<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Next Four&nbsp;Years]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Here is the frustration I&#8217;ll be feeling for the next four years in a <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjA4MTZmYWVhOTkyYWExZTRjYTZiNmU5M2Q4ZWU5ODg=" target="_blank">nutshell</a>.</p>
<p>Obama, to nobody&#8217;s surprise, voted for the Farm Bill that he previously slammed as an effort by &#8220;the lobbyists&#8221; to give money away to agribusiness.</p>
<blockquote><p>What changed? According to a spokesman, Obama&#8217;s harsh words for the Senate version referred to its &#8220;failure to cap subsidy payments.&#8221;</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the thing: The Senate version of the Farm Bill capped subsidy payments <em>at exactly the same level</em> as the final version of the bill.</p></blockquote>
<p>So McCain, writing in an op-ed, weighs in:</p>
<blockquote><p>I am not opposed to providing a reasonable risk management for farmers. When farmers suffer from a natural disaster such as droughts or floods, we should assist them.</p></blockquote>
<p>We should, Senator? Please point out just where in the Constitution &#8220;we&#8221;, meaning the Federal Government, is allowed to do so?</p>
<p>Nothing like &#8220;I&#8217;m not quite as big a liberal as my opponent&#8221; to fire up the base.</p>
<p>We are <em>so</em> screwed.</p>
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