Just how dense is President Obama?

Pretty darn dense would be my answer and here’s why.

Back in the summer of 2011, when a another debt crisis just like the one this year was the talk of Washington, our President warned that the social security checks would not go out! Then, as a period of haggling with the Republicans, the raising of the ceiling was agreed to after Obama accepted an honest deficit-reduction plan. That was a couple of years ago and not surprisingly, right after that shining moment, the government launched itself on a spending spree that eclipsed anything it had done in the past. So much for honor among politicians!

Now cycle forward to 2013 and the nation faces yet another crisis concerning the raising of that darn old ceiling. Once again our President, great leader that he is, is using fear to challenge those mean old Republicans. (A body of legislators who increasingly are sounding like a peevish old woman who is trying to stop here devil may care and unemployed husband from maxing out all the credit cards). ‘Something will come up’, he smoothly intones to his wife as he slides out the door…

Only, now, something has changed in the basic mix. Obama, a man who’s not been known as a very smooth negotiator, has drawn a line in the sand. ‘No more talk about reducing spending’, he insists, ‘as a matter of fact I plan on increasing our spending to the max (he actually refers to this using a Democratic code word – investments)!’ In other words, Obama, forced to negotiate an increase in 2011, has pledged not to negotiate again. Uh, did he just paint himself into a corner?

So, where will that put the nation? Almost half the US population are on some form of entitlements and they are understandably scared to death when someone talks about their checks getting cut off. And, now this little internal drama is set to go off, on schedule. We all get to watch Washington, at her best, as both sides battle each other to win the day. The only problem is, no matter what the outcome is, Americans have already been handed a pile of horse manure. The problem is, they don’t know it yet…