Friday, September 16, 2011

“Do you believe seniors living in gutters is the future of ‘social security’?”


Rather than letting the Right frame the argument over Social Security by forcing the Left into a battle over semantics, the Left needs to refocus the issue to its core by asking the question, “Do you believe seniors living in gutters is the future of ‘social security’?”

I didn't say those things written above. Nicholas Wilbur on Muddy Politics wrote them and Angry Black Lady put them on Balloon Juice, my favorite blog.

His point is that we don't need to let the insane Republican presidential candidates frame this argument with their stupid Ponzi scheme bullshit.

"Social Security is a good program. It's not a retirement account, it's an anti-poverty program that provides some dignity to seniors."

Wilbur said that, too.

In other Republican insanity, Eric Cantor (gawd how I loathe him) tweeted: "While an all or nothing approach might make sense to some communicators, I hope the President realizes it would be better to work together."

As ABL wrote, you can't make this shit up. This, from the guy that runs the "No, by gawd, we won't" caucus?

I've already had to turn off my car radio. What's next? A nunnery?

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