Posted on 08/21/2017 6:58:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
Waiter! Bring ice water! We need to wake up our lethargic congressional leaders, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Paul Ryan. Because when they snooze, America loses.
How do these two knuckleheads keep getting elected? It might be better if we had elected two La-Z-Boy armchairs to office. Neutrality is better than betrayal.
“It's very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President,” Trump recently tweeted.
Sad indeed. We voted for Trump, and Republican legislators who were up for election in 2016, because we trusted their commitment to three simple promises: 1.) secure our country; 2.) reform healthcare; and 3.) revitalize the economy.
So far, Republicans are 0 for 3 on delivery. President Trump tees them up, and they whiff. On purpose. Every single time.
Wayne Gretzky is one of the greatest athletes of all time—but never won the Stanley Cup without a team. Likewise, the President of the United States is the world’s most powerful politician, but he can’t score a legislative hat trick if no one’s there to guard the net or pass him the puck.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Sen. McConnell is the Senate Majority Leader and Sen. Ryan is the House Speaker. These two men have the power to corral their fellow Republicans in support of President Trump’s agenda—or they can sit back and twiddle their thumbs and watch the Press, Democrats and George-Soros’ professional protestors sic on Trump. Like a pack of mad dogs.
Here are three examples of how Republicans have helped Democrats more than President Trump so far this year: Republicans allowed multiple health care reform bills to die; placed sanctions on Russia for supposedly interfering with our election process (despite Trump’s request to drop the sanctions as he sought to strengthen diplomatic ties with Russia); and empowered a bipartisan investigation into the Trump family’s so-called collusion with Russia.
This has to stop.
Blocking Big Yawners
Yapping and yawning are synonymous these days for congressional Republicans. Every other Autumn, Republicans roll up their sleeves (for cameras, not actual work) and begin moving their mouths—smiling mechanically and robotically—and telling us everything we want to hear, almost exactly the way they told us last year.
“Next year… Obamacare will be gone,” Ryan promised us before the 2016 elections.
Yeah. Right.
And after promising to “repeal” Obamacare, McConnell completely folded without bothering to pressure RINOs in his camp (like Sen. McCain) to keep their promises to voters. Instead, McConnell defended his drowsy leadership style in July, saying: “If Senate Republicans can’t get the 50 votes required to get an Obamacare repeal and replacement over the finish line, they may have to work with Democrats to repair the existing marketplace.”
Well, we all know Democrats never compromise. Only Republicans do that. Except Republicans do it so often and so poorly that it’s not compromise, it’s capitulation. Which is why we’re in a state of economic stagnancy and Obamacare seems here to stay.
Once safely re-elected, RINOs know that most of us voters will be so grateful to stop seeing their ads that we will basically forget about them and return to our own busy lives. Which is exactly what most politicians (with rare exceptions like George Washington) want: constituents to forget that they exist. That way, no one will ever hold them accountable for anything they promise.
It’s a vicious cycle.
Make the 2018 Midterms the election for which you team up with your neighbors and friends and vow to fire every Republican who wouldn’t work with President Trump—but would effectively work with the Democrats. From now on, we will not sit idly by as they hit the “snooze” button.
All RINOs need to primaried and ousted = Cantorized.
I am confident that Bannon back at Breitbart will help on this mission to expose all RINOs and traitors to the American voters who are stuck with Obamacare because of the RINOs.
Vote them Out!!! in 2018
“All rinos need to be primaried....”
Leftist zombies in sheep’s clothing are real.
IMHO
I love. Good article.
If we take out Flake, Heller and Corker you watch what happens.
That is a start but the reason you can not get anything through is that many on the right are compromised and blackmailed. You have to either expose their wrongs(because they care more for themselves than the country) and have them step down or primary them. Neither is easy.
wouldn't it be nice to have some strong patriotic men in the house and Senate that would expose what is really going instead of continue in their lofted spots, betraying their voters, so the US could clean up this mess.
An appointment in Singapore with a cane would be fine by me for them.
What I don’t understand is this.
Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Trump is a disaster and he’s a disaster that can’t be fixed.
Even if that were true, as president he can’t make laws. He can only sign them or veto them.
So (BLL asks rhetorically) if Ryan and McConnell had any sort of conservative agenda....or even a moderate republican one....why not just pass legislation and send it up to Trump? The odds are he’d sign more of it than not.
Do these numbskulls really believe their constituents back home are going to believe they can’t get anything done because Donald can’t stop tweeting?
Yes.
They believe that they can lie to anyone at anytime about anything, and those lies will be believed, and they are likely correct, and will be re-elected just like always.
I used to have a sound of Homer Simpson saying, "Lousy Democrats" whenever a new email came in. Some of those old cartoons had their uses.....
No wake up. They aren’t asleep. They are the enemy. Get them out of office ASAP.
Kid Rock is likely going to take out Stabeanow in Michigan. Kelli Ward takes out Flake and in 12-15 months McStain sticks his spoon in the wall and the republican AZ governor appoints a more conservative person to his seat. That’s 3 shiny new senate votes.
They are compromised, owned and corrupt. There is nothing they will do to help Trump unless their very positions in DC are in grave danger - and even then they may take the pipe at the risk of being exposed.
The Republican congress won’t pass legislation because they will individually and collectively be castigated as “racists” by a dishonest media no matter what it is they actually pass.
At this point, the dems are a decrepit, one trick pony. All they have is the race card and they use it for everything and anything. It should be completely worthless by now because it’s a great big lie to begin with. Yet, instead of fighting the dishonesty of our media and trying to resurrect honest reporting and productive discussion in this country, Republicans constantly supercharge the dem race card and allow them to use it with impunity to defeat initiatives that might actually improve things for a population that is drowning in socialism.
It’s now blindingly obvious that the Republicans are complete liars and that they have no intention of honestly representing the people who have been voting them into office. While I will stick with my state and local Republicans for the time being, I’ll no longer support the national party in any way. They can either start to support Trump and the people of this country, or they can find new jobs.
Wake up?
They’re in some kind of mindless thrall ... beyond reason
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