Anyone know this dickhead Ben Sasse? The US Senator from Nebraska? He sounds and looks like such a dickhead. I saw him two days in a row now on TV repeating the same GOP talking points BS. All I could think is what a dickhead.

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Originally posted by SapperSteel:
From Drudge, Trump's position regarding elimination of ObamaCare clarified:

Something like this is all that would've been needed instead of the evils of Obamacare.

This sounds like a decent plan to me (though of course I'm no expert in these matters at all). I'll also mention that I think he got the idea about HSA's from Carson. Seems like a smart, good idea IMO.

Not sure if this has been posted yet or not:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by SapperSteel:
From Drudge, Trump's position regarding elimination of ObamaCare clarified:

Something like this is all that would've been needed instead of the evils of Obamacare.

This sounds like a decent plan to me (though of course I'm no expert in these matters at all). I'll also mention that I think he got the idea about HSA's from Carson. Seems like a smart, good idea IMO.

The point being: this is a change, and for the better.

I lack the google-fu to find it, but in the past The Donald had stated that the only problem with ObamaCare is that it didn't go far enough.

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Not sure if this has been posted yet or not:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Anyone know this dickhead Ben Sasse? The US Senator from Nebraska? He sounds and looks like such a dickhead. I saw him two days in a row now on TV repeating the same GOP talking points BS. All I could think is what a dickhead.

I'm sensing a theme.

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Originally posted by SapperSteel:

The point being: this is a change, and for the better.

I lack the google-fu to find it, but in the past The Donald had stated that the only problem with ObamaCare is that it didn't go far enough.

I'm sure there are quite a few things about Trump's campaign that is sort of learn as you go.

I just hope what we're seeing as we enter deep into this election cycle are his ideas finally forming into something concrete and real; honest and genuine. Like a rough sculpture that has been chipped at and smoothed by the result of many critiques from artists who have been in the game much longer.

The big one is that he used to support the Assault Weapons Ban that Clinton did. Fortunately at some point for some reason he changed his mind on that.

He says.

Uh huh

Corker is a huge establishment RINO, I was really surprised to hear him say this today.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/...t-back-trump/353305/

Sen. Corker to GOP establishment: Back off Trump

NASHVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., today chided national Republican leaders on their effort to shut-down GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

"Here's my message to the Republican Party leaders: Focus more on listening to the American people and less on trying to stifle their voice," the Chattanoogan said in a statement.

His comments came as 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican's 2008 nominee, blasted the billionaire reality show as unstable.

Romney warned Trump is seeking to exploit "our anger for less than noble purposes. This is the very brand of anger that has led other nations into the abyss."
Corker said that "what's happening in the Republican primary is the result of two things: the fecklessness and ineptness of the Washington establishment in failing to address the big issues facing our country and years of anger with the overreach of the Obama administration."

Repeating earlier remarks Corker, who has not endorsed any GOP hopeful, added "and to be candid, I think the American people should be angrier than they are."

Earlier today, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, the Republican Senate speaker, called Trump, who won a 38.9 percent plurality of votes in Tennessee's GOP primary election on Tuesday, an "amazing phenomenon to watch.

"I think he is running against political correctness that people are sick and tired of," Ramsey told reporters. "They're happy to have a straight shooter that's running out there."

Ramsey predicted Trump will win the nomination and called it "unusual" that when McCain and Romney ran in 2008 and 2012 as "kind of the establishment's pick ... the establishment told the grassroots, the evangelical Christians or whoever it might be, that this is our nominee and to hold your nose and vote for them."

"And now that they've completely turned around and you've got the grassroots, and I think a very expanded grassroots, that is picking the nominee now and the establishment is the one being told you better hold your nose and vote for this guy," Ramsey said.

Ramsey, who has not disclosed whom he voted for, said he would support Trump if he becomes the GOP's nominee.

He also said the establishment now is saying "that's different ... I think he's reached an audience he hasn't reached in a long time."

He said he thinks Trump may carry more states as the GOP's standard than anyone since Ronald Reagan with the possible exception of George Bush.

"I think he is appealing to people who've never been appealed to before."

Ramsey said if Trump becomes the GOP's nominee, he will support him.

Earlier in the day, Republican House Speaker Beth Harwell said she would too.

"Yes," Harwell said. "He is playing by the rules and he's been victorious. If he's our nominee, I will support him."

"I think he's touched a nerve with the public," Harwell said, "and I've always seen him as a serious candidates since the beginning."

But Republican Gov. Bill Haslam, who backed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida in Tuesday's GOP primary here, told The Associated Press that Trump needs to make major policy changes before he'll consider backing him.

I wonder what kind of music Trump will have at the inauguration. Think it will be a live band or some kind of DJ?

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Corker is a huge establishment RINO, I was really surprised to hear him say this today.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/...t-back-trump/353305/

Sen. Corker to GOP establishment: Back off Trump

NASHVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., today chided national Republican leaders on their effort to shut-down GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

"Here's my message to the Republican Party leaders: Focus more on listening to the American people and less on trying to stifle their voice," the Chattanoogan said in a statement.

Well, I'm certainly glad to hear someone finally say it.

Herman Cain is on Fox right now talking with Greta about how this could backfire on the RNC, and how all his callers today wanted to talk about and support Trump.

Ooooh, I got a feeling....

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Originally posted by mbinky:
I wonder what kind of music Trump will have at the inauguration. Think it will be a live band or some kind of DJ?

I don't know, but the RNC ought to make CCR's Bad Moon Rising their theme song.

I reminded as I watch Herman Cain on Greta why I supported him in 2012. I would've voted for him, but he was out before I ever got a chance to vote.

