Republican frustration is palpable

[bigtree]

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Jennifer Bendery? @jbendery 2m2 minutes ago
Here are some House Republicans, moments after AHCA went down, realizing they forgot how to govern. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-republicans-obamacare-repeal_us_58d5a4aee4b03692bea62b40 …

[dalton99a]

1. Well, they got themselves a fantasy president

[Atman]

2. Well, I don't know about palatable...

But yes, victory does tend to taste sweet.

[roamer65]

3. It was all the phone calls, faxes, letters, emails, etc.

It is now political death for them to touch the ACA or Medicare.

[dalton99a]

5. Precisely. The public's reaction was critical.

[bigtree]

11. yes, that.

...it's also the realization of the bogus politics that underlies republicanism.

After all, republicanism today is little more than hired guns working to advantage corporations by attacking each and every mandate on business. The republican party is also a lobbying arm of the military industrial complex.

What we're witnessing is their inability to translate their politics into something which actually benefits Americans. Capping it off, their bumbling, bombastic leader in the WH is unable to restrain himself from crashing and burning each and every worst instinct of the republican agenda in his frenetic, obsessive pursuit of affirmation and validation of his election.

Entitlements can be 'touched.' They can be eroded outside of the public glare that's occurring right now. But, Trump is running around touching stuff with bells tied to his ankles, blowing a whistle, and banging a drum.

I've used the senior citizen revolt against Dan Rostenkowski in the '80s as my own cautionary tale about messing with entitlements like health care. It's been 'political death' ever since. I think Ryan and Trump, two political neophytes, are just discovering this.

[SHRED]

4. It's always been political

They never intended to repeal. They voted to under Obama knowing his veto pen would provide them cover.

They are cowards.

[L. Coyote]

7. with lots of campaign contributions as a driver. Billionaires want tax cuts.

[L. Coyote]

6. Meanwhile:

[randome]

8. I think that's part of what drives the GOP.

They can't understand complex subjects or their solutions and what they can't understand, they want to tear down.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[L. Coyote]

9. Dealing with complexity requires an IQ that doesn't allow one to be a Republican.

That's the catch-22 that keeps gnawing their asses.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. Pragmatism

They are ideologues who lack all pragmatism. And that leads to paralysis.

They should have tackled tax cuts first, they all agree that the poor need to pay more in taxes so the rich can pay less.

[babylonsister]

12. And palpable! nt

[bigtree]

13. oh, fuck

...I am so sleep-deprived (night worker).

I totally missed that! Atman tried to clue me in... Cracking me up!

[babylonsister]

14. ...

[JHB]

15. Who knew reality would look different than what conservative VR goggles show you?