2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIs the GOP PARALYZED???
They all seem to be either a) curled into a fetal position rocking themselves gently and moaning; b) standing around with deer-in-headlights looks and rigid pasted-on smiles; or c) diving behind doors and muttering 'no comment!'
They have what may be the single best (and maybe ONLY) chance to salvage the party's chance to boost down-ticket races, and they're blowing it, JUST TO SPITE OBAMA!
Let's see if we can break this down into really simple concepts, like GOPpie voters need, okay?
1. Zika virus is in Florida, which is IN THE U.S.
2. The worst damage Zika virus does is profound damage to gestating embryos, resulting in severely malformed fetuses.
3. Profoundly damaged embryos and severely deformed fetuses generally RAISE THE ABORTION RATE.
4. The GOP has staked a massive percentage of its political capital, for DECADES, on preventing abortions in America.
5. President Obama has requested Congress to allocate $1.9 billion in emergency funding to keep the Zika virus from spreading and producing a virulent epidemic.
6. Which would, if successful, prevent abortions, save babies and moms, and generally be a public health triumph.
And Congress first whinged about grabbing money away from other important programs to provide pathetically smaller amounts of emergency funding, and then tabled the WHOLE FUCKING THING until after their summer vacation????
With MORE Zika cases emerging?
Guys, guys, guys.... THINK!!!
WHAT does it cost you, Paul Ryan, to holla "OKAY, everybody back to Washington by 9 am Monday, we are GONNA SAVE BABIES, NOW!"
What?
Oh... I see. Y'all only wanna save babies when Obama isn't involved, izzat it?
Or... or... maybe y'all are just so effing paralyzed by the looming Orange Dumpster Fire about to engulf your party that you can't even raise a finger to save yourselves?
You're denying the 247 GOPpie Congresscritters running for re-election the opportunity to stand up at their town halls and look stern and noble and say "We made an extraordinary commitment to save babies, because we believe in that."
Because Obama had something to do with it?
Or because you've just already given up and are mewling helplessly trying to drag yourselves out of the radius of total destruction by the Nuclear Cheeto?
Which is it?
Just curious...
(Oh, and BTW, do you know how much each and every microcephalic baby costs? Fo' shizzle, dudes... ask any health economist. $1.9 billion to keep it from happening is the CHEAP route.)
amazedly,
Bright
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)It doesn't have to make sense. Nothing makes sense.
The only thing they care about is opposing anything Obama wants.
Trump is a direct byproduct of their opposition and hatred for Obama.
They taught their Frankenstein monster to hate hate hate Obama.
The monster they created is now devouring them and they don't know what to do.
TygrBright
(20,733 posts)DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)Hillary is piling onto that, because she is a SHE. So first, we have a black man, then we have a woman. Their base is unaccepting of EITHER as both a candidate and an effective government official.
DESPITE historic obstructionism from the Rethugs, PBO has managed to get things done. As much as he and we would have liked? No. But that's entirely due to the obstructionism. FFS, we still haven't even had a VOTE on Garland for the Supreme Court. That should have happened already.
Hekate
(90,188 posts)Indeed
TheDonnasRule
(67 posts)These people were never challenged to question their own views or to logically support their views. They just grew up accepting whatever their parents taught them.
mopinko
(69,803 posts)the percentage of people out there who are homeschooled is MINUTE.
TheDonnasRule
(67 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)Zika can kill you and has killed some. The Republicans as always have behaved very badly by not doing anything to stop this dangerous virus. Pres. Obama has come up with some money, but it will run out soon. This is the worst Congress in history.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/155156/20160501/zika-is-a-deadly-virus-this-is-how-it-can-kill-you.htm
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/How-Zika-Virus-Can-Kill-You-377649291.html