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In reply to the discussion: More Democrats stand up to threats & intimidation from Obama Adm. and condemn medical pot attacks [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)That's the part I think you miss, perhaps intentionally.
If Obama was "calling" for cuts ... then he's be CALLING for cuts. Like today, he was CALLING for a continuation of low interest rates for college loans. Did you see any of that?? He had lots of college students there as he CALLED FOR continuing low interests rates.
Has Obama done something similar for these cuts to Social Security you claim he has made? I guess I missed that rally.
So, with regard to Social Security, he has never CALLED FOR cuts (or your preferred word SLASHING). He has said he's willing to discuss cuts. Which is not the same as CALLING for them.
He's daring the GOP to actually describe how THEY want to cut / slash / dismantle Social Security. He knows they do not want to do that because the American people would flip out. Smart politics ... he knows the GOP would love to kill Social Security, and he's trying to get them to say it out loud.
So he's giving them some rope.
Now I understand that you start from a negative position on Obama. When he speaks, you hear the evil code words. Kind of like playing a Beatles album backwards.
Bottom line, Obama has not called for those programs to be cut. It has not happened. And the cuts you keep predicting won't happen either.
But stick with it. Obama should be out of office in about 4 1/2 years.