Pretty much. The republican party is a joke. Not much else to say besides that.

You'd expect them to find a plan to replace the ACA after eight years, but they couldn't even repeal it. It's embarrassing. I'm rather glad Hillary lost. Perhaps the DNC will get it together as we show the world how idiotic and unreliable these people are

The democrats are just as much of an embarrasement. The way they've reacted to Trump is embarrassing and shows that they're really out of touch. Their candidate was terrible anyways. 

Wrong! I did not expect them to be able to do that : D 

We all know this ...  

I see the filibuster as a good thing since it encourages compromise among parties ...

You may see it as terrible but a national government is supposed to be anything but progressive ... (it's the local governments that are supposed to be progressive so that they can quickly adapt to the needs of who their serving in the area)

Republicans don't just have an advantage in the senate, their most important advantage is in the state legislatures which is the key to controlling congress and presidency ... 

Well we have to think about the welfare of insurance providers too ... (to prevent tyranny of the majority) 

There's tons of things we can do to make healthcare cheaper but would it be ideal ? (less strict malpractice codes (costs less for doctors in case patients want to sue them), preventive care through incentives (did you know that a quarter of americans have multiple chronic conditions ?), no medical or drug patent protection (means everyone can benefit from cheaper treatments and drugs at the expense of the creator), no patent protection means less incentive for medical research (the US produces the most medical paper and holds the most amount of clinical trials in the world)) 

God have mercy on us if China becomes leader in medical reseach, clinical trials, and biotechnology since they seem to have the most vested interest in genetic enhancements and bioweapons ... (imagine their entire population having immunity to the most fatal chronic diseases such as HIV, diabetes, neurodegeratatives like vCJD and they'll probably try everyway to increase IQ scores) 

After seeing the DNC purposely giving hillary an advantage, it's safe to say much needs to change. 

Politics in the US in general are pathetic. I'd like to see it change and improve, but that'll probably never happen

Yep. I think one of the biggest things against the democrats was that they really went to far in their smear campaign, their reactions before and after the election was like a baby crying, or a kindergartener trying to tattle. It's not hard to hate trump, now give adults a reason to vote Hillary. 

I don't know, I imagine they say the same thing in the UK and Canada as well. It's hard to know how much of our perspective is us simply being cynical because of our personal experience in the system, and how much of it really is just the U.S. sucking. I'm a believer in the fact that it's not america that's the problem, it's americans outlook. 

It's just irritating. So many people focus on trump and his administration for the most useless issues, but don't look at the actual reasons as to why he's a big joke.

At the same time, seeing the constant 'lol triggered sjw liberals' remarks from conservatives shows that they haven't moved on from the presidency either. The election was the only time we saw Trump winning. Ever since then, they've been losers laughing at clowns. 

I stick to making dumbass, snarky comments just because of how tiring this is. I tried to have actual conversations, but it ends the same way. I criticize Republicans or the Trump administration and I hear the essay about how I'm a triggered Muslim SJW liberal who believes that we live in the world of Carebears. I was at least able to criticize Obama without hearing the same dumbass conspiracy theories where they use the word 'liberal' to replace all evil in the world.

Now, I'm just guessing here so don't be offended sir but uh, do you happen to be

a triggered sjw muslim? 

I'm a triggered sjw liberal muslim minority. Get it right

And let me guess : You also suffer from the terminal illness known as white guilt?

A minority suffering from white guilt? What realm are we currently in?