McCain, Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, 0bamacare, Trump and the Progressive War on America

FIRST THINGS FIRST. • • • MEMO TO ANTHONY SCARRAMUCCI. There is one thing you need to learn and apply super-fast. We Republicans, Deplorables, Trump supporters do not appreciate crude and vulgar language from anyone who represents us. President Trump does not use vulgarity. No one else in the White House uses vulgarity. And neither do we. It is a sad commentary that Progressive Democrats resort to it, to cover for their lack reasonable arguments against President Trump. Senator Lindsey Graham uses profanity but he is barely a Republican. So, if you want us to respect your opinions and accept your advice, eliminate ALL vulgarity now. • After Scarramucci's outrageous outburst last Thursday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told Laura Ingraham the new White House communications director is "full of himself" : "I think he got down here from New York and he is all excited; frankly he is talking more than he is thinking. He needs to slow down and learn the business. Scarramucci is not in the position of being a wealthy entrepreneur who says whatever randomly he thinks. His job should be to organize the communications of the President of the United States and help the President communicate with the country, and picking fights internally doesn’t get you there." Gingrich gave "the Mooch" a little advice : "It may get you news coverage but he will learn very quickly that you can get news coverage lots of ways. This is a city where if you are in the White House you get plenty of news coverage. The question is whether or not it is useful news coverage or whether or not it gets you to where you want to go and I’m very underwhelmed by this propensity to go out and first of all go attack your own side....I think he has to learn to be part of a team and be a part of some kind of plan process if he is going to actually live that out." • The bottom line is that we want Anthony Scarramucci to help President Trump to get his message out and keep America informed and with him. But, his language does not represent us or the President. It has to change. • • • THE REAL NEWS IS THE SENATE COLLAPSE OF THE OBAMACARE REPEAL. On Friday, Patricia McCarthy wrote in American Thinker : "Yesterday, seven Republicans in name only -- Senators Shelley Moore Capito (W.V.), Susan Collins (Maine), Dean Heller (Nev.), John McCain (Ariz.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Lamar Alexander of (Tenn.), and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) -- voted not to repeal major portions of Obamacare, Obama's dreadful legacy that has, for millions of Americans, virtually destroyed the health insurance industry and access to their actual health care. Only members of Congress were allowed to keep their doctors and keep their plans. That was the promise Obama made to every American. It was a lie." • McCarthy was referring to the continuing vote against every compromise bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brought to the Senate floor, and she attacked Senator John McCain : "Betrayal is common among people without conscience. Yes, McCain has demonstrated prodigious conscience in the past, but no more. He long ago became a tool of the left. That is what the word "maverick" means when applied to John McCain. It was Arthur Miller who wrote that 'betrayal is the only truth that sticks.' And stick it does. Not one of these people should be re-elected....those seven Senators are wedded to the welfare state and to expanding it, despite the fact that the nation is trillions of dollars in debt....These Senators claim to be representing their constituents, but they are not. They are self-serving sops for the left and the lobbyists who fill their coffers. They are sell-outs." • Patricia McCarthy could just as easily have been describing the shock McCain vote later on Friday when he ruined even the "skinny" Obamacare repeal that would have led to a House-Senate conference committee to merge the two chambers' views of 'repeal and replace' and take a compromise bill back to both houses for final approval. A friend whose political opinion I trust wrote to me after Senator McCain's vote to say this : "John McCain gave Trump the payback for being called a coward. McCain doesn't care about re-election or constituents or anything...he's dying. I respect his service record but I despise his political record." That just about sums it up. The mainstream media and ProDems are calling McCain's vote his "legacy" vote. It is his 'legacy' -- a sad end that will be etched into history as an example of party disloyalty and lack of respect for every American who is suffering under the catastrophe that is Obamacare. • It was clear that Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine were going to vote against any bill that remotely touched on changing, let alone repealing, Obamacare. These two RINOs -- Republicans in Name Only -- are in the wrong party. Why their state GOP committees continue to support them is a mystery. They should be forced to face real opposition in the next GOP primary where they are running for