No, we didn't "win". We just didn't "lose".

Mach 24, 2017
4:10 p.m.


I'm going to start this off by saying that while I'm glad that the "Trumpcare Bill" fell flat before ever going to vote this afternoon, this is not a de facto triumph for Democrats or supporters of "Obamacare." Whatever either side is saying now, we didn't "win" anything. We just haven't "lost".

Since the thing got pulled before a vote, in reality, it didn't "lose" either. It got taken off the docket.

So, it's a draw, people. Back to work.

Yeah, I know I have said again and again that I didn't want Obamacare repealed and replaced. I don't. What I DO want is to see it REPAIRED.

I have never said that The Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare, was the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have always admitted that it falls far short of perfection.

I did say it was better than "Trumpcare". It is. Trumpcare was a plan that lined the pockets of the rich with tax cuts, lined the pockets of Big Pharm and insurance companies and basically left the little guy-- the poor, the elderly, the disabled, the children--in the dust. America was NOT going to win with the plan that was discarded today.

But now is not the time to gloat or point fingers or celebrate or pass the buck.

Now it is high time--actually FAR PAST high time--for everyone to throw off the party titles and sit down together and take what we have and make it better.

Personally, I want a government that can get along with itself, because so far all you're doing is showing the world what it's like to fight in the sandbox. Share your damned toys and get along! Get to work protecting and defending the people you work for and do it together. That's your job, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, and it's time to get off your high horses, quit crying about who is "right" or "wrong" and do your jobs.

Seriously, the taxpayers are being robbed at this point: politicians are making a lot of money for very little work and a lot of in-fighting. It's time to start earning your place. No one is irreplaceable, and I think the last few months have shown voters that it behooves them to get out and vote against the people who are not doing the jobs they're getting paid for.

I really, really hope Americans have learned a lesson. Apathy got us to this point. Take a stand.

Can we please just remind these people that they work for us?

Also, I don't need anyone to come at me with a lot of hate. I just asked for some togetherness, and so hate is going to be counter productive to my request.

Play nice.

That is all.