Yes this is just motion to proceed to debate, but let's not pretend McConnell won't speed through procedural stuff with any garbage he can makeup to close debate asap and vote.
PoliGAF 2017 |OT4| The leaks are coming from inside the white house
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Beer Monkey
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Why I'd sooner burn my grits and give up molasses than resign, you'll just have to fire me Mr. Trump.
Aaron Strife
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08 was a lightning in a bottle year and Yertle still won, I don't know if you can replicate that. Maybe if BCRA passed and you could pin the blame squarely on him for robbing hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians of their health insurance, but I'd rather not.
Kentucky could still elect a Democratic governor who can run outside the party platform, but they hate the federal Democrats too much to elect a Dem senator.
balladofwindfishes
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What if McCain suffers complications while flying, like his brain starts bleeding or something... I can't believe they'd even consider this, what the hell. I'm still in disbelief.
Some senators are only thinking about voting to proceed because they want a debate and amendments and stuff.
Some senators are only thinking about voting to proceed because they want a debate and amendments and stuff.
This is all absolutely insane. I can't believe they're so desperate for a vote this week that they want to fly McCain in after everything. I can't believe they literally don't seem to know what they will be voting on. I can't believe they're so public in their attacks on Collins and others. I can't believe they still think passing Trumpcare will be a political winner for them.
But mostly, I can't believe this farce is still going to continue.
But mostly, I can't believe this farce is still going to continue.
I don't even see why they'd want that. How does McConnell keep Dems from offering poison pill amendments to make everyone take difficult votes (difficult for crazy GOPers anyway).
aspiegamer
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They're hauling McCain in for this?!?! Are you fucking kidding me? For a vote that's going to fail anyway? ...Well, hopefully fail.
If I was a member of John McCain's family and the Republicans were proposing to undermine his health in order to make what would likely be his last act as a public servant a vote to take away health care from millions of people I would be raining hellfire down onto the Republican party in front of whatever cameras were available.
Whatever it takes.
"Some senators" will get whatever shit taco McConnell makes them if the vote yes on the MTP. That's the chance they take.
He's not even being forthcoming to his own caucus on what the will be voting on to proceed to tomorrow.
balladofwindfishes
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Rand Paul will only for yes to proceed if he gets to add an amendment. There is no path to passing this without Rand Paul.
Autodidact
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When this bill fails, how can McConnell stay on as Majority Leader? Their hate for Cornyn must burn hotter than Usher's herpes.
https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/889585358672887810
McConnell still didn't have Portman locked down as of this afternoon. What the hell are they doing?
McConnell still didn't have Portman locked down as of this afternoon. What the hell are they doing?
BoogieWoogie
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The fuck? If they don't even have Portman, they're super screwed. Just let it fucking die turtle!
Its damn creepy how much they just want people to die.
BoogieWoogie
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Greigor The Fellhand
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portmen doesnt want cuts to ohio medicaid and also wants money for the opoid crisis. both of which hasn't met his most basic of requests
benicillin
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It's been fun ya'll, but I'm definitely gonna get banned.
BlastProcessing
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Trump is about to learn just how hard it is to remove a racist from a position of influence. He will need to use a crowbar to pry that job from Sessions' hands.
That sounds like the plot to an indie movie: Little Maverick Sunshine.
How about you just PM me your McCain hate and keep your account?
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
This is sickening.
Autodidact
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Compassionate Moderates: "But he didn't pay for the gas, did he? Maverick!"
I mean, Trump only has to say, "You're fired!" if he really wants Sessions gone. But he's a wimp and fears the blowback.
I mean, Trump only has to say, "You're fired!" if he really wants Sessions gone. But he's a wimp and fears the blowback.
Futurevoid
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He apparently hasn't spoken to Mike Lee /at all/ since the July 17th defection according to Politico.
This movie is the buddy road trip / political thriller nobody asked for.
These guys are so screwed if that's what they're resorting to.
aspiegamer
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Autodidact
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"We're the Killers"
Joe Shlabotnik
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I suppose we all should have noted before that John Cornyn says a lot of things.
It's kind of the perfect (hopefully not) end to McCain's story if you think about it:
- Spends years as a POW, heroically survives
- Serves his country in the House and Senate for years.
- Runs for president in 2000, gets smear-campaigned to death by GW Bush's slimeball operatives going after his family.
- Runs again in 2008 and in desperation nominates the single worst person in the world as his VP candidate.
- Gets shit on by the future president who says he's not a war hero.
- Watches as voters and elected Republicans alike swear fealty to Trump, meanwhile thinking, "Yeah screw McCain he's no hero."
- Get sick.
- Get fake condolence tweet from the prez that literally says hope he gets better we need his vote.
- Risk health to get driven/flown across country to vote on a bill to take healthcare away from poor people to cut taxes on the rich.
Going to be a hell of a biography one day.
- Spends years as a POW, heroically survives
- Serves his country in the House and Senate for years.
- Runs for president in 2000, gets smear-campaigned to death by GW Bush's slimeball operatives going after his family.
- Runs again in 2008 and in desperation nominates the single worst person in the world as his VP candidate.
- Gets shit on by the future president who says he's not a war hero.
- Watches as voters and elected Republicans alike swear fealty to Trump, meanwhile thinking, "Yeah screw McCain he's no hero."
- Get sick.
- Get fake condolence tweet from the prez that literally says hope he gets better we need his vote.
- Risk health to get driven/flown across country to vote on a bill to take healthcare away from poor people to cut taxes on the rich.
Going to be a hell of a biography one day.
Can McCain just mail in his Yes vote, so the GOP doesn't kill him?
Poodlestrike
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Literally my first thought. Cornyn doesn't know SHIT.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Like, what the fuck. Dude just found out that he essentially has a terminal illness and they want to LARP Little Miss Sunshine.
ArkhamFantasy
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What did they use to smear McCain in 2000?
FloydtheFathead
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No, it's not allowed. He has to be on the floor and cast his vote
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Wasn't there some story he had a black baby on the side?
Lmao. When McCain finds out he is color blind and can never be a pilot
He was already a pilot
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Bridget McCain is Bangladeshi and adopted. The whisper campaign was that she was an illegitimate child with some black lady that he had to pretend to adopt out of shame of the truth or some bullshit.
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https://mobile.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/us/politics/19mccain.html
https://www.google.com/amp/www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/11/mccain200411/amp
Widdle Puppy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEieLvuN2E
jesus fucking christ this guy has the demeanor of an intern
"keeping am..americas safe"
classic frat boy that got a job through family connections but is clearly in over his head
jesus fucking christ this guy has the demeanor of an intern
"keeping am..americas safe"
classic frat boy that got a job through family connections but is clearly in over his head
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Thay scene was really chilling when I watched that. The thought of having your dream ripped away from you.
ShironRedshift
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EDIT: Moving to new thread. Sorry, didn't see it was made.
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