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kentuck

(111,094 posts)
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:24 AM Oct 2018

Voters are going to fire Republicans because they have not done their job.

They have failed to provide any oversight of the Executive Branch and have put us on the brink of crisis on several fronts. They have destroyed our reputation around the world.

They love to brag about all of their great accomplishments, such as a booming Wall Street, the huge taxcuts, massive de-regulation, etc.

But the truth of the matter is that their greatest "accomplishments" have not helped the average American. De-regulation has harmed the average American. Wall Street is a game for the big boys, and the average American is not in the game. The taxcuts were for the wealthy. The pittance that was given to average Americans has been devoured by the higher costs of food and gasoline.

They have nothing to brag about and they have laid down on the job. They should all be fired.

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Voters are going to fire Republicans because they have not done their job. (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2018 OP
Not one of them bucked the party line. shraby Oct 2018 #1
Agreed. Sure a number pretended to be mavericks that were willing cstanleytech Oct 2018 #7
And they have been arrogant, unpatriotic a-holes Achilleaze Oct 2018 #2
People will reject trump and the gop duforsure Oct 2018 #3
They got their tax cuts, their SCOTUS, and now... Atman Oct 2018 #4
if they are armed and take to the street the police can shoot them rampartc Oct 2018 #5
IOKIYAR Atman Oct 2018 #6
Those "rebels" would be enemy combatants, and any American could have at them. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #15
it took 13 years to get a guilty plea from roland bourgeois rampartc Oct 2018 #17
McConnell has already said True Blue American Oct 2018 #8
I agree duforsure Oct 2018 #18
Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) says that in her ads. Mike Bishop's votes to abolish the ACA, catbyte Oct 2018 #9
Au contraire bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #10
Absolutely. And remember, no one has brought your vote. Your vote for democratic candidates ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #11
deregulation They_Live Oct 2018 #12
Probably most of them were never legitimately elected, so there needs to be a new word for firing diva77 Oct 2018 #13
You said, "They should all be fired" and many will be in less than 3 weeks... Stuart G Oct 2018 #14
The entire mess can be cleaned up in the next 3 elections. Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #16
Mitch McConnell JeaneRaye Oct 2018 #19

shraby

(21,946 posts)
1. Not one of them bucked the party line.
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:28 AM
Oct 2018

Every stinking one of them voted on whatever they had going 100%. No one stepped out of line. Not one!

cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
7. Agreed. Sure a number pretended to be mavericks that were willing
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 07:57 AM
Oct 2018

to buck their party but as we have seen they fall in line when ordered to.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. People will reject trump and the gop
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:44 AM
Oct 2018

After destroying all programs they can, stacking the courts with corrupt people like kavanaugh, and destroying all health care and Social Security and Medicare , and giving the wealthy their tax windfalls from bribes they paid them with for their campaigns, and even threatened them , pass their tax scam for them or no more funding their campaigns. That's also called bribes. Now they want to make it all about immigration instead of their disastrous tax scam they gave the wealthy , and ran up the deficit to do it, again. If people don't vote these people out of office we'll be like what putin has done in russia, where nothing but corruption rules.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
4. They got their tax cuts, their SCOTUS, and now...
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:46 AM
Oct 2018

...they’ll rush through SS and Medicare cuts before they lose power, and try again to repeal Obamacare. They don’t care what we think because they now control the courts and will block or overturn anything a Democratic House puts forward. We’ve seen how Crazy Mitch operates. Why should we expect anything different?

The real must-win, which has been largely written off, is The Senate. If Dems controlled the Senate as well as the house you see a whole new America. But I’m not sure it would be one we want, with raging, armed right-wingers taking to the streets. #bluesenate18

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
5. if they are armed and take to the street the police can shoot them
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 07:11 AM
Oct 2018

like they shot those bundy yahoos. oh, thats right, armed radical right wingers have rights .........

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
17. it took 13 years to get a guilty plea from roland bourgeois
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 03:01 AM
Oct 2018

for vigilante hate crimes.

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_28a17cf6-ccc5-11e8-ac12-7fa68df629c1.html

the "american sniper" claimed to shoot "looters" from atop the superdome.

laws are applied differently for the rwnjs.

and here is why ..........

https://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2018/08/proud_boys_deputy_plaquemines.html

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
8. McConnell has already said
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:17 AM
Oct 2018

He would go after Obamacare after the election. And the sleazy little Republicans like Steve Scalise who would have died without the best Health care,stood at the WH and clebrated the House voting to kill the ACA!

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
18. I agree
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 07:32 AM
Oct 2018

We need the Senate too , or they will obstruct and destroy even more of this country by allowing trump to run wild , and destruction of us by putting more onto the Supreme Court after he again runs off others now serving, and like they've done to Kennedy to install kavanaugh with. We have to retake the Senate also! Vote them all out of office, while we still can.

catbyte

(34,383 posts)
9. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) says that in her ads. Mike Bishop's votes to abolish the ACA,
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:35 AM
Oct 2018

his support for removing protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and siding with pharmaceutical companies over citizens is a "dereliction of duty and that is a fireable offense."

Republicans are getting hammered over and over for their votes to abolish the ACA with nothing to replace it with except for breaks for insurance companies, and it appears to be working. Every Republican in Michigan is vulnerable. One of Bill Schuette's main goals when he announced for Governor was getting rid of the ACA Medicaid expansion in Michigan and that has mysteriously just disappeared from his ads and campaign literature. He's lying to everyone now about how he "wants to protect our health care." Yeah, sure you do, you goddamned LIAR.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
10. Au contraire
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 09:16 AM
Oct 2018

They have accomplished what their masters installed them to accomplish: a doormat for Trump's unbridled, survival of the fittest, 19th century laissez-faire capitalism at the expense of workers, the environment, children, and social support. From their perspective, they're gold!

SWBTATTReg

(22,120 posts)
11. Absolutely. And remember, no one has brought your vote. Your vote for democratic candidates ...
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:39 PM
Oct 2018

is a slap in the face of the billionaires, millionaires, republicans and Russians everywhere. Your vote equals on a one to one basis their vote. And I'll relish this slap in the face.

What we have going for us is millions of us, listening constantly to the bickering and bitching of rump, and cronies on everything we've done wrong supposedly, and frankly, I am getting tired of listening to their excuses. No more.

They_Live

(3,232 posts)
12. deregulation
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:09 PM
Oct 2018

is anti-protection for the health and safety of consumers. And health care is mainly privatized.

diva77

(7,640 posts)
13. Probably most of them were never legitimately elected, so there needs to be a new word for firing
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:11 PM
Oct 2018

someone who was never legitimately hired in the first place.

Stuart G

(38,421 posts)
14. You said, "They should all be fired" and many will be in less than 3 weeks...
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:15 PM
Oct 2018

Those remaining will be weaker than they have ever been. Including Mr. dum dum.
.... People are pissed at the lies, on top of lies on top of more lies. We are sick of those fu**ing lies. That is what I think will happen in less than 3 weeks...on the evening of November 6, things will change because most of us are sick of those lies on top of lies......

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
16. The entire mess can be cleaned up in the next 3 elections.
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 12:44 AM
Oct 2018

Progressive Dem control by 2022 is very doable.
As long as the Dems continue making progress on the nation's day to day business in Washington, the difference will be seen, and it will be rewarded.

JeaneRaye

(402 posts)
19. Mitch McConnell
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 11:04 PM
Oct 2018

Yeah, and I hope they don't forget to fire Mitch McConnell when he comes up for re-election!

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