Comments on: Vote-A-Rama Continues http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/30/vote-a-rama-continues/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/30/vote-a-rama-continues/#comment-220471 Kick Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:54:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26536#comment-220471 The GOP have conveniently set up this Big Brutal Bill where their cuts to Medicaid are set to begin AFTER the midterms, and you can bet your ass they will lie (as per usual) to their low-info voters that they're not touching Medicaid. Trump will obviously lie, lie, and prevaricate repeatedly that he is saving Medicaid because he is nothing if not a con artist huckster who will continue screwing over the Righty rubes for every penny they have as long as their spineless cowardly castrated GOP representatives in Congress allow him to get away with it in the same manner as they continue to do. You think I'm being overly critical? Well then, step right up and get your newest Trump grift in the form of cologne/perfume wherein con artist President Felon Fraudster sells you a bottle of mostly water for $250 wherein he makes money off the Office of the Presidency while at the same time cheapening it. I would wager it smells like hints of turd blossom with top notes of bullshit. The GOP have conveniently set up this Big Brutal Bill where their cuts to Medicaid are set to begin AFTER the midterms, and you can bet your ass they will lie (as per usual) to their low-info voters that they're not touching Medicaid. Trump will obviously lie, lie, and prevaricate repeatedly that he is saving Medicaid because he is nothing if not a con artist huckster who will continue screwing over the Righty rubes for every penny they have as long as their spineless cowardly castrated GOP representatives in Congress allow him to get away with it in the same manner as they continue to do.

You think I'm being overly critical? Well then, step right up and get your newest Trump grift in the form of cologne/perfume wherein con artist President Felon Fraudster sells you a bottle of mostly water for $250 wherein he makes money off the Office of the Presidency while at the same time cheapening it. I would wager it smells like hints of turd blossom with top notes of bullshit.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/30/vote-a-rama-continues/#comment-220470 MtnCaddy Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:56:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26536#comment-220470 Yep, we’re down to resting our hopes on the incompetent House GOP to mess things up. Thank God they have to stand for re-election next year. <i>And no, there’s no mechanism for Trump to call off the midterms — states set their elections. And there’s no such thing as Marital Law in our system, so there WILL be midterms. Yep, we’re down to resting our hopes on the incompetent House GOP to mess things up. Thank God they have to stand for re-election next year. And no, there’s no mechanism for Trump to call off the midterms — states set their elections. And there’s no such thing as Marital Law in our system, so there WILL be midterms.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/30/vote-a-rama-continues/#comment-220467 nypoet22 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:44:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26536#comment-220467 it seems like nothing will save us from this monstrosity of a budget bill. it seems like nothing will save us from this monstrosity of a budget bill.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/30/vote-a-rama-continues/#comment-220464 nypoet22 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:12:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26536#comment-220464 in his first term, Donald was frequently saved by his own incompetence, combined with the attempts of others to handle him. Congress was also saved, by a few Republican senators with backbones. now Donald is slightly less incompetent, and the guardrails are gone. in his first term, Donald was frequently saved by his own incompetence, combined with the attempts of others to handle him. Congress was also saved, by a few Republican senators with backbones. now Donald is slightly less incompetent, and the guardrails are gone.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/30/vote-a-rama-continues/#comment-220463 John M from Ct. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:19:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26536#comment-220463 Good points at the end, that the bill is probably "too big to fail" and so will probably become law in the next few weeks, in some form or another. What I am interested in is just how long it will take for the voting public - in particular, the famed 'base' that votes for Trump and his favorites no matter what, murders on Fifth Ave. being par for the course - to actually turn on the GOP and Trump because of this bill's draconian cuts to social welfare that the 'base' actually benefits from. Really? The Dems and the media will succeed in cracking the base's loyalty by pointing out this contradiction and that devastating cut, using long words and lots of press releases? Will Fox News cover those wordy press releases, and sabotage the GOP administration as no one else but they could do? I'm not convinced. Election year 2026 is over a year away, and this bill for all its flaws is subtle and indirect in its evil flavors. Who's to say that, when the complaints come in next year about the missing Medicaid benefits and the closed hospitals in rural areas, etc., it will be proclaimed by the loyalist media to the low-information base that "the communist Democrats did it!"? Why wouldn't they believe that, since it fits their predetermined worldview that Trump can do no wrong, and the Dems are always at fault for the awful acts of the federal government? Hoping I'm wrong. But I've been watching this circus for a long time, and the number of predictions that "this time, Trump and the GOP will stumble and lose their base" has passed my arithmetic ability to count them. Good points at the end, that the bill is probably "too big to fail" and so will probably become law in the next few weeks, in some form or another.

What I am interested in is just how long it will take for the voting public - in particular, the famed 'base' that votes for Trump and his favorites no matter what, murders on Fifth Ave. being par for the course - to actually turn on the GOP and Trump because of this bill's draconian cuts to social welfare that the 'base' actually benefits from.

Really? The Dems and the media will succeed in cracking the base's loyalty by pointing out this contradiction and that devastating cut, using long words and lots of press releases? Will Fox News cover those wordy press releases, and sabotage the GOP administration as no one else but they could do?

I'm not convinced. Election year 2026 is over a year away, and this bill for all its flaws is subtle and indirect in its evil flavors. Who's to say that, when the complaints come in next year about the missing Medicaid benefits and the closed hospitals in rural areas, etc., it will be proclaimed by the loyalist media to the low-information base that "the communist Democrats did it!"? Why wouldn't they believe that, since it fits their predetermined worldview that Trump can do no wrong, and the Dems are always at fault for the awful acts of the federal government?

Hoping I'm wrong. But I've been watching this circus for a long time, and the number of predictions that "this time, Trump and the GOP will stumble and lose their base" has passed my arithmetic ability to count them.

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