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If Obama Agrees to Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid…

July 9, 2011 at 2:33 PM 2 comments

William Rivers Pitts is spot-on when it comes to how I will feel if Obama so much as touches Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid during the, ahem, “bipartisan budget negotiations:”

There is no deal on paper as of yet, and the whole world is watching. Many people I spoke to on this were blunt: if the Democrats consent to any deal that damages or denudes Social Security and Medicare, then that’s it, hats over the windmill, and turn out the lights when you leave. Obama and his people can hope and change their way across the campaign trail until they are blue in the face. They will not be getting the votes of these people. This administration has made it clear on more than one occasion that they do not think too highly of their own base, and by acting like Republicans, perhaps they believe they will earn the votes of enough independents to offset the damage.

Maybe they will, and maybe they won’t, but that is not the point.

This is a matter of honor, plain and simple. An ocean of blood, sweat and tears has been spent bringing these all-important programs to life, and even more has been spent protecting and defending them. If this president consents to throw all that over in an act of political triangulation, he will be marked in my book for all time as a failure, a betrayer, and a disgrace.

In my book, and in many other books besides.

And there’s this from Joe Conason over at Truthout:

But the restored courage demonstrated by Democratic senators in support of his plan will not accomplish much if the president is determined to capitulate on fundamental principles. Should he prove to be so foolish, then he will find himself another step closer to the end of his presidency.

And though I believe every citizen has not only a right, but a responsibility to vote, I am feeling so deceived by Obama — he is unrecognizable from candidate Obama — I am seriously considering not voting for president in November, 2012.

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