Conservative media personality Sean Hannity continues to shout “RINO!” in the dark of the GOP theater, as MediaMatters reports:
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I think it may be time for a new speaker. I’ll deal with this after the election, but I think maybe it’s time for somebody that can lead.
JIM BRIDENSTINE: And I want to be clear on that, my tweet — I sent out a tweet, and it — given the stakes of this election, if Paul Ryan isn’t for Donald Trump, then I’m not for Paul Ryan. I want to be clear, that is an if, then statement.
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HANNITY: I mean, I have so had it with these pompous, self-righteous, sanctimonious — the very people, if you look in the exit polls in the primary, the very people that were responsible for creating an opening for Donald Trump, Republican establishment in DC, because they failed at a spectacular level.
You know, it’s funny how they blame me, “Hannity, you’re responsible.” No, I’m not responsible for 65 percent of Republicans hating all of you. You did that all on your own, you own that, you did it, you built that.
And so Representative Ryan, not so long ago so far right wing that his accession to the post of Speaker seemed a joke, begins the process of being scraped into the dustbin of history as being too liberal for the GOP – and all the while Hannity disclaims any responsibility. I don’t follow Hannity at all, but I think it’s safe to summarize that he’s not a sober thinker on the nature of the American democracy, as he’s a fervent Trump supporter.
Or, more likely, he’s just a supporter of himself, and his employers have told him to increase revenues. Easy enough to do: throw more red meat to the base. Having a sober discussion doesn’t shoot up revenue.
In the meanwhile, what will losing the Speakership to someone even further to the right mean for Ryan’s future? Will he be content to return to the benches, a discard of a self-destructive machine bent on a certitude made of titanium? Or will he retire in order to regain his equilibrium, spinning out more useless proposed Federal budgets that mean nothing and make little sense without assuming the Laffer Curve works?
