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politicaljunkie41910

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3. But no one whose paying attention to this matter for the past 8 years will buy their bullshit

Reply to joet67 (Original post)

Fri Mar 10, 2017, 11:56 AM

Mar 2017

and will let them get away with that, will they? Don't answer that.

The good news is that there are at least 3 different factions fighting in the GOP House (Paul Ryan's, Rand Paul's Libertarian wing, the Tea Party/Freedom Fighters faction) and they will readily be willingly throwing one another under the bus when the bill fails in the House. Should it make it it though the House it will fail in the Senate because the Senators aren't as bulletproof as the House members are in their gerrymandered districts.

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After watching all of the political posturing today on the healthcare bill, [View all] joet67 Mar 2017 OP

Tragically my ears had to hear their talking points repeated and repeated and repeated DK504 Mar 2017 #1

That's what I want to know. Or why doesn't someone say "That's what the ACA debate was ALL about?". joet67 Mar 2017 #2

But no one whose paying attention to this matter for the past 8 years will buy their bullshit politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2017 #3