Ryan: If I Wanted To Be Prez, I’d Be In The 2016 GOP Race (VIDEO)

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, after a Special GOP Leadership Election. Republicans in the House of Representatives have nominated Ryan to become ... Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, after a Special GOP Leadership Election. Republicans in the House of Representatives have nominated Ryan to become the chamber's next speaker, hoping he can lead them out of weeks of disarray and point them toward accomplishments they can highlight in next year's elections. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS

House speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said in an interview aired Sunday that if he wanted to be President, he’d be running in the 2016 election.

CNN host Dana Bash asked Ryan if he thought becoming speaker “was at the end of the road for hope of being President.”

“If I really wanted to be President, I would’ve run in this cycle for the presidency,” Ryan said. “I had the chance and the opportunity to do so and I chose not to do that. So, I’m perfectly happy and content with this decision.”

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  1. Sure, I believe Ryan’s statement just like I believed in Romney becoming the POTUS in the 2012 election cycle!

  2. You ain’t EVER going to be President, Ayn Man. And after you get fucked over by your lovely Teabagger pals in the House, and crushed like a bug by Pelosi, Reid, and Obama, maybe you can find a nice job slobbering over some Koch Brothers testicles. “MMM-MMM, good!”, as Tucker Carlson would say. Although don’t expect any family leave, and ball lickers are only paid minimum wage.

  3. I, too, believe that Eddie Munster does not want to be President.

    As Dirty Harry said,

    “A man’s got to know his limitations.”

  4. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Speaker’s not good enough nor the presidency…Ryan will have plenty of time on his soft, soft hands before he knows it.

  5. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    My first thought when Ryan became Speaker was that the Secret Service better keep a close watch on POTUS and VPOTUS, cause he is not above working the back door to the Oval Office.

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