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As much as people complain about the president, Congress, and especially the Senate, may be the bigger problem. They continue to use Trump to feather their own beds, figuring the president will take the hits if things go awry and they'll still be in Washington after he is gone.
Remember when people were excited about Corker standing up to Trump after announcing he wasn't running for re-election? Now we know why - he's taking advantage of being a squeaky wheel and cashing in on this tax bill.
This is the same Senate, more or less, that refused to process a properly nominated Supreme Court justice. With that move alone, they have done more to create a Constitutional crisis than anything Trump has tried. If this Congress ever moves to impeach Trump, it won't be for the benefit of the country. It will be because they can profit more without him.
I get that Trump is a crass opportunist, but if you are protesting Trump without going after Congress, you're missing the forest for the trees.
That provision was in the house bill 6 weeks ago. It wasn't created for corker
You really falling for that? The specific provision has several significant changes from what it was like in the bill 6 weeks ago. Changes that made it significantly different.
Thats like saying "So the recipe I gave you that you agreed to was X, and its ALWAYS been there. We just added human poop to it, but other then that its the same recipe why are you complaining!"
You really falling for that? The specific provision has several significant changes from what it was like in the bill 6 weeks ago. Changes that made it significantly different.
Thats like saying "So the recipe I gave you that you agreed to was X, and its ALWAYS been there. We just added human poop to it, but other then that its the same recipe why are you complaining!"
As much as people complain about the president, Congress, and especially the Senate, may be the bigger problem. They continue to use Trump to feather their own beds, figuring the president will take the hits if things go awry and they'll still be in Washington after he is gone.
Remember when people were excited about Corker standing up to Trump after announcing he wasn't running for re-election? Now we know why - he's taking advantage of being a squeaky wheel and cashing in on this tax bill.
This is the same Senate, more or less, that refused to process a properly nominated Supreme Court justice. With that move alone, they have done more to create a Constitutional crisis than anything Trump has tried. If this Congress ever moves to impeach Trump, it won't be for the benefit of the country. It will be because they can profit more without him.
I get that Trump is a crass opportunist, but if you are protesting Trump without going after Congress, you're missing the forest for the trees.
Obviously, looking at the Congress approval polls, people do not like or approve of Congress, so I'm not sure why you think they do?
Trump, the POTUS, stood in front of the nation and said this bill would be bad for him--terrible! Said it didn't help him at all. He's a dishonest lying 'crass opportunist' who thinks everyone in the country are fools that will swallow his gigantic lies because his cult following does. He is the problem.
As much as people complain about the president, Congress, and especially the Senate, may be the bigger problem. They continue to use Trump to feather their own beds, figuring the president will take the hits if things go awry and they'll still be in Washington after he is gone.
Remember when people were excited about Corker standing up to Trump after announcing he wasn't running for re-election? Now we know why - he's taking advantage of being a squeaky wheel and cashing in on this tax bill.
This is the same Senate, more or less, that refused to process a properly nominated Supreme Court justice. With that move alone, they have done more to create a Constitutional crisis than anything Trump has tried. If this Congress ever moves to impeach Trump, it won't be for the benefit of the country. It will be because they can profit more without him.
I get that Trump is a crass opportunist, but if you are protesting Trump without going after Congress, you're missing the forest for the trees.
Very perceptive post.
The House and the Senate is largely occupied by millionaires working to make life good for both themselves and more importantly - the billionaires who comprise the upper 1%.
The democrats have been a little more devious about it than the republicans, but not by much.
It feels to me that our government becomes more rotten from within by the day. Each election cycle ushers in thousands of new swamp things (they never decrease, only increase) and this most recent election was only the most recent influx of big, hungry 'gators.
Our system has managed to plumb new depths of dysfunction such that the inner workings of our government is more akin to a Dick Nixon's wet dream than it is anything else.
I don't let ANY of the branches of government off the hook. The House and Senate have become so arrogant that they no longer even pretend that their actions aren't all about lining the right pockets, not governing the nation. And Trump is a sort of ur-slime creature who makes King Joffrey seem like a delightful and wise prince by comparison.
In sum:
This entire thing sux and I'm worried sick about my country.
Last edited by Colorado Rambler; 12-18-2017 at 06:46 PM..
Instead of believing what you are told...you DO know you could investigate a tiny tiny bit, and try and understand the difference right?
You can defend Orin Hatch all you want, but maybe you should make it about the facts.
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