Itâs time to call Rand Paulâs and Bevinâs BS. They do not have the nerve to destroy the highly popular and successful Kynect, so they are demanding a bill that has no chance of passing.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, all these faux complaints about repeal because the plan isnât âconservativeâ enough is merely political cover for folks who want the ACA to live on but canât say so publicly. Party before country, always.
Or who are wedded to the belief that govt shouldnât provide support to people who earn less than $250,000 a year and just want it to go away. Optics be damned. Most of the repeal only folks, I think, fall into this category. No intent to ever pass something. Of course by the time a phase out would occur - they would already be voted out. They believe their own hype, live in the conservative media bubble, and believe that they will be reelected because ⌠just because. As if throwing 15-15 million people off healthcare is a winning issue.
While some characterize Bevinâs behavior as ironic, others call it hypocritical. Either way, heâs slimy.
Itâs also a little ironic that Bevin is criticizing other Republicans for recalibrating their repeal promises once they are in power. Bevin kicked off his campaign for governor of Kentucky, a Medicaid expansion state, in 2015 with a promise to uproot Obamacare in the state in every way possible. Over the course of the race he softened that stance, particularly in regards to the Medicaid expansion, which had extended coverage to 400,000 Kentuckians.
Bevin: âHey, my Medicaid expansion was part of my promise to uproot Obamacare. You see, if we expanded it enough, surely it would collapse under its own weight. That was my plan all along. Yeah, thatâs the ticket.â
Talk about a political coward.
The political price for taking down O-Care in Kentucky is too high for him to handle, but heâll be more than glad to have the republican congress do the direly work for him.
Thatâs a real profile in courage.
Working to bring down the system from within.
(Or, if you prefer: âKeep your government hands off my Medicaid!â)
O.T. Our State Dept. was unaware that Mexican Foreign Minister was meeting with Jared Kushner.
Iâm waiting for the gov, bachman and corker to weigh in.
Getting closer with bevin being squeezed.to speak.
Hint: Tenn loves anything that takes away from everybody to give to so few.
Maybe sunday or monday
This story is funny, but if someone at TPM wants a Pulitzer, it wouldnât hurt to start paying attention to whatâs happening to Louisville. The Courier Journal is calling it a War on Louisville because thatâs what it is. A naked power grab from the governorâs office in an attempt to control this pretty liberal city. They want so bad to keep our mayor from running for Senate or the governorship that theyâre attempting a law that would give the governor the power to appoint a mayor if the mayor vacates for any reason (oh, I donât know⌠Like running for higher office). Theyâre also pushing a bill that would end busing even though the vast majority of us want it to stay in place. Itâs an incredible story, but no one in the national media is paying attention.
BevinâŚelect me so I can screw over the undeserving poor. Doesnt sound like a reelection slogan to me
Whether they like it or not, the slogan that theyâve earned for themselves is âSunset in America.â
I really wish TPM would hire you as a stringer Plucky.
Hey Rand Paul, I know where you can get an extra $38 billion every year
for covering the cost of American Health care⌠itâs called foreign aid to Israel ??
Not to mention taking away power from the Attorney General. I want to destroy Bevin with votes in the next election so badly I can taste it, which I wish was tomorrow.
btw-I was bussed the first year of it in 1976. A wee bit of a loss year academically but a vast education in social studies that has stayed with me for a lifetime. Worth it.
Bevin=Jackass in a Suit.
âAnd keep 'em off my farm subsidy, too!â
And, while youâre at it, keep them off my Aid to Dependent Children, too.
Itâs interesting how Paleo conservatives, Christianists, laisez-faire Libertarians, plutocrats, and even white nativists find so many ways to work with each other. Despite their differences folk like Bevin and Paul probably derive elements of their respective ideologies, and certainly much of the animus that drives them, from the big bang of hatred at the New Deal and its legacy that drove their fathers before.
Except the ânew breedâ now seems to have figured out it is more effective to attack the state supporting that legacy rather than focusing on the members of the coalition who fought for it (women, people of color, unions, gays, etc).