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Donald Trump Jr. and the Russian -- Game, set and match

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Whatever the Russians wanted to achieve in the American electoral system part of it has been a total success.  Is Trump (son) a bought and paid for shill for Putin, of course not.  Was he a fuc&ng moron to go to a meeting with Russians (connected to Putin) to get dirt on Clinton -- Yeah!  Was Manafort a moron too (the bate was just too attractive -- Trump had asked the Russians  -- on live TV to find dirt on Clinton)?

Putin somehow destroyed the legitimacy of Trump (not that he was seen as very legitimate) by playing the Russian game of "look here, find the Cheese".  Granted Trump is probably the least qualified holder of the Oval office, on the other hand he's exactly what Ryan and McConnell were dreaming about -- a president that will sign any legislation he just doesn't care.  Trump is not that different from the other 7-9 Republican candidates (remember those). They all held similar views -- if anything Trump was at the left (better healthcare, would not touch Social Security, Medicare/medicaid).

Part of the problem is that the GOP has been lazy but also lying.  The truth is that the destruction of Obamacare (and Medicare and Medicaid) is not about healthcare, its about tax cuts, massive tax cuts to corporations (hey they are people too) and rich (GOP supporter and fund raisers) Americans.  They really fee that they didn't get their "fare share" of the American dream (I mean if you can only afford a G-IV and thot the new G-V!).

The truth is that the GOP had 7 years to craft a new legislation, to get the buy-in of the healthcare and insurance community, but they did nothing, the passed 40 different bills to kill Obamacare with the knowledge that President Obama would never sign such law...The GOP is simply doing the bidding of its paymaster -- lower taxes for us and screw the country (except bigger guns).

Now the GOP is reaping what it sowed!  Interesting to see if they pay a price at the mid-term elections, my guess is not.  These are still a year away and Americans will have forgotten, unless Trump kills Obamacare by defunding the insurance companies -- extremely stupid but he is a stupid man, who will do anything really anything (including grabbing women by their privates...


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