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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: Obama Signs Sequestration Order to Begin $85 Billion in Spending Cuts [View all]brentspeak
(18,290 posts)34. Or maybe we can thank Obama himself
He's said himself that he's no liberal:
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/272957-obama-says-his-economic-policies-so-mainstream-hed-be-seen-as-moderate-republican-in-1980s
Obama says he'd be seen as moderate Republican in 1980s
By Ian Swanson - 12/14/12 06:49 AM ET
President Obama said his economic policies are "so mainstream" he'd be considered a moderate Republican in the 1980s.
In a Thursday interview with a Miami-based local television station, Obama said he thinks few people believe he wants to impose socialism on the country.
"The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican," he told Noticias Univision 23 in a White House interview.
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Breaking: Obama Signs Sequestration Order to Begin $85 Billion in Spending Cuts [View all]
Hissyspit
Mar 2013
OP
I saw a UMKC professor who said PBO wanted the sequester to help convince the Left
Vincardog
Mar 2013
#18
Obama said it himself: I Would Be Considered Moderate Republican In 1980s - ABC News
bananas
Mar 2013
#43
the rich asshole GOP has been trying to destroy our Country since 2008.
progressivebydesign
Mar 2013
#6
I know people who work on the ships that are being furloughed. People need to protest these weapons.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#37
Yes, but we will prevail through change. See the defense cuts, they were untouchable.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#16
He should have added a signing statement stating that Congress won't get pay checks
oxymoron
Mar 2013
#13
By signing this sequester is like confessing to a crime you didn't comment.
bonniebgood
Mar 2013
#33