Rush says he trusts Trump to come up with the BEST healthcare, reassures he’s not a fanboy

[Jazzhead]

Well, then call me a fanboy, too.   I like Trump's approach to issues like healthcare and tax reform because it's more pragmatic than ideological.    Cruz's strict adherence to ideology and his scorched earth tactics are luxuries we cannot afford.   We're in charge now - the people expect results.   The AHCA jump-starts economic growth by getting rid of the job-killing mandates and holds the promise of better choices in the insurance marketplace,  as well as for tax-advantaged savings for medical bills.   It's not perfect, but it's a step in the right direction. 

[txradioguy]

Well, then call me a fanboy, too.   I like Trump's approach to issues like healthcare and tax reform because it's more pragmatic than ideological.    Cruz's strict adherence to ideology and his scorched earth tactics are luxuries we cannot afford.   We're in charge now - the people expect results.   The AHCA jump-starts economic growth by getting rid of the job-killing mandates and holds the promise of better choices in the insurance marketplace,  as well as for tax-advantaged savings for medical bills.   It's not perfect, but it's a step in the right direction.

Of course you like it...it's government funded...and in your mind...anything government funded or forced upon the people is a good thing.

Oh and before you jump too much to Rush's defense...before his golfing buddy Trump became President...he was against this kind of healthcare.

[Jazzhead]

Of course you like it...it's government funded...and in your mind...anything government funded or forced upon the people is a good thing.

Oh and before you jump too much to Rush's defense...before his golfing buddy Trump became President...he was against this kind of healthcare.

We're in charge now.  Real people are affected by the decisions we make.   We need to be pragmatic.  Rush recognizes it, and so do I.   

[Silver Pines]

We're in charge now.  Real people are affected by the decisions we make.   We need to be pragmatic.  Rush recognizes it, and so do I.

@Jazzhead

Yay, we're in charge!  And we're getting the same crap sandwich Obama tried to force on us!  Wheeee, hurray for Republicans!

[DCPatriot]

We're in charge now.  Real people are affected by the decisions we make.   We need to be pragmatic.  Rush recognizes it, and so do I.

I'll bet money that Rush in one of the contacts on President Trump's cellphone.

...and that the number has been called more than once since the election.

[txradioguy]

@Jazzhead

Yay, we're in charge!  And we're getting the same crap sandwich Obama tried to force on us!  Wheeee, hurray for Republicans!

@CatherineofAragon

Only difference now is we're being told we should eat it because it's delicious.

[Jazzhead]

@Jazzhead

Yay, we're in charge!  And we're getting the same crap sandwich Obama tried to force on us!  Wheeee, hurray for Republicans!

The AHCA is far, far better than the ACA.   It puts a brake on a major entitlement program,  it gets rid of the job-killing mandates, it opens up the insurance marketplace to offer more flexible options, and it creates more and fairer opportunities for tax-advantaged savings for medical bills. 

What's now needed is unity among all Republicans at a moment where a real-life decision must be made.   Go with Reagan's philosophy - a bill that gets us most of what we want is worth supporting.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon

Only difference now is we're being told we should eat it because it's delicious.

@txradioguy

The people feeding us that line don't even believe it.

[Night Hides Not]

What an idiotic comment.

You're on the wrong site with comments like that, jazz. That one's worthy of TOS, not TBR.

I'm fine with vehement disagreements, but your comment was strictly ad hominem.

[corbe]

    From his own website, fanboi indeed

[Jazzhead]

You're on the wrong site with comments like that, jazz. That one's worthy of TOS, not TBR.

I'm fine with vehement disagreements, but your comment was strictly ad hominem.

Txradioguy responds to just about anything I write with an ad hominem; e.g., 

Of course you like it...it's government funded...and in your mind...anything government funded or forced upon the people is a good thing.

If all he can do is spew insults,  why am I precluded from responding similarly?

(But I've deleted my post, regardless)   

[txradioguy]

Txradioguy responds to just about anything I write with an ad hominem; e.g., 
If all he can do is spew insults,  why am I precluded from responding similarly?

(But I've deleted my post, regardless)

How many times do you have to be shown...how many more paragraphs should myself or anyone else expend...explaining to you where you are Constitutionally wrong and not Conservative in the stances you take on issues like this?

How many more times should we be labeled intolerant or lazy or religious bigots by you for not agreeing that it's the Government's job to take care of us from Cradle to Grave...that abortion is wrong and shouldn't be forced on the states from D.C. that it's my right and anyone else's to own and carry a firearm and that gay "marriage" isn't a right?

You seem to be very good at doling out the insults when we're trying to debate you on these issues...but very thin skinned when we grow tired and just tell you you're wrong in not so many words.

[Night Hides Not]

How many times do you have to be shown...how many more paragraphs should myself or anyone else expend...explaining to you where you are Constitutionally wrong and not Conservative in the stances you take on issues like this?

How many more times should we be labeled intolerant or lazy or religious bigots by you for not agreeing that it's the Government's job to take care of us from Cradle to Grave...that abortion is wrong and shouldn't be forced on the states from D.C. that it's my right and anyone else's to own and carry a firearm and that gay "marriage" isn't a right?

You seem to be very good at doling out the insults when we're trying to debate you on these issues...but very thin skinned when we grow tired and just tell you you're wrong in not so many words.

I blame Trump for lowering the standards of discourse. His supporters are following their Dear Leader by emulating his methods, which obviously worked in the short term.