re-election, and hopefully a real Republican will be able to beat their fake brand of RINO #NeverTrump neo-conservativism. • Senator Collins is always particularly chummy with ProgDems, trying to be the "moderator" who brings the GOP closer to whatever Progressive, anti-constitutional view Democrats are pushing on every issue that comes before the Senate. There could be no better proof of Collins' fifth-column tactics than her conversation with Democrat Jack Reed that someone picked up on a mic and recorded. Reed at one point said : "I think he's crazy. I mean, I don't say that lightly and as a kind of a goofy guy," apparently referring to Trump. The remark came after Collins expressed concern that the White House had drafted a budget that has "no thinking" and is "incredibly irresponsible." BUT, consider these facts : Susan Collins was first elected in 1996, so during her time in the Senate, US debt has risen more than $15 trillion; Jack Reed has been in Congress since 1991, so ditto. Where do they get the nerve to call a budget prepared for President Trump -- a budget that tries to control and allocate spending responsibly -- one with "no thinking and "irresponsible." Collins voted to save Obamacare -- its cost estimates have more than doubled -- how crazy and irresponsible is that??? And, not once did Senator Collins protest. • In a speech on the floor of "The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body," -- no more, friends, no more -- Democrat Minority leader Chuck Schumer claimed that ‘Our Founding Fathers Intended’ for Congress to ‘Improve Our Healthcare System.’ Thomas Lifson of American Thinker called that remark "nonsense on a stick." Lifson added : "Our Republic was founded on the notion of limited government. There is nothing in the Constitution, nothing in The Federalist Papers, and nothing in the historical record of the constitutional debate indicating that the federal government was contemplated as having a role in improving health care." • Lifson's point is well-taken -- Progressives have managed to control America's past by teaching her children about a fake revisionist history of the American Revolution, our Founders and our Constitution. As Lifson says, to do that is to "also control the future" -- making up fake history on the floor of the Senate will fool the young Americans who are products of public education, but it is a naked propaganda lie, and Chuck Schumer knows it. He is one of the reasons the Senate has lost its standing as the "world's greatest deliberative body." • • • HAS THE #NEVER TRUMP GOP FACTION SIGNED ITS OWN DEATH WARRANT? Liberty Headlines and LifeZette reported within hours after Senator McCain's sabotage vote against the repeal of Obamacare that "Conservative Grass-Roots Critics Begin Calling for McConnell to Resign." LifeZette said several prominent conservatives -- and at least one Republican congressman -- quickly called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to resign. Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama told Chris Cuomo on CNN : “Let’s be clear about what happened in the last 24 hours in the United States Senate -- it was an abject failure of the United States Senate to do what America needs doing. It was a failure from newest member Luther Strange at the bottom to the very top with Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader, and I hope that the Senate will not quit, I hope and urge the Senate to stay in Washington DC until the job gets done." Brooks was explicit about McConnell : “And if they’re gonna quit then by-golly maybe they oughta start at the top with Mitch McConnell leaving his position and letting somebody new, somebody bold, somebody conservative take the reins, so that they can come up with plan that can get through the United States Senate.” Brooks quoted Harry Truman : “Unquestionably the leadership at the top is responsible. The buck stops there, that’s why you take on that kind of responsibility. If Mitch McConnell cannot get the job done on this, how is he going to get the job done on the rest of President Trump’s agenda over the next three-and-a-half years? This is a killer.” Brooks said what many Republicans believe -- Mitch McConnell is an old-school gentleman who rose to power in a Senate that had rules and played by them. That is no longer the case because the Progressive Democrats, including those in the Senate, have declared outright war on President Trump and on the Republican Party. It is that war that somehow McConnell and other Senate and House leaders do not get -- they cannot see that Progressives led by Obama, Schumer, Pelosi and their banker, Soros, are locked in a war to destroy the Republic whose only defenders are Trump, the GOP, and the Americans who support them. Brooks said : “It’s not necessarily anything bad about Mitch McConnell himself personally. But he’s got a job to do, and if he can’t do it then, as ‘The Apprentice’ would say, ‘you’re fired,’ get somebody who can.” • Nationally syndicated conservative radio host Mark Levin was a bit more blunt. Levon tweeted early on Friday : “McCain joins Democrats, McConnell fails again and must go." • Similar calls reverberated across