Angry GOP donors close their wallets

[Spare_change]

Why are billionaires so insistent on kicking millions of people off their insurance? Is it we've got ours and to hell with everyone else? I'd like to see tax reform that sticks it to these billionaires. See what they think about that.

Just so it doesn't hurt you, right? I mean ---- let's take it all and then we can get our piece of their money.

Maybe these billionaires need a little poetic justice. They want something done. Apparently they don't care what it is. They have no qualms about kicking people off of their insurance yet I will bet they will howl if their ox gets gored.

You just don't get it, do you?

These people were elected to exercise a specific agenda. They promised they would, and so they got the votes. and the chance

Now, we find out that, in fact, they are just more of the problem. They aren't interested in the agenda - only in feathering their own nest - in propagating Washington power and control.

So, just like the Democrats, the Republican voter is rejecting the "business as usual" professional politicians. The turnover in Congress, while it may or may not result in a majority party change, is going to be massive. Republican primaries, in particular, are going to be bruising and ugly. Democrats don't seem to be interested in changing their platform, and will probably stick with their failed agenda. They will miss an excellent opportunity to return to relevance.

But, in the end, the people will get exactly what they want.

I agree with Spare. Many of these Repubs are going to get an opponent in the primary. People are bolstered by Trump winning the Presidency, as it shows that if enough people get pissed off, the do nothing politicians are in trouble.

Where the problem lies is---------> We KNOW the rino's do NOT want a conservative to win anything. In states where the Democrat has little chance, the Democrats HELP the rino. So in essence, it is 2 v 1, with the 2 having all the cash.

CONSIDER-----------> When John Mcain ran for re-election in AZ, who do you think the Democrats wanted to win the primary, Mcain or Kelli Ward? If you look it up, the ONLY times Democrats didn't like John Mcain, was when he wanted to have military action, and when he ran against Obama! Besides that, the Democrats can USUALLY count on him to vote with them!

So in essence, in states with OPEN PRIMARY's that are heavily republican, who the Democratic opponent is, is not as important to Democrats as who the Republican candidate is. This is exactly how Thad Cochran got RE-ELECTED being rino, and his conservative opponent got defeated in the primary. The Democrats actually RAN ADS to support Thad Cochran in the primary!

So when anyone tells you that Republicans control the senate, they are just using semantics. You know who Murkowski is? Do you know who Collins is? Well, guess who was the single, LARGEST donor to BOTH of their campaigns........and if you don't believe me, look it up, it is public record. It was the TEACHERS UNION! In fact, Murkowski did NOT even win the Republican primary, the conservative did. So what did the Teachers union and Democrats do? They put up the money for her to run as an independent! They thought it would split the vote enough to get a Democrat in. And what happened? Murkowski won, BARELY.........over her Republican, CONSERVATIVE opponent, with the Democrat coming in a distant 3rd. This is all public record if you doubt me!

So both Democrats, AND Rino's are all about the swamp, or whatever you Democrats want to call it. The reason nothing can get done, even with the Repubs controlling both houses, and the Presidency is simple----------> Some Republicans in office are REALLY Democrats, but know they can not get elected proclaiming the truth. All you need do is LOOK, and you know what I am telling you is 100% true. Does anyone on this board think that the Repubs supported Cruz? How about Paul? Lee from Utah anyone? THEY DIDN'T, they hate them, because they are NOT for the swamp! The closest thing to them on the Democratic side is Mansion, and there are rumblings that Shumer wants him to have a primary opponent!

And now you KNOW why BOTH sides hate Trump! Suppose for an instant, taxes are cut, job growth soars, and tax receipts INCREASE. What is the 1st thing MOST thinking Americans are going to say to themselves? Why did it take a relative outsider to do this. What took so long? It happened before under Reagan, and as history shows, even 35% of the Democrats voted to get him re-elected. Washington can NOT have a repeat of this, or they LOSE THEIR POWER! In other words, they like each other and their power, MORE than they like us, or doing what is best for America!

Trump is doing a great job. By handing it to Congress, he is forcing a compromise.

He's about to dump the Iran deal into the lap of Congressional Republicans. A done deal that the Iranians are living up to.

Republicans do not want to have to cast votes in support of the Iran deal. They don't want it on their agenda. Trump is fucking over the people who are going to decide whether to let him be impeached or not.

Compliance with the deal isn't the issue .... though, I would maintain that they are not (take a look at their growth in missile technology).

The "deal" is horrendous, and one-sided. It was a total capitulation by the Obama regime in order to get something, anything, on the record. This bolstered Obama's "legacy" (boy, is that a rapidly deflating balloon) and supposedly bolstered Hillary's foreign policy credentials.

We know how well that worked ---- for both of them.

The deal is garbage - and needs to go.

 

[conserveguy877]

President Trump never asked for the voters money. Unlike the fraud DNC and Crazy Bernie stealing 10 dollar of poor college kids lunch money. The OP here doesn't comprehend well enough how President Trump won. Sad!

 

[Spare_change]

What does the left even stand for anymore? What's their message? "at least we're not trump" or "republicans are literally hitler u guys" or "KILL WHITEY"...?

