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You are a pretty smart guy, but I also realized a long time ago that we'll probably never agree on anything outside of music. As for Trumpcare, I had a wait and see attitude coupled with a high degree of skepticism. The skepticism I had proved to be well warranted. You didn't need to sell me on that. |
My best friend is an architect so I can design and build you a house for you if you want.
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As the MB tradition of making metaphors confusing and hyper-specific goes, I think it might be the pitcher.
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2. You haven't a clue about my real world experience so **** off with your assumptions and your arrogance. Trump just ordered Paul Ryan to yank the ACHA bill because it was going to fail miserably. The republicans had 7 years and 1 day to figure out how to repeal the ACA. They have campaigned for that entire time and have won seats on the premise they were going to do it once Obama was out of office. Trump guaranteed he'd get it done. Guaranteed it over and over again. Trump has a majority in the house and senate. FAILED MISERABLY. http://gifsec.com/wp-content/uploads...cally.gif?gs=a Ryan and Price already have tire tracks across their butts. Trump's next few tweets should be very amusing. https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newsc...fp-360-360.jpg |
Well since we want to talk about metaphors and analogies...
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Firsthand would be if I were an FBI agent myself. /end-of-lesson |
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Paul Ryan just on TV blaming the ACA for why the ACHA crashed and burned. Word is that Trump is PISSED PISSED PISSED. Raise your hand if you'd like to be a republican in Trump's cabinet right now. Bottom Line: Victory for the elderly. Victory for those dealing with substance abuse. Victory for the low income families. Victory for those with mental health issues. Major loss for the wealthy, the health care CEOs, the republicans, and most importantly, the Blowhard In Chief. Highly doubt Melania is going to get any anytime soon. Trump's dick just took a major ass kicking and needs time to try and recover. Think about this: Trump's presidency, barring impeachment, will be 1,461 days. Think about all of the **** that has gone down in his first 100 days. He's not even served 7% of his term. |
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On another note, this article is fairly interesting for those looking at the Trump-Russia story. Donald Trump: 5 Reasons the Russia Reset May Be Over | Time.com |
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Is "meddlism" a thing in politics? I think it should be acknowledged as such.
Opposition parties are a sign of a healthy democracy, but a downside is that to justify themselves they have to go on opposing stuff, even if the stuff works pretty well. When they get elected, they are honour bound to start meddling with the systems they criticised in opposition. Mrs. Thatcher was a compulsive meddler: she took apart a nationalised railway system which had worked remarkably well for 50 years. She replaced it with some ill-considered scheme which was obviously going to be less efficient; a privatised system in which the company running the trains was different from the company that owned the tracks, which was different from the company that operated the stations. Predictably, it has proven to be a récipe for disaster and is an example of detrimental meddling. Luckily, the GOP have tripped over their own shoelaces just as they were about to meddle with Obamacare, which seems to work pretty well. Furthurmore, Obamacare has been delicately put together in the midst of a political minefield, and that it exists at all is quite an achievement. So maybe the best policy is just to leave it alone. "Let sleeping dogs lie" is a piece of common sense which modern politicians, in their hubris, too often ignore and when they do, it's always the people who have to pick up the tab. |
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**** Ryan Care/ ObamacareLite. If I were Trump I'd listen to Rand Paul. He has his finger on the pulse of this issue. Changing just the penalties from the ACA isn't enough. I'd like to see both parties non partisan work together on this issue.
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Do the Donald hangers on actually grasp the fact that Ryan and Trump pulled the bill at the last second because they knew that the final vote count was going to look absolutely disastrous if it was made public?
By pulling it they can spin words like "close", "barely", "slim margin", "almost", and "no Dem votes" to try and save at least a tiny margin of face. The snake oil salesmen (Trump, Price, and Ryan) just got run out of town while being pelted with stones by the American public. AMEN. And Raust, I'm just about convinced that by-partisanship is no longer a relevent concept when it comes to major policy issues. Sucks, but I think it's the new reality. |
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Ironically, Trump's attempts to discredit and repeal Obamacare have actually made it more popular than ever. This extract from a BBC article explains how:-
Spoiler for The Rise of Obamacare:
...and graphs like this, if they were published in America, must be pretty convincing too:- http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cps...nce_624_v2.png |
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The ACA is far from perfect in its current form but instead of working on improving it they keep repeating that non sense about repeal and replace. The only thing 45 is right about is moving on. Take this L and move on to other issues.
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Pretty amazing how many right wing, Trump supporting websites/talking heads, are slamming the crap out of the Donald this morning.
The honeymoon is officially over. |
This is interesting to see the 33 Republicans that were extremely against it and some of their reasons why.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...imes&smtyp=cur |
Too left wing for some too right wing for others
I think analysts are making way too much of what this going to mean in the midterm. I'm just happy that checks and balances appear to still be checking and balancing. Hope Trump doesn't try to amp up his executive power with a war. |
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And the midterms are less than two years away. The campaigning will be starting in just about a year and the popularty rate of the GOP is in the ****ter right now. After 60 days Trump's approval rating is 37%. The average for presidents after 60 days is 53%. Obama was 62%. |
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Interactive website that'll update daily.
Tracking Trump's promises Guys, they have yet to interview Manafort, Flynn, and Stone. And the FBI can still supeona his tax returns. The Watergate break in happened on May 28, 1972. Nixon's impeachment wasn't voted on and fully ratified until August 20, 1974. That's 27 months. Trump's been in office 2. Give it time folks. Give it time. |
Why does Trump pose such an existential threat to you Chula? Why does he bother you this much?
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Pretty obvious innit? Embracing Obama's expansion of the executive power to implement poorly thought out/ass backwards policy?
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2. He's not qualified to hold the job. 3. His cabinet (except for Mattis) if filled with very rich people who have vested interests in getting richer rather than helping the country. 4. He's going to damage the reputation of the US with our allies. 5. He's going to embolden our enemies with his rhetoric. 6. His policies are geared towards the wealthy at the expense of the lower class. 7. He doesn't give two ****s about the environment. 8. He's going to stack the supreme court with bible thumpers. 9. He's an embarrassment. 10. His VP thinks that evolution is a theory and wants creationism taught in schools. 11. He emboldens folks like Limbaugh, Hannity, and O'Reilly. 12. He makes racists feel good about themselves. 13. He's a misogynist. 14. Steve Bannon? Really? Steve ****ing Bannon? 15. I simply dislike the guy. Was watching the CNN series last night about the 80s and the whole stock market, Wall Street boom where lots of white collar folks got mega-rich on the backs of the blue collar working class. Trump was featured a number of times and the dude back then came off just as arrogant, unappologetic, entitled, and as pompous as he does today. I could go on...... |
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I can admit that I have a personal bias against him so number 15 fuels every thing else I hate about him. |
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16. I don't like him. 17. I hate him. 18. He's a big meanie. 19. He's a silly sausage. 20. I loathe him. Etc |
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