Frankly, if his constituents arenât already embarrassed by Blake Farenthold, this wonât do it either.
âHe said, âYâall ran on repealing Obamacare. Looks like youâd be ripe
for a primary if you donât keep your promise,ââ Rep. Blake Farenthold
(R-TX) said. âAnd I think he made the sale. I think he moved a handful
of votes. We know we have a historic opportunity to get stuff done, and
we canât blow it. Iâd hate to go back home to Texas and say I had the
opportunity to repeal Obamacare and I didnât.â
We ignore what this guy says at our perilâheâs an authentic tribune of the downtrodden American working class thatâs oppressed by Obamacare.
So which is actually worse for them? Passing a bill which hikes premiums on millions of their voters or makes them uninsurable? Or failing to meet the campaign promise that they made endlessly for seven years, but which many of their voters are praying they wonât actually fulfill? If they punt and move on to tax cuts (which theyâll package as economic relief for the long suffering working man), does their failure to get shit done hurt them as bad as wrecking the nationâs healthcare system would?
Donald, that might be a real threat if it came from someone who had a 57% approval rating, unlike you, who is drowning in horseshit.
So methinks itâs setting up something like this:
Repubs to Trump: Push for our healthcare bill or weâll start serious investigations into your Russian dealings.
Trump: OK.
Iâd have to be dead before Iâd fuck that guy. And from what Iâve seen, heard, and read about Blake Farenthold (Thank you, Juanita Jean at The Worldâs Most Dangerous Beauty Salon!), heâd dig up my corpse and do it.
In all seriousness, if they ran on repealing Obamacare, then repeal it. Clean bill, end of story. Then theyâve kept their âpromise.â
But nooooooooooooo, what they want to do is give a tax break to the wealthy (repeal would do that) and then destroy Medicaid under the guise of a âbetter bill.â
âWe know we have a historic opportunity to get stuff done, and we canât blow it.â
The âhistoric opportunityâ is to set back the country at least 50 years for at least a generation. This is the real goal.
OH, and didnât TRUMP run on better, cheaper health care FOR ALL? Where is THAT in this bill???
Oh, wait, his lips were moving, so he was lyingâŚnever mind.
He is so delusional, he doesnât realize he has NO mandate, no support among his own base on this terrible bill. God, we have to get them out in the midterms.
Yeah he is but Iâm also convinced that Bannon and the rest keep his delusions alive for him. They told him that he was the leader of a âmovement.â
IF they donât keep telling him that he is adored by the masses heâll get bored and wander off. Trump isnât just Putinâs puppet, heâs everybodyâs puppet. Heâs totally incapable of doing this job so they are doing it behind him and using him in front of what they do.
Nobody gives one shit about Donald Trump the person.
This is from a Fortune Magazine article last spring, on the phone pitch techniques used to sell Trump University courses to people who couldnât afford them. Seems apt here for Donaldâs meeting with reps:
The documents outline how employees should guide customers through âthe roller coaster of emotionsâ once they have expressed interest.
âThe motivation that they experienced can die quickly as the realities of their daily lives take over. It is our job to rekindle that motivation ⌠to make them once again see the potential of achieving their dream,â according to a âsales playbook.â
A 2009 playbook quotes a Yale University study that found the most persuasive words in the English language are: you, new, money, easy, discovery, free, results, health, save, proven, guarantee and love.
âThey share three characteristics: they are simple, familiar and dramatic.â
âThe words âI noticedâ have a powerful subconscious effect on people because they send a subliminal message to them that they stood out in the crowd, that they are attractive or charismatic or that they impressed you,â the playbook continues. âPeople love recognition and attention.â
âLies, all lies! Brave defenders of the Fatherland have turned back the Russians! The Battle of Berlin is won!â
Iâm also sure that these Republicans, say what they will publicly, donât like being threatened. Period. Especially by a guy with a 39% rating in the second month of his presidency.
Well they ran on repeal and replace with something better, not this Doanldcare fiasco. Hopefully they are gone either way. Vote yes and it screws folks so they donât get vote. Vote no and they donât get votes because they didnât do anything
The Legislative branch, as I have said in the past, is very jealous of its power and very aware of it as a separate branch. No they donât like it one bit.
If his numbers continue to plummet (and itâs a bit early for all of this; I wish we were six months in), they will be fleeing him in droves. And with a terrible healthcare bill to explain to boot âŚ
âMeadows (pictured above), for his part, told reporters that he doesnât
mind being called out by name by the leader of the free world.â
Iâm quite sure Angela Merkel never mentioned you.
He was down to 35% approval before the hearing yesterday. I will be curious to see where it is drops to next.