Obama promises sequester pain until GOP raises taxes [VIDEO]

President Barack Obama today doubled down on his sequester strategy, and promised weeks of accumulating pain for the public until the GOP cries uncle on taxes.

“If Congress comes to its senses — a week from now, a month from now, three months from now — then there’s a lot of open running room there for us to grow our economy much more quickly and to advance the agenda of the American people dramatically,” he told reports at a midday press conference today.

“So this is a temporary stop on what I believe is the long-term, outstanding prospect for American growth and greatness,” he claimed.

But he tried to head off GOP charges that he’s putting the government on strike until he squeezes extra taxes from the public.

“Let’s be clear,” he insisted. “None of this is necessary. It’s happening because of a choice that Republicans in Congress have made. They’ve allowed these cuts to happen, because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit.”

Bambi is pitching a fit as we say in the south.

“Let’s be clear,” he insisted. “None of this is necessary. It’s happening because of a choice that Republicans in Congress have made. They’ve allowed these cuts to happen, because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit.”

The president is an emboldened liar thanks to the last election. I doubt America has ever seen such a display of corrupt leadership.

I think he did too.