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Originally Posted by Rochard
Trump might consider himself a deal maker, but clearly has no understanding of how politics really work. Trump is used to taking on one person at a time, or a small group of people who have the same objectives - all of whom want to do business with Trump badly. Trump has never encountered a situation like this... Half of the people are dead set against him, and the other half are broken down into three groups: one group who supports him, one group who doesn't support him because Trumpcare doesn't do enough damage to Obamacare, and a third group that thinks Trumpcare is worse than Obamacare.
I've said this time and time again on GFY - The Republicans box themselves into a corner where no matter what they lose. If they fail to repeal Obamacare after seven years of bitching about it and promising to kill it, they look stupid. If they replace Obamacare and their replacement makes things even worse - which seems to be the case - they will look even worse.
What no one is talking about is what is the scariest part of it all. It seems to me like Trump and the Republicans have quickly undone a large number of laws Obama signed. Is this what our government has become - a new President from the opposing party regains control of the White House and removes dozens of laws the prior President has signed?
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In addition to what you mentioned, he also has no skill for the game he is playing. It would be like a softball player trying to play in a major league baseball game. Actually, it's more like a lawn darts player trying to play in a major league game. He knows nothing about the ins and outs of pushing legislation. So out of his depth it's not even funny.
One thing that's not helping is that congressional Republicans have spent the last 8 years doing nothing but being obstructionists. Most of them have no experience in actually governing and passing legislation because they're job has been to stop government from working.
And the final thing going against this bill is that Republicans have zero passion for helping anyone who needs healthcare. They're passion is in killing something with Obama's name on it that they've been promising to their mouthbreathing base for 8 years. They've created and nurtured the narrative of a boogeyman where they're going to be the heroes who slay it, but come to find out it's those mouthbreathers who will primary them once they lose their healthcare because of this new one, which is basically a healthcare bill disguised as a tax break for people who have money.
I found out this morning that my family would get a small tax break from this fucked up bill. But it doesn't make me like anything else about it. The people who are getting the tax break, don't fucking really need it -- and that includes me.