He's calling out the RNC and especially Mitt. Love that man.

Back in the 80s my wife and I were elected representatives in the Republican party. At our district meeting with 100s attending, the GOP establishment tried to change the rules from the podium because they were not getting their way.

The grumbling started to grow and it turned into a roar. My lovely and normally quiet wife was standing on a chair, yelling, “Riot! Riot!”

When the establishment commences to tell the voters that they do not matter, it is likely to cause a reaction.

Even those elected as representatives or delegates are not immune from establishment shenanigans.

The dishonesty that is used to attack Trump will also tick off voters. Even Van Jones from the racial left notes that, “I don’t think that most people think that Donald Trump himself is actually racist.” CNN @ 7:12 on Indeed, Van Jones does not believe Trump is racist.

So, even if people who are black do not believe Trump is racist, why does the GOP establishment keep pushing that false narrative about the Tapper interview? A reasonable person will conclude that, perhaps, the fear of losing power is what is really going on.

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Originally posted by 46and2:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Anyone know this dickhead Ben Sasse? The US Senator from Nebraska? He sounds and looks like such a dickhead. I saw him two days in a row now on TV repeating the same GOP talking points BS. All I could think is what a dickhead.

I'm sensing a theme.

Young guy trying to climb the bloody GOP tree of power. Some one should tell him that tree is dying or already dead.

RMD

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Originally posted by SapperSteel:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by SapperSteel:
From Drudge, Trump's position regarding elimination of ObamaCare clarified:

Something like this is all that would've been needed instead of the evils of Obamacare.

This sounds like a decent plan to me (though of course I'm no expert in these matters at all). I'll also mention that I think he got the idea about HSA's from Carson. Seems like a smart, good idea IMO.

The point being: this is a change, and for the better.

I lack the google-fu to find it, but in the past The Donald had stated that the only problem with ObamaCare is that it didn't go far enough.

And so I conclude, he's a fucking liar then, or now, or both. I vote both. But they all are. So who's to say what he'll do when he's in. Maybe some things that improve the situation. But what he says now, and then, (in my opinion) is meaningless.

Politics. yuk

Many in the media are flunking their Rorschach test and are using their outlets to self-report.

Trump said that Romney was begging so bad for his endorsement that he could have asked Romney to “get on his knees.” Daily Mail stated that Trump made reference to saying Romney would give him a blow job. This was also the conclusion of Greg Gutfeld and Juan Williams on The Five. These and many sources have pushed Trump's statement as something sexually vulgar.

Yet, getting on one’s knees to beg is not a sexual illustration. Trump said in 2011 that “Obama will drop to his knees and kiss his hand,” when the President of China arrived by plane. LIVELEAK

Putting the worst spin with sexual illustrations from the “reporters’” minds is telling voters about the commentators.

This hits all the points:

-Repeal the ACA
-Make health insurance companies compete openly and fairly for each customer, without restriction, just like auto insurance and homeowner insurance companies do- there's no "crisis" in these latter two areas. And costs will come down.
-Health Savings accounts are excellent tax-free loans to yourself. We do this through our company now and it is excellent. The money comes out pre-tax and you reimburse yourself for the medical costs that insurance doesn't cover. Its a great program.

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Originally posted by SapperSteel:
From Drudge, Trump's position regarding elimination of ObamaCare clarified: LINK.

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Donald Trump has a 7-point healthcare plan

Republican front-runner releases policy paper

Release comes hours before Thursday’s GOP debate

In recent debate, rivals blasted him for ‘vague’ healthcare plan

Donald Trump released a seven-point health care policy paper this week, boasting that his plank would reduce health care costs and dubbing his plan “healthcare reform to make America great again.”

The release comes one day before Thursday’s Republican debate. Trump was needled during last week’s debate, for being vague about his plans to reform health care. The policy paper released Wednesday is Trump’s sixth. In comparison, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has released two dozen.

Each of the four remaining Republican candidates have pledged to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Here are the details of Trump’s plan.

- Repeal Obamacare. “Our elected representatives must eliminate the individual mandate. No person should be required to buy insurance unless he or she wants to,” the plan says.

- Repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and allow the sale of insurance across state lines. “By allowing full competition in this market, insurance costs will go down and consumer satisfaction will go up,” it says.

- Allow tax payers to fully deduct health insurance premium payments in their tax returns, as businesses can. The plan asks: “Businesses are allowed to take these deductions so why wouldn’t Congress allow individuals the same exemptions?”

- Review basic options for Medicaid and work with states to ensure that those who want healthcare coverage can have it.

- Allow all individuals to use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and make those contributions tax-free and allow them to accumulate year after year. Make them part of an individual’s estate, able to be passed on to heirs without fear of any death penalty.

- Require price transparency from all healthcare providers, including clinics and hospitals.

- Block-grant Medicaid to the states. Incentivize the states to seek out and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse to preserve government resources.

- Remove barriers to entry into free markets for drug providers that offer safe, generic options. “Congress will need the courage to step away from the special interests and do what is right for America. Though the pharmaceutical industry is in the private sector, drug companies provide a public service,” the plan says.

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Originally posted by Tubetone:
Back in the 80s my wife and I were elected representatives in the Republican party. At our district meeting with 100s attending, the GOP establishment tried to change the rules from the podium because they were not getting their way.

The grumbling started to grow and it turned into a roar. My lovely and normally quiet wife was standing on a chair, yelling, “Riot! Riot!”

When the establishment commences to tell the voters that they do not matter, it is likely to cause a reaction.

Even those elected as representatives or delegates are not immune from establishment shenanigans.

We're seeing some of this again. At he county level, it's not going over well.