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Merged Paul Ryan to quit in January 2019

But but who will we look to to punish the poor and enable our disgusting president in the Speaker's role now? Who will show us the power of the magic asterisk? Who's gonna carry those weights?

No no, the ones from that photo shoot. You know the one.

The Great Zaganza said:
he won't seek re-election.
not the same as quitting.
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Ehh, that's really splitting hairs at most. He was all for reelection until not too long ago.
 
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Mumbles said:
he won't seek re-election.
not the same as quitting.
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Ehh, that's really splitting hairs at most. He was all for reelection until not too long ago.
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Plus, incumbents tend to get reelected in congress on a pretty regular basis, and he had a pretty substantial margin of victory over his Democratic rival in the last election, so he probably would have won again in the next midterm.
 
I'm sure there must be a few Republicans who believe they have sold their soul with their backing of Trump. I wonder if Ryan is one of them.
 
It's funny this has turned into a thread about the definition of quitting.

He's doing something now. He's made the decision he's no longer going to do that. I'm pretty sure that's quitting. He's not getting fired, so what else would we call it?
 
plague311 said:
It's funny this has turned into a thread about the definition of quitting.

He's doing something now. He's made the decision he's no longer going to do that. I'm pretty sure that's quitting. He's not getting fired, so what else would we call it?
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He's serving out the term for which he was elected for. If he decided to stop doing his job before that, then it would be quitting. I'm all for term limits anyways so, uhh, good on him?
 
lobosrul5 said:
He's serving out the term for which he was elected for. If he decided to stop doing his job before that, then it would be quitting. I'm all for term limits anyways so, uhh, good on him?
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Yes, that is one definition of quitting. It's not the only definition of quitting however. Isn't there a name for that? False dichotomy. I also put in my two weeks when I leave a job, they refer to that as quitting, but I still serve out those two weeks.
 
plague311 said:
It's funny this has turned into a thread about the definition of quitting.

He's doing something now. He's made the decision he's no longer going to do that. I'm pretty sure that's quitting. He's not getting fired, so what else would we call it?
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Bailout
 
plague311 said:
Yes, that is one definition of quitting. It's not the only definition of quitting however. Isn't there a name for that? False dichotomy. I also put in my two weeks when I leave a job, they refer to that as quitting, but I still serve out those two weeks.
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It also fits the general definition of "quitting" in that Paul Ryan is going to quit being a Congressman.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
There actually is a difference, as one move would trigger a special election, the other wouldn't.
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:rolleyes: Oh for goodness sake. How about something on Ryan?

"Quitting" doesn't have to be now. You can quit in the future, you know. At the end of my cricket career I retired. I announced it 6 months in advance of the actual date. I didn't quibble with anyone who said "so you're retiring". Paul Ryan is quitting his role as Congressman in January....and the shorthand for that, for anyone who hasn't got their head up their ass, is Ryan is quitting, or, as I put it, "Ryan to quit".
 
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