Does this really need to be explained on a liberal dem discussion site? yep.

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215. You know what's

"thank you for explaining this. As preposterous as it may seem - some people here genuinely don't get or are in a childlike state of denial or are simply being obtuse or."

..."obtuse"? Pretending that something that Republicans have been pushing for decades has been suddenly made "legitimate" by a proposal that had zero chance of passing, and is now no longer being proposed.

I mean, "HE MADE SOCIAL SECURITY 'REFORM' LEGITIMATE"?

Is that what everyone who support that message going to be screaming in response to Republicans' whining that they didn't get their way?

Obama under fire for backtracking on trims to Social Security
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/20/officials-obama-drops-budget-cost-living-trims/

Damn that Obama, "HE MADE SOCIAL SECURITY 'REFORM' LEGITIMATE"

House Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) office responded by strongly criticizing the White House for abandoning Social Security cuts.

"This reaffirms what has become all too apparent: the president has no interest in doing anything, even modest, to address our looming debt crisis," said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Boehner. "The one and only idea the president has to offer is even more job-destroying tax hikes, and that non-starter won’t do anything to save the entitlement programs that are critical to so many Americans. With three years left in office, it seems the president is already throwing in the towel."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obama-to-drop-social-security-cuts-budget

Damn that Obama, "HE MADE SOCIAL SECURITY 'REFORM' LEGITIMATE"

At some point, one will realize that this point is absurd given the news.