There's an all to familiar saying that says, be careful what you wish for, you may just get it. I suspect that this is the way Obama, is feeling right about now.Obama, is running scared in a sense for the first time in his political career.Although he is running a round cherry picking the media he prefers to talk to make no mistake about it , he may say he is concerned about the layoffs and the severe military cuts that the sequester will no doubt cause but what he is really afraid of is the fact that if the Republicans, don't work with Obama and find a way to stop the pending sequester before March first. For the first time in Obama's political life he will be forced to accept responsibility for a political mess he chose to make.
The sequester, one will remember was a plan devised by the Senate Democrats, to force the super six to make definite budget cuts in the fall of 2011. As it turns out, the super six, composed of three top Republicans and three top Democrats, were not so super and found themselves either unable or unwilling to come to an agreement on any serious cuts in the federal budget. Automatic cuts were then triggered to go into place at the beginning of 2013. Since the super six, were unable to agree on acceptable budget cuts the sequester was designed to force cuts in federal spending. These proposed budget cuts were first triggered in late fall of 2011. No doubt Obama, thought that since the Republicans, were big supporters of the nation's military surely they would make some kind of deal with the Democrats before the end of 2012 and thus the automatic budget cuts that the sequester would impose would never come to pass indeed I recall Obama saying in the third of last years presidential debate that the sequester would not happen.
What Obama, didn't count on was the idea that Speaker Of the House John Boehner, would throw the the proposed sequester right back in his face so to speak By telling Obama, in essence you created this problem Mr President, now you solve it It would seem that one can not help being left with the impression that Boehner, is enjoying a since of revenge as he now realizes the political mess Obama, now finds himself in a mess, he made all by himself One can almost imagine that Boehner hopes the sequester goes into affect it's not as though Obama, would not deserve to have to answer to all of the members of the military for his pathetic arrogance. I recall not too long ago Obama, was more than willing to let the nation go over the fiscal cliff especially when he thought it would cripple the Republicans politically so one could hardly blame Boehner, if he wasn't enjoying Obama's present predicament at least a little. I do regret the jobs that will be lost if the sequester does go into effect and I hate to think of the nations military being reduced to levels not seen since before World War Two but I have to admit I'm rather enjoying seeing Obama, left to fester the sequester after all this could be the first time since Obama, became President that he will be forced to take responsibility for a political fiasco, that was his idea. Think of it, Obama, forced to take the blame for something, that would certainly be a new experience for him. As always, my friends, these thoughts remain just some words to think on.
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