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(70,242 posts)edhopper
(33,587 posts)and then healthcare will be destroyed.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I suspect there are a few GOP senators who are carrying a lot of spite over the damage Trump is doing to the party.
edhopper
(33,587 posts)the bill will pass.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)If not, you don't know that.
edhopper
(33,587 posts)they aren't doing this not to pass a bill.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I have. These kinds of votes are used to please the base or keep promises then they are free to represent their states or conscience. KY and AR are two states that have benefitted greatly from Medicaide expansion. I would be very surprised if they put their state GOP majorities at risk.
edhopper
(33,587 posts)and know they will keep their base with God, Guns and Gays.
They release people only when they have the votes.
This voting for the procedural and not the bill won't cut it.
Done deal. We are screwed.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I prefer to watch, give it some thought based on what I have seen and learned up close, try to have hope and do what I can dod, and get mad when I have all of the facts.
edhopper
(33,587 posts)has given you hope?
Not defeatism, realism.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Of course there's a good chance I will be disappointed. It's part of life. To walk around without hope is to be completely useless as a friend, colleague, or role model.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)it works.
It is foolish to think otherwise.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)edhopper
(33,587 posts)that it's a done deal and healthcare will soon be in the dumper.
Would that satisfy you?
I would have no arguement with what you said if that was your opinion. I may not agree with it.
edhopper
(33,587 posts)I guess it appeared I had inside knowledge of McConnell and the Republiscums.
I only know them to be vile assholes who will destroy our country. And there is no check on them.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)To celebrate killings few thousand people moreevery year. Sickos