House Speaker Paul Ryan says he is not running for re-election

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(04-13-2018, 10:31 AM)jj22 Wrote: Republicans are fleeing because quite frankly the hypocrisy in this era is sickening. Even for Politicians. I feel bad for them honestly. As an Independent (the last of a dying breed) it's liberating to not have to play the hypocrisy game. Ignore the obvious and knowingly play the fool as a voter.

Slam Obama for debt, sign biggest budget in American history... Claim to be pro Law enforcement, attack the FBI daily....Claim to be pro America, have to cater to a base that is pro Putin.....Slam TPP, now have to go home and explain new support for it. Be against stupid wars, support Bolton as the NSA. Be buy America, while the POTUS has 80% of his companies in Mexico/China. Be anti illegal immigration, while the POTUS hires majority illegal immigrants in his casino/hotels. Claim lifelong card carrying voting Republicans in FBI investigating Trump, are Democrats..... Attack them for donating to Clinton, when all combined donated less to her and Bill then Trump himself has over the years.

It's a difficult environment to be in right now by all accounts. Who can blame them for getting out.

Im with ya on this. I used to be republican, heck even was an intern for Mike DeWine when he was a U.S. Senator. But nowadays I am what I guess is called an independent. Both sides for many years now has had a lot hypocrisy. Obama got elected in 08 while campaigning for a more transparent government. A few years later Snowden revealed the largest eavesdropping operation in history by a government on it's own people. Obama also supposedly was very pro-environment. But at the same time he had ties to the nuclear lobby from his early days, and even as Prez was a proponent for nuclear power plants.

Then now with Trump, well yeah lol. 

Anyways regardless of what aisle someone is leaning towards, there are more serious problems within the government and our country that go beyond the political spectrum.