As exhausting as it is having an idiot in charge of the country, it’s an immense relief to have a master of comic understatement representing our fair state in the Senate. KSOO’s Rick Knobe elicited these two musings from Senator M. Michael Rounds this afternoon on Viewpoint University:
Rounds: It wasn’t very good for the President with the absence of evidence of wiretapping.
— Viewpoint University (@ViewpointU) March 21, 2017
Rounds: The Republican House health plan has lots of room for improvement.
— Viewpoint University (@ViewpointU) March 21, 2017
Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
Not only did he not have any evidence- Drumpf’s ‘brilliant legal mind’ at Fake Noize no longer has a job, at least for the foreseeable future. Napolitano has been removed from Fake Noise programs. The whole bunch should get the boot with the lone saving grace of a part time Shep Smith and Alan Colmes ghost.
Well, at least Rounds can spell, that’s more than Trump can say.
I caught the interview on the drive home. When he was saying what he wanted it was mostly what Obamacare provides, less the huge tax benefits for the wealthy and the insurance mandate.
What will be interesting is how much he, John and Kristi are afraid of a President who is staring down the barrel of Watergate like indictments and approval ratings that are the worst in history.
Given how bad TrumpCare/RyanCare/GOPCare is for rural healthcare, our hospitals and doctors not to mention those 50-64, retirees and the working poor, I have no doubt that their support will show that they value party over country.
I so fear we have sent empty suits to Washington without even backbone to stand up for South Dakota.
Shame!
Jana, the only thing Mike and the GOP have to fear of Trump is that he will take them down with him. They should bolt from him now, reject his budget, reject every proposal he sends to Congress. A GOP revolt would push Trump over the edge: he’d either resign in a huff or throw enough of a fit to justify impeachment.
But yes, it would take more than empty suits (and a faux cowgirl Snow Queen focusing on her gubernatorial run) to do that.
But other than that, how was the opera, Mrs. Lincoln?
I think this spells out what drives Kristi, John and Mike. It’s also why they won’t be able to repeal and replace…other than hating Obama they cannot justify their talk.
“It also reflects a fundamental reality: Unlike President Barack Obama, whose clear objective was to expand access to medical care, the Republicans have no coherent idea or shared vision of what they want to achieve and what problem they mean to solve.”
“The main goal here is to cut taxes for the rich, even though the change would devastate beneficiaries, state government budgets and public hospitals.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/opinion/a-republican-health-care-bill-in-search-of-a-problem.html?_r=0
Oh yeah, John, Mike and Kristi. You should read this before you follow Trump blindly. When you’ve lost Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal. You’ve lost. Your credibility.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-presidents-credibility-1490138920
Schumer wants a hold on GoSuck’s appointment to the Scotus because Drumpf is a habitual liar and is being investigated for collusion with Russkies. We have come along way from no cabinet members ever met with the Russians to trying to figure out which ones weren’t in bed with Russians.
Mercy sakes alive if Obama lied constantly like Drumpf does, every wingnut in the universe would have filed impeachment papers already. Double standard much?
Absolute genius! What insight! Must come from years of deep thought.
It was easy for the GOP (and I’ll count SD’s Senators and Representative here) to be the opposition party; unity was simple because the party just had to be against the Democrats – especially President Obama. Obama’s agenda unified the GOP – they just had to say, “no”
Now I see a real problem that the GOP is the majority party; they have to govern. As such, the factions of the GOP are becoming more clear. There is the “Caring Conservative” branch, the “Tea Party” branch, the “Libertarian” branch, and now the “Trump/45” branch. Thune, but more so Rounds and Noem have to be spinning trying to see who is “the Republican” to follow. 60 votes to repeal the ACA is easy, crafting legislation to replace it requires adhesion to guiding principles – but whose?
I see Sen. Rounds here hedging bets in a the way of a man who is not sure who he is to follow. Does a GOP Senator follow the President BECAUSE he is the GOP President, or is there a better GOP to be with?