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In response to "I doubt they care. -- nm" by znufrii, definitely not 40

Maybe not, but it doesn't make any sense to me.

Posted by ty97 Mar 26 '17, 09:16

I get that they are ideological purists and that they want to get what they've promised to do for seven years. Fine, that's even *vomit* commendable in a certain way to want to follow through on your promise.

But if it's impossible to get 100% of what you promised (and it is), how is 0% of what you promised better than 50% or 75% or whatever % AHCA represented.

That's where my mind is struggling on their approach

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Because they've sold their constituents a bill of goods and they'll be damned, or worse, voted out, if they allow for the slightest bit of compromise. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 26, 09:33 9
- But now they take the blame (rightly or wrongly) for Obamacare remaining. Is that better? -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 09:56 8
  - Enough of what they found objectionable would have remained anyway that it made no difference. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 26, 10:34 4
    - I'm trying to suss out the political optics of it. Theoretically, someone could primary these guys for 'blocking Obamacare repeal' -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 10:50 3
      - If they were only out to repeal Obamacare for the sake of saying they repealed Obamacare, sure, but I don't think that is the case for them. - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 26, 11:30 2
        
        Still, there *could* be election consequences -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 11:39 1
        
        Nah, they'll just blame congress -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 26, 11:44
  - I definitely understand your point. But you're applying logic to legislators and their constituents who up to this point have not operated or thought -- (edited) - Diva Mar 26, 10:01
  - To the people that vote for them, yes. -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 09:57 1
    - perhaps it is, I'm just not sure -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 10:02

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Maybe not, but it doesn't make any sense to me.

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