Call Members of Congress and Tell Them if They Cut SocialSecu
The DCCC sent out the most cynical email I think I’ve ever seen yesterday. It really took my breath away:KEEP READING
At this moment, SpeakerBoehner is crafting a deficit deal that would gut Medicare and SocialSecu rity, while slashing benefits for seniors and the middle class in order to make sure he protects tax breaks for millionair es. This is unacceptab le and HouseDemoc rats won't stand for this.
JohnBoenher didn’t put cutting SocialSecu rity on the table,Obama did. He's wanted to cut SocialSecu rity benefits from the day he took office. He just wants to be able to blame the Republican s for it.
The best comedy on TV right now is the grandstanding of Progressiv eCaucus Democrats like KeithEllis on, banging on about how they won’t vote for any cuts to SocialSecu rity or Medicare. In this less-than- hard-hitti ng interview from yesterday, the equally strident pledge that Ellison made last year is never mentioned:
I won't vote for any healthcare that does not include a PublicOption. I won't do it, that’s a guaranteed no vote and I won't be dissuaded from that.
Who's Ellison kidding. His conviction will last only so long as they don’t need his vote. He signed a letter saying he wouldn’t vote for any more war funding without troop withdrawal provisions too, and now Mr. Anti-war says he’s “comfortable” with the action in Libya.
If they need him, Ellison — and the rest of them — will be there. The ProgressiveCaucus has 83 members. They could vote NancyPelos i out as minority leader. They could gum up the works for any legislatio n Obama wanted to pass. All this foot stomping is a colossal joke. They have power, they just won’t use it.
And if the DCCC gave a damn about cutting SocialSecurity or Medicare, how about withholdin g support in 2012 from Democrats who votes to cut it? They could force Obama to pass it purely with Republican votes. As if. The very thought of it is sidesplitt ing.
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