The GOP is lost

[owebo]

The GOP is not lost, but it has definitely morphed. The Bushes, McCains and Romneys of yesteryear are gone.

The question is what is to become of the Democrats. Even though they are in deep disarray, there is little coverage of the battle between the traditional limousine liberals, the socialists, the working-class and the minority wings of the party.

Fuck the GOPers.......Trump won because of them.....

 

[Timmy]

Let Me Get This Straight...

The GOP won the Presidential Election
The GOP controls the House and Senate
Democrats have lost over 1,000 seats / positions under Obama
Democrats have suffered back-to-back 'historic, record-setting' election losses
Democrats are so demoralized and lost they have created a fake web site that generates headlines and news as if Hillary won....
...and the GOP is 'lost'

Trump won the election. He's basically a 3rd party GOP crasher who they hated and tried to get rid of.

GOP managed to fend off close congressional elections in many red areas .

Dems added one senate seat (red state New Hampshire )

The pop vote went to Clinton by 3 mill people .


I wouldn't get too cocky . The GOP advantage is tenuous and power could easily swing the other way .

 

[emilynghiem]

Liberals are pushing back fiercely in an attempt to ensure Trump and the GOPs do nothing to the ACA.

I say FINE - GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT. The ACA is collapsing, self-destructing, failing under it's own flaws, DNC/Obama-pushed LIES, and failures. LET IT DIE! Remind people 'This is what you / liberals wanted - this is what Obama and the Democrats gave you - FORCED upon you'. (I would also provide a list of current Liberals still in office who voted for the ACA...)

I would also have something n my back pocket, though, to immediately pull out.

If Obama / snowflakes want to ride the ACA into the ground, who are we to take that away from them?

easyt65 I agree to hand it back over to Obama Pelosi and Democrats to finance and fix. If that's the side of the political spectrum that BELIEVES in health care as a right through federalized govt, then set up a system to coordinate members benefits on both state and national levels to get the discounts needed. Nothing wrong with that.

Also, the federal exchange program, with a bit of tweaking, could be used to register populations such as prison inmates and "undocumented" workers, so there could be a way to manage resources for those who WANT to underwriter, sponsor, invest donate or lend to develop programs to serve those populations. Why not let groups take over who WANT to make it work instead of make it fail. Would you hand over the designing of a car to someone who wants the car to work or wants it to crash and burn???

Pacifica Radio is a national nonprofit that provides services and is run voluntarily.
Why not use that network to organize tax resources
invested in each district to develop localized health care?
ESPECIALLY if people believe in choice of abortion and recreational drug use (while others do not and don't want to pay for the consequences involved in such "choices"),
why not separate the policies and programs?

I would think the Right to Life and Christians who want to bring back God and prayer into schools would be happy to separate resources, and let each to their own.

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

I took the liberty of copying this from another web site.

I give up... the country is lost...

Drudge Put It Perfectly: Congressional Republicans Flail and Fail

Drudge Put It Perfectly: Congressional Republicans Flail and Fail

On February 8, 2017, Matt Drudge tweeted, “No Obamacare repeal, tax cuts!” and “Republican party should be sued for fraud. NO discussion of tax cuts now.” Drudge was spot on.

This week, Sen. Rand Paul (my former boss, it should be pointed out) stormed out of a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan when he heard talk of keeping Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion intact and creating tax credits. Paul worried these tax credits would be a Republican-created entitlement program.

Unfortunately, the leadership and establishment in the Republican party is incompetent. When you compare the accomplishments of President Barack Obama at the same point in his presidency as President Donald Trump, it shows that Republicans are not doing their job.

Jonathan Weisman, deputy Washington editor at The New York Times, encapsulated Republicans’ lack of accomplishment in one tweet.
Weisman points out that at this point in the Obama administration, the Democratic-controlled Congress had passed his stimulus package, the Lilly Ledbetter bill, and started serious talks about healthcare reform. Right now, House and Senate Republicans have passed a budget that sets the table for Obamacare partial repeal, yet they don’t seem to have the stomach to pass the partial repeal measure that they passed last year. That bill gutted some of the core elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by repealing Medicaid expansion, exchange subsidies and most of the healthcare related tax hikes.

Conservatives, including The Heritage Foundation, are pushing Congress to use this measure as the basis for reconciliation this year, yet moderate senators Lamar Alexander, Bill Cassidy, and Susan Collins are pushing ideas that will save the core of Obamacare.

Now that Republicans have control of Congress, they seem to have lost focus. On February 16, The New York Times reported, “After moving to start rolling back the Affordable Care Act just days after President Trump was sworn in last month, Republican lawmakers and Mr. Trump have yet to deliver on any of the sweeping legislation they promised. Efforts to come up with a replacement for the healthcare law have been stymied by disagreements among Republicans about how to proceed. The same is true for a proposed overhaul of the tax code.”

The large infrastructure bill that both Democrats and Trump were eager to pursue has barely been mentioned, other than a general hearing to discuss well-documented needs for infrastructure improvements. Even a simple emergency spending bill that the Trump administration promised weeks ago—which was expected to include a proposal for his wall on the Mexican border—has not materialized, leaving appropriators idle.

Implementing the Trump agenda is impossible if Republicans don’t try. One of my favorite quotes is Wayne Gretzky’s “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Republicans are not taking any shots right now.

