One of the distinguishing features of the Republican Party is that the members know how to devour their own. The failure to repeal Obamacare this past week is a clear example of the losers who occupy positions of legislative responsibility in the Republican Party.
"Ryancare" or "Trumpcare," whatever you wish to call it, demonstrates how dysfunctional the Republican Party really is. The President put the prestige of his office behind this bill. He even called legislators to the Oval Office to work on a deal that in the end failed. Speaker Paul Ryan could not close the deal, so the President had to step in and try to salvage what he could.
In this entire process, we must remember that not a single Democrat came forward to support the healthcare bill. Nancy Pelosi waved her broomstick, and the little "Metromen" Democrat congressmen followed her orders to the letter. None dared cross Nancy. It leaves one to question what she has on her fellow socialists.
Donald Trump is correct when he says Obamacare is failing "big league." Insurance companies across the country are bailing out of the system. In some places, there is only one insurance company available to citizens who are compelled to buy health insurance. Naturally, without competition, the insurance companies can charge exorbitant prices for their coverage. Some policies are extremely expensive, but the facts are that the deductibles are so high, that most people are left to pay the doctor or hospital for medical services. This is simply unacceptable. The insurance companies get the gravy while the patient gets the shaft. But that is Obamacare, and it is getting worse. Given a few more months, the entire system will collapse, and as President Trump has stated, "then the Democrats will be coming to us begging to fix the system." Remember, Obamacare passed without a single Republican vote.
But back to the Republicans in the House of Representatives. No bill is perfect. This healthcare bill was no exception. I would have preferred to have seen more in the bill that actually killed Obamacare and replaced it with something that the American people can afford. I heard one Republican congressman say, "I’m not going to abandon my principles." Well, Congressman, let me educate you. You abandoned your principles the day you became a politician. Don’t give me that garbage about violating your precious principles. If you love your principles so much, you need to resign from Congress and become a preacher or a priest.
What you rebellious Republicans did was to fail to support your President. You cared more about your so-called principles than you did the country. There was some very good legislation contained within this bill that could have assisted Tom Price, the Secretary of Human Services, in weakening Obamacare to the extent that it no longer existed. But no, your almighty principles got in the way and you failed to support your president, a man who probably saved your worthless seat in the last election.
And then there are Republican Congressmen who fall into the "Never Trump" category. These men and women are charter members of the "establishment," and anything they can do to thwart Trump fits right into their sacred principles. They had rather damage the country further with this ill-conceived law known as Obamacare than to find a way to support a bill that would have at least given a Republican President a strong hand in getting rid of this albatross.
We know one thing now. Being a Republican is not a team sport. In fact, the Republican Party may have as many Nancy Pelosis and Chuck Schumers as the Democrats. I refer you to John McCain and Lindsey Graham. Here we have a President who wants to Make America Great Again and his own party is stabbing him in the back hardly distinguishable from the leftist in the Democrat Party.
"Ryancare" or "Trumpcare" was not a perfect bill, but it was close enough for all Republicans to support. Unfortunately, many allowed their so called "principles," of which they have none, to get in the way. It’s a sad day for America, and it’s a sad day for the dysfunctional Republican Party. Perhaps I should refer to them as the "dumb party" because that is exactly what the Republican Party is.
