Reply #19: I can tell he was lying by looking at his economic team appointments. [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

If he wanted to address the REAL problem, he could have done something about it in the fist six months of his term, when he had a solid majority in both houses. He waited until the last minute becasue he WANTED to wait till the last minute. How fucking difficult would it have been to buttonhole Pelosi and say - "let's take this issue away from the republicans in the next election by passing a bill NOW that extends the middle-class tax cuts and lets the cuts for the wealthy expire. That way, next year they won't be able to hold it over our heads."

Instead, he extends the cuts for another two years, so the Republicans can use it again against him then. He is NOT that dumb that he would have done it unless that was exactly what he wanted to do.

IOW, he's a liar.