There is nothing that Republicans have done without Democrats' help, without Democrats having signed on to.
Obama put Social Security and Medicare on the table for cuts - There's no getting around that.
Obama and Democratic leadership have already indicated they're on board with Social Security cuts, privatizing, etc. Democratic House leader (DCCC), congressman Chris Van Hollen made an interesting parsing slip on CNN [searchword: "partial"] about that very point. We're being set up to accept that which they're saying is inevitable.
Obama packed his own Deficit Commission with Social Security looters. And here. And here.
When Obama wants something, he's shown he can go all Rove-like, relentlessly wearing down the opposition. The problem is that he and the DLC-controlled Democratic Party don't want what the Democratic voters put them into power to get.
Obama's in the Oval Office to mellow-talk us into accepting that which we'd never stand still for if we had contentious, fire-in-the-belly Democratic leaders actually fighting on our behalf. Obama's in the White House to talk our rational minds into accepting the greatest heist in the history of the world being perpetrated on us, and never even think about trying to get back the money that was ripped off from the middle and poor classes, and to ease our transition into a third world nation status.
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