Outrageous

The Senate plans to take a procedural vote tomorrow about whether to proceed to the floor with something to do with your health care. My statement is vague because the reports from Washington are vague. Some of the senators seem to think they are just going to vote to proceed with the same repeal vote from 2015, one that they already voted on but which they knew Obama would veto. In other words a pretty safe vote because it satisfied their angry voters but since those same voters wouldn't lose health care because of the veto no one would be either dead or irate. If they vote for that again tomorrow and get the right numbers, millions will lose their health care. Other senators said that the vote would be for a new repeal bill although no one seems to know what the language is.

Despite the confusion, Blake Farenthold, Republican from Texas said that the people he is angriest with are women from the northeast and that if they had been men from South Texas he would take the Aaron Burr route on them. Of course duels with pistols have been illegal for a very long time but this moron even made it into a misogynist comment as well. I am embarrassed to write that I used to babysit for Blake Farenthold many decades ago. His mother, Frances Farenthold, was a Democrat, a lawyer, a very strong woman who was also a friend of my late mother's. They played bridge together frequently and respected each other mightily. Sissy (Frances's nickname and the one most people use) is still alive and if she weren't 90 years old she would probably put him over her knee.

If you lose your insurance and your healthcare after the actions taken tomorrow, you cannot blame Obama, a Democrat, or probably even those "women from the northeast". You can blame Trump, Republicans, and yourself if you voted for any of those people. If you voted for Blake Farenthold you can really blame yourself for very bad judgment.