{"id":26780,"date":"2017-03-17T04:12:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T11:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26780"},"modified":"2017-03-17T04:12:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T11:12:34","slug":"friday-who-knew-republicans-could-be-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/17\/friday-who-knew-republicans-could-be-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday &#8230; Who Knew republicans Could Be Fun?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did I actually put <em>&ldquo;republicans&rdquo;<\/em> and <em>&ldquo;fun&rdquo;<\/em> in the same sentence?&nbsp; I know, I know &ndash; but to be honest, it&rsquo;s actually other folks making <em>FUN<\/em> of republicans.&nbsp; So we&rsquo;re good.<\/p>\n<p>The week&rsquo;s festivities started with <strong>Paul Ryan<\/strong> giving his Trumpcare\/WeDon&rsquo;tCare PowerPoint presentation for AHCA &ndash; and folks had a field day with memes.&nbsp; So let&rsquo;s enjoy some of their handiwork<\/p>\n<p>First, let&rsquo;s admit that they <em>tried <\/em>to incorporate some good points into their AHCA plan&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Like-Disease_Keep-Them.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26794\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Like-Disease_Keep-Them-300x170.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Like-Disease_Keep-Them-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Like-Disease_Keep-Them-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Like-Disease_Keep-Them.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it does try to offer some sound advice &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Stop-Being-Poor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26796\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Stop-Being-Poor-300x180.png\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Stop-Being-Poor.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_Stop-Being-Poor-150x90.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it is elegant in its underlying simplicity at cutting costs &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_If-Dead-Dont-Need-Healthcare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26793\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_If-Dead-Dont-Need-Healthcare-300x161.png\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_If-Dead-Dont-Need-Healthcare-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_If-Dead-Dont-Need-Healthcare-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_If-Dead-Dont-Need-Healthcare-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_PowerPoint_If-Dead-Dont-Need-Healthcare.png 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But surprisingly enough, Paul Ryan actually gave an honest summation of the GOP&rsquo;s AHCA plan &ndash; he concluded that it&rsquo;s a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_Powerpoint_Dumpster-Fire.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26791\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Paul-Ryan_AHCA_Powerpoint_Dumpster-Fire.gif\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then <strong>Kellyanne Conway<\/strong> stepped up to TRY to <em>&ldquo;help&rdquo;<\/em> out Twitler with his&nbsp;bald-faced lie&nbsp;that Pres. Obama had his <em>&ldquo;wires tapped&rdquo;,<\/em> by claiming Obama wasn&rsquo;t <em>just<\/em> limited to spying <em>only<\/em> by having <em>&ldquo;wires tapped&rdquo;<\/em> &#8230; he could also be using a microwave oven camera.<\/p>\n<p>Conway actually learned of the microwave&rsquo;s sinister photographic powers from her own oven:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26782\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-298x300.png\" width=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-768x773.png 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Name-Spelled.png 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the sad duty of informing <strong>Pres. Obama <\/strong>of Conway&rsquo;s odd, but extremely serious, charge of ordering microwaves to become a Snapchat spy on Twitler fell to <strong>Hillary<\/strong>.&nbsp; Fortunately, she was up to the task:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Hillary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26786\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Hillary.png\" width=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Hillary.png 906w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Hillary-150x132.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Hillary-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Hillary-768x676.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But in all fairness, if you take a closer look at your microwave&rsquo;s Control Panel, you can see there&rsquo;s some possibility to Conway&rsquo;s claim<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Panel_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26787\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Panel_0-300x181.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Panel_0-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Panel_0-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Panel_0-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Panel_0-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_Panel_0.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But being skeptical, I decided to go right to the source and ask <em>MY<\/em> microwave if it was spying on me &ndash; and this is the reply I got from my oven:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Asked_LOL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26781\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Asked_LOL-265x300.jpg\" width=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Asked_LOL-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Asked_LOL-132x150.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Asked_LOL-768x871.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Asked_LOL-903x1024.jpg 903w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Asked_LOL.jpg 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So maybe Obama <em>HAS<\/em> been infiltrating Trump Tower &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Binoculars.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26783\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Binoculars-300x273.png\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Binoculars-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Binoculars-150x136.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Binoculars.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Camera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26784\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Camera-300x184.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Camera-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Camera-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama_Spy-Camera.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26785\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_-300x142.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Microwave_Obama-Spy_.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll leave you with this sobering clip.&nbsp; Wanting to be thorough, I setup one of those <em>&ldquo;Nanny Video Cams&rdquo;<\/em> that record exactly what <em>does<\/em> go on in the kitchen when I&rsquo;m not around.&nbsp; To say the least, I was flabbergasted!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Stove-Drone_Microwave.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26790\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Conway_Stove-Drone_Microwave.gif\" width=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So who knows &ndash; maybe Conway was correct.<\/p>\n<p>Nah &ndash; not a chance in hell.&nbsp; I was just toying with you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did I actually put &ldquo;republicans&rdquo; and &ldquo;fun&rdquo; in the same sentence?&nbsp; I know, I know &ndash; but to be honest, it&rsquo;s actually other folks making FUN of republicans.&nbsp; So we&rsquo;re good. The week&rsquo;s festivities started with Paul Ryan giving his Trumpcare\/WeDon&rsquo;tCare PowerPoint presentation for AHCA &ndash; and folks had a field day with memes.&nbsp; So <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/17\/friday-who-knew-republicans-could-be-fun\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}