Pai Pai Master
Banned
Collins and Murkowski also expended a lot of political capital doing all this, their re-elections are on the line while McCain knows hes on his way out lol
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Senate healthcare repeal bill fails - Collins, Murkowski, and McCain voted no
- Thread starter GK86
- Start date
Collins and Murkowski also expended a lot of political capital doing all this, their re-elections are on the line while McCain knows hes on his way out lol
Same here, same here.
Dude couldn't sleep at night at most. Must have yelled at anyone in the WH.
They were, funny how messing with people's lifeline does that.
NOW he does.
Not a few weeks ago.
That's the only good thing I can take away from McCain is that now in the final minute he got serious about wanting regular order.
Everything before that. Pure shit, no spine.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
the_donald is wishing death for killing the bill
people on GAF still wishing death because he... killed the bill?
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
People are still talking mess about him:
Some people just can't say anything positive about someone they disagree with.
The stuff on Gaf happened before the bill vote.
Murkowski is the real hero here (even though she is "safe" till 2022 I hear), because she is likely to get the most abuse out of it while being from a red state (McCain is extremely unlikely to seek reelection, if he happens to survive by some miracle, which I do hope for him and his Family).
The real wtf vote was probably Lindsey Graham though, vocally denouncing the vote as a fraud... Yet voting yes.
The real wtf vote was probably Lindsey Graham though, vocally denouncing the vote as a fraud... Yet voting yes.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Murkowski and Collins will easily win re-election
Murkowski is basically bulletproof. She's in now due to a write in campaign, she wasn't even on the ballot proper
Deuce Deuce
Member
Yeah McCain bailed them out on this one. We'll never know, but it may even have been intentional.
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
Damn. Haha.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
No.
Nobody is wishing... death, or whatever. I think it's reasonable to retain some semblance of perspective here. If Republican leadership operated the way McCain would have liked, he would have voted yes.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Repeal is dead for now.
There were people wishing McCain would die. There were posters on Gaf wishing him not much better.
excelsiorlef
Member
He voted for the terrible GOP plan... That's still a healthcare vote.
sir_kevith
Member
"Bet you guys feel bad cause McCain did exactly what you wanted him to do! How does it feel!?"
CreepingFear
Member
Good news to wake up to. I had trouble sleeping because of this.
RPGCrazied
Member
Now work with fucking democrats and give us single payer.
We need single payer. Every other country on earth does. We are the wealthiest and we can't provide healthcare to our citizens? Messed up.
We need single payer. Every other country on earth does. We are the wealthiest and we can't provide healthcare to our citizens? Messed up.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
While McCain's Maverick status has always been in question, this vote for me solidifies it. The fact that he was able to come through and save 43 million people from losing coverage is a big thing for me.
I get that he could've stayed home and delayed this vote but I'm glad they were able to get it over with and he had the opportunity to shut this bill down right in McConnell's face, eye to eye. Something that our cowardly president would never do.
I get that he could've stayed home and delayed this vote but I'm glad they were able to get it over with and he had the opportunity to shut this bill down right in McConnell's face, eye to eye. Something that our cowardly president would never do.
Frozenprince
Banned
The GOP controls the entirety of the government and has quite literally accomplished nothing.
The level of gridlock despite having zero roadblocks of any kind is fucking absurd. Never seen anything like it.
The GOP's ability to trip over it's own dick is legit amazing.
The level of gridlock despite having zero roadblocks of any kind is fucking absurd. Never seen anything like it.
The GOP's ability to trip over it's own dick is legit amazing.
BrutishMrFish
Member
From the consequences of his own actions. One vote doesn't change the fact that he was sucking modern Republicanism's dick when he voted in favor of the bills that were even worse than the skinny repeal.
Yeah, it's stupid. McCain lowered expectations to the point where he does something decent and now people rolling over and ignoring everything he did before that. If Trump ever picks up on how this could work for him, ho boy.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
If there were, shame. I didn't venture into that thread.
JacksUsername
Member
Man, I love when McCain does the right thing. It's like I want to root for him, but then he'll do something terrible to please the Republican base. I'm glad he made the right decision this time. I just wish we got more of this John McCain more often:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdKEbyNYbFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdKEbyNYbFU
Sheriff_Battlesnake
Banned
in the context of the current GOP, I'd say yes. what's it take to get some praise around here? he was the vote needed to end a tie-break by Pence. Maybe it took brain cancer to not give a fuck about re-election, but he did the right thing and I'm going to applaud it.
By & by, Collins & Murkowski are heroes too.
But McConnell scoffed at the idea and called it European Healthcare. You really think the Republican base will support anything European?
Frozenprince
Banned
Lindsey Graham has a long, storied history of saying things then voting yes anyway. He ranted and raved about Trump damn near being the Antichrist and yet has fallen boot to heel.
He's the prototypical Reaganite Republicans, fall in line no matter your own personal convictions.
Doing the right thing on a consistent basis. If he had had his way the entire bill would have been repealed and to be honest I have no idea if he still wouldn't vote in favor of full repeal.
