The Obama 'panic' amuses me

[magellan]

53. It's amazing to me that some don't get it

Chained CPI doesn't have to be adopted for people to be upset. The fact that a sitting Dem President even proposed this unnecessary and punitive "deal" is enough to outrage those of us who value party principles above party loyalty.

Add to that the revelation earlier today that Obama offered it not to show the Repubs up, an explanation pushed here as if that made it okay, but simply because the Repubs asked him to. (And if that's true, the timing of the announcement really ought to have preceded the Repubs grabbing the mics and putting it all on Obama.)

Really, you're okay with that? I'm not. There's not enough lipstick in the world to make that "compromise" pig remotely acceptable, no matter how it's sliced.

I'm not a Dem, but I always had a good idea who they were and what they stood for...until going on 14 years ago. Now I no longer recognize the party, it's adopted so much obsequious centrist bullshit. What was once unthinkable is now rationalized six ways from Sunday. Just because someone has a D after their name.

This is the sort of thing we accuse the right of doing. Idol worship to such a degree that the blinders never come off, and what would never be accepted from the other party is absolutely okay if it's done by ours. And if it isn't quite okay, we'll damn well contort the hell out of it till it is.

And you expect us to get on board with this thinking? No thanks, from me. I prefer the objectivity that comes with not having to defend the indefensible just to prove my credentials, or feel superior, or whatever it is you get out of realigning your views every day to match what's coming out of DC.