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[IrishNinja]

"I bought the GOP and all I got was this shitty MAGA hat!"

priceless

the way they're acting though, yeah this is painfully obvious. all tbr more reason to keep calling your reps to make sure this last effort likewise fails

 

[CrocMother]

Haven't their tax reform ideas been predicated on rolling back Obamacare in order to pay for tax cuts?

My guess is they don't really care how it's paid for. These aren't idealists like the Tea Party, they are the 1% trying to keep as much as their money as possible.

If health care reform is a means to an end, so be it.

 

[R_thanatos]

Jews
Blacks
Soros
Globalists
RINOs
Leftists
Marxists
Women
College graduates
College dropouts
Millennials
The free press

These disgusting pigs will go to their graves blaming everyone except themselves.

Luck
You can add luck to the list

 

[ScottSullivan]

We'll see if this actually results in anything concrete, GOP has been outraising democrats by wide margins for awhile now

 

[watershed]

If this Healthcare bill fails, and I think it will, congressional republicans will turn to the next hot button issue they can attempt to jam through garbage legislation on. Taxes look like it's going sideways. What else can republicans attempt to jam through? Something blatantly racist?

 

[Brandon F]

Makes sense. I just can't see someone wasting money on a primary candidate against someone who voted yes and I can't see most of the "no" voters giving a shit.

I mean Murkowski already lost a GOP primary and still won a write-in campaign against her own party. I doubt she is scared.

McCain ain't gonna run.

So what is the threat? Trying to knock out Rand Paul or Collins? Don't see that working.

Try punishing people like Cornyn who are basically soldiers?

I dunno. Sounds like a dumb use of money that just ends up seeing more disloyalty.

True, when you already have a pile of stooges ready to bat for you, why even make a swap?

But its also about effectiveness. If their investment has no return, well maybe its time to try something new instead of keep hoping that candy bar drops out of the machine if you keep feeding it bills.

Also, I hate that I am even giving thought to whatever strategy these traitorous scum may or may not be planning.

 

[Wilsongt]

"We gave you all this money so you could take healthcare AWAY from POOR people."

 

[geestack]

of course these dickholes eat chick fil a. you'd think they would try being less obvious!

 

[Sean C]

Haven't their tax reform ideas been predicated on rolling back Obamacare in order to pay for tax cuts?

The grandiose idea of permanent tax reform was based on that.

Most likely they’re just going to pass a huge unfunded tax cut that will sunset in ten years.

 

[Diablos]

Well, Senator Cassidy did say repeal and replace was a 'sacred campaign promise'. This is what he meant.

 

[Nutter]

These donor's are rich enough to contribute to the Republican Party yet they can't stand to have an act that helps million of others.

 

[Host Samurai]

All those millions they lost wont make up for the taxes they were gonna save. Sad.

 

[gaugebozo]

You would've thought people in charge of running the fucking country would have realized in 2009 that what they were selling was bullshit and they'd have to try a bait and switch. Instead, they tried to deliver an everlasting gobstopper. Everyone's insured! Lower premiums! Better care!

Instead they tried to force a square peg through a 24% approval hole and they got rekt. Well, don't come crying to me when your base you've been feeding "communist death panel" bones for years comes for your asses.

 

[Kthulhu]

I'm glad for once the will of the people isn't being stopped by the super rich, at least for now.

 

[Kenai]

Luck
You can add luck to the list

And Hillary's emails

 

[jstripes]

Republicans care more about the billionaires who give them money than the working class people they pretend to care about. Big surprise.

How a country is destroyed.

 

[nel e nel]

I want to know who these donors are so I can never give them a single dime ever again in terms of business.

Good luck. Most major corporations that provide the majority of items you consume just to exist make donations to both parties.

 

[Brock Reiher]

Good luck. Most major corporations that provide the majority of items you consume just to exist make donations to both parties.

They make more to one over the other in most cases. And its the one that they thought would make them more money.

Maybe they'd have better luck if they didn't go about reppealing it in the scummiest way possible with the worst possible bills.

 

[Freshmaker]

Good. Things aren't so great, and shit isn't getting done, especially when you've got ultra-conservatives in office now, huh.



