Dec 02 2010

“I Think We Elected a Republican”

(10 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)

David Dayen @ FDL:

We’ve officially gone around the bend.

OFA Tries to Get Supporters to Write Letters to the Editor Praising a Federal Worker Pay Freeze

From Gaius Publius at AMERICAblog

The Fix is in on tax cuts.

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Everybody in the city knows that the president has essentially agreed to accept a two- or three-year extension of tax cuts for all Americans, including the wealthiest.

It seems that this [working] group [with senators and Tim Geithner, etc.] is designed to come to the conclusion that they know they’re already supposed to come to and then give it back to the president.

The Republicans are going to make a big show of being reasonable by reluctantly giving up on their desire to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest into infinity. And they’re going to be the reasonable ones here, so they’re going to claim, by just agreeing to two or three years. And the president’s going to accept it.

And how do we know we are being sold out by this Republican in Democratic garb?  Just take a look who Obama has sent to negotiate the terms of surrender.

Obama Appoints Geithner, Lew to Seek Tax Deal With GOP

However, in one sign of action, Obama said he appointed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and budget director Jack Lew to work with congressional Republicans and Democrats to come up with a deal on taxes in the next couple of days.

If no agreement is reached before Congress breaks for the holidays, taxes on all Americans would increase, a new year shocker that would increase pressure on Washington to act.

Immediately following the meeting, congressional Republicans said the discussion with President Barack Obama was a positive one in which both sides agreed to spend more time working together and finding common ground on tax and other tough issues.

The majority of Americans are so screwed.

3 comments

    • on 12/02/2010 at 04:00
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    • on 12/02/2010 at 05:31
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    nailed exactly how Mr. Obama operates one year ago with this;

    Consider the president’s leadership style, which has now become clear: deliver a moving speech, move on, and when push comes to shove, leave it to others to decide what to do if there’s a conflict, because if there’s a conflict, he doesn’t want to be anywhere near it.

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    It’s the job of the president to be in the fray. It’s his job to lead us out of it, not to run from it. It’s his job to make the tough decisions and draw lines in the sand. But Obama really doesn’t seem to want to get involved in the contentious decisions. They’re so, you know, contentious. He wants us all to get along. Better to leave the fights to the Democrats in Congress since they’re so good at them. He’s like an amateur boxer who got a coupon for a half day of training with Angelo Dundee after being inspired by the tapes of Mohammed Ali. He got “float like a butterfly” in the morning but never made it to “sting like a bee.”  

    Nothing has changed.

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