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Originally Posted by Bill8
obama is going to do exactly what he has done all along, pretend to resist then fold like a whipped pup, and end up giving the republicans all they want and more.
he's a rightist/centrist and everything he does is exactly the same as what Bush before him did. he is working in collusion with teh republicans and the corporatist democrats.
there will be a few small token tax increases with giant loopholes built in, perhaps 50 to a hundred billion worth on paper, "balanced" out by hundreds of billions to trillions worth of cuts.
the last laugh will be on the american people - because non of this adds anything to job creation or infrastructure. The corporations are abandoning this country anyway, so they don't care about the trillions that wont reach the economy, the small businesses that depend on the spending of entitlement money don't have lobbyists, so everybody loses.
the good thing tho is BOTH the dems and the republicans will now be held responsible - the republicans for emphasizing protecting the upper classes over jobs, and the democrats for not fighting for jobs and security.
so there's that.
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Obama folded like a napkin on the public option too.
The man has been a huge disappointment to be sure and moreover no sitting president has ever been reelected when the unemployment rate was over 7 percent.
But Obama will be reelected.
Let's get real. Have you taken a look at the collection of looney tunes, misfits and woeful mediocrities that are seeking the Republican nomination for president
2016 will be about selecting the lesser of two evils.
By 2020 a real choice may well emerge, but I wouldn't bet on it.