He makes some valid points especially when it comes to full genuine repeal being impossible to pass in the Senate given the tactics he comes up with, which are really stupid. And by using the term ‘stupid’ is not resorting to name-calling but rather using the definition of ‘stupid’ as an inability to learn. to solve a problem. Without using tactics to ‘shame’ enough US Senate democrats to vote to end a filibuster, he tosses in the towel. He’s a loser because he can’t think outide the Beltway box.
Where he is wrong is in not taking a longer tactical view. He has been looking at a time range of several weeks when in fact he should be looking at several months to a year or more.
A full repeal is a one-page document and a full repeal is absolutely needed but Poe fails to consider just how to win battles that would force enough Senate democrats to get onboard with a full repeal.
Obviously, he has failed at this point as have conservatives and President Trump. So what could he and republicans differently? Answer: plenty.
> “We can no longer allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.”
I cringe when I hear this Beltway cliché. He’s trying to say well at some point we have to be practical. No, Mr. Poe! What you are really saying is that at some point you have to toss in the towel and turn in shoddy work, mediocre work that is not fit to live up to the history of American excellence!
How long did it take for the Constitution to be crafted?
Did founding members at the Constitutional Convention get together and have a few discussions to ultimately decide “well, that’s good enough for government work?”
President Trump had you over to the White House and you sat there like a meerkat with an occasional squeak.
Are you fit to fill the shoes of those that sat next to Lincoln? Are you capable of talking about harsh tactics that will win in the spirit of a General Tecumseh Sherman? Do you have the drive, the dogged commitment to defeat the enemy like a General Ulysses Grant?
No, Mr. Poe, you’re just able to spew the same Beltway sewage spittle that we’ve all seen for years. You have nothing good to offer.
Did you put your tactical hat on and tell the President that he has to consider other tactics to bring down Obamacare and restore and enhance free markets for healthcare delivery? Did you shine in the grand tradition of spectacular American innovation?
No, you didn’t. You just concluded that Americans can’t go to the Moon, they can’t win World Wars, they can’t-can’t-can’t, can’t do anything extraordinary. They just need to accept your expectation of defeat and move on. The American Civilization can’t be extraordinary, it just has to accept your CRAP and that of those around you.
You’re not a ‘can-do’ spirit; you’re a “perfect as enemy of the good” loser.
The reason you are a loser is because you don’t have the tactical acumen and burning passion for winning. And neither does Ryan.
As conservatives, we don’t expect our President to perform miracles but we do expect him to have capable allies at his table to give him a winning vision of the future. In this, you FAILED.
And the worst of this for us out here in flyover country? We have to stomach that you can snicker and retire for ‘family reasons’ at any time at full salary level pension. So whatever happens, you’re set. And that makes being a mediocre loser irrelevant, doesn’t it? Because you’re set and you don’t have to lay down your life for your country. You can accept ‘shoddy’ work because it’s never going to be possible to do what’s right. It’s just not ‘possible’, is it? You didn’t solve the problem, you can’t solve the problem, so just go have a photo op with Ryan and kick the frickin can down the road again. LOSERS!
But it doesn’t matter because in any case, you’re set.
Bottom line is the Republicans were never really prepared for a Repeal or a Replace.....their bill should have been already prepared and ready for approval on day one just as Trump made clear throughout his campaign needed to be. Just as clearly the Republicans didn’t have their ducks in a row...neither the repeal nor the replacement.
...So now their ‘again’ stuck in a quagmire of healthcare issues...Trump has every reason to be ore than irritated with Ryan and the Republicans....not just the Freedom Caucus.