It’s not his commitment to socialist and anti-American causes.
It’s not even the birth certificate and his eligibility issues.
I believe the issue that will take Obama down if Republicans make it an issue is his administration’s proposed budget cuts for active-duty military personnel and military retirees – but not civilian defense workers.
Obama has tipped his hand. He’s showing the entire country what he thinks about our military service people – the people who risk their lives for their country are worth less than civilian defense workers who push papers around in Washington.
Chances are you don’t know much about this story. There’s a good reason for that. The Big Media don’t want you to know, because they recognize the political radioactivity it represents. This is the Death Star for Obama’s re-election campaign. If Americans know about this – Republicans, Democrats and independents all oppose him.
Here are the details of the story broken by the intrepid Bill Gertz:
a.. “The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their health care, while leaving unionized civilian defense worker’ benefits untouched.”
b.. “Several congressional aides suggested the move is designed to increase the enrollment in Obamacare’s state-run insurance exchanges.”
c.. “The disparity in treatment between civilians and uniformed personnel is causing a backlash within the military that could undermine recruitment and retention.”
d.. “Significantly, the plan calls for increases between 30 percent to 79 percent in Tricare annual premiums for the first year. After that, the plan will impose five-year increases ranging from 94 percent to 345 percent – more than three times current levels.”
Think about this – and imagine how you would campaign against Obama on just this one issue.
U.S. military service people don’t get the equipment they need to do their jobs. They don’t have the manpower they need to complete their missions. Their families scrimp and sacrifice financially so they can serve their country. They risk their lives and give their lives for their country.
But, according to the Obama administration, unionized civilian defense workers, sitting behind their comfortable desks in Washington, deserve better treatment than our heroes serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere.
It’s almost unbelievable that Obama could serve up a slow-pitch softball like this for Republicans to knock out of the park.
It’s even more unbelievable that none of them has.
Which is why I write this column.
Obama needs to pay for this. Whether or not he backs off, whether or not Congress throws his budget out the window, whether or not these cuts are ever enacted, Obama needs to pay a big political price for showing his cards. Republicans need to remind Americans every day that Obama is the guy who wants to cut medical care for soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen – all while preserving the goodies for Washington bureaucrats.
Men and women who put their lives on the line, who risked their health and well-being, are treated like second-class citizens in ObamaWorld.
He signaled his absolute contempt for the U.S. military – not just the institution of the military, but the active-duty grunts on the front lines.
This is an easy one for the American people to understand.
So where are the Republicans?
Where are the talk-show hosts?
Where is the blogosphere chatter?
Obama has stepped in something very smelly here. Why aren’t more Obama critics making hay of it?
ALWAYS BARGAIN FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH
Obama and the Muslim brotherhood would like The United States to lose it’s “position of strength” and its bargaining power!
If we lose our military, we would lose our credibility in the world political arena. So, weaken our military and our credibility is weakened.
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Those of you who are not military or retired military, please forward to as many as you know that are. Those of you that are retired military, please send this to your friends!!!
“FORWARD TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW” Your friend
-Fukyermind Republican
I need to go take an Obama,burrito night!
What a heap of *HOG*WASH*! … words are patient!
This is because the military is waking up!
It’s insane that Obama would do this to our troops who actually provide a valuable service for the country and at the same time he spends more and more on entitlements that do little except keep people on the dole. If you listen carefully to his speeches, he’s constantly giving away “clues” to what he really believes. I for one think it’s unAmerican,
There is no issue that will derail Obama’s bid for re-election. That is because the Press will not touch any of it until after the election. As the MSM is where 90% of the US population gets their news, they will not be significantly aware of them. The general population is only upset by what the Press says they should be upset by. They are completely incapable of forming their own opinions or deciding which issues to be upset by. Therefore everything that Romney does is horrible and significant while things that Obama does, that are magnitudes worse are glossed over and “no big deal”.
The only way that Romney will win is for enough people to figure out that although Romney may not be ideal, he is far better than the devil we do know. IF the polls can be in anyway believed, there is very little chance that Americans have started thinking for themselves or searched out the truth about Obama.
WHAT DOES IT MATTER? For reasons defying ALL explanation… we Americans prefer to vote for the LESSER OF TWO EVILS… instead of STOPPING THE EVIL. We will vote the next Moron-in-Chief to Lead us to destruction… instead of SHOUTING OUT “WE’VE LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN BOTH OF YOU!!! OBAMA & ROMNEY!!!
They don’t care what you think. They don’t care what you say. YOU ALL ARE NOBODIES IN THERE EYES… WORSE… YOU SERVE THEM… and will obey. Why? If you don’t… Gas $$ goes up! Heating, electricity, food all INCREASE and hurt you… not them. Or, you will be forced to pay for those who refuse to work or get hurt and are uninsured.
BUT YOU WILL PLAY THE MINDLESS LEMMINGS… AGAIN… and vote one of these LOSERS in again. As a former Republican… I am SICKENED by the lies, cheating, underhandedness and MISTREATMENT of FAMILIES, WORKERS, SOLDIERS & SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. The PRESIDENTS <– plural HAVE ALL DECLARED WAR ON U.S.
How much more are you going to take??
THE NO. 1 ISSUE THAT WILL DEFEAT ROMNEY!
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Benny, your letter of hatred against Mitt Romney lack of tax payment was very enlightening…. The way you use bullet points to display his lack of leadership and his Mexican heritage and Mormon Principles..
KOLAB will be proud of you Tinkerbell.