Where's the Love?

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13: 4-7

45 boasted that he would repeal and replace Obamacare (among many other things) while on the campaign trail and said he would be a President for the People.  He did a lot of boasting and lying which won him the White House. And then he got mad at the media for portraying his inauguration crowd size as small (envy, proud, self-seeking).

When his and Ryan's Healthcare bill didn't even garner enough Republican votes, he promptly blamed it on the Democrats because none of them voted for something he couldn't even get enough Republican votes for.  He didn't recognize or acknowledge the millions of people who were against it and were showing up at Republican Town Halls.  He said he'd be there for the People, but evidently that doesn't mean the people that show up at Town Halls and want answers.  Instead, he's gone on Victory Tours to make himself feel better about "winning."  That's a lot of pride and dishonoring of others.

Now he pretends that healthcare wasn't really a high priority for him; that he was more focused on security (which is also a joke) and tax reform (which will benefit primarily the top 1%- self seeking).  He said that it's not his problem anymore, that it's a Democrat problem and that he'll just watch it explode (delight in evil and not protect the people).

How about reaching across the aisle instead - and demonstrating patience, kindness and perseverance?  It is evident that we can't count on 45 and his Administration to get this done.  And maybe that's a good thing.  This forces all Americans to work together to get this done.  I am heartened to see all the Americans who show up at the Town Halls and Demonstrations to let their representatives know how worried they are about our country's direction towards Health Care and Racism (Muslim Ban), etc.  We need to hold our representatives accountable and roll up their sleeves to work on this.  Obstructionism is okay if it helps to prevent millions of people being dropped from health care; but we all know that the ACA needs improvement and we should all want this to be done vs letting it "explode."  There needs to be real love here, the kind that takes hard work for all parties.