Take a bad bill and make it worse; that’s the ticket…
“Yes, Mr. President! Let’s kill more people in the name of Ayn Rand! Praise Jesus!”
There’s been a lot of “the ACA repeal will never pass because…” then celebration of sorts.
I remember there was a lot of “Trumpster will never be president because…” and, well, that ended so well.
Make calls, contact Representatives up to and until the vote; hope for their repeal attempt to fail.
Au Contrair
NPR said they were all tight lipped with no comment after the meetings Blowing smoke up our ass or wishful thinking?
The business report this a.m. also said … by the way
Hospitals and doctors are dead set against it because it will affect them first and foremost having to deal with the poors
How will they make any money?
Please proceed. The more this bill satisfies both the “moderates” and lunatics in the GOP House, the less chance it has in the Senate.
If it passes the House it’ll get through the Senate. Remember Orrin Hatch said at this point it’s more about kicking the Democrats than it is about any kind of concern about health care access to a huge portion of the American people.
People who think the Republicans won’t push through this piece of crap bill are sorely mistaken. If this screwed up country can elect a complete ass hole like Donnie Trump, we are capable of doing anything…even becoming a Nazi like state under rigged and totally corrupt Republican rule where laws only apply to everyone else.
That’s just it, you can’t satisfy both the moderates and the lunatics. Last night, Thomas Massie (R-KY-batshit caucus) announced that he’d moved from “no” to “hell no”. I forced myself to watch a few minutes of Mourning Joe and Charlie Dent (R-PA-not crazy caucus) was also set to vote “no”.
It’s always been about that
Only that
Even when we used a Republican plan
Because
Democrat
and Black , Black, Black , Blackity, Black, Black, Black.
3 - 1 ≠4 is not good enough, but the real conservatives are confident they’ll get to 3 - 2 ≠5
By the time the GOP and Trump are done compromising, all that the 99% will get be guaranteed is:
1 box of band-aids
1 bottle of Mercurochrome
1 bottle of 100 Aspirin
1 Chinese made surgical saw
I think it’ll ultimately fail. All those votes to repeal Ocare were theater. They meant nothing, no one lost a thing. It simply allowed Rs to say, “I own none of the bad stuff that happens here”. That’s it. This is different. They will now own every bit of bad stuff that they damn well know will happen. It’s not that they care about bad stuff happening to people. No, it’s that they care that they’ll be blamed for the bad stuff and lose a pretty kick ass job/career in the process.
So, you’ve got assholes like Thomas Massie and, I suspect, Rand Paul who are hiding behind their “Conservative principles” because they damn well know it’s over if this thing passes. Then you have the Charlie Dents who know they shouldn’t even still be around, they should’ve been drummed out by now, and their asses will get ghost in 2018 especially if this thing passes. Each faction is staking it’s claim on two separate ideologies, but the song remains the same. This cannot pass.
Ocare is the new abortion. Railing against it, being against it is winning theme for Rs. But is only winning as long as it’s legal. Once it becomes illegal, it’s over. They know that. Do you honestly think these fuckers with really want their side pieces to be forced to bear their children? Fucks no. Even Hyde, he of the Hyde Amendment, was outed as having financed his mistress’s abortion.
I’ll never argue with that, but guess what’s gone? President Blacky McBlackinblackinstein. They’ll own this.
Next hours will tell a story! It’s pretty surreal to have the biggest enemies of Passage wax “optimistic” that they will lose!
The more that the repeal Bill “haters” cheer on their imminent failure because the bill is becoming more and more skinflinting, the more that they should shed moderate votes. Or are moderates also '“optimistic” that they will lose?
Rep Massie on AHCA: rocket that’s lost its fins…we have two more years to repeal ACA.
Now Ryan’s trying to get the premiums lower (to please the True Believers) by stripping out maternity leave and mental health mandates, as if the whole thing is a Chinese fucking menu. Hey, why not, what man needs maternity leave and sure we all get a little anxiety from time to time but I’m not mentally ill. And anyway, if I do become a bit daffy, well I’ll just add on the crazy mandate. Problem solved. Always remember boys and girls, Choice=Freedom.
everybody who’s shocked that republicans will wind up inevitably all voting lock step with each other to fuck the poor – and women – raise your hand.
It’s a Chinese menu—for torture.
My left shoulder hurts (I once dislocated it) but my right shoulder doesn’t. Shouldn’t I be able to buy insurance only for the one that hurts? Stop taking away my Freedum!