so barack the slasher hussein is gonna address the nation tomorrow nite to try to convince the american electorate that he's suddenly transformed himself into paul ryan lite
he's counting on a collective amnesia that he's just not gonna find, neither inside the beltway nor without
americans remember how he promised to cut the deficit in half in 4 years mere weeks before jamming his near trillion dollar stimulus (a word he can no longer pronounce) thru the congress his party dominated
unfortunately, a year and a half later he had to confess to nymag that he'd suddenly discovered that in reality there's no such thing as a shovel ready job
and his projection that unemployment would cap at 8% proved equally empty
his 2012 budget released in february actually raises borrowing 20%, it also lacks the courage and leadership and vision required to address the entitlements that are careening us off the cliff
he's gonna mumble some mixed messages about medicare and medicaid, but he's already shot his wad---it's called obamacare
his ahab-like obsession with his radical redrawing of 1/6 of our economy, passed via senate reconciliation, is responsible for his party's failure even to propose a budget for 2011
evidently, the budget was simply not a priority
as a senator he voted against raising the debt ceiling, insisting to continue borrowing was irresponsible and demonstrative of a lack of leadership
tomorrow he's gonna try to put tax hikes back on the table but it was only weeks ago he signed the bush/clinton/obama/boehner/mcconnell tax cuts into law
and, of course, as always, we can anticipate the slasher's unyielding commitment to his grail---investments---in the fabulous four now famous, education, student loans, the color green and infrastructure
meanwhile, it is apparent that what is responsible for his impromptu reversal is the publication of ryan's program and the seriousness of the minor party to take responsible steps towards fiscal balance
President Obama's two minds on the deficit - Glenn Thrush and Carrie Budoff Brown and David Nather - POLITICO.com
leadership, anyone?