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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 12 November 2012 (Holiday -- US markets closed) [View all]bread_and_roses
(6,335 posts)66. The justifications for cutting SS etc have already started
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/07-7
It's plain that some around here (site, not thread) have jumped straight to step three. I'm getting out of here for today after this post - have already been enraged enough to engage outside our little ghetto over here and am already regretting it. I know Greenwald is under the bus for huge swaths of the populace around DU, so am only quoting the relevant step.
It's plain that some around here (site, not thread) have jumped straight to step three. I'm getting out of here for today after this post - have already been enraged enough to engage outside our little ghetto over here and am already regretting it. I know Greenwald is under the bus for huge swaths of the populace around DU, so am only quoting the relevant step.
From Liberal Victory to Disempowerment in Six Easy Steps
Obama and Progressives: What Will Liberals Do with Their Big Election Victory?
by Glenn Greenwald
STEP THREE: Many progressives ones who are not persuaded that these cuts are less than draconian or defensible on the merits will nonetheless begin to view them with resignation and acquiescence on pragmatic grounds. Obama has no real choice, they will insist, because he must reach a deal with the crazy, evil GOP to save the economy from crippling harm, and the only way he can do so is by agreeing to entitlement cuts. It is a pragmatic necessity, they will insist, and anyone who refuses to support it is being a purist, unreasonably blind to political realities, recklessly willing to blow up Obama's second term before it even begins.
Obama and Progressives: What Will Liberals Do with Their Big Election Victory?
by Glenn Greenwald
STEP THREE: Many progressives ones who are not persuaded that these cuts are less than draconian or defensible on the merits will nonetheless begin to view them with resignation and acquiescence on pragmatic grounds. Obama has no real choice, they will insist, because he must reach a deal with the crazy, evil GOP to save the economy from crippling harm, and the only way he can do so is by agreeing to entitlement cuts. It is a pragmatic necessity, they will insist, and anyone who refuses to support it is being a purist, unreasonably blind to political realities, recklessly willing to blow up Obama's second term before it even begins.
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