Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Everything that has transpired in the last year would make one helluva miniseries.

A new darker and more sinister evil character has been introduced into the mix.

When I put out a tweet and I put Reince's name in a tweet, they're all make the assumption that it's him because journalists know who the leakers are," Scaramucci said. "So if Reince wants to explain he's not a leaker, let him do that. But let me tell you about myself. I'm a straight shooter and I'll go right to the heart of the matter."

Scaramucci also blasted leakers in the administration and said "the President and I would like to tell everybody we have a very, very good idea of who the leakers are, who the senior leakers are in the White House."

Scaramucci, who regularly appeared on cable news before entering the White House, told CNN's Chris Cuomo that he can't have dinner with "a couple of friends up from 'Fox & Friends' and Sean Hannity, who is one of my closest friends" without it getting leaked to the media.

"It's absolutely, completely and totally reprehensible," he said. "And as you know from the Italian expression: The fish stinks from the head down. But I can tell you two fish that don't stink, and that's me and the President."

so you measure how things are working by how much people yell about it? You measure success by the yelling?That's really lame and you are walking into the bad guys' arms. If you go by your method of measuring success, transgender issues are a major, major issue in the US. But of course very few people really care about transgender issues if they are left alone. That is called a wedge issue. Where one side yells and screams about an issue because they know it will force people like you to take their side. Look, O'care is a fairly popular program. but it's not perfect. it needs tweaking. All big programs require tweaking. But the basic system is doing ok, and that is why very very few people want full repeal. Maybe 1 in 5.

itsbaddude wrote:

If Obamacare was working then it would not be such a big deal. It is a big political deal. In fact, probably the biggest issue that concerns the middle class.

Of course, if you have affordable healthcare right now it works for you. You should not dismiss other people's concerns because you disagree with them. This country is very big, vast and diverse. There is no way a single person can know what is happening everywhere. You need to trust what people say.

eric a blair wrote:

obamacare is working. Not perfect, but it's working. the right wing likes to talk about death spirals and failures but that is just not in the evidence. It needs some tweaks to protect the local exchanges, but the system is working.

itsbaddude wrote:

If Obamacare was working then it would not be such a big deal. It is a big political deal. In fact, probably the biggest issue that concerns the middle class.

Of course, if you have affordable healthcare right now it works for you. You should not dismiss other people's concerns because you disagree with them. This country is very big, vast and diverse. There is no way a single person can know what is happening everywhere. You need to trust what people say.

Interesting post.

Yes, it's a big political deal because politicians use the topic to get votes - both sides.

The interesting part is this concern about those that do not have affordable healthcare.

How exactly would the repeal help them?

The ACA was designed to fill the gaps of the under insured.

There are still more gaps to fill and we could work together by making some fixes to the ACA to fill the smaller gaps left behind.

A repeal blows holes back up. And the replace plans all make larger gaps.

The Republicans are split on their message.

You seem to want to have affordable care for all.

But the actions are getting rid of the mandate which not only leaves those individuals uncovered but causes the premiums of others to rise.

Other plans replace subsidies with tax credits which hurts low earners.

And plans to lower high earner taxes shifts the costs to everyone else.

You keep speaking in generalities.

We haven't seen effective details.

Every Republican proposal has created CBO scores that make things worse.

Rasmussen down to 41% approval

RCP 39%

But still per gallup, repubs appove of this dumpster fire of a WH 87%.

partisanship is a helluva drug.

CBO = FAKE News. Very fake.

Neener, neener, neener.

MAGA! MAGA!

And in other news - Democrats are totally blowing their opportunity here. They have absolutely no message other than "Trump sucks".

It could well be that Trump sucks. But with only that coming from the Dems don't look for them to make any great breakthroughs during mid-terms. Just imagine what they could do if they had any sort of positive, cohesive message for people to get excited about. But they don't. Nothing. Nada.

Epic opportunity lost.

Demublican wrote:

And in other news - Democrats are totally blowing their opportunity here. They have absolutely no message other than "Trump sucks".

It could well be that Trump sucks. But with only that coming from the Dems don't look for them to make any great breakthroughs during mid-terms. Just imagine what they could do if they had any sort of positive, cohesive message for people to get excited about. But they don't. Nothing. Nada.

Epic opportunity lost.

Ahem, no, Trumpkin.

Conundrum wrote:

22 hearings, 7 million dollars the last an 11 hour grilling?

That sounds reasonable to you?

3 hour interview out of view of the public about Russian illegal behavior threatening our democracy

Not at all partisan right?

Make America Great Again wrote:

Tell us how many people lost their lives because Jared met the Russian lawyer.

I'm going to be technical (as I consider myself a moderate) and say that what Jared did was not ILLEGAL. It was unbecoming and stupid, but not illegal.

Opportunity wrote:

Demublican wrote:

And in other news - Democrats are totally blowing their opportunity here. They have absolutely no message other than "Trump sucks".

It could well be that Trump sucks. But with only that coming from the Dems don't look for them to make any great breakthroughs during mid-terms. Just imagine what they could do if they had any sort of positive, cohesive message for people to get excited about. But they don't. Nothing. Nada.

Epic opportunity lost.

Ahem, no, Trumpkin.

Wrong 2x using only 3 words!

Dang, that's impressive!

Now, if you only had the self discipline to leave out the "ahem" you would have been a perfect 2 for 2. Alas, another opportunity lost.

