Senator McCain Stands Up to Be the Parental Voice of the Senate

[The Derp]

Is it possible for Democrats and Republicans to play nicely with each other now and serve the interests of the American people and FIX what is wrong with our health care system?

Only if they're willing to take on insurance and drug companies. That doesn't seem likely in either case.

 

[Syriusly]

They voted unanimously not to 'debate' a number of unknown proto-bills- that they had no information on, and had had no input on.

They voted unanimously not to debate how to fix the broken ACAi

fixing the ACA wasn't on the agenda for 'debate'

Repeal and replace with something that actually works is exactly what was on the agenda for the debate

As I said- fixing the ACA wasn't on the agenda- I was just pointing out your lie.

Debating fixing the ACA is exactly what was on the agenda

Now you are just lying again.

But the good news is that the Republicans attempt to take health insurance away from millions of Americans failed.

Now if the GOP really wants to work on 'fixing' the ACA, they can do so with the Democrats.

 

[basquebromance]

"The very same courage Senator McCain showed as a naval aviator in Vietnam, he showed last night." - Cryin Chuck Schumer

awww, did he make you cry, Chuck?

 

[Syriusly]

"The very same courage Senator McCain showed as a naval aviator in Vietnam, he showed last night." - Cryin Chuck Schumer

awww, did he make you cry, Chuck?

I am pretty sure I saw those tears in the eyes of President Snowflake- as once again the 'deal maker' was unable to make the deal.

 

[Votto]

Is it possible for Democrats and Republicans to play nicely with each other now and serve the interests of the American people and FIX what is wrong with our health care system?

Democrats need to throw Obama under the bus, but I don't see that happening

Sorry, there is only room for Trump under the bus.

 

[basquebromance]

How pathetic do you have to be to not vote to repeal legislation that's named after the candidate you lost to in a presidential election?

 

[RASTAMEN]

How pathetic do you have to be to not vote to repeal legislation that's named after the candidate you lost to in a presidential election?

TRUMP CARE has failed!!!!!!!

 

[basquebromance]

more like the petty vengeful voice of the senate!

 

[Anathema]

Sorry, McCain has had is fingers in too many shady things for me to ever respect him.

He needs to retire

No. He needs to DIE, and take the express lane to the darkest layers of Hell itself.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Sorry, McCain has had is fingers in too many shady things for me to ever respect him.

He needs to retire

No. He needs to DIE, and take the express lane to the darkest layers of Hell itself.

He'll die soon enough, what God does with him is between those two

 

[BlueGin]

Is it possible for Democrats and Republicans to play nicely with each other now and serve the interests of the American people and FIX what is wrong with our health care system?

Only if they're willing to take on insurance and drug companies. That doesn't seem likely in either case.

That's because the Republicans and democrats ARE what is wrong with our healthcare system.

 

[Montrovant]

Remember- the Republicans goal is to repeal Obamacare- not ensure better healthcare for Americans.

The Democrats voted unanimously to not talk about it you stupid lying faggot.

The Democrats are being disruptive to the American government at a time that is critical for the American people.

We need a new party that represents the American worker.

I wonder if there has ever been a time that wasn't considered "critical" to those living in it?

 

[Syriusly]

Sorry, McCain has had is fingers in too many shady things for me to ever respect him.

He needs to retire

No. He needs to DIE, and take the express lane to the darkest layers of Hell itself.

Can always count on Conservatives to hope Americans will die.

 

[Syriusly]

How pathetic do you have to be to not vote to repeal legislation that's named after the candidate you lost to in a presidential election?

How pathetic do you have to be to attack a man with a terminal illness.

 

[JimBowie1958]

I wonder if there has ever been a time that wasn't considered "critical" to those living in it?

The coming Robotic Revolution is going to be more extreme change to our society and economy than any previous tech era.

Unemployment at around 85% and a fixation on job mongering policies will turn everything upside down at minimum.

 

[Montrovant]

I wonder if there has ever been a time that wasn't considered "critical" to those living in it?

The coming Robotic Revolution is going to be more extreme change to our society and economy than any previous tech era.

Unemployment at around 85% and a fixation on job mongering policies will turn everything upside down at minimum.

I wonder just how fast a change robotics will make, and also just how much it will end up being used. Many things seem like they will inevitably be run by machines, but future predictions seem to turn out wrong all the time.

And, of course, there may well have been people who thought that robots were about to take over most jobs the first time they were used in a productions line.

As a sci-fi fan, I've long wondered just how the progression to more machine-based labor is going to go.

I'm pretty sure McCain won't be around to see the kind of mass replacement of jobs that you're talking about.....hell, I have my doubts that I will be, either, and I could easily live another 40-50 years.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

I am not a john McCain fan, in fact I think he is a traitor, collaborator and corporate crony sell out.

But he has stepped up to remind US Senators of their obligation to the people of the US and our Republic in a great speech that might well go down as the 21st centuries version of the Gettysburg address.

Senator McCain, you have earned my respect, and my apology for being brash toward you in the past, though what I said was still true.

