I'd probably ask if any solid replacement plans for the ACA have been suggested, and if so, by whom.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Feb 15, 2017 7:46:19 am PST #7387 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Tom Scola - Feb 15, 2017 8:18:52 am PST #7388 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 15, 2017 8:25:44 am PST #7389 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The bassett hound has a shower cap thing for his ears!
msbelle - Feb 15, 2017 8:48:48 am PST #7390 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
At lunch I went to Walgreens and Target. There was very little vday chocolate or candy on shelves, none of it the good stuff, and it was not even 50% off! I blame Trump. I refused to buy anything.
Zenkitty - Feb 15, 2017 8:50:45 am PST #7391 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't think it can be done. You can't turn the clock back, and I think that's what rural America wants.
Finally realizing they could lose their health coverage and their SS/Medicare has shook a lot of them, though. We could win most of them by promising to improve healthcare and benefits, and promising to bring new-industry jobs like solar to largely rural states like WV. WV wants jobs. They just can't imagine any decent-paying jobs that aren't what they've always done before. We need to be helping them see how much better off they could be with different jobs and better support. And then keeping our fucking promises, because if we break them they'll be even more bitter than they are now.
Steph L. - Feb 15, 2017 8:56:08 am PST #7392 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
promising to bring new-industry jobs like solar to largely rural states like WV.
Like, say, CLINTON DID ABOUT A BILLION TIMES OH MY GOD?????
(I'm not yelling at you, Zen; just the utterly futile-seeming situation.)
smonster - Feb 15, 2017 9:03:41 am PST #7393 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Like, say, CLINTON DID ABOUT A BILLION TIMES OH MY GOD?????
Jesus, all I have to do this think about the word cloud of what word Hillary said most (JOBS) vs what the media said (EMAILS) and the flames erupt from my face.
Zenkitty - Feb 15, 2017 9:04:03 am PST #7394 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I know! They weren't receptive to the message at the time, because it came from someone they'd been taught to despise. We're in a different world now, a world in which they've been betrayed by the party they always trusted. They might be more receptive to solid plans for improving their lives from the other party. If the other party had any solid plans. Which they should.
bennett - Feb 15, 2017 9:18:50 am PST #7395 of 30002
The problem is that new-industry jobs require a higher education and willingness to keep on learning after graduation. Too many people don't want to do that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 15, 2017 9:25:36 am PST #7396 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
We're in a different world now, a world in which they've been betrayed by the party they always trusted.
I don't get the impression that a lot of rural farmers and blue collar workers actually realize they're in the process of being betrayed, though. I mean, Trump's still fighting Obamacare death panels Killary Rosie O'Donnell Nordstrom's SNL the loser press the CIA and FBI suspicious brown people that want to come to 'Murica and take our jobs!