Obama's 17 Dimensional Chess and John Boehner's Reason to Cry

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Obama's 17 Dimensional Chess and John Boehner's Reason to Cry

Edited on Sun May-15-11 05:27 PM by babylonsister

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Obama's 17 Dimensional Chess and John Boehner's Reason to Cry
Sunday, May 15, 2011 | Posted by Deaniac83

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Apart from the hilarity of the idea that the same freshmen House Republicans who owe their seats to the anti-Obama hatred, obstructionism, racism and lies for sheer political gain now begging President Obama to be nice to them, they miss the point that this isn't just politics; this is about exactly what they did on policy - voting to end Medicare. The Teapublicans should add a new word to their vocabulary: accountability.

John Boehner has got to be the dumbest speaker in the recent history. He pushed through the House a vote to end Medicare in order to give millionaires more tax breaks knowing full well that it would never pass the Senate or get through the President's veto pen. Yet, showing inexplicable political stupidity, he put every last House Republican on the record on this. And what's worse, he did it two days after the President issued the warning in Paul Ryan's face that he would hold the Republicans accountable.

Ahh, but couldn't one look back at the sequence of events - Paul Ryan's announcement of his Path to Poverty, followed by Obama taking him to task in a speech Ryan sat in the audience, a vote in the House to pass the Ryan plan, including ending Medicare - and think that there was a masterful stroke of political genius involved in this from Obama and his team? President Obama knows full well what the Republican leadership hates the most: being put in their spot, seeming to be losing, being exposed. Especially by a black guy. Call me crazy, but I think the President knew exactly what he was doing when he put Paul Ryan in the audience for his speech attacking the Ryan plan. He knew he would tick the Republicans off enough that they would take this vote just to get back at him. And then, the Democrats would turn around and cream the Republicans on this. 17-dimensional chess? I don't know, but the President certainly seems to be thinking a few steps ahead of the Republicans and John Boehner. :D

Boehner and Ryan, of course, stepped right into it thanks to both their hatred for Obama and their greed on behalf of their corporate overlords. Which, in turn, I am sure, has caused many a tears from Speaker Boehner.

What the President did represented masterful execution of political skills, sure. But even more than that, it demonstrated Barack Obama's commitment to preserving, protecting and defending the social compact of the New Deal and the Great Society. Let us never forget that when it matters - whether we are trying to save the great American social compact, extending the promise of health insurance, regulating Wall Street, or fighting for civil and equal rights - President Obama has always stood by us without wavering. His political skills are legendary, but the real reason we stand by him and support him is because he and the Democratic party give voice to ordinary Americans. The 17 dimensional chess and John Boehner's reason to cry all ultimately lead us to a more just, more progressive society.