Tue Jan 17, 2017, 05:28 AM
bagelsforbreakfast (1,427 posts)
Why Trump wants a quick "repeal and replace" for the ACA...
He has a TV mind. A short attention span - just like his voting public.
First, even Trump knows any GOP plan is going to suck in real-life terms. And, sure, some of his stupid Red state white voters will get hurt and scream. But the GOP has gerrymandered safe districts for the Senate and House so 2018 is not going to be a problem even with lots of bad publicity. So what concerns Trump is TRUMP. 2020 And he knows that the US public, as well as CNN, MSNBC and the lot of them have short attention spans JUST LIKE HE DOES! And THEY WILL FORGET ALL ABOUT IT by the time 2020 comes around. Much better than having it hanging over him for the 2020 elections. And sad to say he's right.
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bagelsforbreakfast | Jan 2017 | OP |
Stinky The Clown | Jan 2017 | #1 | |
WillowTree | Jan 2017 | #7 | |
bagelsforbreakfast | Jan 2017 | #9 | |
Post removed | Jan 2017 | #8 | |
MFM008 | Jan 2017 | #2 | |
DetlefK | Jan 2017 | #3 | |
Fast Walker 52 | Jan 2017 | #4 | |
jehop61 | Jan 2017 | #5 | |
JenniferJuniper | Jan 2017 | #6 | |
mythology | Jan 2017 | #10 | |
anneboleyn | Jan 2017 | #11 |
Response to bagelsforbreakfast (Original post)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 06:13 AM
Stinky The Clown (66,398 posts)
1. Senate "districts" are called "states"
Gerry can't mander them unless Gerry can change state borders and even Gerry can't do that.
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Response to Stinky The Clown (Reply #1)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 10:27 AM
WillowTree (5,325 posts)
7. LOL!!
Response to WillowTree (Reply #7)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 12:57 AM
bagelsforbreakfast (1,427 posts)
9. so this is what they mean by a "loose laughter?
Response to Stinky The Clown (Reply #1)
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Response to bagelsforbreakfast (Original post)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 06:49 AM
MFM008 (19,705 posts)
2. He won't be here
In 2020.
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Response to MFM008 (Reply #2)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 07:20 AM
DetlefK (16,423 posts)
3. I wonder on what platform Trump will run in 2020.
Will he run at all? It's a hellish job that he won't like one bit, but his ego forces him to run for re-election, making him even more bitter and more outrageous.
So... on what will he run? The economy? We all know how republican tax-policies produce only weak growth. National-security? The Democrats will hammer the Republicans for the russian meddling from now until the Sun turns cold. Being the anti-establishment-guy? The sitting President, whose party controls the Senate and the House, and stocked to the rim with corporate lackeys, running as the anti-establishment-candidate? Immigrant-bashing? Will he promise yet another wall and yet another mass-deportation? |
Response to bagelsforbreakfast (Original post)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 07:44 AM
Fast Walker 52 (7,723 posts)
4. I think this is Paul Ryan's strategy for sure... I don't think Trump cares that much
but oh, the fucking public, and their short attention spans...
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Response to bagelsforbreakfast (Original post)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 07:58 AM
jehop61 (1,735 posts)
5. The man is 70
He's overweight, out of shape and eats terribly. We saw what the Presidency did to Pres. Obama over time, and he was young, athletic and thin. I think Donald will be very lucky if he can even think about another term, let alone plan now for it.
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Response to jehop61 (Reply #5)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 09:31 AM
JenniferJuniper (4,359 posts)
6. Presidents age from stress; Donald will not be stressed.
He'll age normally and there are plenty off overweight, out of shape 77 year olds out there.
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Response to JenniferJuniper (Reply #6)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 01:05 AM
mythology (9,527 posts)
10. George W Bush wasn't much for deep thinking either and he aged
Response to JenniferJuniper (Reply #6)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 01:15 AM
anneboleyn (5,611 posts)
11. He will def. age from the stress, as even now he gets hysterical when anyone disagrees
with him. Trump has lived a sheltered, immensely privileged life. He has never held office, and the presidency is on a level all by itself. EVERY president ages dramatically, Bush II, Nixon, Clinton, Obama (who is a cool cat but he still aged).
He has frequently looked like hell recently, and he has not kept a demanding schedule like what the presidency demands in decades. Huge fights with Paul Ryan and co (which will absolutely start to happen as there is no way in hell they will fund his crazy ideas like a "trillion dollar" infrastructure project) will drive Trump insane, and the democrats will continue to criticize and challenge him. He will hate every minute of it, he will go bonkers over polls, and his face will show it as he ages into his seventies. |