social media. Josh Hammer, contributing writer to The Daily Wire and The Resurgent; tweeted on Thursday night : “Mitch McConnell should resign as Majority Leader by Monday, at the latest.” His tweet had been retweeted over 300 times and “liked” by nearly 900 users as of Friday evening. • The demands for McConnell’s head are not surprising given the spectacular failure of his leadership on the healthcare issue, according to Eddie Zipperer, an assistant professor for political science at Georgia Military College who talked to LifeZette : “McConnell fumbled the seven year promise to repeal and replace Obamacare like it was a buttered pig. His leadership is nonexistent. He started with a bill put together by the Blue Cross/Blue Shield dream team he assembled and it all went downhill from there. McConnell should step aside immediately before he’s allowed to help RINOs and Democrats bail out the insurance companies with a bill that will contain zero repeal.” Zipperer says : “now it’s time for Senate Republicans to repeal and replace him.” • • • WND LABELS GOP MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 'SPINELESS JELLYFISH'. A challenger for Paul Ryan's seat in the House, businessman Paul Nehlen, told WND the GOP members of Congress failed on Obamacare : "They are unwilling to fulfill their oath of office to protect and defend this country." • But, WND broadened its attack, writing : "And there are additional signs of Republican defiance to Trump’s plans, especially on immigration. Politico reported earlier this week several House Republicans are seeking to dodge a straightforward vote to fund President Trump’s border wall. Representative Ilena Ros-Lehtinen, a Hispanic Republican from Florida, has been especially vocal in her opposition. Some Senate Republicans are also joining the 'resistance.' ” • Nehlen, who challenged Speaker Paul Ryan for his congressional seat last year, and is challenging again in 2018, says he is disgusted with the conduct of the Republican Congress, and of Paul Ryan : “Speaker Ryan didn’t help Mr. Trump defeat Hillary Clinton....But I have a message for Speaker Ryan : The American people are not done fighting for President Trump’s good agenda. That’s why I am announcing my second challenge to Paul Ryan for the nomination in Wisconsin’s first congressional district.” Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck told Breitbart that things have changed since Trump won the election. Nehlen says : "Paul Ryan is a career politician who has been in DC for nearly two decades. He may have been a nice Wisconsin boy when he left Janesville, but now Ryan is working for special interests....Wisconsin voted to drain the swamp last November, so that’s what I’m going to do." • Nehlen says his message is more important than ever because Speaker Ryan and the GOP Congress are failing President Trump -- out of malice, not simple incompetence : “From Trump’s perspective, they are failing President Trump. From their perspective, they are succeeding....Uniquivocally, there are a group of UniParty (Republicans and Democrats of the globalist variety) who wish to undermine Trump and get globalism back on track. I applaud Trump’s perseverance in the face of their efforts.” • Nehlen lost to Ryan by a huge margin in 2016. Will the Obamacare fiasco give Nehlen a chance? We'll have to wait for 2018 to find out. • • • TRUMP IS RESHAPING HIS ANTI-SWAMP STAFF. Most commentators see President Trump's personnel decisions and attacks on his own Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, as proof that Trump cannot manage the presidency properly. This is nonsense. President Trump is facing leaks and sabotage not just from the GOP Congress, but from the Deep State within his own administration -- aided by the ProgDems in the Senate who are slow-motioning Trump appointee approvals. • Breitbart reported on Saturday that Fox News' “Justice,” host Jeanine Pirro responded to Representative Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, accusing President Donald Trump of “militarizing” the White House by appointing General John Kelly to White House Chief of Staff. Judge Jeanine ripped into the Democrats and then praised General Kelly, saying there is no better leader to help Trump. Judge Jeanine said : “Will someone please tell me why it is that ever since Donald Trump became President you Democrats have lost your minds and are in a constant state of psychotic rage? Militarizing the White House? Are you crazy? You guys are the ones who openly contemplated blowing up the White House. You leftists are the ones destroying property and attempting to burn down buildings to prevent us from exercising our First Amendment free speech rights....As we face a nuclear powered North Korea, Iran and others who want to destroy this great nation, there is no better person, no better leader, no one more knowledgeable to help the President run the west wing of the White House than General John Kelly.” • If we take a hard, honest look at AG Sessions, ever since President Trump started calling him out on items needing DOJ attention, Sessions has responded. Clearly, he was working on the items now in the news -- sanctuary city