Patterico:
I guess congratulations are in order. Congratulations, Barack Obama. Your signature big-government achievement: ObamaCare — the biggest step towards socialized medicine in this country in over forty years — is now beyond challenge. We now know that it will never be repealed. And we have Republicans to thank for it.
And it’s being treated like just another news story. Well, it’s not. It’s the worst political betrayal in modern political history.
I’d like you to imagine something. Imagine you’re sitting at the breakfast table with your spouse, to whom you have been married for seven years. Your spouse says: “Honey, I have a couple of things to tell you. First, they ran out of milk at the store. Second, I slept with my co-worker last week. Now, about this milk situation…”
I think you might say something like this: “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Forget the milk situation. What was that you said about breaking your most fundamental promise to me? The promise you have made to me for the last seven years? The one promise that was central to our life together?”
That’s not just another broken promise. For many people, that’s a dealbreaker.
If you open up your newspaper, or access your favorite blog or news site, you might not realize that we just experienced the worst political betrayal I can remember. Here’s a story about transgenders and the military. Oh, yeah, and also the Republicans voted not to repeal ObamaCare. Now, about those transgenders . . .
Whoa, whoa, whoa. The Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted against repealing ObamaCare? They just broke their most fundamental promise to voters? A promise they made for seven years? The most central promise of the entire party?
And we’re supposed to just let this one go?
No way. We want a divorce.
There are seven Senators who voted against the relatively clean 2015 repeal bill yesterday. You might also choose to blame the party as a whole, or Mitch McConnell. That’s up to you. But these seven Senators should be the primary targets (see what I did there?) of your wrath.
I am going to be very plain. The following people must be drummed out of public life.
- Lamar Alexander (Tenn.)
- Shelley Moore Capito (W. Va.)
- Susan Collins (Maine)
- Dean Heller (Nev.)
- John McCain (Ariz.)
- Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
- Rob Portman (Ohio)
(John McCain, huh? So that’s what that speech was all about: justifying a vote against repeal. I told you the speech was disgraceful.)
It is useful to keep in mind that, with the sole exception of Collins, these senators voted for repeal in 2015, when it didn’t matter.
@Redteam: If Kelly and Mad Dog Mattis can curb the blatant BS that Trump’s been spouting for 7 months all credit to them.
Semper Fi
@Rich Wheeler: yea and just think, you get to hear him for 7 1/2 more years. The ‘working’ people are turning to Trump more than anyone else.
@Redteam: Actually, polls show working people turning against him Quinnipac has him at 33% approve and 61% disapprove Rasmussen his best at 39% approval.
His 3M approach–blame Mexicans, Muslims and Media seems to be failing.
Lets face it–he’s floundering badly—maybe he should drop a missile on North Korean leader to up his numbers.
@Rich Wheeler: tsk tsk tsk
I guess not bashing is becoming the engineer on the Trump train.
I actually gave a link to your rumor, a pointless MSM distraction to cover the facts of the Dow hitting another record, I also expect a huge correction in October or a bit sooner.
Have you bothered with the White House site or are you still just picking in the poo the MSM is feeding the brainwashed?
No Appreciation for his lack of fear of Alpha males, and dumping those that are not up for the job?.
Not in the propaganda narrative that he signed the Russian sanctions bill. Fake or useless BS about Trump does not make a positive impression.
Polls again haven’t you been burned enough?? lol
@kitt: Final polls within 2% of final vote which as you know was HRC 48% DT46% others 6%.
Signed Russian sanctions grudgingly-couldn’t survive override.
Dow was up bigger under Obama—has continued upward fueled by continued low interest rates.
btw In the last 2 days he’s lied about calls from Mex Prez and Boy Scout CEO–he’s lying regularly. I expect DT and Deplorable to back his lies but not you.
@Rich Wheeler:
I tell you I am shocked, Shocked, that a liberal polling outfit can’t find more people that don’t like him. If I wanted to make him look bad, I would only report my results from people that don’t like him. Your poller doesn’t seem to have grasped that concept.
Is that your invention? Well, then look at it from the other side. Polls are more favorable toward Dimocrats because Mexicans, Muslims and Media love them. Which would you pick? You may be the first Dimocrat I’ve heard advocating Trump drop bombs on NK. Unusual.
@Rich Wheeler:
Kate Steinle was not a one-off incident. It happens every day. Brian Terry, just another one of the statistics that you Democrats seem to want to ignore. And don’t give me that crap that Americans kill Americans when you seem to want to import even more murderous thugs. Not to mention the drug running and the human trafficking. But hey, those “Mexicans” (why do all liberals think all illegals are Mexican? Could it be your own biases?) don’t hide out in plain sight in your neighborhood, so no worries on your part, right?
9/11, Fort Hood, Boston………………..nothing to see there, move on.
The media (press) lost it’s credibility a long time ago with the three Walters.
@Rich Wheeler: Rich I’ll try once more. There is no voting for Trump or Hillary in the general election. (I used that as one of the points for your tuition refund) The President is elected by electoral votes and my numbers indicate that Trump got 306 to the Beast getting 232, that works out to 57% for Trump, 43% for the beast. As Kitt said, so much for your polls. Presidents are not elected by polls. But it mostly shows that dimocrat polling organizations don’t know what they’re doing.
@Redteam:I’ll say again–the polls that predicted the popular vote were spot on. Rasmussen a Repub. poll has him at 39%.
Trump is a pathological liar–always has been—dangerous to have him in power.
Good news—Mattis and Kelly will keep him in check.
O5 expect partial and distorted quotes from RT but not from you.
