Progressives Keeping Heat on Obama

[cal04]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/progressives-keeping-heat-on-obama/

One progressive group sure doesn’t mind using President Obama’s words against him.

In a new television advertisement, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is using a speech Mr. Obama gave on the stump in 2008 to criticize the recent compromise over the Bush tax cuts.

In the spot, Mr. Obama calls out Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate for president in 2008, for supporting tax cuts for the wealthy after previously opposing them. “Well, they may have stopped offending John McCain’s conscience somewhere along the road to the White House,” Mr. Obama says at an event in Indiana. “But George Bush’s economic policies still offend my conscience.”

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Some liberals have argued that the president didn’t push his case hard enough before accepting the compromise. The P.C.C.C., which certainly accepts that premise, says its latest ad will run both in the Washington area and Indiana, starting on Friday.

[struggle4progress]

1. Let's see: Indiana voted R-for-President in 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96, 00, and 04

n 08, Indiana voted D-for-President

So now the PCCC is running ads in Indiana to attempt to discredit the D-President?

Sounds like an undercover wedge-driving operation to me

[robinlynne]

2. THE PCCC is a fantastic group!

[FrenchieCat]

3. Why bother running ads against Republicans in a purple state?

right?
smart!

TRUE CULPRITS

Politics can often be a dirty game. Many a times, people act and vote in favor of their own vested interests. But when you allow the well being and sustainability of millions of our citizenry to hang in the balance, you must be held accountable. And we, the people, must never forget that these Republican leaders were ready, willing and only eager to allow tax cuts for everyone to expire, and allow 2 million to lose their unemployment checks. We must never be shy in calling out these elected representatives for who they are, and for whom they serve. And we must always bear in mind that they were prepped to sacrifice everything in order to benefit the wealthy and progress their own personal agendas.

In a rare Senate session on Saturday, December 4th, Republicans first shot down a measure to grant tax cuts for those making $250,000 or less. Instead of assisting struggling middle-class and poor families during these turbulent economic times, the GOP effectively shut the door on a quick maneuver to help those most in need. Senate Democrats then proposed an extension of tax cuts for all those making a million dollars or less – in essence taking a significant step towards meeting their Republican counterparts halfway. Again, this measure was voted down.

Last week, we also witnessed the failure of Republican leaders to pass an extension of unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. The result: some 600,000 American workers immediately saw an end to the money they rely on for mere survival, and a total 2 million were set to lose theirs by the end of the month. After paying into unemployment through years of work, many of these individuals would soon find it difficult to simply put food on the table. At a time when families gather for the Holidays, Republicans deemed it appropriate to take away these people’s livelihood all for the sake of garnering tax cuts for their wealthy friends and associates.

President Obama was effectively caught between a rock and a hard place. Yes, he could have remained steadfast on his insistence of a tax cut for the middle-class only, but at what cost? Unlike those on the right, he could not in good conscience gamble on the lives of innocents suffering during these difficult and unpredictable times. And for that simple notion, we should all thank him – not attack him.
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