue Owl Jun 2018 #22
Ryan always was True Blue American Jun 2018 #25
paulie boy seems to have been remarkably quiet lately. niyad Jun 2018 #30

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
3. Ryan is now in open defiance of the Magesterium
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:44 PM
Jun 2018

He cannot receive Communion and he is now a "cafeteria Catholic".

I wish Chuck Todd had reminded Kelly Ann of that yesterday when she claimed she was a compassionate Catholic

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
5. And may have helped funnel putin's money around
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 03:53 PM
Jun 2018

for their campaign funding, a corrupt criminal now helping them obstruct Mueller.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
7. It will be very interesting to learn how many NRA Roubles Ryan has taken.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 03:56 PM
Jun 2018

This will all come out in the (money laundering) wash.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
27. It's on tape.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 02:41 AM
Jun 2018

there was a congressional caucus somewhere up in like W Virgina where all these freaks go on our dime. At that GOP only meeting he's heard telling everyone they have to 'stick together like family" and that "this is our business and can never get out'. Back when the tape came out it didn't make sense. None of the ruskie stuff had been investigated. But, it was definitely on tv. I wasn't hallucinating it. that day on the news it played a few times. It was someones phone and the point of view was an antechamber off to ryans left. It exists. It will burn down the gop if it turns out he was talking about the ruskies and the NRA money. I hope Count Ryan and that stupid widows peak....rues the day.

LiberalArkie

(15,739 posts)
6. I am sorry Mr. Ryan. When you took your oath in the House, the people of the United States
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 03:54 PM
Jun 2018

became your top priority. If you wanted you family to be your highest priority you should have stayed a private citizen. Private citizens have a right to place family over the publics need. Not you.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
8. His behavior is destroying the future of his own children.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 03:58 PM
Jun 2018

He just doesn't get it yet. He is placing them under the yoke of tyranny; he doesn't give a crap about any kids, including his own. As long as he has plenty of Roubles for his own retirement, who gives a shit if everybody's kids face death from starvation, nuclear war, or lead poisoning down the road?

quakerboy

(13,925 posts)
28. He gets it
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 04:41 AM
Jun 2018

He just doesnt care.

Lead poisoning is for poor folks. His kids will be the elite, why would he need to worry about that?
Starvation is for those without influence. Again, Elite, Not their concern.

Nuclear war? There are bunkers for the rich. And even if there werent.. There are a nice hunk of folks rooting for the end of the world. They think they will be the elite in the afterlife.

Fritz Walter

(4,292 posts)
9. You can choose your friends,..
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 04:06 PM
Jun 2018

Your family? Not so much.

Let’s hope these apples fall light years away from the blighted, rotten tree.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
26. Unfortunately, the turd usually doesn't fall far from the asshole
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 01:48 AM
Jun 2018

Just look at Rump Jr., owner of the most punchable face since Shkrelli the pharma bro

alwaysinasnit

(5,083 posts)
11. Where the hell is Pope Francis?????
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 04:35 PM
Jun 2018

Other than a few priests and pastors blasting this administration's child abuse in separating children from their parents, I have not heard a peep from the Vatican. Given that Ryan calls himself a Catholic, I would have thought the Pope would have said something. Have I missed something?

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
13. Really. No pope has been more outspoken condemning their policies.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 04:42 PM
Jun 2018

I am no fan of any religion, in fact, I believe religious doctrines are the one of the primary sources of the madness that grips mankind in lunacy. Pope Francis has been very outspoken in his condemnation of the greed of the Republicans and their trickle down crap.

alwaysinasnit

(5,083 posts)
14. I totally agree with you...
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 04:47 PM
Jun 2018

But I have yet to hear him say anything since these abuses started last month. I makes me wonder.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,502 posts)
23. This appears to be a policy review by the Church...
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 11:22 PM
Jun 2018
What are the new border policies? A CNA explainer
See: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/what-are-the-new-laws-at-the-border-a-cna-explainer-67703

But, I didn't find a specific statement by the Pope yet. I'm no longer a religious person, but watch the churches with interest.

.......

alwaysinasnit

(5,083 posts)
24. Many Thanks
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:11 AM
Jun 2018

Good article. I am not religious either, but I am hoping the Pope will use his influence in some manner to bring more international attention to this atrocity.

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
18. Sadly, Ryans deluded world view will change all our lives. Good riddance
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 05:42 PM
Jun 2018

MAYBE THE USA will be divided up tinto warlord fiefdom. Maybe that is why the rats are leaving DC

SpankMe

(2,975 posts)
20. I wonder how the fathers at the border feel...
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 09:45 PM
Jun 2018

...as their kids are taken from them on this father's day.

RainCaster

(10,962 posts)
21. What a sanctimonious prick
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 09:45 PM
Jun 2018

As an example of treating others as you would want... This assclown will leave his children starved for proper upbringing. We should all be appalled.

True Blue American

(17,996 posts)
25. Ryan always was
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 01:48 AM
Jun 2018

Like Cruz, Scalise and all the rest. Even almost dying, being saved by the best Medical Teams in the World he still proudly brags about taking Health care away.

And,to top it off gave credit that it was his Prayers that saved him. I would think Gad gave him another chance to repent.

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