And don't forget the comments by presidential adviser Anita Dunn who said she admired Mao and looked to him for inspiration.
So what is Obams really up to as the so-called "talks" about the fiscal cliff are supposedly taking place? Well it seems he is trying his best to simply destroy the two party system by destroying the republicans.
In order for an ambitious budget deal to emerge, an awkward conversation must take place. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) needs to tell President Obama: “I can give some on rates for the wealthy, but I need cover on serious, structural cuts in entitlement programs.”The call would be Boehner’s. But the groundwork for that conversation must be laid by the president. And Obama has been actively making it harder for Boehner to cry uncle. Obama’s initial budget offer was a calculated insult, involving, by some accounts, an actual spending increase. He has demanded unlimited debt-ceiling increases — a constitutional innovation of Mohamed Morsi-like ambition. And Obama has been in full, anti-Republican campaign mode around the country, as if the election had never ended. [Washington Post]
Personally I don't see the goals of Obama's negotiating strategy as being limited to getting concession on tax increases. I see a longer game plan at work here and it is my guess that he is trying to position himself as the leader of a movement which has no meaningful opposition, and thus smoothing the way for a longer period of rule by his ideology.
Stay alert folks. This isn't your daddy's country anymore.
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