It Just Gets Worse
From Think Progress this evening:
The people who supported Barack Obama and worked to get him elected have been totally betrayed. Obama is currently on a mission to destroy everything that the Democratic party has to offer the American people. When he gets done, it won't mean a God damned thing to be a Democrat, and people might as well sell their futures to the Republicans for a couple hundred dollars in tax cuts.
I believe that, at this point, it is no longer credible to suggest that Obama is a dupe, or just a really bad negotiator. His behavior since being elected has been totally consistent, and I no longer have any faith that it represents anything but the actions of a manipulative liar who found a way to get into the White House under utterly false pretenses, and who is as committed as any Republican you can name to selling the country out to the rich.
Tell me I'm wrong. I'd love to believe that, but I don't see how it can be true. I have, over the last couple of months, found it so hard to watch what is happening to us and find anything meaningful to say about it, or to convince myself that there is a thing that we can do to save our country from destruction, not by the openly corrupt Republicans, but by a man we all trusted.
I have no more faith that he is inept or weak. I am beginning to believe that he is evil.
"Obama Agrees With Panetta, Endorses Medicare ‘Adjustments’ Over Defense Cuts |
In a letter on Friday, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) asked President Obama to repudiate Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s insistence that in order to deal with the nation’s debt and deficit, additional revenue should come from tax increases and cuts to entitlement programs, such as Medicare, instead of the reducing military spending. TPM notes that Obama gave his answer in an speech today in which he backed Panetta.
Obama said there isn’t much more to cut beyond the defense and domestic spending reductions that were part of the debt ceiling deal last week. “What we need to do now,” Obama said, “is combine those spending cuts with two additional steps: tax reform that will ask those who can afford it to pay their fair share and modest adjustments to health care programs like Medicare.”
The people who supported Barack Obama and worked to get him elected have been totally betrayed. Obama is currently on a mission to destroy everything that the Democratic party has to offer the American people. When he gets done, it won't mean a God damned thing to be a Democrat, and people might as well sell their futures to the Republicans for a couple hundred dollars in tax cuts.
I believe that, at this point, it is no longer credible to suggest that Obama is a dupe, or just a really bad negotiator. His behavior since being elected has been totally consistent, and I no longer have any faith that it represents anything but the actions of a manipulative liar who found a way to get into the White House under utterly false pretenses, and who is as committed as any Republican you can name to selling the country out to the rich.
Tell me I'm wrong. I'd love to believe that, but I don't see how it can be true. I have, over the last couple of months, found it so hard to watch what is happening to us and find anything meaningful to say about it, or to convince myself that there is a thing that we can do to save our country from destruction, not by the openly corrupt Republicans, but by a man we all trusted.
I have no more faith that he is inept or weak. I am beginning to believe that he is evil.
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