In one sentence, Politico's Jonathan Martin twice transgresses against, oh, the humanity of it all:
In conversations with scores of Republicans ... it’s striking how little organic support or even interest there is for a [Paul] Ryan presidential bid so soon after Mitt Romney elevated the Wisconsin wonk to the highest levels of national political stardom.
1. Martin refers to Ryan as a "wonk." I thought we were done with that, seeing how Rep. Ryan has proven himself a recidivist innumerate, and ...
2. Martin writes that Ryan's inside repulsiveness is "striking," rather than "unsurprising," seeing how the following clause contains mention of Ryan's diseased association with the contagiously repulsive Mitt Romney.