To say that ending Bush's tax cuts is "raising taxes" is Republican spin. It's straight out of the Republicans' playbook. It was shocking to hear David Axelrod adopt Republican-speak a few weeks ago, not because I didn't know that Obama wasn't the progressive or even centrist Democrat that his 'most ardent admirers' believe him to be, but that he and his administration were no longer pretending to be anything remotely recognizable as Democrats. David Axelrod on Hardball setting up the continuance of Bush's tax cuts: "I think the most important thing to do now is the things American people expect and want. One is to make sure they don't wake up on January 1st with a very large tax increase because the tax cuts were scheduled to expire at that time and there's a great sense of urgency on the part of the president. I think that is shared on the part of the republicans to make sure that doesn't happen." Obama (and now the media who live on the phone with White House staffers) are using the GOP'S talking points. But why should we be surprised that Obama would use GOP talking points when just last week in the New York Times: "Privately, Obama describes himself as a Blue Dog Democrat (Blue Dog = Republican)." How should Obama say it? How would he say it if he wasn't a Blue dog? "Democrats are stopping the flow of red ink, getting America's fiscal house in order, paving the way for job creation, restoration of the middle class and the possibility of wealth creation for all".
About Bush Tax Cuts
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