They're now pivoting from "Chained CPI isn't a done deal!1!!" to "It's not so bad!"

[Poll_Blind]

PB

[Autumn]

1. When you got nothing

nothing is what you use. Fuck that shit.

[whatchamacallit]

2. Never fails

From "stfu it'll never happen!" to "stfu it could be worse!".

[Poll_Blind]

8. Yep. And there's always that point where it pivots from one thing to the other. nt

PB

[jsr]

22. NEXT: "STFU, You People Never LOVED Him!"

[Larkspur]

3. That means that our pushback is working and they are starting to freak out.

Keep up the pressure on them.

As Fredrick Douglas said, "Power gives up nothing without a fight."

[woo me with science]

4. It's the Third Way shift!

If people weren't going to die because of this, it might actually be funny.

[wilsonbooks]

5. Next it will be a brilliant example of 3d tactical chess. And

then it will be that you just want a pony.

[Poll_Blind]

9. +1

Yup. Like...clockwork.

PB

[soryang]

6. But but but, it's the lesser of two evils...

I've heard it all now.

Electing Obama was the lesser of two evils per the pundits. Now cutting social security via the "chained CPI" is the lesser of two evils.

I mean, after all the president could have conceded age 67 as the age of qualification for social security benefits. So we should be glad that our social security benefits will only be cut a limited amount this year, and a little more the year after that, and so on, and so on, so that you only get poorer and poorer gradually with the greatest poverty occuring at the greatest age.

So the president gives up tax increases to 400k income per year, doesn't even discuss a financial transactions tax, lowers taxes on corporations which is neo liberal bullshit, doesn't even discuss raising the cap on social security taxes, doesn't talk about increasing the limited 15 percent tax on unearned income such as capital gains, dividend income, or hedge fund capital gains, and the "lesser evil" is cutting social security?

When are Americans gonna get their heads out of their asses?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

7. Yes, I noticed. First it was "shut up shut up shut up...Obama didn't say it with his own mouth, so

...it's not true".

And now we're hearing that it could be much worse, that it's progressives' fault for letting Republicans take the House in 2010, etc.

Next up: you should have held his feet to the fire.

There are those who will ensure that they support the President, no matter what he says or does. In my opinion, that shows a real lack of character. If you agree with President Obama about everything he's said and done while in office, you're either not paying much attention, or you're hero-worshiping.

[woo me with science]

10. Or have a paying job. nt

[DearHeart]

18. Would be nice to have one of those again! nt

[Doctor_J]

13. or you're a Repuke, like Obama

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. We got a name for that

Cult of personality.

It's just as bad when bushies did it.

[Shivering Jemmy]

11. Who's they?

Chained CPI never scared me all that much.

[joeybee12]

12. You're just jealous because you don't understand third dimensional chess!

[Fumesucker]

14. I guess you'd rather have had Romney, right?

[Skittles]

16. I WILL KICK FUMESUCKER ASS

YES INDEED

[Poll_Blind]

17. LOL!

I'm trying to come up with a good generic name for Romney. I think Hitler von Rockefeller is my favorite so far.

"So you think it would have been better under Hitler von Rockefeller?!!"

PB

[Fumesucker]

19. That's unfair, Hitler loved dogs

[Poll_Blind]

20. !

PB

[NashvilleLefty]

21. NOT a "pivot" -

A. it's not a done deal.

B. it wouldn't be so bad if it were.

Obviously, you don't understand what the Chained CPI really is. It's really not so bad. You should probably educate yourself before you post threads like this.