BronsonLee
Member
The real sad part of this is that none of them liked the bill but none of them wanted to be the one to take the heat from McConnell/Pence/Trump
It took someone with a terminal fucking illness. None of them have any spine whatsoever
It took someone with a terminal fucking illness. None of them have any spine whatsoever
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I would hope that anyone who wishes harm on another person, elected official or not, would lose their posting privileges for a time and reflects on why it's not okay. I haven't gone back to check those threads but I am going to trust that the right thing happened.
TheCochese
Banned
You might get it when Democrats have a veto-proof majority in both houses.
AKA, not anytime soon.
Yup.
This is seriously pathetic. They would've been fine to fuck over so many people for no reason even though they knew it was a bad bill. These people really are just outright evil aren't they?
greendomo's ghost
Member
So is it true that McCain got Murkowski to agree to vote ahead of him (and out of alphabetical order) so he could be the one to cast the deciding vote?
She was already primaried from the right and won a write in campaign back when people thought you can't win those. She sure as hell not gonna lose for voting against a bill that unpopular. They're threatening her with an empty gun and it shows.
Frozenprince
Banned
Because they are fucking cowards. "Get in line" despite none of their states actually wanting this. Despite knowing Ryan and the house would brute force it through.
Can you guys show some receipts?
Or just going to throw around the word disgusting some more?
While we are at it, want to drag out McCain's voting record? That might disgust you even more.
At the end of the day, people are going to be mad at people for doing shitty things. McCain hasn't shown his "maverick" or human side for many years. After he was tore down by the Bush family he has been a rank and file GOP shit bag. He couldn't even defend himself when Trump went all in on him. Why should I defend him?
I stand by what I said about McCain. There used to be some good there. He used to be my favorite republican. Him lecturing racist dipshit supporters who were going after Obama is still a bright spot in my mind. That was a long time ago. I don't know why he sold out his country for the GOP.
He still doesn't want everyone to have affordable health care by the way. He wants the same corporate tax cut bull shit that all those GOP fuckboys want.
On that note, I am still happy when shitty people do something good for whatever reason.
Or just going to throw around the word disgusting some more?
While we are at it, want to drag out McCain's voting record? That might disgust you even more.
At the end of the day, people are going to be mad at people for doing shitty things. McCain hasn't shown his "maverick" or human side for many years. After he was tore down by the Bush family he has been a rank and file GOP shit bag. He couldn't even defend himself when Trump went all in on him. Why should I defend him?
I stand by what I said about McCain. There used to be some good there. He used to be my favorite republican. Him lecturing racist dipshit supporters who were going after Obama is still a bright spot in my mind. That was a long time ago. I don't know why he sold out his country for the GOP.
He still doesn't want everyone to have affordable health care by the way. He wants the same corporate tax cut bull shit that all those GOP fuckboys want.
On that note, I am still happy when shitty people do something good for whatever reason.
BronsonLee
Member
Doubt it, once he voted no everybody would know the end result
I don't trust The House at all after their little Bud Light Kegger
OriginofHysteria
Banned
People are still talking mess about him:
Some people just can't say anything positive about someone they disagree with.
Lmao the gall of people. They're calling him selfish when they think they don't want to pay for other people's health insurance (except that's what health insurance is).
Oh and it strikes me as off that the people that bitch the most about Obamacare are those in states that didn't expand Medicaid...you know, Republican states.
The outcome would've been the same had he stayed at home and not voted so he gets no props from me.
I needed to go to bed before the vote, but tossed and turned all night with stress. Checked my phone at like 5 am. I can't fucking believe McCain is the one that reach out his hand and grab us before we fell off the fucking cliff. Massive props to Collins and Murkowski for sticking to their guns. Fuck the GOP for how they are treating these women.
Frozenprince
Banned
A dying old man doing this purely out of spite is still damn better than anything the GOP have offered us the last six months lol.
old manatee
Banned
+1 It's hilarious that people think he's a hero now. It's like when Trump gave that one speech where he actually read the teleprompter and everyone fell all over themselves calling him presidential.
BronsonLee
Member
OH also this gives me the juice to pop in even more wrestling references
HE'S THE THIRD MAN
OH MAH GAWD
HE'S THE THIRD MAN
OH MAH GAWD
More like the Ric Flair brief face turn before turning heel on Sting for the 500th time
There is something profoundly awful about this.
There is someone who worked to expose segregation in their 20s, worked to better healthcare and education in a state in their 30s, got millions of poor children healthcare in their 40s, did quite a good deal of charity work in their 50s, and served the country as a senator and as secretary of state in their 50s going into 60s. This person, however, will be forever hated by you, while you laud the actual enemy as a war hero.
And because of a single ban message on an online forum, you did not vote against the current state of affairs or for a better future, and you have the gall to come in now and talk about how this forum doesn't deserve this 'war hero' who is neither a progressive nor an ally?
Quite flabbergasting.
BronsonLee
Member
Now would be a lovely time for two scoops of oppo btw
Similar threads
- Locked