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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (705958)	3/26/2013 6:11:03 PM
From: SilentZ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573145

>The problem is that I don't, especially after Obama went on full campaign mode months after his re-election and telling everyone just how bad sequestration would be. Except he didn't. He was very realistic in his discussions about sequestration. I've already shown that. That was a Republican talking point, no more. >Hence I can't see the closing of the White House tours as anything other than Obama playing politics. In that context, anything is fair game, including the actions of the star of that trashy reality show, "Celebrity Apprentice." There are a zillion things in the sequestration plan that are not as public as the White House tours. The Republicans picked up on one very unimportant thing and started screaming bloody murder. That's playing politics. To quote Jay Carney: “We’ve been dealing with questions about this every day, quite a few of them. And as the President has said, and I and others have said, this is a very unfortunate circumstance that is a result of the sequester. And it was an unhappy choice that had to be made,” he said, adding moments later. “And I think it’s always important to remember, of course, that when we talk about that unfortunate outcome or result of the sequester, that we recognize that the impacts of the sequester go beyond whether or not people are going to be able to have tours of the White House. And in some ways you might say some of the impacts are even more unfortunate — families who lose slots in Head Start, or families who experience layoffs or furloughs around the country.” Besides, what the heck does Obama have to gain politically from closing White House tours? I really don't understand. -Z