crackdowns, ICE support, telling Congress to investigate the 'unmasking,' -- but it took Trump to get the news out where it helps by letting America know that the Trump administration is at work for its future. • Reince Priebus was loyal to Trump Republican National Committee chairman during the campaign and he is loyal now. But, he could not take the tough decisions that war against America requires. General Kelly will be that tough Chief of Staff for Trump who calls everybody to order and gets them all marching to the right tune and cadence. Priebus will find another way to help the President that will be more in keeping with his personality and background. Sessions will probably stay at DOJ, but if he agrees to be transferred to DHS to replace Kelly, that would need to be carefully orchestrated to prevent a hostile mainstream media and #NeverTrump congressional backlash that paralyzes the Justice Department. • DEAR READERS, Patricia McCarthy wrote : "Betrayal is always an inside job. With the exception of Collins, long a lefty RINO, these Senators all voted numerous times to repeal the deadly bill [Obamacare] that has bankrupted thousands of businesses, sent doctors into early retirement, and left millions with no insurance at all. And then there are the costs for those who did fall for the trap and enroll : they now cannot afford their premiums or their deductibles. Everyone knows this, including those seven Senators who betrayed those of us who elected them. Do they care? Not one bit. They are happy to condemn the rest of us to the Progressive dream of single-payer, the kind of system that rations care in the cruelest possible way. It's the kind of system that makes people wait months and years for needed care or denies it altogether in the name of rationing or fairness. There is nothing fair about it; it's sadistic. But it will never affect them, so who cares? They have nothing to lose." • That statement can be extrapolated to cover every issue facing President Trump and his team as they face off against the Swamp. The majority of Republican members of Congress long ago -- decades before Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell took up the GOP leadership chores -- bought into the nanny state form of creeping socialism with its "fairness" doctrine -- fairness to everyone but those Americans paying the bill for it. The free market works, and the Progressive Democrats and the RINOs can't stand that truth. So they lie about Trump's successes -- yes, he is having them, just look at the stock market's spectacular rise since he was elected, a rise that feeds 401-ks and helps middle America save for retirement while producing capital to create new jobs an innovation, or look at border crossings by illegals down over 70% since November. But, the ProgDems and RINOs fudge numbers to show that socialist policies produce personal wealth, jobs and productivity when they do not. Why should the government interfere with the free market? Despite Senator Schumer's whopper of a lie about the Founders, they would have been appalled by today's tightly regulated economy. Let people choose the healthcare policy they need, want, and can afford. Let the government retreat to its proper place in the economy -- helping those who are unable to help themselves. • Far too many Republicans in Congress are hypocritical cowards, as Patricia McCarthy put it : "Their word means nothing; they lack strength of character. They think nothing of betraying the citizens who put them in office. Maybe they have forgotten that betrayal is almost always the reason empires fall." • What we now know is that #NeverTrump Republicans and RINOs in Congress are career politicians who, along with their staffs, lobbyists, and enablers in the federal bureaucracy, have amassed a huge amounts of power while running up huge debts for Americans of this and future generations. And, they detest the outsider President Donald Trump, who won the presidency despite them, and who wants to reduce their power. The mainstream media supports them instead of going after the real stories of the Swamp's insidious war on America. • Mitch McConnell is not made for today's brutal political war. What GOP Senator is? Maybe Chuck Grassley is the only older GOP Senate leader who could take the heat and produce. But, but even Grassley wants to be 'fair' and that is a dangerous by-word for creeping socialism and the victory of Progressives over the Constitution. • McCain went to Washington to vote "No." I don't think persuading him was possible. But, political pressure of a sort might have been successful. There must be a soft underbelly to John McCain. But, that is exactly what McConnell, and maybe even Grassley and Vice President Pence, will not do -- apply political pressure to their own. It puts them at a fatal disadvantage facing the ProgDems, whose foot soldiers in the House and Senate step out of line at their own career's peril. New Republican leadership in Congress is vital. We need to clean the Swamp, and we need the right congressional leaders to help President Trump do it. Who is up to the GOP leadership job?? We cannot wait much longer to get the right answer to that question.