President Obama.... NO

[Windy]

He will not abandon the triggers... he will veto any bill that trys to undo the prior agreement...

WTG Big O

[Chemisse]

1. Republicans now: "Oops!"

[woo me with science]

2. What he promised is that deep cuts will still be made in the worst economy since the Depression.

He did not say that the cuts would have to include the 50 percent in Defense cuts that are mandated by the current trigger. He specifically pointed out that there is a full year before this has to take effect and plenty of time to "find" money before the deadline.

They will not have to account for any of cuts they approve until AFTER the 2012 election.

You can bank on full funding of the Military Industrial Complex.

[RBInMaine]

5. Why do people like you need to be ultra-pessimistic? Please, take an upper.

[woo me with science]

6. "...people like you..."

:eyes:

[msongs]

10. you do have a shrine in your house don't you :-) nt

[sufrommich]

3. Good for him. The Dems better back him. t

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[dionysus]

13. he's not a dog.

:puke:

[Itchinjim]

7. Good.

[politicasista]

8. Hopefully, he will rally behind those six Dems

one his ally, who's Facebook pages are getting slammed with hateful threats and comments. Just sayin.

[rurallib]

9. next repub strategy:Obama invites terrism with defense budget cuts

they have lies prepped for all occasions

[spanone]

11. k&r...

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. Seeing as the defense is not 100% of the budget that means

cuts will hit education, HHS, the EPA, welfare, Labor, Energy, Transportation. What this is saying is -- we can live with these cuts as much as we can live with cutting defense. Then how does one argue later that we need those budgets rebuilt?

And FYI - much of the defense budget includes the VA and other benefits, not just salaries and weapons.