Trump, warts and all seems like a better alternative to that.

We stand for higher wages, better jobs, Medicare for all, a huge infrastructure bill to rebuild America, reducing inequality, getting military hardware out of our police departments, legalizing marijuana, ensuring the right to vote, a strong worker visa program, prison reform, elimination of private prisons, increasing alternative energy use.

How many more do you need?

If you stand for all those things, what's your plan to get them? How are you going to pay for them?

Wanting pie-in-the-sky stuff is wonderful --- paying for it is a bitch. Be a responsible adult and show us your plan to make all that happen.

 

[impuretrash]

What does the left even stand for anymore? What's their message? "at least we're not trump" or "republicans are literally hitler u guys" or "KILL WHITEY"...?

Trump, warts and all seems like a better alternative to that.

We stand for higher wages, better jobs, Medicare for all, a huge infrastructure bill to rebuild America, reducing inequality, getting military hardware out of our police departments, legalizing marijuana, ensuring the right to vote, a strong worker visa program, prison reform, elimination of private prisons, increasing alternative energy use.

How many more do you need?

Oh, so the left wants socialism then. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[cnm]

So it looks like none of the 'Republicans' on this thread donated to the cause.

 

[cnm]

President Trump never asked for the voters money.

Well, be fair, he did sell them trash in exchange for it.

 

[william the wie]

Unhappily the Ds have so many seats at risk that the Senate will go GOP in 2018 by veto proof margins and the RINOs will be lost in the shuffle. This problem will not get solved.

 

[conserveguy877]

President Trump never asked for the voters money.

Well, be fair, he did sell them trash in exchange for it.

Pahaha I come in here to check my reply and this is all you got? Just a redundant insult.

 

[g5000]

Looks like the money well might be drying up folks...

From the article...

"Republicans are confronting a growing revolt from their top donors, who are cutting off the party in protest over its inability to get anything done.

Tensions reached a boiling point at a recent dinner at the home of Los Angeles billionaire Robert Day. In full view of around two dozen guests, Thomas Wachtell, a retired oil and gas investor and party contributor, delivered an urgent message to the night’s headliner, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: Just do something.

Wachtell, who has given tens of thousands of dollars over the years to Senate Republicans, recalled that McConnell responded defensively. Passing legislation takes time, the Republican leader responded, and President Donald Trump didn’t seem to understand how long it required.

“Anybody who was there knew that I was not happy. And I don’t think anybody was happy. How could you be?” said Wachtell, who has previously given over $2,000 to McConnell but recently stopped donating to Senate GOP causes. “You’re never going to get a more sympathetic Republican than I am. But I’m sick and tired of nothing happening.”

With the GOP’s agenda at a virtual standstill on Capitol Hill, the party is contending with a hard reality. Some of the party's most elite and influential donors, who spent the past eight years plowing cash into the party’s coffers in hopes of accomplishing a sweeping conservative agenda and undoing Barack Obama’s legislative accomplishments, are closing their wallets."

Source: Angry GOP donors close their wallets

So are any of the USMB self-proclaimed Conservatives also fed up with the Republican Party as these weathly donors are?

I've been fed up with the GOP since 2006. My only regret is that I did not wake up sooner.

That does not in any way mean I am looking at the Democrats as the answer. Oh, hell no.

 

[BluesLegend]

So are any of the USMB self-proclaimed Conservatives also fed up with the Republican Party as these weathly donors are?

That's why Trump is president and not Jeb.

Post of the day right there ^^^

 

[cnm]

Pahaha I come in here to check my reply and this is all you got? Just a redundant insult.

Hardly my fault you are insulted by reality.

 

[conserveguy877]

Pahaha I come in here to check my reply and this is all you got? Just a redundant insult.

Hardly my fault you are insulted by reality.

I know reality enough to see that Trump is president. Maybe you're insulted by reality not being able to see Trump is president.

 

[busybee01]

Why are billionaires so insistent on kicking millions of people off their insurance? Is it we've got ours and to hell with everyone else? I'd like to see tax reform that sticks it to these billionaires. See what they think about that.

Just so it doesn't hurt you, right? I mean ---- let's take it all and then we can get our piece of their money.

Maybe these billionaires need a little poetic justice. They want something done. Apparently they don't care what it is. They have no qualms about kicking people off of their insurance yet I will bet they will howl if their ox gets gored.

You just don't get it, do you?

These people were elected to exercise a specific agenda. They promised they would, and so they got the votes. and the chance

Now, we find out that, in fact, they are just more of the problem. They aren't interested in the agenda - only in feathering their own nest - in propagating Washington power and control.

So, just like the Democrats, the Republican voter is rejecting the "business as usual" professional politicians. The turnover in Congress, while it may or may not result in a majority party change, is going to be massive. Republican primaries, in particular, are going to be bruising and ugly. Democrats don't seem to be interested in changing their platform, and will probably stick with their failed agenda. They will miss an excellent opportunity to return to relevance.

But, in the end, the people will get exactly what they want.

You don't get it. The fact is that most of the GOP agenda is extremely unpopular. Obamacare is more popular than ever. More voters oppose a wall. Even parts of the GOP tax agenda is extremely unpopular.

