Yesterday I Noticed Fox News Start Referring To The GOP's "First 200 Days" Agenda. [View all]
A subtle shift away from the previous talking point 'the GOP's "first 100 days" agenda.' (Nice try, a-holes. Did you really think nobody would notice?)
I first heard Peter "Beavis" Doucey start referring to it as the GOP's "first 200 days" agenda. They are obviously trying to lower the expectations of their base, who were made all sorts of promises about what the GOP would accomplish in the first 100 days. (Fox even has an evening show called "The First 100 Days," which is going to stick out like a sore thumb if they
start calling it the first 200 day agenda....and later the 'first 300 day' agenda, and pretty soon "THE ONE YEAR" agenda.
I found this switch in talking points to be quite amusing, since it's a secret acknowledgement that the GOP legislative agenda is still a giant clusterf#ck, and they can't agree on anything.
Well, aside from repealing financial and environmental regulations, that is. They can all agree on that. But when it comes to repealing Obamacare...they've got nothing. When it comes to "fixing" Social Security and Medicare...they've got nothing. When it comes to reforming the Tax Code...they've got nothing. The GOP leadership obviously knows it's going to take them a lot more than 100 days to even APPEAR that they've got a plan, and they've sent the word out the Propaganda Ministry to start lowering expectations.
Thing is, though...Trump may not like that. I think he's going to start bullying the GOP to get things done faster than the actual GOP leadership knows they can be done. This is going to be fun to watch.
Ridiculous, unrealistic expectations? YOU BUILT THAT, GOP!