The Koch Brothers and the NRA are a start. I sure hope you don't give those people your money already anyway.

Them and Pappa John, I avoid already.

Good luck. Most major corporations that provide the majority of items you consume just to exist make donations to both parties.

Most aren't specifically demanding the death of the ACA. Come on now.

 

[Messofanego]

Seems Chick-Fil-A is now for Homophobes and Republicans lol

 

[Glass Shark]

The paradox here is that Trump has caused so many more people to be politically aware and active than they ever were. Under any other president, shitty bills like these would just pass and barely anyone in the public would think about it. But now you have late night hosts getting on the air talking to the masses about a healthcare bill, which is kind of crazy if you think about it.

The GOP made their bed with Trump, now they have to lie in it.

 

[mj1108]

Seems Chick-Fil-A is now for Homophobes and Republicans lol

Always has been.

 

[Shauni]

My guess is they don't really care how it's paid for. These aren't idealists like the Tea Party, they are the 1% trying to keep as much as their money as possible.

If health care reform is a means to an end, so be it.

Don't be so sure. A lot of that 1% is a lot more idealistic than you probably imagine.

 

[Shauni]

The paradox here is that Trump has caused so many more people to be politically aware and active than they ever were. Under any other president, shitty bills like these would just pass and barely anyone in the public would think about it. But now you have late night hosts getting on the air talking to the masses about a healthcare bill, which is kind of crazy if you think about it.

The GOP made their bed with Trump, now they have to lie in it.

This isn't entirely true. The overall idea is, but healthcare has been a major hot topic issue going all the way back to the 90s.

 

[JettDash]

The paradox here is that Trump has caused so many more people to be politically aware and active than they ever were. Under any other president, shitty bills like these would just pass and barely anyone in the public would think about it. But now you have late night hosts getting on the air talking to the masses about a healthcare bill, which is kind of crazy if you think about it.

The GOP made their bed with Trump, now they have to lie in it.

I dunno about that. If Trumpcare passes it would probably be the worst bill to become law in my lifetime (I'm 31). Not matter the mention unprecedented in the manner (no committees, hearings, or even full CBO score). People would be pissed about it no matter who the president was.

 

[lenovox1]

Good luck. Most major corporations that provide the majority of items you consume just to exist make donations to both parties.

The people who work at those corporations, never usually the corporations themselves unless in the form of a trust.

 

[daveo42]

Fuck 'em. The GOP deserves to rot.

 

[Auto_aim1]

The paradox here is that Trump has caused so many more people to be politically aware and active than they ever were. Under any other president, shitty bills like these would just pass and barely anyone in the public would think about it. But now you have late night hosts getting on the air talking to the masses about a healthcare bill, which is kind of crazy if you think about it.

The GOP made their bed with Trump, now they have to lie in it.

Umm the healthcare bill isn't just any other bill, people's lives are affected by it. You also have the Democratic party trying hard to make people aware of the consequences of ACA repeal. Also, some credit also goes to the social media as well which makes it easier to inform people. Trump and other Republicans actually campaigned on repealing Obamacare and won. If Romney had won Obamacare would've been repealed because there weren't 24 million people covered back then. It's very difficult to do it now and the Republicans are shitting their pants and they don't know what to do. They are also stuck in a way because if they don't they will get decimated in 2018 and 2020.

 

[Surface of Me]

Seems Chick-Fil-A is now for Homophobes and Republicans lol

They overrated anyways. Their breading on fried chicken is shit and if Im eatin grilled chicken I make it at home.

 

[Suikoguy]

The people who work at those corporations, never usually the corporations themselves unless in the form of a trust.

Yeah, glad to see someone else gets that. I don't give a fuck about the federally capped donations that get paraded around. The primary reason being there are disclosure requirements for them, so people use that information to aggregate donations, insinuating that they are from the companies themselves. When in reality it's people who work there.

We should be concerned about undisclosed donations to superpacs, and unlimited donations in that order. Those are the ones that matter enough to directly influence policy, as seen here.

 

[Fancyarcher]

Them and Pappa John, I avoid already.

Man I haven't been to Papa Johns in years. That's probably for the best.