Republicans know that it would be easy to roll out and pass a massive $1 trillion infrastructure bill that would have bipartisan support. Members love roads and bridges, and Congressional pork is proven to create bipartisan support. Yet, Congress hasn’t started the process of passing Trump’s version of a stimulus bill.

Republicans ran on promising to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, and they are falling flat on their faces trying to figure out the “replace” part. Sen. Rand Paul has teamed up with forces in the House Freedom Caucus to introduce a bill to repeal Obamacare and replace with healthcare freedom, including a massive expansion of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and the freedom to purchase healthcare plans across state lines. This is a good option if Republicans feel the need to “replace” Obamacare.

Additionally, Congress has done nothing to forward the ball on Trump’s plan for a historic reform of the tax code that would include massive tax cuts for average Americans.

Republican leadership in the House and Senate are thwarting the Trump agenda with their gross incompetence. Drudge was spot on to accuse them of fraud, and Sen. Rand Paul is correct to team up with freedom loving members of the House and Senate to jump start the process of repealing Obamacare. At some point, establishment Republicans need to understand that if they continue to break promises to right-leaning Trump voters, they will hand over power to the Democrats.

Come to the dark side, we have black market cookies!

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

Liberals are pushing back fiercely in an attempt to ensure Trump and the GOPs do nothing to the ACA.

I say FINE - GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT. The ACA is collapsing, self-destructing, failing under it's own flaws, DNC/Obama-pushed LIES, and failures. LET IT DIE! Remind people 'This is what you / liberals wanted - this is what Obama and the Democrats gave you - FORCED upon you'. (I would also provide a list of current Liberals still in office who voted for the ACA...)

I would also have something n my back pocket, though, to immediately pull out.

If Obama / snowflakes want to ride the ACA into the ground, who are we to take that away from them?

They don't have to push back. The progressive neocon frauds infesting the GOP are doing their dirty work for them.

 

[Manonthestreet]

The replace part if any need not be worked out right now unless you want a rushed do anything just to do something disaster. Repeal now with expiration date of Jan 2018....

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

The replace part if any need not be worked out right now unless you want a rushed do anything just to do something disaster. Repeal now with expiration date of Jan 2018....

The Libertarian Party is ripe for the picking. Just look at the hapless dweebs they've been nominating the last few cycles.

 

[easyt65]

1. Trump won the election. He's basically a 3rd party GOP crasher who they hated and tried to get rid of.
2. GOP managed to fend off close congressional elections in many red areas .
3. Dems added one senate seat (red state New Hampshire )
4. The pop vote went to Clinton by 3 mill people .
5. I wouldn't get too cocky . The GOP advantage is tenuous and power could easily swing the other way .

1. Yes, he won. 3rd Party? The American people (minus snowflakes, illegals, & terrorists) support him / his agenda.

2. Yes - the Washington Establishment / Pro-Status Quo GOP did try to fend off Trump...but Americans were tired of their BS. If anything, Trump 'saved' the GOP from self-destruction.

3. Dems added 1 seat. Impressive - just not as impressive as losing over 1,000 seats / position across the country over the last 8 years under Obama.

4. Again with the Popular Vote. Winning the Popular Vote means NOTHING....EXCEPT that Democrats did not fully comprehend the election process and what is required to win the Presidency. They ran a campaign to win the wrong thing...and lost. In the end, Hillary didn't even get a 'Participation Trophy'.

5. It could have just as easily been the opposite. No. In fact, Liberals are risking 'extinction' based on their own actions. After SAYING, 'Opposing the election results would undermine the very pillars on which our democracy rests'...liberals have DEMONSTRATED, 'F* Democracy, F* America - we want power, we want to RULE' through their actions...painting a lovely picture of who they really are for the entire country / WORLD to see.

During the election and since it has been over:
- Democrats were exposed by their own leaked personal e-mails as racists, sexists, homophobes, & anti-Semites

- Hillary's campaign was exposed as having hired groups to intimidate, beat, and bloody Trump Supporters...AT Trump Rallies

- Liberals engaged in rioting, destruction of property, looting, arson....

- Liberals firebombed a GOP HQ

- Liberal student fascists violently and illegally rioted, burned, looted, etc in a SUCCESSFUL attempt to prevent the exercise of Freedom of Speech

- Liberals have called for Impeachment - BEFORE the oath of office was taken, called for military coups, and even called for the assassination of the newly elected President

- Liberals and Obama hold-overs perpetrated a 'political assassination' of a man who, it was proven, did not even do anything illegal.

- Liberals are refusing to confirm Trump's Cabinet member nominees, vowing to obstruct any and all progress for this country by opposing the Obama administration on everything - To hell with the country, ALL for the Democratic Party!

Do you REALLY believe that will impress and sway the American people to support the Democratic party? They are melting down like a spoiled brat on his back in the middle of the super market throwing a 5-Star temper tantrum, and they are coming across as extremely seditious...border-line treasonous. They are coming across more like the Black Lives Matter terrorist organization - 'all-in' for themselves, country and citizens be damned.

Instead of trying to work TOGETHER for the benefit of the American people and this country, proving they are capable of working together with others for the good of the country, they are coming across as self/party-serving 'domestic enemy'.

If the Democrats' 'master plan' is to continue this behavior for the next 4 years the American people will get sick of their shit, and the DNC will go the way of the Dodo.