What is going on in Washington is not business as usual. Voters do not want Obamacare repealed. The only question is whether the crazies on the right will drive the Republican Party into the ditch.

 

[busybee01]

Unhappily the Ds have so many seats at risk that the Senate will go GOP in 2018 by veto proof margins and the RINOs will be lost in the shuffle. This problem will not get solved.

No it will not. The Republicans will pick up at best a few seats. Democrats will likely win the Nevada seat and could win the Arizona seat. However the odds are increasing that the House will go to the Democrats. Healthcare will be a huge issue in 2018. Obamacare beat the Republican plans by nearly a 2-1 margin.

 

[debbiedowner]

Because of all the praise, excuse making and ignoring of all of Trump's eff-ups, which he seems to rack up daily, from practically day one.

I see this from the rightwing politicians in Congress, the local precincts, right down to the rightwingers right here on USMB.

You guys have been saying how "if he's doing something to make Democrats mad, I'm happy."

So no...I haven't noticed what you just stated. That's not reality.

What does the left even stand for anymore? What's their message? "at least we're not trump" or "republicans are literally hitler u guys" or "KILL WHITEY"...?

Trump, warts and all seems like a better alternative to that.

So what does the republicans stand for? You have 6 parties within 1.

 

[longknife]

Report: GOP Donors, Frustrated by ‘Do-Nothing Congress,’ Stop Giving Money



Do you think the president cares? He doesn’t need such stuff and won’t ask for it.

So, if they have trouble funding their campaigns, does that make them vulnerable to their DemocRAT challengers? How about members of their own party – political outsiders the voters might turn to as backlash?

Ayers petitioned the donors at the meeting to form a coalition of donors to offer an ultimatum to McConnell and his allies: get President Donald Trump’s agenda through by year’s end or “we’re going out, we’re recruiting opponents, we’re maxing out to their campaigns, and we’re funding super PACs to defeat all of you.”

More @ Report: GOP Donors, Frustrated by 'Do-Nothing Congress,' Stop Giving Money

 

[conserveguy877]

Because of all the praise, excuse making and ignoring of all of Trump's eff-ups, which he seems to rack up daily, from practically day one.

I see this from the rightwing politicians in Congress, the local precincts, right down to the rightwingers right here on USMB.

You guys have been saying how "if he's doing something to make Democrats mad, I'm happy."

So no...I haven't noticed what you just stated. That's not reality.

What does the left even stand for anymore? What's their message? "at least we're not trump" or "republicans are literally hitler u guys" or "KILL WHITEY"...?

Trump, warts and all seems like a better alternative to that.

So what does the republicans stand for? You have 6 parties within 1.

For the republic of the USA. For the people and by the people.

 

[debbiedowner]

Because of all the praise, excuse making and ignoring of all of Trump's eff-ups, which he seems to rack up daily, from practically day one.

I see this from the rightwing politicians in Congress, the local precincts, right down to the rightwingers right here on USMB.

You guys have been saying how "if he's doing something to make Democrats mad, I'm happy."

So no...I haven't noticed what you just stated. That's not reality.

What does the left even stand for anymore? What's their message? "at least we're not trump" or "republicans are literally hitler u guys" or "KILL WHITEY"...?

Trump, warts and all seems like a better alternative to that.

So what does the republicans stand for? You have 6 parties within 1.

For the republic of the USA. For the people and by the people.

If you believe that you're one dumb mf.

 

[Crackerjack]

I'd be sweating if I was a down-ticket Republican. Not only will you have to lug around Trump's idiocy, you'll have to do it with little to no financial help from national.

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[Spare_change]

Why are billionaires so insistent on kicking millions of people off their insurance? Is it we've got ours and to hell with everyone else? I'd like to see tax reform that sticks it to these billionaires. See what they think about that.

Just so it doesn't hurt you, right? I mean ---- let's take it all and then we can get our piece of their money.

Maybe these billionaires need a little poetic justice. They want something done. Apparently they don't care what it is. They have no qualms about kicking people off of their insurance yet I will bet they will howl if their ox gets gored.

You just don't get it, do you?

These people were elected to exercise a specific agenda. They promised they would, and so they got the votes. and the chance

Now, we find out that, in fact, they are just more of the problem. They aren't interested in the agenda - only in feathering their own nest - in propagating Washington power and control.

So, just like the Democrats, the Republican voter is rejecting the "business as usual" professional politicians. The turnover in Congress, while it may or may not result in a majority party change, is going to be massive. Republican primaries, in particular, are going to be bruising and ugly. Democrats don't seem to be interested in changing their platform, and will probably stick with their failed agenda. They will miss an excellent opportunity to return to relevance.

But, in the end, the people will get exactly what they want.

You don't get it. The fact is that most of the GOP agenda is extremely unpopular. Obamacare is more popular than ever. More voters oppose a wall. Even parts of the GOP tax agenda is extremely unpopular.

What is going on in Washington is not business as usual. Voters do not want Obamacare repealed. The only question is whether the crazies on the right will drive the Republican Party into the ditch.

None of that is true .... you are being seriously misled.

If I prove you wrong, are you willing to admit it?