Original Blog Entry: Obama Scuttles 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal?

CajunWin4 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:57:04 GMT

Obama Scuttles Fiscal Cliff Deal?

Monday, December 31, 2012

This afternoon, in one of the more bizarre appearances of his presidency, Barack Obama gave a televised address to a room full of supporters on the fiscal cliff. He broke no news, but mocked Congress, and hinted at future tax hikes. Observers worried that he may have deliberately scuttled a potential agreement.

Even though he has come off his last campaign for political office, President Obama acted like a candidate on the campaign trail one prepared to use whatever political capital he had accumulated to take shots at the opposition in Congress at the very moment leaders from both sides are trying to work together.

Less a President, Obama behaved more like an ESPN talking-head making fun of RG III s knee injury.

Obama s address, which you can watch below, was held basically to announce that some other people are working on solving the fiscal cliff crisis. They are close, Obama reported, but they aren t quite there yet. He then proceeded to make some jokes about Congress, to warm applause from his selected audience. Smug doesn t come close to capturing the true nature of his tone.

Read more: http://patriotupdate.com/2012/12/obama-scuttles-fiscal-cliff-deal/#ixzz2GgHLphXC

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