tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post389620892048801582..comments2024-03-27T17:52:09.889-04:00Comments on You Might Notice a Trend: So Many Different Ways The Republicans Can Make Things WorsePaul Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post-19519791329758089872017-07-09T19:35:43.307-04:002017-07-09T19:35:43.307-04:00Doug, that's kinda Scenario One-A, with the po...Doug, that's kinda Scenario One-A, with the possibility of gaining control of the House (mathematically, it will be incredibly difficult for the Democrats to regain control of the Senate in 2018).<br /><br />A Scenario Five would be having the combined might of NATO invading the US to arrest every Republican for their sins of voting for trump. But that would involve too much firepower, and cost a lot of innocent lives.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06967947720465720504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post-47402670161340819092017-07-09T16:20:51.813-04:002017-07-09T16:20:51.813-04:00Scenario five: McConnell cheats and changes the se... Scenario five: McConnell cheats and changes the senate rules to pass something that shouldn't be allowed under reconciliation rules, the poltroons in the house see it as their last, fading chance to kill the ACA that they've (most of them) been passing repeal bills of for their entire legislative careers, and so pass it "as is", after which president four-year-old makes a speech consisting of what he saw about it on Fox and Friends before signing the bill that he hasn't read or sat still long enough for someone who can read to explain it to him.<br /> Then people die and more people lose their insurance which, according to Krugman, boosts the after-tax income of the top 2% by an average of 2%.<br /> Then, we who haven't died, beat them with it, keep beating them with it, and don't stop beating them with it until we have control of both houses of congress again and the investigations can begin in earnest.<br /> Or, one of the multitudes of ways we could shoot ourselves in the foot during this process occurs and we have to wait a few more years, and hopefully don't die while doing so.<br /> Really, for years now "Republican" and "worse" have been synonyms. <br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.com