HEALTH CARE DEBACLE: RYAN'S STUPIDITY

Thank God they pulled the health care bill, because it was almost the dumbest thing the Republicans have ever done.  They have no one to blame but themselves and... Paul Ryan.  

Ryan never aired the bill properly among the House members.  He wrote the bill and then kept it under wraps until the very last moment.  He then had the audacity to say that his bill was the only option... that, or be stuck with ObamaCare.  He compounded his arrogance when he refused to listen to the chorus of House Members who were complaining that the public was raising hell over the process and the contents of the Bill.  

Then, he convinced Trump to stand behind him by insisting that the House rules wouldn't allow it to happen any other way.  When faced with certain defeat, they both tried to shove it down America's throats.  

Had it passed, I think that would have been the end of Trump's honeymoon and the death knell for his second term.  It also would have been the total end of the Republican Party.  The plain, absolute truth is that we are sick and tired of being manipulated, lied to and treated like scum.  We're in rebellion, and the only way we are going to settle down is when Washington comes to grips with the phrase, "consent of the governed."  

That all having been said, let us now move on to the task of getting the job done correctly.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.