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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 11:11 AM Sep 2017

Republicans being dicks -- again -- still [View all]

Republicans are once again trying to destroy Obamacare.

Why are they such dicks?

Led by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-Georgia), Republicans are once again getting ready to bring up a bill in the senate to repeal Obamacare and give the states "lump grants." That's money that will be given to each state by the federal govt. and will be insufficient to cover very many. It will leave the poor, and many in the middle class with no medical coverage.

Read Paul Krugman in today's NY Times. He sums it up pretty well.

Why are Republicans such dicks?

My theory is that their are two different species of human beings on this planet: (1) People who care about other people and try to help others whenever possible, and; (2) People who don't give a rat's ass about anybody or anything other than their own well being and prosperity.

Trump is a prime example of number 2. But almost all the rest of the GOP runs a close second.

Nonetheless, that leaves Republican voters.

Why do they keep voting for such dicks?

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