What if the Republicans were to skip the first part and move directly on to the part where they make the fixes that are necessary and might actually help the country?
Or do I need to shut up because adults are talking now?
Well one, whether or not you feel it will "help the country" isn't some absolute truth. For the vast majority of Republicans in congress, those already there and those that just got elected (in large part based on campaigning for a repeal), and their constituents the belief is that a full repeal
IS something that actually would help the country. While it's unlikely the president will allow such a thing to pass his desk the feeling is that you should at least try. Essentially, there's no HARM in trying and the only way you know for certain that it won't work is if you try and he vetos.
When you have the Senate of the United States wasting time passing resolutions on things that no one has campaign on, like the Washington Redskins needing to change their name, without many liberals having a coniption fit about time being wasted then I think it's not unreasonable to spend the little time that it'll take to pass a repeal bill using reconcilliation and to get it vetoed.
If you foolishly think that politicians aren't going to play politics that's on you. Imagining that will be the case isn't being an "adult", it's more akin to being a child filled with imagination and naivity. Yes, both sides are still going to act like politicians after this election, both sides are still likely to take action that's going to be aimed at pleasing the people who voted them into office, and both sides are going to try and manuever a bit to prepare for 2016.
If they spend 6 months battling for full repeal, instead of taking a bit of time to do that and immedietley moving on, then I think you'd have a point. I don't see that likely being the case, and until it proves to be the case I'll base my thoughts on the more likely occurence...that they try in relatively short order, they fail, and they move on to the other means. I don't see anything significantly wrong with that, in part because I do believe that those elected into office have a duty to actually stand up and try to do what they campaigned for.