Agree with you as well.
I wasn’t sure what to make of Trump at first.
I didn’t really think he was serious but could not figure ot what he was up to.
Then when he wasn’t going away but actually getting more support, I started really listening to what he was saying and what he stood for and he won me over.
It’s wonderful to have a real alpha male in the White House.
You’re right, Jim.
BTTT!
Jim,
I read all of this and I do not understand what it is that you are confessing to,
nor do I understand what it is that you think you ‘need’ to confess to.
There are many reasons why we have Donald Trump as our president,
and in my humble opinion, the main reason is that he is an
‘outsider’, not part of the ‘GOPe”, and not beholden to anyone,
and a lot of people were just tired of all of that bullshit.
(gee, what do you think, should we elect another Clinton or another Bush?)
Donald Trump is a ‘citizen’ president, and it is something
that no one in our generation (or generations prior) have ever seen.
I do not think we should loose hope in our president,
just because the congress can’t get their act together.
May GOD bless you and your family.
May GOD bless the Republic.
R17
I’m a little late to the thread, but great summary of the story so far, Jim, and YES, we did dodge (at least) two bullets. There probably are more— there’s more to the Flynn story than is being told, the CIA/Deep State attacks, etc. Stay strong; Trump is not defeated, and neither are we.
Being a primary-Cruz / general-Trump guy as well, I too thought a Trump/Cruz ticket would have been a unifying and very practical combo.
For a timely example: If Cruz were VP right now, we would not today all be rationalizing why our 3d chess playing savior just got whipped first round at the checkers tournament.
Because Cruz himself would then be the guy his latest idea relies upon. As VP, he himself would be the Senate rule 'decider' and could implement his latest plan to get the effect of nukes without using actual rule changes.
Which means we'd be able to do this thing right. Go Big and Go Bold in defense of Freedom - for a real refreshing change.
This Ryan/Trump-care bill was always a bad idea and the way they used the same old secrecy, then fast-track and strong-arm crap was very lame. But revealing. Freedom now knows who is trustworthy.
And FreeRepublic now knows certain folks here, though not necessarily bad folks in general, are less than worthy voices for Freedom. Yes, I mean those who quite ridiculously claim the House Freedom Caucus are the bad guys.
“If I am right then a health care or insurance law enacted by a Republican congress or government would be equally unconstitutional, regardless of whether it is better or worse than Obamacare.”
The Ryan bill cut 1.2 trillion from Obamacare according to the CBO.
Did Ryan repeal it all? No. You need 60 votes for that. Obamacare was enacted with 60 votes. Ryan “only” cut 1.2 trillion from it.
Ryan also defunded planned parenthood, etc. Ryan added nothing to Obamacare. He only subtracted. His bill was 100% constitutional.
The Ryan bill was the moral, Christian choice. Unfortunately, Obama bought many republicans with his government subsidies. In exchange for a few bucks of government money, many decided to oppose the Ryan bill and save Obamacare along with planned parenthood funding, etc.
Well said, Jim!
And your journey to becoming pro-Trump sounds very much like my own.
God bless you, sir.
If planned parenthood is not funded in the budget, it isn’t funded. That can be put or removed regardless of what happened to Ryancare.
I think the problem is simply there are not enough votes for a straight-line repeal with no replace. My guess it simply can’t happen. Maybe that’s wrong, but all indications are there has to be a “replace” with any repeal. And that replace could, in theory, acknowledge the market place for insurance has changed since Obama and will take some time to come back, thus preserving a few things like pre-existing conditions. As for constitutionality, all of the taxes would have been repealed here, so I think that was the main argument against it on Commerce Clause grounds. So, my gut is voting this down was a mistake.
We Didn’t break it...
Perhaps we can help fix it.
But Keep it in Perspective.
You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!! I too supported CRUZ vs TRUMP and was most unsure of Trump. Voted for him though and have watched him closely.
As for yesterday’s vote, I couldn’t agree more!!
I have said often , “ There is NEVER a RIGHT REASON to do something WRONG”...RYANCARE is OBAMACARE with a Republican casing...
NO NO NO....
My hope is that President Trump will realize that 99% of his supporters at the rallies wanted a FULL REPEAL.. not partial.
Well, based on his teachings in the NT, Jesus would tell us to make sure the least of our brothers have healthcare coverage.
We dodged bullet one, the management amendment ensured Veterans would be targeted for substandard care while giving illegals star treatment and top docs. While he was standing with a Medal of Honor winner, he was supporting legislation that hurt veterans. If he didn’t know that, then he should step down as incompetent.
He has already said.. we’re going to have to work something out on dreamers., so Amnesty.. I understood he has a Trillion dollar stimulus ready for union bailouts. None of these things are Conservative or Constitutional. After the Carrier CEO walked away with taxpayer money in his Christmas stocking I thought yay, jobs created or saved.
He has done some things I agree with.. pedophile rings, etc. If he walls in illegals we just have to call him what he is, was and has been.. a liberal. I remember his reform party run.. Not my guy.
I agree with your sentiments Jim! We did indeed dodge a bullet yesterday!
Thank you Jim!!
We are going to succeed with God on our side!
I just feel that we should all stop for a moment right now, and go encourage the President. Few words of affirmation!! He reads them! You know he is a Twitter guy, so why not take to his website and encourage him tonight.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Bookmark
Yes sir. Matthew 5:29.
[[you gotta work if able-bodied and want to eat attitude on cultural and societal issues.]]
Not anymore- 72 percent of children born in New Mexico are born into medicaid families now- 72 percent! in 24 states- the number is over 50%
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3537893/posts
we’ve gone from a self sustaining culture that valued hard work and clean living to a ‘gimmedat society’ where noone has to work for anything anymore- There is now a push on to make taxpayers pay for privater schooling tuitions as well- And in those state run colleges where tuition is free- the gimmedat society is complaining that they still have to pay their rent and pay for books-
I suspect RyanCare was a necessary bowel movement that was flushed as expected.