The Paul Ryan Con Continues, But For How Long?

It's apparently a done deal.  Republicans are expected to select this Very Serious Man narcissistic twit next week as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives:

A stupid man's idea of what a smart person sounds like*, Rep. Paul "Lyin'" Ryan (R- Galt's Gulch) is a far- right extremist considered not far- right extremist enough by some of the nihilist nitwits in so- called Republican "Freedom Caucus."  One of the "concessions" that the faux- wonk con artist Ryan asked for, and received from the unruly knuckle- draggers in his caucus, was to have weekend "family time" back in his home state of Wisconsin Kochland.  The rank hypocrisy of this has been quickly pointed out, coming as it is from a man who opposes so many family- friendly policies.  But here's Larry Wilmore's takedown (after a looong piece about the NY Mets going to the World Series, yada yada), complete with side swipes at easily- duped jackasses like Mika Brzezinski and Sheryl Sandberg:

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
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We can only hope this does for Ryan's political career what it's done for John "Mr. Tangerine Man" Boehner's.  Perhaps someday Paul Krugman's assessment of Ryan will prevail:

What makes Mr. Ryan so special? The answer, basically, is that he’s the best con man they’ve got. His success in hoodwinking the news media and self-proclaimed centrists in general is the basis of his stature within his party. Unfortunately, at least from his point of view, it would be hard to sustain the con game from the speaker’s chair.  (our emphasis)

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* Paul Krugman's description of another Republican Speaker of the House, Leroy "Newt" Gingrich, which applies in equal measure to Ryan.