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I still consider my self conservative - I believe which others seem to group with being religiously orthodox and "small government" or "anti-liberal"...I think conservative is doing the right thing - even if sometime you don't like it. I do not consider myself current USA brand conservative - these seem to be the major "wins" or pushes of the GOP/Conservatives over the last 2 decades: Disregard science Get into 2 unfunded wars Borrow money to fund tax cuts Tweak voting rules to deliberately target minorities Leave the environment in worse condition than when you got there Hand the election process to money Fight SSM Use public money for religious purposes Torture Disregard the will of the people and delay SCOTUS appointment Build a wall that won't do anything Ban visitors from Muslim countries accomplishing nothing Nothing "conservative" about any of that. Additionally - the notion that the GOP won't condemn DT position with Russia and get to the bottom of any collusion - AND develop a response to Russia involvement in our elections - is so blatantly unpatriotic and self serving - it is beyond words. The POTUS should be accountable to everyone - DT has proclaimed that he is accountable to no one. Please spare me the "but liberals do this...and that"....If you demand accountability from one - demand it from all. We don't have Parties anymore - we have Tribalism. When you are in your tribe you find identity and satisfaction within the tribe you are with and defend them right or wrong.

The 8 great years of 43 brand conservatism killed it for me.....

OC Ummmm - he is basically correct - Blue States crush Red States in just about every category - not all - but almost all. Red States are the Welfare States. Wanna know why the GOP wants all the HC funding to be block grants? Because the Red Staters can just take that sweet sweet block grant money and throw it in the general fund...educate yourself. And overuse of emitcons doesn't help.

you live in the most liberal country in the world dumbass

You know what is comical/tragic? This thread has 3500 posts from this board so eager to shout from the hilltops the travesty of the ACA..... Well your team has finally put the solution out.....and you have crickets....LABILLZ?....zero Pretty much like I have been saying for 10 years....the GOP is bankrupt and so are most of the posters here.....

Agree - Any partisan effort is doomed regardless of its efficacy...a one sided effort will always be leveraged by the party that didn't sign on... I wish they would form a bipartisan committee - give them a clean sheet of paper...keep the lobbyists out, get a team of actuaries...and design a completely new HC structure From what my SIL (actuary) sees of the GOP effort now on the table....not going to be any more effective in reducing cost, getting better HC, or expanding coverage....

So Travel Ban 1.0 was to take a 6 week pause to develop new policies and it got shelved by the courts.... Now 6 weeks later we have another travel ban 2.0 for a pause to develop new policies.... Why hasn't the Trump Administration just taken the past 6 weeks to develop the new policies.....could be right where he wanted to be 6 weeks ago....

Translation "If your point is not what most of the posters here think...your point is wild ass....as for the majority of us...we are right on"!! If you "want to last here"..... WTF...who made you - or anyone else here king?

What is it like in this world that you and DT live in? I mean - is it different? It must be frustrating for you guys to be constantly fighting against the broad conspiracies that exist - to fight the good fight for the truth that seems to evade so much of the world....keep up the good work!

You are interrupting our circle jerk!! And at the end of the day...what is he actually doing for our country?

Have you been in the sarah wrap too?

When they look at those tax rates which decade will they be harkening back to?

Come on typo or not....that is great....sarah wrap..... btw don't wrap the sarah wrap as tight as the tinfoil....it doesnt breathe as well

Heck. Its not like Trumps first campaign manager was a bagman for Putin in Ukraine....

Heck. It is not as if thePresident got on national tv and asked the Russians to hack the HC campaign to help him win

Every other industrialized country has a system that has cradle to grave HC at typically half the cost - for every citizen. Nice cut and paste but why do you settle for anything less?

Only BIPARTISAN legislation will last and will work. Partisan legislation goes to far in one direction and is simply and successfully criticized by the opposing party - who leverages it to gain control then turns a 180. AFA your comments - most are mutually exclusive. Can't have coal and clean air and water. The way the GOP is headed with HC it will be designed with idealism first not functionality. Safe from illegals - you already are. Reaping ENORMOUS cash from NATO? Russia is Trumps friend - they colluded to get him elected - he is not our friend. What exactly are we going to upfund our military for? The "war" on terrorism - is not going to have a "winning" moment. What's not to like - how about some realism.

Damn....the Dems sure under this boards skin....GOP WH Congress....GOP Pres speaking.....and u all u got is handshakes and dresses...apparently we are not close to the over under date on when u guys realize the Dems are irrelevant right now and ur team is charge of this country

Solid comback....if you dont hold the people you vote for as accountable as those you dont....

You are right....a trust funder who cheated his way out of serving is better.....

Delivered in rhetoric only...which is good enough for his supporters....

There are 540+ appointments that get approved by congress...DT has yet to name over 500 of them....

Remind us of the state of the country Jan 2009....

The story is the possibility of the complete sell out of the GOP. The election of DT is forcing the GOP to look at themselves and see which side of patriotism they stand on. Do they shine on light this and show the public and themselves how deep this is with the countries best interests in mind - whether it is a "non story" - or whether it is what could be the most treasonous act in our countries history. Or do they huddle up and devise a strategy that would best suit themselves in the 2018 midterm elections. So you condemn Carter and Jackson for similar actions...but not the DT administration?