This clip of Cenk Uygur from last year gives you a hint as to why I'm not very felicitous towards the tax agreement that was struck tonight by Obama and the Repugs - all he had to do was let the damn tax cuts expire and try to pass his own next year and watch the Repugs try to contort themselves into opposing it.
But as always, they move the goalposts, Obama tries to find a "middle" somewhere between Broderella and Beckistan, and a "compromise" is reached that manages to punch a few hippies and leave the Repugs chortling about how their idiotic notions of governance are rewarded yet again. Mission accomplished (and I suppose we'll have to wait for another president someday to see this kind of urgency on job creation - and yes, I realize that Obama did what he did partly to free up unemployment benefits held hostage by the Repugs)...
...and it's hard to find some holiday cheer at the moment - maybe this will help.
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