I think the "establishment" is missing why people are fed up with them, I'm
not convinced it's about left or right. If I had to single out one person
as the poster boy for why the establishment has failed us, it would be Mitch
McConnell. All 4 leaders in Congress have only been worried about their own
power and re-election, but McConnell is the worst of a bad bunch.
I don't agree with Paul Ryan's economics or some of his politics, but I like
what he has said since being elected Speaker. I would like to see if they
are just words, or if he would translate them into actions. I don't think
we will get to find out, election politics seem to have rendered him
irrelevant. And Mitch the Turtle would have to be replaced with someone
actually interested in governing. I wonder what conservative goals could
have been accomplished in the 7 years Mitch has spent trying to make Obama
fail no matter how much damage it causes. Tort reform? Modifications to
Obamacare? Fix sequestration? Tax reform? Immigration reform? Mitch
doesn't care. Mitch cares about Mitch. That's the problem with the
establishment, they spend all their effort on getting elected and staying in
power, they don't even pretend to do their job. And let me be clear, I'm
not saying Pelosi, Reid and Boehner were much better, it's just McConnell is
the most blatant hack of the bunch, every time I see him on TV I feel he is
giving me the finger.
I am probably fooling myself that Paul Ryan would be different, but I don't
think we'll find out.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 1:40 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's Supporters Love Him Even More After
Chicago Violence
IMO, Obama moved right, and the Republicans moved further to the right.
bp
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On 3/13/2016 6:01 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
Obama moved right as much as the Republicans moved left. Everybody's idea
of compromise these days is you come to where I am and I'll make a deal.
