Here’s how this is going to play out. Pressure will build on Dems to put forth a bipartisan effort to rescue the nation’s healthcare and medical insurance systems from the clumsy, wrong-headed GOP plans. “At least if you’re in there fighting you can salvage something, make whatever happens less worse” will be the mantra. Two camps will emerge, one that says let the GOP fry in their own oil, another saying to do so is irresponsible and abandoning the job of governing and being an opposition party. Enough Dems will pitch in and participate to mute accusations the GOP is wholly responsible for the clusterfuck. The repeal and replace gambit becomes bipartisan, with Republicans tagging Dems as bringing lame fixes to the table, and now they have to cobble together a plan DESPITE Dems efforts to sabotage it all. Dems emerge the stupid bad guys, the GOP maintains the upper hand, and Dems are the fall guys for whatever bad outcome occurs. You know, because they gummed up the process, and maybe should have just stayed out of the way in the first place. Or just left well enough alone going back to 2009-2010. You know, since before the ACA the United States had the best healthcare system on the planet. You remember that’s the way it was, don’t you, America? Yeah, that’s how it was…
Ooooh, now, there’s a thought — is “Trumpcare” going to be “Putincare USA”?
Gotta admit, I may hate Trump with a passion that knows no bounds, but if he got Putincare through with the help of BFF Vlad, even I would kiss his pudgy little mini-hand.
I guess he’s still busy tweaking the PowerPoint presentation of his guaranteed plan to beat ISIS in a month. The Joint Chiefs of Staff must be on tenterhooks to know what they missed.
This doesn’t address the mocking of Trump’s tweeting. Its a shallow criticism. If he goes on CNN to announce a disastrous policy, or tweets it, the effects will be the same.
I guess I’m still shocked the President-Elect sees fit to call the Senate Minority leader a “clown,” right out of the gate. There’s no deference to the fact that Democrats have opinions and lots of voters (more, in fact). This man clearly intends to give the phrase “bully pulpit” a literal meaning. Hopefully, he can be stopped before he ruins the dignity of our government entirely.
The response to this moron should be “No, not until you start behaving like the President.” The more this imbecile tweets, the more he destroys the reputation of the Presidency and any concept of sound governance. What an utter disgrace he is. Has he no dignity?
Fuck him. Fuck the GOP. We put up with their obstruction, lying attacks, and bullshit for eight years. We know their agenda–get rid of all social programs like Medicare, SS, Medicaid. Hell. No.
A lunatic using twitter should be treated for what he is, not Presidential and a petulant eight-year-old. If Twitter deleted his account I would lobby for a Presidential Medal of Freedom for them.
Sorry for the rant, I just cannot believe what a gap of 100000 votes has led to.
The word “dignity” is not included in the Orange Menace’s vocabulary. He wouldn’t be able to understand the concept even if he had the word in his lexicon. Besides which, it has more than two syllables. Bad.
Adding TRILLIONS to the debt is the rethug plan. And kill the rest…gfy, lying donnie…the illegitimate! !!
Stop the Nazi talk; it’s pointless.
And tweeting doesn’t matter. Why care that he tweets?
Oh no …he’s going to tweet ISIS out of existence.
A 3 am tweetstorm will have them running for cover .
Defeating ISIS 140 characters at a time
The POTUS-elect and clownleader of the Republican Party trump, is doing a good job so far. He has done pretty much everything expected of him. Embarrassed the nation, endlessly bragged about himself, and even supported foreign nations over that other nation called the U.S.A. Not only that, he has educated the world on his immense “noledge” regarding computer hacking by explaining the Russian attempt to influence the U.S. election was done, possibly, by a 14 year-old. I’m sure his “devious 400 pound man sitting on a bed” hacker is relieved to be taken of trump’s list of likely DNC hackers.
Heck, by the time the inauguration rolls around, trump will have “the people” sew him up a nice military uniform so he can lead the charge against ISIS. But only A-Lister seamstresses need apply.
Good job trump.
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Here’s how this is going to play out.
[/quote]Unfortunately, you are probably correct. Schumer’s weak “The Republicans are between a rock and a hard place” speeches that drone on and on cannot compete with Trump’s 140 character tweets or the Republican messaging once - and if - they all get on the same page.
Bipartisanship? Kumbaya maddah foggah
Nobody in this country is going to mock Drumpf’s tweeting. Sean Spicer asked us not to.
Shallow criticism seems to be all he is capable of, given his disinterest in details.
‘Time for Democrats and Republicans to get together’ - by calling the Democratic leader a clown.
Pissant-Elect blurts out what?
A lot of people are saying there is heated disagreements within the transition team as to who will be in charge of the uniform(s). Will it be M. Berman Ltd., designer of the Sgt. Pepper’s uniforms, or Michael Jackson’s dresser Michael O’keefe?
Decisions. Decisions.
So far so good. They aren’t showing signs of backing down yet.
Perhaps we should take a page from the Tea Party book, and actually hold their feet to the fire instead of making defeated, cynical comments to each other. I’m not being snarky, if anything, overly sincere. Tea Party types had a lot of power because they were really loud about what they wanted. They didn’t get all they wanted, but far more than was reasonable. Those of us who are politically aware should be writing hand written letter to our reps. Early and often. Show up at meetings. It was the voters calling in to their reps that stopped the gutting of the ethics office, not Hair Furor. We, the voters, can do this.