36 minutes ago, Khan said:

Let's be honest: the GOP was going to kill the ACA, government shutdown or no government shutdown.  I don't blame the Democrats for doing what they could to save it, but as I've said before, they're being naive if they think they can.  The GOP is out to delegitimize Barack Obama's presidency and erase him from history; and it's our ignorant asses who gave them the tools to do it.  Period.

Yes. I have a special disdain for the pundits and centrists in the press who insisted they would never get rid of the ACA because the public had gotten used to it. The GOP and Trump don't care about that (the same reason they will also ban gay marriage within the next few years). They want to destroy everything tied to Obama or to any progress. They hate this country, they hate us, they hate each other. They only want death and despair.

20 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

(the same reason they will also ban gay marriage within the next few years)

Next few years?  I'll be shocked if gay marriage lasts past 2026, lol.

The thing is, I, myself, would not advocate for marriage for anyone, because I think marriage itself has outlived its' usefulness as an institution.  BITD, people married for one reason and one reason only, and it wasn't because they were in love, lol.

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22 hours ago, Khan said:

Next few years?  I'll be shocked if gay marriage lasts past 2026, lol.

The thing is, I, myself, would not advocate for marriage for anyone, because I think marriage itself has outlived its' usefulness as an institution.  BITD, people married for one reason and one reason only, and it wasn't because they were in love, lol.

Then what should we have then if not marriage? 

11 minutes ago, MissPhoenixGirl92 said:

Then what should we have then if not marriage? 

I didn't say I would ABOLISH marriage, lol.  I just don't see what all the fuss is about (for anyone, gay or straight).

It goes against literally everything I've ever been taught, but I think people should just live together without needing to "make it legal."  If you want to add your partner to your insurance or whatever, then you should be able to; and if you want to make sure they're taken care of in the event of your passing, then just make out an ironclad will.

23 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I have a special disdain for the pundits and centrists in the press who insisted they would never get rid of the ACA because the public had gotten used to it.

Exactly.  And you know something else we, the public, have gotten used to?  Abortion.  And look where THAT is today.

3 minutes ago, Khan said:

Exactly.  And you know something else we, the public, have gotten used to?  Abortion.  And look where THAT is today.

And they said the same thing then! 

They are rich and none of this will affect them, or so they think. 

OMG... this is the trainwreck I needed for a good laugh today. 😂😂😂😂😂 (Of course I know it's a deflection tactic on the pig's part.)

But yeah... in the end pigs are going to eat each other. Dostoevsky said it best in his novel "The Brother Karamazov" - "Viper will eat viper, and it would serve them both right!"

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Few things give me more political schadenfreude than watching John Fetterman utterly humiliate everyone who supported him.

John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure

Some excerpts...

Brief glimmers of pensiveness and introspection fully evaporate when Fetterman rehashes his career, his professional relationships, and his health. Early in Unfettered, Fetterman describes his 2022 debate performance against Dr. Oz as “one of the worst ever in politics.” But later, he characterizes the media’s collective reaction to that debate performance as unfair and out of touch, bragging that he raised a bunch of money afterward from everyday Americans who felt bad for him. In one especially evocative turn of phrase that I pray was not penned by Bissinger, Fetterman writes, “I realized then that the media has no finger on the pulse of an election. They live inside the circle jerk.” He concludes that he’s not sure why the media has “turned so negative,” but he knows “cancel culture is real.”

Here's my favorite tidbit...

There is no audience for Unfettered, and I do not think Crown will get its money’s worth on this memoir. The day after Fetterman’s book dropped, I called a handful of Barnes and Nobles and independent bookstores in Pennsylvania. The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered, at least not at the moment. Another independent store in Philadelphia described interest in Unfettered as lukewarm. In fairness, things can of course change. But the early signs are not good. A few days after Unfettered came out, it was ranked No. 82,145 among all books on Amazon. As of Monday, Nov. 17 (not quite a week since the book’s release), it’s No. 15,713.

I always roll my eyes at people who blame the stroke for Fetterman. These red flags were always there.

From said memoir: Unfettered is [...] 213 pages of what the country already knows about Fetterman: that he’s driven by interpersonal grievances, insecurities, and immaturity.

IOW, John Fetterman is Donald Trump in track shorts.

And speaking of his choice of attire: I realize that what one chooses to wear in the halls of government has absolutely nothing to do with how one actually governs, but refusing to wear a simple suit and tie to your job as a United States Senator doesn't make you an iconoclast or maverick. It just makes you look like a giant d*ck.

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3 hours ago, Vee said:

I always roll my eyes at people who blame the stroke for Fetterman. These red flags were always there.

Of course, the far-left didn't care too much about those red flags.  They just wanted to "own the Libs" like everyone else.  (Progressivists.  You gotta love 'em.)

30 minutes ago, Khan said:

From said memoir: Unfettered is [...] 213 pages of what the country already knows about Fetterman: that he’s driven by interpersonal grievances, insecurities, and immaturity.

IOW, John Fetterman is Donald Trump in track shorts.

And speaking of his choice of attire: I realize that what one chooses to wear in the halls of government has absolutely nothing to do with how one actually governs, but refusing to wear a simple suit and tie to your job as a United States Senator doesn't make you an iconoclast or maverick. It just makes you look like a giant d*ck.

It's meant to show his disdain for rules and standards. He's a privileged trust fund baby who thinks rules don't apply to him.