House Democrats Reject Obama Tax Cut Deal In Non-Binding Vote, Demand Changes

Saying that "ending the Bush tax cuts is raising taxes", is Republican spin.  

But early on we saw David Axelrod on Hardball spewing it that way:

"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."

This is straight out of the Republican­s' playbook.  

Obama, and even the media (being spun by White House operatives who live on the phone with cable news anchors), are using the GOP'S talking points.

But why are we 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 would Obama 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".

But that's going to take a president who means it.  This one doesn't.




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