You have shown yourself to be the man with the best vision of what our Senate is supposed to be and can be and how it best can serve the American people.

Full text of John McCain's Senate floor speech: 'Let’s return to regular order'

“Mr. President:

“I’ve stood in this place many times and addressed as president many presiding officers. I have been so addressed when I have sat in that chair, as close as I will ever be to a presidency.

“It is an honorific we’re almost indifferent to, isn’t it. In truth, presiding over the Senate can be a nuisance, a bit of a ceremonial bore, and it is usually relegated to the more junior members of the majority.

“But as I stand here today – looking a little worse for wear I’m sure – I have a refreshed appreciation for the protocols and customs of this body, and for the other ninety-nine privileged souls who have been elected to this Senate.

“I have been a member of the United States Senate for thirty years. I had another long, if not as long, career before I arrived here, another profession that was profoundly rewarding, and in which I had experiences and friendships that I revere. But make no mistake, my service here is the most important job I have had in my life. And I am so grateful to the people of Arizona for the privilege – for the honor – of serving here and the opportunities it gives me to play a small role in the history of the country I love.

“I’ve known and admired men and women in the Senate who played much more than a small role in our history, true statesmen, giants of American politics. They came from both parties, and from various backgrounds. Their ambitions were frequently in conflict. They held different views on the issues of the day. And they often had very serious disagreements about how best to serve the national interest.

“But they knew that however sharp and heartfelt their disputes, however keen their ambitions, they had an obligation to work collaboratively to ensure the Senate discharged its constitutional responsibilities effectively. Our responsibilities are important, vitally important, to the continued success of our Republic. And our arcane rules and customs are deliberately intended to require broad cooperation to function well at all. The most revered members of this institution accepted the necessity of compromise in order to make incremental progress on solving America’s problems and to defend her from her adversaries.

“That principled mindset, and the service of our predecessors who possessed it, come to mind when I hear the Senate referred to as the world’s greatest deliberative body. I’m not sure we can claim that distinction with a straight face today.

“I’m sure it wasn’t always deserved in previous eras either. But I’m sure there have been times when it was, and I was privileged to witness some of those occasions.

“Our deliberations today – not just our debates, but the exercise of all our responsibilities – authorizing government policies, appropriating the funds to implement them, exercising our advice and consent role – are often lively and interesting. They can be sincere and principled. But they are more partisan, more tribal more of the time than any other time I remember. Our deliberations can still be important and useful, but I think we’d all agree they haven’t been overburdened by greatness lately. And right now they aren’t producing much for the American people.

“Both sides have let this happen. Let’s leave the history of who shot first to the historians. I suspect they’ll find we all conspired in our decline – either by deliberate actions or neglect. We’ve all played some role in it. Certainly I have. Sometimes, I’ve let my passion rule my reason. Sometimes, I made it harder to find common ground because of something harsh I said to a colleague. Sometimes, I wanted to win more for the sake of winning than to achieve a contested policy.

“Incremental progress, compromises that each side criticize but also accept, just plain muddling through to chip away at problems and keep our enemies from doing their worst isn’t glamorous or exciting. It doesn’t feel like a political triumph. But it’s usually the most we can expect from our system of government, operating in a country as diverse and quarrelsome and free as ours.

“Considering the injustice and cruelties inflicted by autocratic governments, and how corruptible human nature can be, the problem solving our system does make possible, the fitful progress it produces, and the liberty and justice it preserves, is a magnificent achievement.

“Our system doesn’t depend on our nobility. It accounts for our imperfections, and gives an order to our individual strivings that has helped make ours the most powerful and prosperous society on earth. It is our responsibility to preserve that, even when it requires us to do something less satisfying than ‘winning.’ Even when we must give a little to get a little. Even when our efforts manage just three yards and a cloud of dust, while critics on both sides denounce us for timidity, for our failure to ‘triumph.’

“I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to cooperate, on our dependence on each other to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us. Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the radio and television and the Internet. To hell with them. They don’t want anything done for the public good. Our incapacity is their livelihood.

“Let’s trust each other. Let’s return to regular order. We’ve been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. That’s an approach that’s been employed by both sides, mandating legislation from the top down, without any support from the other side, with all the parliamentary maneuvers that requires.
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Well, said Senator McCain, well said.

You're an idiot. Stop getting sucked in. McCain stabbed you in the front and the back, multiple times. No need to celebrate the guy.

 

[JimBowie1958]

I'm pretty sure McCain won't be around to see the kind of mass replacement of jobs that you're talking about.....hell, I have my doubts that I will be, either, and I could easily live another 40-50 years.

I understand your skepticism, but progress on Strong AI and autonomous robots are very far long in development.



Sabina, A Robot Domestic Learns When You Show Her

Robots being developed that have a 'brain' and can learn new things like a human child

 

[Desperado]

Once again McCain stabs America in the back.
The man is a worthless POS

 

[Anathema]

Can always count on Conservatives to hope Americans will die.

His voting record proves he has no interest in what's best for America, and hasn't in decades.