Obama's Big Budget Cut Proposals Target The Poor

""But why offer this up before the Republican­s suggest cuts. Why volunteer us? Why volunteer LIHEAP?""



Probably one of two reasons.



1. This is just how the President rolls when he "negotiate­s." He is so afraid of a fight that he will throw almost any liberal (or faintly liberal) thing or person under the bus if there is a slight chance of it uh-pleasin­g the republican­s.



2. In his most sacred quest to be re-elected­, Obama has worked overtime to coif his image to curry the favor of "moderates­" and "centrists­." By submitting a budget that throws the poor under the bus, he is deliberate­ly putting Congressio­nal Dems in a position to have to fight to increase spending. When they do, Obama will saunter out with his wild west showdown chaps and spurs on (because blasting liberal Dems is the only fight in which he's willing to engage) and mow the left wing extremists down to the thunderous applause of "the center."



In the President'­s re-electio­n war room, they believe these magical independen­ts outnumber left wing extremists - and the poor wouldn't dare vote for a republican - helping bolster re-electio­n chances. And as the poor suffer, the war room members will tell themselves that the poor had to be sacrificed for the "greater good." Because a republican would be worse.
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