Mad_Machine76
Mad_Machine76's JournalWaiting for the Republican "alternative" to ACA
is like Waiting for Godot. It ain't ever coming. Given that the ACA is already a fairly conservative program (which isn't to say that it isn't helpful- which is *really* what the Republicans are upset about), it seems like it is basically impossible for Republicans to come up with a viable plan that is further to the right- short of repealing it all together. They can spin their wheels on this as much as they want. Even if not everybody loves and adores it, most people have accepted ACA as the "new normal" and Republicans *should* move on and deal with it but we know that they probably won't, though, unless they get a trifecta and win the Presidency and keep Congress, there is no way that ACA will be replaced OR repealed. Our job now is to help ensure that it is preserved and enhanced.
How is the party imploding?
Most of the party seems to be unifying around Hillary (and will further unify once Bernie calls it quits).
So
the real reason that they think that other people would do something like this is because they would do it too? What does that tell us about what goes on in their minds? Idiotic statements like this also further prove that they have absolutely no f*****g clue what it really means to be Transgender.
Ok
People threw Republicans out en masse in 2008 and delivered us a Democratic President and Congress for 2 years and then left the door wide open for Republicans to foist the Tea Party whackadoodles on us and we've been dealing with them ever since. It's not even clear that Bernie, if elected, is going to have even 2 years of a Democratic Congress to advance his goals, let alone even get them looked at. Then what? What are people suddenly going to do now that they haven't (but should have) been doing for the last 5 years of Obama's Presidency?
Nobody is telling anybody to sit down or shut up
You hate Hillary and think she's part of the problem, fine. That's your right but just don't insult those of whom support Hillary and/or aren't convinced of the "brilliance" of Bernie's "strategy" for changing things. Whipping up the crowds during an election isn't the same thing as governing.
Ah....I see
Thanks for explaining. I'm honestly not sure if I'd rather have Trump or Cruz (or somebody else). I don't want any of them, of course, but I would imagine that, when put up against Hillary (or Bernie), I can't imagine that many people (including Republicans) would seriously entertain voting for Trump, resulting in a (likely) electoral blowout for the GOP. The Republicans would be more likely to unify around a more *conventional* candidate like Cruz or Kasich, both of whom could present a more formidable challenge (though Hillary or Bernie still win IMHO).
I'm in the "either one is good for us" camp myself
Rubio, Kasich, or Bush were the ones that I was most concerned with due to their more "mainstream/moderate" appearances. I would be sort of concerned if Mitt wound up the nominee as well for the same reason but since that's not likely to happen, Rubio and Bush have now withdrawn, and Kasich is going nowhere fast, it's looking like the contest will be down to Trump or Cruz and, frankly, although Trump is an idiot blowhard, Cruz honestly scares me more because he's a "true believer" and his agenda is scary. I don't want to see either of them elected President and I think Hillary or Bernie could take either one down in the GE.
I agree with you
Also to add that big business, which is much progressive when it comes to LGBTQ rights, seem to be resistant to such measures as well and have had a positive effect in preventing/fighting against such laws. Not for altruistic reasons necessarily but the money they bring into (and can easily remove from) states and local communities can "speak" rather loudly and carry a big stick when it comes to supporting the LGBTQ community against these anti-LGBTQ laws.
Don't hold your breath waiting for one
There is NOTHING "principled" about the Republican's stance on this. If this was 2008 and Harry Reid pulled a stunt like this to prevent George W. Bush from nominating a replacement for, say, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we all know that Republicans, Fox News, et. al would be screeching and howling about it and demanding a hearing and vote for a nominee. They WERE, as you remember, up in arms and threatening to "go nuclear" about Democrats filibustering some of George W. Bush's judicial nominations back in 2005 and calling for "up-or-down votes" on them (which they promptly reversed themselves on the microsecond Barack Obama became POTUS). The bottom line for them is that nobody but them gets to replace Scalia (though they won't be able to hold out for 4 years if they don't win in November).
For me
it's knowing that somebody like Trump is closer to being elected POTUS than anybody like him *should* be, most likely because he's somewhat of a celebrity. I don't think that it's highly likely that he will win in the GE (if he doesn't blow it completely for the Republicans) but the fact that somebody like him has gotten this far in the primary process is sort of scary and shows how much the Republican base has devolved but I guess that after Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, somebody like Trump is the natural regression. I guess that I'm glad to some degree that they aren't nominating somebody whom could possibly come across as more "moderate" and acceptable in a GE like Bush or Kasich but still.
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