Did you know that the so-called Gang of Six "plan" could not possibly "sovle" the problem of the August 2 "deadline", when we supposedly come up hard against the debt ceiling (which the AP, maintream media, Yahoo and AT&T keep FALSELY calling a "default" date, but that is propaganda)?
No. This is not a matter of opinion. The Gang of Six "plan' is nothing more than a concept. It is a vastly complicated "plan", the details of which have not even worked out . It not only has not been reduced to actual legislation, but the legislation cannot even be written with the vague outline the Gang of Six has put ouit. What purpose did it serve, then.?
Come on. You now this one. TheRepublicans were about to pass ltheir "cut, cap and balance" pan in the House. Obama and the Democrats desperately wanted to deflect from that plan--the ONLY debt ceiling raising plan put downon paper--with actual LEGISLATION drafted. So the Gang of Six comes out with this "plan" the vey day the House is going to vote, and Obama IMMEDIATELY jumps on it as a way to totally distract from the House plan. Sabotage by saotuers, with a very specific purpose in mind. The idea is not to pass the Gang of Six plan, which cannot even be in any kind of"final" form in time, but to put us firmly on the OBAMA path toward the "big deal" that Obama is counting on (see yesterday's articles and this blog's articles all week).
"Wait a second, Skip. Are there not REPUBLICANS, like Tom Coburn, in the Gang of Six." Yes, and whaat does that telly you? It tells you that stablishment Republicans in the United States Senate regard the Tea Party, and conservative Republicans, as ENEMIES to be sabotaged. sNo matter what these people SAY, they do NOT LIKE the Tea Party. They do not "get it". They hate Rush Limbaugh. They are "politics as usual" politicians, with few real principles (and those totally arising from selfish self-interest). Am I being "too harsh" to Tom Coburn? No, I an not being harsh enough The man should be DEFEATED, even if it takes voing for a Democrat.
Look at what SABOTEUR Coburn did First, he came up with that ridiculous 9 trillion dollar "deficit reduction" plan, which this blog immediately exposed as a total fraud. But that was merely the prelude to this Gang of Six nonsense--a lpreliminary dsigraction designed to undermine the House conservatives. These Republican politicians do NOT "get it". Rather, they DO "get it", and they don't LIKE IT. The entire process by which Coburn injected himself into this "debate" just at the time Republicans were becoming unified beheind the House plan wasw a balatant, deliberate BETRAYAL. The way Cbourn did this, starting off with that 9 trillion dollar SHAM, showns that Couburn knew EXACTLY what he was doing, as much as Benedict Arnold kew what he was doing.
"Skip. Did you nt fall into this TRAP, by allowing yourself to be distracted by a paln which had no other purpose than to deflect from the House plan behind which Republicans HAD been coming together."
Yes and no. Yes, I allowed myself to be distracted, even though I knew what was gonig on. I knew that the Gang of Six plan was not "serious", in the sense of beig a ral, documented "solution" to ANYTHING. It is not likely to even be reconnizable in whatever ultimate "big deal" Obama, the Democrats and the establishment come up with. It is just a TACTIC to get everyone focused on the "big deal" that Obama wants, and away from the conservative position. I knew that. BUT. I had no coice but to expalin the BETRAYAL establishment Republicans are setting up here. For example, the ONLY way an actual bill will be "ready" by August 2, is if sp,e people are SECRETLY draftig it RIGH NOW (or before now). That is what happened with ObamaCare, as legilation is pulled out of a hate at the last minute. But it goes beyond that. The whole idea here is to sell the concept that the ONLY way Repubicans can appear to "win" out of this is to go along with Obama and Coburn: to go along with the establishment "big deal" that Obama has wanted all along (which Boehner dearly wanted to buy into). I could not allow that tactic to go unchallenged, even though I knnew that "distraction" was part of the tactic (as illustrated by the Cooburn 9 trillon dollar prelude, and the fact that the Gang of6 "plan" is not even on paper).
Well, won't I at least admit that I am contributng to the DESPAIR conservatives should be feeling about these constant betrayals: despair that is one of he main goals of Obama, the mainsteam media, and the Gang of 6? Again, I would pled "guilty" to spreading a sense of despair that the opposition is tryig to induce. Again, however, I hav no choice. Once Obama and establishment Republicans achieve the momentum and sense of inevitably of a "big deaL' that is the whole goal of this betrayl, there will be no stopping it. Therefore, this blog had no choice but to TRY to stop this betrayal in the making, however small my influence,.
But it goes beyond that. Republicans need to get the message that these constant betrayals will not continue to "work". They may think they "win", as they thought theey did at the end of 2010 (with that "deal'), and with the government "shut down" sham deal. that did not really "ctu" spending. But they are not "winning". Every such betrayal may, indeed, spread despari among conservatives, but it also puts the establishment at further, extreme risk. If this particular betrayal happens, the Repubilcan Party will be DEAD to me. At which point do the people REVOLT, and simply turn on both Republicans and Democrats alike? If this "politics as usual" continues I believe it will be soon. The only questin is whehter it will be a construtive revolt, or a destructive revolt. I don't know the ansewr to that. I just no that my private revolt has already happened.
No. I have not tottally given up. I still think there is about a 20% chance that I will not feel totally betrayed when I come back from my New York/Boston vacation on August 3. But this blog was obligated to telly you what my reaction will be to a sell out 'big deal", and how the sell out could be avoided. I still don't think that Republicns can push through "cut, cap and balance", not matter how hard they try. The problem is that they seem determined to turn a mere lack of victory, which could BE a "victory" if Republicans merely stated their UNILATERAL adoption of the "cut, cap and balance" approach as the official Republican FIGHT for as long as it takes. Instead, I am afraid Republicans--and estblishment Republicans have wnated this all along--will accept the DEFEAT of an Obama "big deal". The establishment may thnk this is "victory" for them What it will really be is a guarantee of future disaster for them.
P.S. No proofreading or spell checking, as usual (bad eyesight).
P.P.S, : Republicans in the Senate are gong to cotinue to face ESCALATING primary fights, and they deserve it--as much as any politicians have ever deserved such a fate. "politcs as usual" is just not acceptable, and these people know nothing else.
P.P.P.S. As previously stated, I will eat my words on Tea Party tactics IF Republicans can force a Balanced Budget Amendment, and the "cap" philosophy to be stated in legislation. I don't think they can. That means there must be a FALL BACK STRATEGY. What Obama, Democrats and establishment Republicans are trying to do is make that "fall back strategy" nothing but the ABJECT DEFEAT of an Obama "big deal". As previously stated, I will NOT FORGIVE House Republicans for accepting such a defeat. I am actually MORE flexicble than many conservatives in recognizing that Republicans simply do not have the votes to FORCE their full program to be adopted, without virtually destroying the country in the process. If they do hold out, and virtually destroy the country, but SUCCEED, I will congratulate them. But if they end up wth an Obama deal, I will BLAME them NO credit for "trying', if uou end up in a total, unnecessary defeat--a defeat when even MSNBC has said you have the LEVERAGE for VICTORY . Nope. NOT enough leverage for the victory of passing "cut, cap and balance", but the victory of forcing a SMALL DEAL, while the fight continues. House Republicans: You are AT RISK here, and "politics as usual"--accepting what the Senate establishment and Boehner tell you to do--will NOT save you.
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