{"id":29472,"date":"2013-03-02T01:50:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T00:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~3\/zSafxPLhi70\/"},"modified":"2013-03-02T01:50:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T00:50:43","slug":"obama-sequestration-is-dumb-its-going-to-hurt-but-we-will-get-through-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/obama-sequestration-is-dumb-its-going-to-hurt-but-we-will-get-through-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama: Sequestration Is \u2018Dumb,\u2019 It\u2019s \u2018Going to Hurt\u2019 but \u2018We Will Get Through This\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Obama: Sequestration Is \u2018Dumb,\u2019 It\u2019s \u2018Going to Hurt\u2019 but \u2018We Will Get Through This\u2019<\/h2>\n
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Braced for automatic budget cuts that he described as \u201cdumb\u201d and painful, the president said Friday, \u201cI\u2019m not a dictator\u201d and \u201cif Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say \u2018I need to go to catch a plane,\u2019 I can\u2019t have Secret Service block the doorway, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sequestration, the across the board budget cuts that began taking effect Friday, is no longer something to be avoided. It\u2019s a reality that the president blames on an unreasonable Congress. But, he says, the resiliency of the American people will prevail.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe will get through this,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not going to be an apocalypse, I think, as some people have said. It\u2019s just dumb. And it\u2019s going to hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president huddled Friday with leaders at the White House in a meeting largely considered to be a show of effort in advance of inevitable sequestration cuts.<\/p>\n

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Obama: Sequestration Is ‘Dumb,’ It’s ‘Going to Hurt’ but ‘We Will Get Through This’<\/h2>\n
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Braced for automatic budget cuts that he described as “dumb” and painful, the president said Friday, “I’m not a dictator” and “if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say ‘I need to go to catch a plane,’ I can’t have Secret Service block the doorway, right?”<\/p>\n

Sequestration, the across the board budget cuts that began taking effect Friday, is no longer something to be avoided. It’s a reality that the president blames on an unreasonable Congress. But, he says, the resiliency of the American people will prevail.<\/p>\n

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“We will get through this,” he said. “This is not going to be an apocalypse, I think, as some people have said. It’s just dumb. And it’s going to hurt.”<\/p>\n

The president huddled Friday with leaders at the White House in a meeting largely considered to be a show of effort in advance of inevitable sequestration cuts.<\/p>\n

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