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  3. buetterfliege said: It feels particularly weird to me that we’re going with the rhetoric of “losers” and “people too weak to make laws,” considering whose rhetoric we’re parroting there. I know that’s probably part of the point of phrasing it that way, but also, seriously?
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    I agree with everything stated above I also think this discourse does little except further the us/them party divide,...
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  7. bambamramfan reblogged this from slatestarscratchpad and added:
    Entirely correct there’s too much emphasis on “are you a strong enough man to pass your bills?” and not on “good bills...
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    I think it’s fair to say “Trump Humiliated By Health Care Failure” the other headlines seem hyperbolic. The problem...
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  14. nightpool said: I agree with the last three reblogs. Trump campaigned on being able to “cut through the bullshit” to get things done, being “the best negotiator” and so forth.
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    My impression is that this kind of language is shorthand for subtler dynamics that are at work here–specifically, that...
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    I think the reason these particular people are getting bashed in this way is Donald Trump’s macho “I never lose” image....
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    They campaigned on repealing obamacare for 7 years. They spent that time passing numerous repeal bills and otherwise...
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    In general people care too much about the process of ratification, and not enough about the process by which the thing...
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    That is exactly the incentive and everyone in Washington except Trump and Bannon knows it. Specifically, the idea with...
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    Bro, it’s the Orange Capitalism Man. Anything that can be used to verbally attack him will be.Why are you expecting good...
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