George Stephanaopouos to David Axelrod (Senior White House advisor….Obama’s Karl Rove)

I pressed Axelrod on whether Obama will draw a line in the sand and veto any bill that funds health care reform with tax hikes for people making under $250,000 a year — despite a pledge Barack Obama made during the 2008 presidential campaign not to raise taxes on the poor and middle-class.

“One of the problems we’ve had in this town is that people draw lines in the sand and they stop talking
to each other.  And you don’t get anything done. That’s not the way the president approaches us(LINK)….blah blah blah

The blah, blah, blah is short for a bunch of populist rhetoric about hard working people.

What strikes me is the “line in the sand”.  What Axelrod meant to say is that he won’t draw a line in the sand to his left. He’s worried about stopping the discussion. Republicans have already been shut out.

President Obama ran as a moderate (I know, any thinking person knew that was a load). Axelrod statement is absurd. The liberals in Washington aren’t going to abandon Obama if he remained a moderate. They wouldn’t abandon him if he kept a campaign promise. Barack Obama ran as a moderate, but he wants to sprint to the left now.

Dishonest politicians say what you want to hear on the stump. That sounds like the same ole Washington that has led to cynicism…the cynicism Barack Obama pledged to end. I guess he will get to that after he stops the sees from rising and puts an end to greedy capitalists.

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