Ready to haggle?
Could President Obama actually be prepared to hold firm to some position this time in his upcoming round of negotiations with the Congressionals? Or is he some sort of Republican Manchurian Candidate who will just appear to have some sort of plan or convictions and then cave in on demands to cut social programs (as he did recently with the Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy)? What with extending warrantless wiretapping, keeping Gitmo afloat, ‘surging’ troops in Afghanistan and keeping a sizeable number of troops in Iraq, Obama seems to be hell-bent on keeping the Bush Legacy alive!
*Update* California is a crazy bi-partisan microcosm of the Great American Stalemate. However, under Jerry Brown’s stern governance, we’ve somehow managed to move forward on a budget before our bonds became Junk. That’s a mixed omen, with a ray of light indicating that budget deals are possible, however the budget was largely an exercise in painful cuts to education and social services. It wasn’t all bad, though, as it seems like Jerry was still able to piss off a few Reactionaries – some of the more radical counties want to split and form their own Hicksylvania. I’d be all for it were it not for the creation of two more Repug Senators.
Stumble it!
Tags: George Bush, iran, Iraq, Manchurian Candidate, President Obama, tax cuts
July 11th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
I no longer believe Obama is on the side of the middle class and the poor. I used to think he was just out negotiated. Now I think he’s a Republican in all but name.