Obama on MTP: 'Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem'

[TiberiusB]

63. Where do you get the 2nd Amendment and the NRA from all that?

The "knee-jerk" quote was just an aside to say some Democrats are as bad as the GOP, but the GOP overall is worse.
It's the rest of his talk that should make everyone nervous...

OBAMA: ..."I also have an obligation to the American people to make sure that the entire burden of deficit reduction doesn't fall on seniors who are relying on Medicare....I offered to make some significant changes to our entitlement programs ... "

GREGORY: "Would you commit to that first year of your second term getting significant [entitlement] reform done?" ...

OBAMA: ..."One of the fallacies I think that has been promoted is this notion that deficit reduction is only a matter of cutting programs that are really important to seniors, students and so forth. That has to be part of the mix, but what I ran on and what the American people elected me to do was to put forward a balanced approach. To make sure that there's shared sacrifice....

Looking at the entire transcript, he's clearly referring to Social Security and Medicare. He talks about the "entire" burden not falling on seniors who rely on Medicare and continues to peddle the same garbage about "shared sacrifice" and "balance". Let's not forget Pelosi's sudden reversal on the chained CPI and how it's now a way to "save" and "strengthen" Social Security. She came out and promised to deliver the House for such a proposal. That didn't happen without White House prodding.