A "spitting-coffee-all-over-the keyboard" moment
''Our children's retirement security is more important than partisan politics."
--George W. Bush during last night's State of the Union address
"Norquist made his case that the current majority of investors are Republicans and therefore privatizing social security and making all of Americans investors will naturally make more people Republicans. According to Norquist, the privatization of social security will have the added benefit of protecting corporations as well, because the public will view Democrat’s attacks on corporations as hurting their personal retirement futures. "
From People for the American Way's summary of a Grover Norquist speech.
On this one, I agree with the President. This is too important for partisan politics. Ergo, the President's proposal to privatize Social Security must be defeated.
Speak of things that make me spit my beverage of choice all over the poor laptop, did anyone happen to catch the White House's response to the Armstrong Williams et. al. pundit-payola scandal? Scott McClellan, bless his heart, said that paying pundits was wrong and that the President's proposals should be able to stand on their own merit.
Since when?
This is an administration that has somehow managed to dwarf Bill Clinton's legendary spending on pollsters. They've purchased punditry to push their views. They've invented all manners of fake crisis to try to scare people into going along with whatever the cause du jour might be (tort reform, social security, invading other countries that aren't really a threat to us...you get the idea). When they roll out the budgets to the press, they only present the parts that make it look like the deficit will be cut. When the real budget is released several days later, it's old news.
I would love for the President to try to present his ideas in an un-spun fashion. He claims that there's a liberal "filter" in the media, which is absurd. His proposals sink under the weight of things like "facts" and "math." As soon as his proposals pass muster with those two, then perhaps I'll start listening about this liberal filter he complains about.
--George W. Bush during last night's State of the Union address
"Norquist made his case that the current majority of investors are Republicans and therefore privatizing social security and making all of Americans investors will naturally make more people Republicans. According to Norquist, the privatization of social security will have the added benefit of protecting corporations as well, because the public will view Democrat’s attacks on corporations as hurting their personal retirement futures. "
From People for the American Way's summary of a Grover Norquist speech.
On this one, I agree with the President. This is too important for partisan politics. Ergo, the President's proposal to privatize Social Security must be defeated.
Speak of things that make me spit my beverage of choice all over the poor laptop, did anyone happen to catch the White House's response to the Armstrong Williams et. al. pundit-payola scandal? Scott McClellan, bless his heart, said that paying pundits was wrong and that the President's proposals should be able to stand on their own merit.
Since when?
This is an administration that has somehow managed to dwarf Bill Clinton's legendary spending on pollsters. They've purchased punditry to push their views. They've invented all manners of fake crisis to try to scare people into going along with whatever the cause du jour might be (tort reform, social security, invading other countries that aren't really a threat to us...you get the idea). When they roll out the budgets to the press, they only present the parts that make it look like the deficit will be cut. When the real budget is released several days later, it's old news.
I would love for the President to try to present his ideas in an un-spun fashion. He claims that there's a liberal "filter" in the media, which is absurd. His proposals sink under the weight of things like "facts" and "math." As soon as his proposals pass muster with those two, then perhaps I'll start listening about this liberal filter he complains about.
posted by No. 6 at 9:18 AM
