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Social Security and Medicare are protected, then I will be dead wrong. I
will be wrong now andI will have been wrong for all of these years. [5]
You can rub my face in it. And since the Democratic partisans are now
feeling triumphant, get that crow ready for me to eat.
But it's not going to happen. I'm telling you this even in the
Republican Party's darkest hour, the president will still give them most of
what they want. My guess is that liberals will be stunned at the
concessions President Obama makes even when he had the Republicans in
a corner and totally defeated. Here's what you have to understand -- it's
because he doesn't want to "win." Winning is different for him than it is
for me and you. To us, winning is passing progressive priorities. To him,
it's passing a deal where he seems like he is above party politics. In order
to do that, he must cut entitlements (and corporate taxes, too, by the way).
We're going to find out who is right soon enough. I just wanted to
make sure you knew what was coming ahead of time, so that you
understand President Obama's real motivation. Understand that next time
around, and remember he's still here for another four years, asking the
president politely doesn't get you anything. He isn't a progressive in his
heart, he is an establishment pleaser. The only way he acts like a
progressive is if you make him. Next time, instead of applauding so much,
put all of the pressure on the world on him. That's what Republicans do all
of the time and it is what will allow them snatch victory from the jaws of
defeat. Mark my words.
I think we can all at least agree that if ever there was a time to press
progressive priorities this would be it. So, this will be a true test of who he
is and what he believes. Let's see what he does. You shall know him by his
works.
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