Posted on 02/03/2005 10:15:54 AM PST by Nice50BMG
I watched the State of the Union address. I've been around long enough to know whether there is momentum or not. President Bush's most important proposal in the next four years, privatizing Social Security will pass congress.
I wasn't sure about it. A lot of Democratic and liberal groups were making a good case. I thought they might succeed in frightening enough Republican politicians, who might run for reelection, to derail the proposal. I thought they would be able to convince most Americans that Social Security wasn't a problem.
When I saw the Iraqi lady hug Mrs. Norwood, the mother of the marine, who died during the assault on Falluja, I knew the president would get his way. It's about trust.
The president took this country to war even though the nation was divided. He asked the American people to trust him. It was in our national interest to liberate Iraq. Half the country doubted him.
The elections in Iraq on Sunday and the hug the two ladies shared, made one thing clear to most Americans, president Bush was right. Even the doubters can't deny Bush is succeeding in Iraq.
The president has shown he can be trusted. It means Americans right now have enough confidence in president Bush to allow him to lead them on the Social Security issue. I have no doubt that it will pass.
This can't be real?
is the dialy diary like a bialy?
Won't stop 'em from trying to deny it.
Oh wait, he wrote this today: "
I want to come back to the comments I made regarding last night's SOTU address. I had a good night’s sleep so I’m clearer in my thinking now.
All I can say about president Bush and his political skills as a 30 year veteran of politics myself is Bush is good. Very good. As I said yesterday, the Democratic party stands no chance in preventing the partial privatization of Social Security."
Prepare yourself for 4 years of Hillary and Bill becoming more moderate. They may be evil, but they are not stupid.
Sacry. But even when the right words come out of his mouth, one has to question the ulterior motive for what he says.
Character mattters.
Frankly, in a way I'd rather deal with a sincere leftist than someone who appears always to be "triangulating" and weighing every word.
Someone like a Paul Wellstone (whose views I strongly disagreed with) was at least sincere.
Clinton rarely is, from what I can see.
President Bush’s solution is taking tax money funding SS and putting that into private accounts. Just think about it. How is partially cutting the flow of money going into SS a solution to the problem?
The problem and the solution don’t match. The reason for this is simple. President Bush isn’t really trying to save SS as his prime objective. What he wants to do is take money going to the government to fund SS and put it in people’s pockets in the form of private retirement funds. In other words, the president is actively pursuing his vision of an ownership society.
more from Clinton's diary entry today:
President Bush knows one thing. Americans, at least the baby boom generation and generation X don’t save money out of their own free will. That’s why he wants to force them to save and invest by making it a legal requirement.
Using the solvency or insolvency of SS is just a tool to force-create his ownership society. Not just that, it’s also the only large scale government program he could use to divert money from.
It's real. FR doesn't allow direct links to blogspot, but I exercised a little judicious rule bending (tinyurl) because of the significance of this statement... "Even the doubters can't deny Bush is succeeding in Iraq."
You do know that this is a parody, right?
Is this really for real?
It's NOT REAL.
I agree with Bubba, as well...but..what does he want in return?
Exactly right. There was a marked difference in Hillary's demeaner last night as opposed to last year.
http://billclintondailydiary.blogspot.com/
must be a fake
I like how on CNN right now they are showing Clinton presenting the EXACT same social security plan in '99. W just needs to take Clinton on tour with him if he's going to be this cooperative!
Ever notice that Billary can get away with saying pretty much anything and the DUmmies never attack them?
A paypal donation to his weblog...
Come on people, this is a hoax.
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