To keep Hillary out of the WH, it's hard to disagree with the notion the Republicans needed a candidate that was a street brawler. That issue has been settled, and the question still unanswered is "can one effectively govern with a pugilistic approach?"

[txradioguy]

and the question still unanswered is "can one effectively govern with a pugilistic approach?"

It can be done. It just needs to be done in a more mature way. Think of a good Platoon Sergeant or First Sergeant you had that knew how to stand up to anyone trying to get his troops to do dumbsh*t. They have a way of being pugilistic yet mature and smart in how they fought back.

[r9etb]

Indeed and "Virtue signalling" is another little bit of liberal terminology the Trump fans have adopted.

I've noticed that, too.  It's started showing up in just the past couple of days.  It's pretty funny, when you think about it -- when confronted with arguments based on "right and wrong," their response is "virtue signalling."  As if it's somehow a Bad Thing to point out bad behavior.

It's really just a form of self-delusion, though, based on the idea that their own personal worth is somehow tied to what Donald Trump does.

[ABX]

I've noticed that, too.  It's started showing up in just the past couple of days.  It's pretty funny, when you think about it -- when confronted with arguments based on "right and wrong," their response is "virtue signalling."  As if it's somehow a Bad Thing to point out bad behavior.

It's really just a form of self-delusion, though, based on the idea that their own personal worth is somehow tied to what Donald Trump does.

That seems to be a big trend in the Pepe universe, mocking those who *shock* stand by their values instead of compromising them for the sake of MAGA.  It is right out of the left's playbook and is right along the lines of 'check your privilege'. 

When you get down to it, you are being told the other person's values are more important than yours, so you must put your own values in check to not offend them.

Just another version of PC, but instead of just trying to control what you say, they try to control what you believe.

[EC]

Just another version of PC, but instead of just trying to control what you say, they try to control what you believe.

And, as for the lefties - they can piss off.

[Sanguine]

It can be done. It just needs to be done in a more mature way. Think of a good Platoon Sergeant or First Sergeant you had that knew how to stand up to anyone trying to get his troops to do dumbsh*t. They have a way of being pugilistic yet mature and smart in how they fought back.

@txradioguy, I agree with most of that, but after this little Maddcow event, I think DT may be much more bright than we give him credit for.  If, as I think now, he orchestrated that whole tax return release, it was absolutely masterful.   

[txradioguy]

@txradioguy, I agree with most of that, but after this little Maddcow event, I think DT may be much more bright than we give him credit for.  If, as I think now, he orchestrated that whole tax return release, it was absolutely masterful.

He's lucky Maddow is such a rank amateur.

Honestly if she were any kind of "journalist" and not a PoliSci wonk...she wouldn't have fallen into that trap.  Somewhere Chris Matthews is going "I told you not to run with that story" LOL!

[ABX]

@txradioguy, I agree with most of that, but after this little Maddcow event, I think DT may be much more bright than we give him credit for.  If, as I think now, he orchestrated that whole tax return release, it was absolutely masterful.

I believe when all is said and done, a lot of the leaks he is making a big deal out of and using to get people at each other's throats, may end up being sourced to John Baron.

[r9etb]

@txradioguy, I agree with most of that, but after this little Maddcow event, I think DT may be much more bright than we give him credit for.  If, as I think now, he orchestrated that whole tax return release, it was absolutely masterful.

That would be "bright" as in cunning, in the sense of putting one over on MSNBC.  (Not that they don't deserve it...)

The problem with having a cunning trickster as president is that such behavior is general, not specific.  He'll try to put one over on anybody who gets in his way.  A president has got to have more to work with than tricks, which will only last so long.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Namecalling "fanboy" is an act of "political virtue signaling"

And includes such members as Glenn Beck, Bill Kristol, Jeb Bush and other luminaries of times past.

Sometimes accusing folks of virtue signalling is a form of virtue signalling. 

[Cripplecreek]

He's lucky Maddow is such a rank amateur.

Honestly if she were any kind of "journalist" and not a PoliSci wonk...she wouldn't have fallen into that trap.  Somewhere Chris Matthews is going "I told you not to run with that story" LOL!

I personally don't think it was a brilliant move. People are acting like Trump beat the whole media but from what I've seen, aside from Maddow they were all pretty restrained and suspicious.

More of Trump's taxes will be leaked and not what he wants leaked, I guarantee it.

[INVAR]

That seems to be a big trend in the Pepe universe, mocking those who *shock* stand by their values instead of compromising them for the sake of MAGA.  It is right out of the left's playbook and is right along the lines of 'check your privilege'. 

When you get down to it, you are being told the other person's values are more important than yours, so you must put your own values in check to not offend them.

Just another version of PC, but instead of just trying to control what you say, they try to control what you believe.

^^^  THIS.

It's all over social media from the Trump faithful AND the rabid Godless Left.

It's the new meme, along the lines of 'white privilege' - to be used as a weapon against anyone standing up for what is right if it conflicts with their ideology, agenda or political messiah.

[r9etb]

I personally don't think it was a brilliant move. People are acting like Trump beat the whole media but from what I've seen, aside from Maddow they were all pretty restrained and suspicious.

If this "leak" really is Trump's doing, it may not be "brilliant," but it is certainly a clever trick that, in the short term, will take the wind out of the sails of those who were hoping to find fraud in his tax returns.  And, if we're honest, the short term solution may be enough to take that issue out of play forever. 

It doesn't actually answer the questions raised, but it seems to do so.