Obama caves into the Republicans on the debt ceiling deal. Now his partisans are trying to claim the defeat isn’t total.
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Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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I don’t know who you’re referring to, all the Obama supporters I talk to are looking for a primary challenge
We know different Obamabots.
Rocky didn’t trot into the ring and smash himself in the face with a brick before he got into arm’s reach of Apollo Creed.
I think Aggie_ Dude may have meant to say that all the Democrats he talks to are looking for a primary challenge. I think I will write in if the big 0 is on the ticket
Joe, I meant all the people I know who voted for Obama and now regret not having supported Hillary Clinton. Of course, we were in Michigan at the time and the primary didn’t matter.
Have to disagree, Ted. Without claiming to be a party to Mr Obama’s most intimate thoughts on this matter, I suggest the evidence indicates that Dennis Kucinich’s take (http://preview.tinyurl.com/3eqch2b) on the debt-limit negotiations is far more plausible than the «caved» scenario. The Truthdig Radio interview with him is well worth a listen….
Henri
I agree, Henri; however, it is two sides of the same coin. Obama appears to have caved and that’s what he did to his supporters even if he caved long ago. He DID ‘cave’ to GOP demands even if he were just pretending to have demands of his own. I can’t know the extent of his behind-the-scenes agreement and cooperation with Boehner and McConnell, but I do notice that on foreign policy and civil rights–really anything except social and domestic policy, Obama does whatever he wants…
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