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Well, the not-so-surprising news of the week out of Washington is that President Obama is now calling on Congress to schedule a straight vote on the Democrats' health care reform measure.
The new twist is that Democrats now recognize that their flawed plan, which has been met with stiff resistance from congressional Republicans and the American people, can only be passed on a pure party-line vote. So after a one-day, photo-op summit, President Obama has decided the time for negotiation has passed.
Now, to the majority of Americans who make their living outside of Washington, this idea of...
Reconciliation - Playing Parliamentary Games With America's Future
Not that Obamugabe apparently has any trouble doing the exact opposite of what he promised. What's scariest is the selection of promises he's choosing to uphold, starting with "fundamental transformation" into a society "based on social justice". Which means that if you have anything much, then what's yours is theirs, and what's theirs is theirs. Unless you're REALLY loaded; then you get to share in the skimming of all the other redistributions.