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Aug. 2, 2011 I thought my 400th article for UK would be a recap of my previous 399, but conditions in Washington , D.C. mandate I trash that idea and deal with an issue more pressing. It is a brutal fact, but the bottom line is, we have a President who has an empty scrotum. No ifs, ands or nuts—and no, that isn’t a typo. The old saying “If you stand for nothing you’ll fall for anything” never rang truer than his caving in on the Deficit debate. Even after he expressed his willingness to put the sacred cows of the Democratic voter base—Social Security and Medicare on the table—he was kicked in the groin by an unrelenting House Majority Leader, John Boehner, who himself became the whipping boy of Tea Party zealots who have commandeered the GOP). Rather than compromise, the Republicans dug in, and Obama appears to have made a shameless play for reelection. This from a man who during the 2008 campaign promised it would no longer be business as usual; in Washington that he would bring about a mood of bi-partisanship. It is this shameless backpedaling, this “Howard Davis weak-jab-on-the-run” defense, that from where I sit, has the potential to wreck Obama’s reelection bid. It was literally a case of brown-nosing by the President, even though polls indicated that he had the public on his side and it was apparent that the GOP is indeed the party of “No way!” The GOP, quite simply, will stick to its guns no matter what. They will take the media scrutiny without batting an eye, while the President scurries into the corner like a mouse pursued by a cat. Obama could have followed Bill Clinton’s advice to invoke the 14th amendment—after all, isn’t he a constitutional lawyer? Even if the GOP challenged it in court, the effect would have made any court decision moot. Instead he caved. He was in a fistfight and rather than put up his dukes, he chose to count to ten. Meanwhile his opponents were already throwing punches. He quit on everyone who was depending on him for once, to show some backbone. This includes some in his own party who openly expressed their unhappiness with the deal. Meanwhile John Boehner and King Cantor are puffing victory stogies, as is the Tea Party membership, who know they are dealing with the most indecisive President since Jimmy Carter. And now the battle lines are more distinct. The Republicans will fight tooth and nail against the wealthiest 1% paying more in taxes, under the patently false lie that cutting their taxes creates jobs. The idea of asking the wealthy to pay more, while those on the lower end of the income spectrum see their benefits cut is somehow deemed by them as “unfair.” After Obama’s ascension to the White House, many thought the GOP was dead. Instead, they just stuck to their guns. However, the party is no longer run by the center-right mainstream members, but the gangsta element of the party—the Tea baggers. The message from them is simple: Our way or the long way around on an unpaved, unlighted, pockmarked highway. Now just think if the Republicans win in 2012. Imagine the kick in the buttocks the elderly and the middle class will take from their policies. Just remember America, these are the douche bags you sent to Congress, all for the sake of getting the first black man to win the Presidency out of there without assassinating him. But you’d better also remember that if one of the GOP refugees from the Island of Misfit Toys in calling the shots in 2013, you’ve potentially got 8 more years of George Bush’s policies. This means the gap between the poor and the wealthy will grow even wider. There will be less corporate regulation, less money available for education and many poverty programs—like Meals On Wheels—will be abolished. America will be well on its way to becoming a plutocracy. Leona Helmsley once boasted that she and her husband did not pay taxes, adding, “Only the little people pay taxes.” Republican lawmakers are doing their damndest to see that this is indeed the case, while Obama stands idly by and looks on in awe. ------------ About the author: Timothy N. Stelly is a poet, essayist, novelist and screenwriter from northern California. His novel, HUMAN TRIAL 2: ADAM'S WAR, is available from Amazon.com, allthingsthatmatterpress.com. Is the HUMAN TRIAL trilogy far-fetched? Check out the article on alien encounters at www.stellyhumantrial.com. Would you like a FREE copy of HUMAN TRIAL 2: ADAM'S WAR? Be one of five people to request a copy and agree to post a review at amazon.com and/or goodreads.com. Email me for details.
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