too bad the agreement was made and signed after the mid-terms when the Dems no longer had control and all the GOP could talk about was a 'mandate' and all..
but nice try blaming the Dems..
You must be joking to try to use that blog from "Skeeter" as a reference as to what happened. I don't know how you can have a Democratic Majority in the House, Senate, and the Presidency, and still say, "but nice try blaming the Dems.. " With that standard, the Democrats can't be held responsible for
anything that's happened the past 3 years. Oh right... I can see why you would want to take that angle...
the GOP drug their feet,blocked votes,whined and threw every obstruction they had to fuck up the system. just like always, and there was no choice butto give them their way, which was an extension on the wealthiest along with the middle class..or they would fuck the rest of the country by letting all cuts expire, not to mention other issues as well that were up for grabs at that time...and really, who cares if they can't pay for that extension (haha-sure they care about deficits)..as long as the Koch Bros get their tax-cut the GOP will spend us into oblivion..
and I'm really tired of this fake idea you have and promote that just because the Dems had the house and senate they were able to do everything they wanted.. you have a very distorted memory and idea of how Congress actually works, since the GOP proved that being the minority doesn't stop them from obstructing every single item they wanted to obstruct....add that with this idea that the Dems are like the Borg-ish GOP, who all vote as one regardless of any personal conflicts...and you really do live in that bubble..
There are all kinds and styles of Dems.. conservative,middle,liberal.. some like the death-penalty and hate 'choice'.. some hate guns and love socialism.. now you can paint them all as Borg like you own party, who all vote as one single mind if you wish, but you'd be misinformed to do so..
not that that really matters with you any longer..
They did have a choice. They could have put it up a bill that only expanded the Bush tax cuts for just the middle class and put it up for a vote. There were no Tea Party in the House then, it would have passed easily. Boehner admitted as much in the article I linked. Don't blame the fact that Obama can't make a deal for shit on the Republican minority. I wish I could believe like you do that the Republican minority outmaneuvered the majorities in two houses of Congress and the smartest President in
forever. Fact is, they are not that good. Obama blinked.
At the very least, the dems could have done nothing at all and the tax cuts would have just expired. That has been the real Democratic goal since 2002 anyway.
And ultimately you end up blaming other Democrats, those conservative blue dogs because that aren't "Borg-ish." Well you don't have to worry about them anymore. They are almost gone now. The Democratic Party is becoming much more hard left. You should be happy about that. Celebrate good times! Come on!
