Social Security Hearing Takes Partisan Turn - Guardian

[rndmprsn]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5001746,00.html

its official...we have spine! proud as hell of dean, reid, boxer, kerry, biden, conyors, kucinich, etc you know...for standing up to these arrogant extremists in power.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats turned a hearing on Social Security into a forum for fresh criticism of President Bush on Thursday, repeatedly accusing him of seeking to privatize the program and cut benefits for million of retirees.

``The level of ignorance is pretty deep here,'' protested Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La. ``I'm beginning to think it's on purpose.'' But his complaint did nothing to stem the Democratic assault. ``You don't like the term. I'm sorry. It's privatization,'' said Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich...

But Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., said Republicans control the government. ``And if they can't do something about Social Security it rests entirely on their shoulders,'' he said.

At one point, a few committee Democrats walked down the hall for a made-for-television event designed to show that Bush's plans for Social Security would hurt middle-income people in the districts represented by Thomas and other Republicans on the committee.

Back inside the ornate committee room, the political bickering continued...

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Well cool!!

[Mel]

2. Bwahhh! haaa! ha!

I just had to put this last paragraph up. Haaa! ha!

Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., who once worked for Clinton, noted the favorable comments Republicans had made during the day about the former chief executive. ``If you can sign a card I'll pass it along,'' he said sarcastically.

[EC]

3. We should be asking them if they meant

that our whole form of government is a failure and if that is why they are trying to ditch the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and all our freedoms.


"This thing about liberal Democrats. What are they liberal about,'' said Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Ky. ``They don't want to change anything'' and want to ``use the same old way of governing the country that have failed and continue to fail.''

[rndmprsn]

4. great slap-down talking point.

* Republicans control the government. ``And if they can't do something about Social Security it rests entirely on their shoulders,''