{"id":3569,"date":"2010-12-08T02:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T10:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2010-12-08T02:29:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T10:29:58","slug":"obama-mene-mene-tekel-upharsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/obama-mene-mene-tekel-upharsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and  finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.<\/em> [Dan. 5:25-28, KJV]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After a day to think further about the deal reached between Barack Obama and the Republican leadership, with zero input from his own party, I am more convinced that it is not acceptable.  The three tax credits he says Republicans oppose include one that Republicans campaigned in favor of and two that were added to the stimulus package to attract Republican votes.  I did not realize that the one year payroll tax holiday was 33% reduction in Social Security withholdings.  That is an open door for Republicans to say that benefits should be reduced as well.  In short, Obama gave up huge tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.  He gave up huge estate tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.  All he got in return was a too-short extension of unemployment benefits and nothing for the 99ers.  I am convinced that Republicans will cave-in on unemployment, if Democrats hold their ground.  On top of all this, Obama had the audacity to lecture the very people who put him in office.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"8white_flag\"When debating with Republicans, the president uses tough rhetoric, and he dished some today. He said he was ""itching for a fight on a whole range of issues."<\/strong> But when talking about Democrats, he has the intensity associated with family arguments. He was as heated as he gets in public (still not warm enough for your hot chocolate, but above his baseline, which is the serving temperature for white wine). He warned liberals of being "sanctimonious" and engaging in a no-win political fight simply to stir up their bodily humors<\/strong>. He compared it to the last dead-end fight liberals wanted to wage\u2014over the public option during the debate over health care reform, in which they were willing to give up the chance to extend insurance to millions for a narrow ideological crusade\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Itching for a fight?  When?  We\u2019ve waited two years for a fight, and every time the Republicans have moved the goal posts, he has shifted right.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow covers the reaction from Democrats on the Hill, and Sherrod Brown explains the right strategy on unemployment benefits.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

That makes sense to me.<\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Olbermann\u2019s Special Comment sums it all up.  It was the inspiration for the opening of this article.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

I agree.  We must oppose this.<\/font><\/p>\n

Tell your Rep and Senators to vote NO on Tax Cuts for Millionaires and Billionaires<\/a>!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and  finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. [Dan. 5:25-28, KJV] After […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}