I'm sure this won't come back to bite them...

"We literally have no idea."

-Republicans

Like, ok, the Affordable Care Act isn't perfect and really anything that isn't a single-payer system is basically just going to be the insurance industry finding new and interesting ways to screw us, but people are used to it and prefer it to Graham-Cassidy by a huge margin. 56%-33% according to this ABC News/Washington Post poll. And it's not just wanna-be Canadians like myself, that 56% includes a quarter of Republicans and a third of conservatives, so what the shit is the GOP doing and maybe more importantly why are they doing it?

"What? Enrollment period
closed? Thanks Obama!"

-Some idiot

What they're doing is trying to kill the Obamacare by the shittiest means possible. A month ago, the administration cut the outreach budget for the ACA by 90% and now they've announced that the website will be down for twelve hours every week during the enrollment period which is already going to be half as long as it was last year. So less public awareness and a more frustrating sign-up experience. Holy shit I hope everyone remembers which party wanted to make signing up for health care more frustrating.

Ok, so Trump's riding this like Slim Pickens on the bomb, but then he would. He's a belligerent goon who may literally Tweet us into World War III. But doesn't the rest of the GOP want to keep their jobs? Do none of them possess even the slightest hint of a whiff of self-preservation? Why are they going along with trying to gut a popular program instead of trying to work with Democrats to make it better?

Above: political commentary!

Suck it up kid, the GOP's
reputation is on the line here. 

This week, Chuck Grassley, a Republican just came out and said it:

"You know, I could give to ten reasons why this bill shouldn't be considered. But Republicans campaigned on this so often that you have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign. That's pretty much as much of a reason as the substance of the bill."

-Senator Chuck Gr-holy shit, really?

"Look, we're not putting politics ahead of
people, just ahead of access to healthcare."

-Sen. Grassley, American hero

Yes, really. He's explicitly saying that the GOP's pride is more important than you and your family's healthcare. And the weird part is that he got praise in the media for being honest. Honest about the fact that the GOP is so cynical and morally broken that he and the rest of the party is willing to dismantle something that is for many Americans a health care system that's keeping them either alive or out of bankruptcy, just to avoid loosing face. But you know at least he's being honest about how awful he and his party are. What a guy?

I mean. Fuck. Fuuuuuuck. Is that what this is about? Republicans promised their base that they'd kill Obamacare so they're going to do it regardless of what the people want or who gets hurt in the process?

"Well yeah, what's your point?"

-Speaker Paul Ryan, who, like most Republicans, 

is biologically incapable of feeling shame