Scaramucci when ballistic after he claimed his financial disclosure form had been leaked to the press. The imbecile failed to realize that the form is public information as part of government transparency.

Well, dwit KellyAnne CON-way seems to be claiming that Scaramucci's form should have been withheld from the public to prevent Scaramucci from being scrutinized. Her claim is that if such information is publicly available it will prevent "good" people from being able to take positions in Trump's government. Amazing but true story about unethical KellyAnne.

Demublican wrote:

Epic opportunity lost.

Maybe. The mid-terms are more local than national. It depends on how much money/resources the local races get from the National organization.

Here's where we get into discussions about gerrymandering, or conspiracy theory depending on your perspective.

It is true, however, the National party has no message of its own and abandoned the people that voted for Trump.

The Democrats message is that over 85% of Republican members in congress voted to take away healthcare protection for millions of Americans.

And considering Trump will sign anything in front of him, they need to elect people that won't submit dangerous bills for this dangerous president to sign.

And mid term voting is more than a year away. Voters have short memories.

What matters is their message and what's going on right before the election.

But at the current moment, the issue is to limit Trump who wants to overreach on his powers.

If public sentiment does not support his views, Republicans will not stand by him.

Demublican wrote:

And in other news - Democrats are totally blowing their opportunity here. They have absolutely no message other than "Trump sucks".

It could well be that Trump sucks. But with only that coming from the Dems don't look for them to make any great breakthroughs during mid-terms. Just imagine what they could do if they had any sort of positive, cohesive message for people to get excited about. But they don't. Nothing. Nada.

Epic opportunity lost.

some truth there. If the democrats had a leader who could articulate the Dem position, that would be good.

On the other hand, rule number one in politics and war is that if the other side is blowing themselves up, do not get in their way. if the Dems stepped up, Trump would immediately have a battle, and would draw the GOP around him. Dems don't want to encourage any kind of unity in the Republican Party. Watching it tear itself apart will work pretty well.

Demublican wrote:

And in other news - Democrats are totally blowing their opportunity here. They have absolutely no message other than "Trump sucks".

It could well be that Trump sucks. But with only that coming from the Dems don't look for them to make any great breakthroughs during mid-terms. Just imagine what they could do if they had any sort of positive, cohesive message for people to get excited about. But they don't. Nothing. Nada.

Epic opportunity lost.

another answer is this - Dems are finally stepping up to run in massively increased numbers, all across the nation. That is a largely untold story and should pay off in midterms.

Demublican wrote:

Opportunity wrote:

Ahem, no, Trumpkin.

Wrong 2x using only 3 words!

Dang, that's impressive!

Now, if you only had the self discipline to leave out the "ahem" you would have been a perfect 2 for 2. Alas, another opportunity lost.

Ahem, no, Trumpkin.

He's just another ahole that expects to be above the law. He's wealthy, but a phony no different than Trump. You have to be clueless or just playing dumb if you think you can get into politics without any public scrutiny.

Unethical KellyAnne wrote:

Scaramucci when ballistic after he claimed his financial disclosure form had been leaked to the press. The imbecile failed to realize that the form is public information as part of government transparency.

Well, dwit KellyAnne CON-way seems to be claiming that Scaramucci's form should have been withheld from the public to prevent Scaramucci from being scrutinized. Her claim is that if such information is publicly available it will prevent "good" people from being able to take positions in Trump's government. Amazing but true story about unethical KellyAnne.

eric a blair wrote:

Demublican wrote:

And in other news - Democrats are totally blowing their opportunity here. They have absolutely no message other than "Trump sucks".

It could well be that Trump sucks. But with only that coming from the Dems don't look for them to make any great breakthroughs during mid-terms. Just imagine what they could do if they had any sort of positive, cohesive message for people to get excited about. But they don't. Nothing. Nada.

Epic opportunity lost.

another answer is this - Dems are finally stepping up to run in massively increased numbers, all across the nation. That is a largely untold story and should pay off in midterms.

https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/890590992457498625

Keep those fingers crossed , lil guy!!! LOL

I think eric acknowledged that Obamacare is not perfect. You are also correct that it is not working for everyone.Obamacare is working the best in places like Kentucky where the law was fully embraced. They set up their own exchange, expanded Medicaid, and took the uninsured rate from 20.4% down to 7.8%.Not surprisingly, all states where the uninsured rate went down by 9% or more were in states that expanded Medicaid. In other states, they don't care if the working poor get sick and die.But even in those non-expansion states, Obamacare has helped. All states saw more people gain coverage. Nationwide, the uninsured rate went from 17.3% to 10.9% between 2013 and 2016.

itsbaddude wrote:

If Obamacare was working then it would not be such a big deal. It is a big political deal. In fact, probably the biggest issue that concerns the middle class.

Of course, if you have affordable healthcare right now it works for you. You should not dismiss other people's concerns because you disagree with them. This country is very big, vast and diverse. There is no way a single person can know what is happening everywhere. You need to trust what people say.

eric a blair wrote:

obamacare is working. Not perfect, but it's working. the right wing likes to talk about death spirals and failures but that is just not in the evidence. It needs some tweaks to protect the local exchanges, but the system is working.

The owner of the Amazon Washington Post has become the richest man in the world.

I'm sure that hurts Trump's feelings.