March 10, 2017

I would add one point they want the poor to work AND

pay into Social Security and Medicare until they prematurely die. Leaving their SS and Medicare money unclaimed. Waiting for the time when the repugs can pillage it.

March 10, 2017

Time to purge ideologues from the national media.

The Hannity's and Limbaugh's have done more to damage our country than any Muslim citizen. They do it through constant barrage of lies and conspiracy theories. We have all heard the saying "let God sort out the good and evil". I hope theses haters will finally have to account for their hate filled rhetoric.

March 10, 2017

Ok maybe a really dumb question but....

.... if Trump is guilty of some illegal activity that got him elected POTUS why wouldn't Pence be tainted? Fruit of the poison tree? The were elected as a ticket right? Two sides of the same coin? Then by extension why would the republicans still hold the WH at all? Anyone...?

March 6, 2017

It is about maintaining a numerical advantage at the poll booths

Look at what they have done over the last 10 years. Voter suppression any way they can. Voter ID. Purging voters off the rolls. Gerrymandering districts to insure republican voting advantages. Flipping votes. And now apparently getting foreign hacking to advantage the republican ticket.

IMO these are a must read. And it explains why republicans are winning elective seats. Efficiency Gap.

Efficiency Gap.
https://thinkprogress.org/the-most-exciting-attack-on-partisan-gerrymandering-in-over-a-decade-68ae8b6b2e5e#.vcc2fblov
SCOTUS
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91462
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=90844
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89402 (Wisconsin's SCOTUS case is coming up.)

February 27, 2017

I was stationed in SC 50 years ago. That is the way it was then! I mistakenly.....

..... thought it would have change by now.. 50 years later. Sadly it has not. If I never cross the Mason-Dixon line again that will be to soon and just fine with me. I guess some of us are born to be "damn yankees" some are born or raised to be racists.

February 27, 2017

Sadly they are purposely NOT listening.

GOP Congress members are shutting off their phone, not retuning calls, not going to town hall meetings, sending aides to meetings rather than attending themselves, saying that they fear for their safety (Democrats remember tea party), saying the protester are bused in and paid. When they do arrange town hall meeting, they either don't show up, leave early setup the meetings last minute or have by invitation only meetings.

THEY ARE NOT LISTENING!
THEY DO NOT CARE.
THEY FEEL THEY ARE IN SECURE SEATS.

SO THE MESSAGE FROM THEM IS... F U!

February 26, 2017

If the GOP were smart they would pass a resolution that said

1. From this point forward the term Obamacare will never be used again in any congressional speeches or legislation or in TV interviews

2. From this point forward we will work with the other side of the isle to fix the problems in the Affordable Care Act.

Obamacare would be history and the ACA would get fixed to insure that 20 million enrollees would not lose their healthcare.

With Fox news on board the Republicans could make it work.

Otherwise they are...... shall we say screwed. Their voters are catching on with the fact that they have been lied to. And they are not happy. And the resistance will continue to grow. The town hall resistance is real. Even the GOP base know that the ACA (Obamacare) is better than what the GOP says it will deliver. 8 years plus and bupkis, nothing, not a single word of real reform.

February 26, 2017

I second your second!!

Well said. Well said.

February 25, 2017

He's done.

The right wing nut jobs have spent year branding that term and pounding into our brains. God, gays, guns and Islamic terrorism. They have spent 1000's of hours of TV air time making Americans hate Muslims. They are not going to let that expensive fairytale go away. HATERs only know how to hate. McMaster's will now be the focus of their hate.

February 25, 2017

Several points re Justice Ginsberg

1. She is a wonderful Supreme Court Justice. Her stands have made America better.

2. Having said that she should have left immediately after Obama was re-elected to his second term. Giving him a chance to fill her seat with a younger justice.

3. I would hope she can stay until the court gets balanced again. But that would remain long shot statistically.

4. Praying she lives to be at least 100. And continues to have a sharp mind.

5. Finally democrats should block all Trump nominees until Merrick Garland gets his hearing and vote. President Obama's SCOTUS seat was stolen by McConnell and the GOP.