Principles are fine things, it's true, as long as they are the correct principles. But compromise at the appropriate time and for good reasons is also a fine thing, something too many on the political Right have either never learned or forgotten.
The appropriate time for the so-called Freedom Caucus to stand up for their principles was during the vote for Speaker and Republican leadership at the beginning of this year. Once they voted for Ryan and McCarthy to be their leaders, they had an obligation to follow and compromise where necessary to move the agenda. To pull this stunt now serves no one well and definitely plays into the Left's hands, making us all much less free.
I generally agree with what you’ve posted but I must defend the Freedom Caucus on one key point. They didn’t oppose RyanCare on principle. They opposed it because it would have been politically disastrous — for both them and President Trump — to pass it. My congressman said he wasn’t going to vote for it, and he isn’t even a conservative. It was easy to see why that was the case ... only 16% of the voters in my district supported it.
All the so called ‘Freedom Caucus’ did was assure that Obamacare will never be repealed!
The MORONS just can’t get though their thick skulls that it takes 60 freakin’ votes in the Senate to outright repeal Obamacare, so it has to be done in stages.
Are they all really this stupid?
“compromise at the appropriate time and for good reasons is also a fine thing”
We are in a WAR for the very survival of this nation.
This morning we are sipping our coffee and pontificating about what should have, could have been done.
President Trump has to recognize and identify the enemy, even in his own ranks. In our first battle, he has chosen to follow and put his support behind Montgomery (Ryan) instead of Patton (Freedom Caucus).
I pray he is a quick learner.
I pray he is playing “3-D Chess”
However, he is only human. I cannot imagine the pressures he under. He is under threat of physical assassination. His family is under the same threat.
He has to understand he is in a bunker, fighting for his life. There is no room in that bunker for compromise. Absolutely no room for a Benedict Arnold.
That may be a bad comparison because Ryan has never been on our side.
Actually they saved the Trump presidency if he can keep it.