A day or so ago, after the failure of the replacement for Obamacare to come to a vote, the Vice President climbed up on the stump to rail at the House Democrats for refusing to consider voting for the bill. Really?
Let's back up a bit, shall we.
Throughout the campaign, as well as rather recently, Donald Trump promised a replacement for the failing Obamacare that would include more people, with better coverage, and cost far less than the current mess.
Was that stuff in the bill that failed?
Because if it wasn't, Mike Pence needs to shut the f up and climb back down off the stump.
And frankly, we know the bill in question was way shy of doing what Trump promised it would do. In fact, the President had stripped out so many basic services—in an attempt to assuage the holdouts—the legislation could hardly be labeled a healthcare bill at all.
Not that it matters. The Republicans did all they could and now it's over.
(It seems they're moving on to tax cuts. Possibly they think this nut will be easier to crack.)
As Paul Ryan said, Obamacare is the law of the land and that's it. The Republicans will do nothing further to molest it. Or try to fix parts of it. The best they can do is sit around in prayer circles, prodding God to hasten its explosive failure.
Which is a shame, because there may be parts that could be fixed—with help the Democrats would likely be willing to give.
If thirty or forty ultra-conservative Republicans opt to stay away, fine. Perhaps a like number of Democrats would be willing to step up. And maybe a lot more.
Proving they don't all hate this country.
Fixing Obamacare—not replacing it—is what the majority of Americans wants to happen. Does that make any difference to Trump and his unruly gang?
Not so far.
It's a shame those guys didn't remember the best way to get difficult projects done—force Mexico to pay for it.
On another subject: It recently came to light there was some "incidental collection" of intelligence concerning Trump and his transition team.
One or more US intelligence agency was involved, apparently while monitoring the communications of foreign nationals. During which Trump's name came up. Or one of the foreign nationals was actually talking to Trump or his pals.
Asked if this new information vindicated his charge of "wire tapping," Trump said, "It somewhat does."
Proving he has no idea what he's talking about. Again.
Here's a question: If Trump knows he made all this up, and still directed Congress to investigate it, is that an impeachable offense?
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