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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Bernie Sanders ‘Deeply Disappointed’ With Obama’s Social Security Cuts, Vows To Block Them [View all]stupidicus
(2,570 posts)if they were to accept the deal, there's no doubt BHO would sign it.
Furthermore, the concern/criticism of it from the beginning has first and foremost not been what the result might inevitably be, because none of us could know that for sure, BHO included unless we're being tag teamed, but rather the fact that he as a dem pres has expressed a willingness to sign it into law as part of a deficit-reducing "grand bargain" it has no impact on/contributes to. His willingness is what has damned/will damn him, whether it is ever used or not. It will only get worse if they call his bluff.
The "bluffing" angle so many are promoting has no impact on that because those that are objecting on the aforementioned grounds disapprove of it being used for "bluffing" purposes, which is why Bernie and crew are mounting an assault, and many phones are ringing off their hook in DC.
All a victory for the good guys on this can do is limit the amount of tarnish his legacy now has. I won't erase the memories of his "willingness" to kill the juice to the third rail, as only a dem, if any, pres could.
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