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I thought he was trying to say that he agreed there should be a debate about the bill (hence his support for the MTP) but that he wouldn't vote for the bill as it stands.

I think he was saying "THERE IS BIG HARMFUL THING IN MY HEAD THAT CAUSES ME DOOZINESS"

the chapo dudes rail against GOP as ghouls and mccain certainly looked the part today

he'll be crossing over soon

The doctors took out the wrong malignant lump in his head.

I do not understand McCain's reasoning -- criticizing the bill but voting for it to proceed

In old school parlance this is called 'playing both ends against the middle' or else 'trying to have one's cake and eat it, too'.

It was called 'being a maverick' last I checked.

funny how all this concern with propriety and things getting a fair debate never came up with regard to merrick garland

what the fuck

Tonight, the president told a graphic tale about sadistic illegal immigrants torturing beautiful teen girls: pic.twitter.com/L87LVPsjQR

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 26, 2017

Was this addressed to the Boy Scout Jamboree too?

so, as expected, BCRA was voted down 43-57.

sorry to bring attention to mccain yet again, but

1) did he not say during his heroic speech that he could not support the bill as currently written? iirc he even emphasized each word ("i. will. not. support. this. bill." etc)
2) he voted yay on BCRA

?
what an asshole?

They're still in session?!

That's a p big spread, glad it went down

Graham's good for something i guess

Republicans who voted to reject their party's repeal-and-replace plan were Collins, Murkowski, and Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Dean Heller of Nevada, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Mike Lee of Utah.

HuffPo saying the votes for the "skinny repeal" are there

There's gonna be so many amendments to that

are we even really sure mccain isn't medicated as hell rn

ok, going back to the transcript, mccain said "I will not vote for this bill as it is today". but he voted for BCRA. does that mean he was referring to the "skinny" repeal?

are we even really sure mccain isn't medicated as hell rn

― j., Tuesday, July 25, 2017 10:17 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

definitely is

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The American obsession with decorum is observed only by the center and center-left, and it's shitty politics that harms the rest of us.

— slackbot (@pareene) July 26, 2017

New Yorkers should throw tomatoes at Andrew Cuomo. Henry Kissinger should be terrified to leave his compound. John McCain should be booed.

— slackbot (@pareene) July 26, 2017

the only good thing that ever happened at a Hamilton performance is when Mike Pence got booed

— slackbot (@pareene) July 26, 2017

Counterpoint: we should have the utmost respect for people who've done nothing to earn it and who probably just wish we'd fuck off and die.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So McCain didn't really vote for BCRA etc. https://t.co/fhHiqIW7yE

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) July 26, 2017

oh, so he voted YAY on a motion to waive parliamentary procedure so that BCRA could pass with 50 votes instead of 60 (60 being the case for BCRA since it hasn't been scored by CBO)?

i don't know how you could vote YAY on that without also planning to vote YAY on the actual bill, but ok

i meant Yea all of those times

I visualize someone mugging like Bill Maher does on the "new rules" punchlines for that "Hamilton" tweet.

the only good thing that ever happened at a Hamilton performance is when Mike Pence got booed

— slackbot (@pareene) July 26, 2017

also the singing and dancing

— Virgil Texas (@virgiltexas) July 26, 2017

yes the raps as well

— slackbot (@pareene) July 26, 2017

way to backpedal there p4r33n3

yeah, im disappointed

p sure he's "doing irony" there guys

weird that virgil texas is twitter-verified while pareene isn't

he goes by many names; he is legion

Senator @lisamurkowski of the Great State of Alaska really let the Republicans, and our country, down yesterday. Too bad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017

yo melania how i do i report cyberbullying

"Skinny repeal" has to be the nadir--the latest one, anyway--of political phrase-making. Please don't let it survive the next few weeks.

Skinny Repeal seems to be repeal without Medicaid cuts. So if that happens, it's a great deal better than what could be hoped for. Although it would make the system enter a death spiral, and I don't get what their long term plan is with that (I don't think they envision single payer in five years, which could very well be the result) But there's obviously lots of things I don't get.

weird that virgil texas is twitter-verified while pareene isn't

A friend of mine who is much less famous than either and doesn't work regularly for a major outlet is certified. It's really just a matter of applying.

weird that virgil texas is twitter-verified while pareene isn't

I suspect pareene correctly surmises that the blue check is as much a personal endorsement of Twitter, a toxic grease fire of a platform which is mainly used to heap abuse on strangers and legitimize hate speech, as it is Twitter's endorsement of the person. Also nobody should want anything Trump has.

Also congrats to him & Ally for having a kid (back in January) (see what happens? see what happens when you give up ILX?)

yo melania how do i get twitter certified

(xposts) Bring back Poison to write a song about it. If I weren't close to retirement, I'm positive there'd be a note in my mailbox 10 years from now telling me I had a new student starting that day named Skinny Repeal.

in a world where reality winner exists, anything is possible

wait pareene is an ilxor?

Ex

he was geir iirc

We are all Geir.

i was gonna say waterface but then i remembered he was geir also

Werewolf, howl

*sob*

Roughly half of voters who said they voted for Donald Trump last November, 49 percent, believe Trump won the popular vote, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. That's compared to 40 percent who say Democrat Hillary Clinton won.

REALITY IS MELTING

Wonderful.

I think The Amazing Randy followed in a puppy's footsteps and became an emoji - but which one?