I hear that Jack Ryan is trying to get back into politics. Since he has decided to reenter the political arena and there will be a lot of spin about how he got thrown out, I have republished my old post that I wrote back in 2006.
One function of a political party is to vet candidates. When Jack Ryan let it be known he wanted to run for Senate, he sat down with party leaders and provided lies in answer to their questions. He was asked whether there was anything in his divorce records that could be embarrassing, and he said no, that they were sealed only to protect his daughter, who has special needs.
The GOP then got blindsided by the revelation that he tried to take his wife to group sex clubs in France. You can spin the fact that he suggested something unconventional to his wife (Hero Does Everything To Protect Marriage!), but if you hide it, you can't spin it.
So Jack Ryan protected himself at the expense of the party. Now some people evidently want him back, no doubt because he's rich as all hell. We are facing the reentry of a selfish, rich white guy who once hugely undermined the integrity of the GOP and will create yet another split within the party over whether and how to bring him back in. I'm not sure which party is likely to benefit most from that, although it doesn't look like a step that could possibly benefit regular voters of either party.
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well, i will repeat my oft stated opinion on ryan, which is- he was pushed off the ticket by the national party because they could not get a gay marriage ban on the ballot. the 2004 election was pretty clearly stolen. the cover story that was in place long ahead of time was that "values voters" came out in high numbers to defeat these bans. these referenda were there just for this purpose. since they couldn't get one in illinois, they put a whack job "values voter" candidate on the ballot, alan keyes.
imho, it was as simple as that. i know that people are going to go on and on about how the party was desperate, yada yada. no, they weren't. they had a plan at the top, and they executed, and it worked. there was a bogus poll that came out the day after, citing the v.v. surge, but no other poll ever found anything of the sort.
and take a look around at all the republican sex offenders out there and ask yourself how many, besides ryan, have had to step down. the answer is one. mark foley. who should have been prosecuted for his very serious crimes, but was allowed to walk off into the florida sunset.
google republican sex offenders for more info.
keep puffing that crack pipe - been there
pass it on over when you are done, eh anon?
I know less about Ryan and about what the GOP is likely to do than many here, but I can imagine a spin he could put on his failure to disclose his humping habits.
He could copy and paste from that movie The Contender. He could say, "I didn't disclose that because it's nobody's business." This would have the benefit of being right. This would also marginalize the Jesus and the Family wing of the Republican Party who are really just a painful pimple on the ass of the whole country that needs to be lanced soon.
You can call him rich white and selfish all day long, but John Kerry is just as guilty of being white and failing to give away his wealth, so are a majority of American democrats. Didn't Ryan go to work in Chicago Public Schools after being massively successful on Wall Street? Is that worth nothing?
I don't know how realistic this vision of Ryan's plan is, but my main point is this: Failure to disclose where his dick had been is only a problem to the more retarded kind of republican. If that wing of the party holds a compelling share of influence, the party is fucked and deserves to be.
The first politician to say "I didn't answer that because it's none of your business." deserves to be applauded by everyone who imagines civilized debate, then opposed if he deserves it on the issues.
And I still don't know if that spin has occurred to Ryan or will fly, but it really should.
I would say that it's a legitimate condition for the GOP to put on their support that the candidate honestly answer the questions necessary to plan a campaign strategy. Pledging loyalty to a party and then betraying their trust says something about Ryan's character. Check the old post for how he lied to the kids and priests at Hales Franciscan. He can be rich, but treasonous liars suck.
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