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In reply to the discussion: Obama Joins the Club [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)"coughing up this Chained CPI thing raced into the Unforced Political Errors Hall Of Fame"
That's not at all what's going on. Obama and his staff are neither stupid, fools, nor incompetent, far from it.
They're the so-called New Democrats. They live and die on corporate ideology.
Who was Obama meeting with last week? from Bloomberg: "Obama Reaches Out to Bankers in Budget Battle "
Obama Meets With Blankfein, Dimon and Moynihan Today
Why call it an error? I guarantee you it's quite intentional, and not based on any miscalculation. Could be it represents his core beliefs. And/or it could be that he sees bankster and corporate support as more important politically than taking money from seniors.
I don't claim to know his exact reasoning, but no way would I see it as an unforced error. It's much worse than that. He's not playing for our team, at least not by my definition of "our team".
Obama's move was stupid? No, not stupid at all. What's stupid is thinking it's merely stupid.
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