{"id":50977,"date":"2015-05-11T22:42:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T04:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/11\/sooner-or-later-you-have-to-come-up-with-an-alternative-to-the-thing-you-dislike.html"},"modified":"2015-05-13T05:59:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:59:53","slug":"sooner-or-later-you-have-to-come-up-with-an-alternative-to-the-thing-you-dislike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/11\/sooner-or-later-you-have-to-come-up-with-an-alternative-to-the-thing-you-dislike.html","title":{"rendered":"Sooner or later, you have to come up with an alternative to the thing you dislike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Rove, of all people, has been telling Republicans for quite some time that if they are going to long-term find the &quot;Obamacare is EVIL!&quot; party line successful, they will need to come up with a plausible alternative that satisfies the populace. <\/p>\n<p>The GOP has quietly ignored him, since actually deciding on an alternative is (a) hard, (b) admitting that the <i>status quo ante<\/i> was no good, and (c) challenging to find a broad consensus across the zany wings of the Republican party.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is, time may be running out for those excuses, be it a conservative &quot;victory&quot; in <i>King v. Burwell<\/i> or else the 2016 elections themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2015\/05\/08\/the_gop_is_a_mess_and_karl_rove_knows_it_party_guru_bemoans_endless_cycle_of_obamacare_dysfunction'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/9dWsLRDLAfxMGRUqzIIEd5YCutW6HTmK_Aizs5sY4Fajt7TuAU-7hTR3vq52YLQUW50-njRrjQl7qLkqmw=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2015\/05\/08\/the_gop_is_a_mess_and_karl_rove_knows_it_party_guru_bemoans_endless_cycle_of_obamacare_dysfunction'>The GOP is a mess, and Karl Rove knows it: Party guru bemoans endless cycle of Obamacare dysfunction<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nKarl Rove once again urges Republicans to agree on Obamacare alternative, capturing the essence of GOP failure\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/VG2oGY65EFT'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Rove, of all people, has been telling Republicans for quite some time that if they are going to long-term find the &quot;Obamacare is EVIL!&quot; party line successful, they will need to come up with a plausible alternative that satisfies the populace. The GOP has quietly ignored him, since actually deciding on an alternative is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/11\/sooner-or-later-you-have-to-come-up-with-an-alternative-to-the-thing-you-dislike.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sooner or later, you have to come up with an alternative to the thing you dislike&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,532,134,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2016","category-health-care","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26762,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/its-like-these-guys-take-pride-in-being-ignorant.html","url_meta":{"origin":50977,"position":0},"title":"&quot;It&#39;s like these guys take pride in being ignorant.&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Feb-12 2:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant.\"By (a) focusing on one sentence in a lengthy energy policy speech full of actions and proposals and (b) making fun of an energy alternative that GOP congressfolk themselves have pushed for in the past. #ddtb Embedded Link From tire gauges to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50054,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/13\/among-the-things-im-not-looking-forward-to-with-hillary-clinton.html","url_meta":{"origin":50977,"position":1},"title":"Among the things I&#039;m not looking forward to with Hillary Clinton","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 13-Apr-15 4:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"GOP vitriol, as here lampooned by Andy Borowitz.'WASHINGTON \u2013 Republicans today promised that there will be a \u201cseamless transition of hatred\u201d if President Obama is succeeded in office by Hillary Clinton. \u201cLike many Americans, we will be saddened to see our lawsuits, investigations, and general harassment directed towards President Obama\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12041,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/05\/loyalty_oaths.html","url_meta":{"origin":50977,"position":2},"title":"Loyalty oaths","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Dec-07 9:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"Keen!\u00a0 The state GOP in Virginia will require folks to sign a loyalty oath before they can cast a vote in the Republican primary.\u00a0 The oath isn't loyalty to the...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26378,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/13\/crazy.html","url_meta":{"origin":50977,"position":3},"title":"Crazy","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 13-Feb-12 8:44am","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear GOP voters:Y'know, I don't like Romney a lot, either. 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