I don’t buy the ‘duped’ part either. During that infamous lame-duck session, the GOP was on fire, fighting tooth-and-nail for the Bush tax rates. After they got that, they just caved in to Obama on EVERYTHING else. It was beyond pathetic.
Getting the tax issue was all well and good, but the GOP’s pathetic disinterest in every other damned issue was a very, very telling moment. I’ve lost almost every shred of confidence I once had in the Party.
I agree they were not duped. They do not care about the average military member. They are going after active duty pay and benefits under the guise of eliminating waste in the DOD. They already disavow retirees while bending over for union pension funds. They never have to sleep next to an openly gay man who already threatened him if he turned him in for sex in the barracks or rape. What do they care duped, hardly.