“Hey Moderates, do you hear me out there? I’m talking cuts to entitlements. I know I said it before but, this time I mean it.” (wink-wink)
Yep. This is pure Kabuki theater. Classic Obama strawman argumentation - “there are those who say absurd thing X; there are those who say absurd thing Y; I reject this false choice”. He is addicted to these arguments and is a blatant liar to boot.