@Rich Wheeler: And I’ll say again that there was no popular vote for president. The popular vote was for electors. The electors voted for president. So any poll for popular vote for president has to be meaningless by definition since there isn’t one.
so tell me why you label Rasmussen a Repub poll. Do you think that indicates they slant the poll to a Repub? But then I’m quite sure you don’t feel as if the Dim polls slant theirs toward Dims, right? So then, by definition, if a poll is ‘slanted’ then it is totally meaningless and useless because they only poll people that will give them the answer they want and they can ignore all others. Keep up that kind of logic and we’ll have to go back for the 100 % refund we were working on.
@Redteam:RT You’re a legend in your own mind–though I find your “reasoning” generally absurd.. Absolutely understand why you adore Trump.
BTW You label Quinnipac Lib yet don’t accept Rasmussen as Conserv.??
You question Kelly’s education and say yours is better but have only credited your mamma and haven’t identified any schools you’ve attended.
@Rich Wheeler:
Where did I do that? Prez has some issues with communication skills even I roll my eyes at times. I am watching what he is doing, so what is he doing that has your panties in such a knot?
I almost expect next, you hate how he offended the Irish by using the term “paddy wagon”
@Rich Wheeler:
Not true. I didn’t question Kelly’s education. I just said that what you credited him with is not true.
And I didn’t have a mamma, I am a southerner and we had ‘mama’s’ And considering what some people have gotten from their education, Mama’s home schooling was all I needed to stay abreast of the average Liberal. And that was without affirmative action.
See how my home schooling gets into your head? When did I say I adore Trump? What have I said in admiration of Trump. Keeps your imagination working overtime. Geez, just imagine how far ahead i would be had I attended Sunday School regularly.
Hey RW, go over to the thread about ESPN and SI and give me a comment on CK.
@kitt: @kitt: Communication skills?–how bout outright lies–you just roll your eyes at those–so be it–I’ll put you in that 30% base.
RT Your admiration of Trump has been continuous. Not so?
Kap will be playing this season—he’s too good to be blackballed much longer—team opens 0-5 he’ll be in.
@Rich Wheeler:
RW, I’m not sure if you know what the word ‘admire’ means. There have been 4 persons I admire or have admired in my lifetime. My mother, my father, my daughter and especially my wife. No one else.
No way. I don’t think the NFL has time to get the African branch open in time. The Somali Pirates don’t even have a coach yet.
@Rich Wheeler:
What distorted quotes? Here is the complete sentence you wrote in post #53
Of course, being the liberal you are, you don’t address my comments, you just try to obfuscate what you actually said.
So, how many illegals hide in plain sight in your neighborhood and why do you think all illegals are Mexican? That seems pretty bigoted on your part.
@Rich Wheeler:
When did I ever distort or use a partial quote? I’m always straight arrow.
@Rich Wheeler: You dodged the question I expect that from Greg and AJay not you. Why are your panties in a wad? Did one of his untruths take over 1/6th of the economy, a policy that killed seal team 6 and many more, perhaps he didnt send assistance to an embassy under attack ?
You dont need to put me in any of your boxes 30 % or otherwise, I will quote Popeye I yam what I yam.
@kitt: Remember I didn’t vote for DT or HRC–Webb 2016 remains on my bumper sticker.
Trump has proven himself a pathological liar–majority now aware of this—dangerous for the country.
@Rich Wheeler: So you cant name one action that causes you to scope out the pathetic MSM for garbage thats meant for brainwashed mind controlled fools, most of which is fake nonsense. Be glad you are not in his shoes everything you say is taken seriously, or twisted. You cant be sarcastic, or say something simply to amuse yourself, and 1/2 the country gets in a frenzy. As far as lying or not checking his facts we knew that before the election. I did vote for him to keep criminally insane Hillary and her rapist husband out of the White house. Now I hope his actions, deeds, works save the country from socialists.
@kitt: You’re out there on the far far right–I thought Trump’s accusations about Cruz.s father would give you pause.
I’ll take a free press over Trump’s lies anytime. A lot more than half the country believe he’s a boldfaced liar.
he lies to amuse himself sick
his actions; deeds, and works will usher in a Dem controlled House in 2018
Don’t Stop Believing would be good for throwback.
@Rich Wheeler:
give us a hint. Where can we find a free press? The liberal press is not free. They are all bought and paid for. Do you think Acosta really believes that the only country that has english speaking people is Australia and Great Britain? That’s all he can admit too because those that pay him won’t allow him to tell the truth.
Are you really for an open border?
@Redteam: Trump’s lackey badly beaten in his back and forth with Acosta.
I’m not for open borders–I’m not for the ridiculous wall.
Acosta doesn’t believe it and he didn’t say it. Trump’s new plan to limit legal immigration won’t get past Congress.
@Rich Wheeler:
Are you freaking serious?
Acosta just showed he’s a bully, not a journalist. Journalists should have a better grasp of American history than that clown does. What kinds of moron thinks that only people from Great Britain and Australia speak English?
Only because the Democrats would sell this nation down the river to anyone who would [illegally] vote for them. Immigration into the U.S. should be as strict as Mexico’s immigration laws, especially since you seem to think all illegals are Mexican.
Immigration into a sovereign nation should be by those who benefit that nation, not those that nation can benefit.
@Rich Wheeler:
You sure saw a different ‘back and forth’ than I did. I saw the floor getting wiped up with Acosta. Richie, do you also think that only people from Australia and UK speak English?
Hmm, I haven’t heard of that one being proposed, only the one between us and Mexico. However if Calexit takes off, we need a 20 footer, paid for by Gayfornia between them and the US.
All he has to do is sign Executive Order. He learned that from Obozo.