Go ahead and believe what you've stated, simplistic though it may be. You probably think that 'personal accounts' will allow you to 'keep your money' too - and won't make an effort to actually figure out what you are being sold.
The cult of personality around the Admin that causes so many so-called conservatives to rush to abandon conservative priciples is mind-boggling.
What is not conservative about reaching out to particular groups and let them know that we believe in the same things they do? And doing it in their own language.
"You probably think that 'personal accounts' will allow you to 'keep your money' too"
I like what I've heard about this so far and am awaiting more info. My big worry is that it will over-inflate the value of everyone's stocks, causing a huge sell-off, essentially giving away all our social-security cash to smart investors.
1) Conservatives - I voted for Bush following 9/11 and started listening to the conservative programs like Rush, Hannity and Michael Graham, watching Fox News, etc. I'm hawkish on the war, I want to pay less taxes, I think the level of incivility in our culture is shocking, and perhaps a few other "conervative" things, but I'm not a robot. This guy, and Bush, is destroying the Democrats' monopoly on all-things-minority - and I love it. Idealism - be it conservative or liberal - has a place in the world, and that place is in forums like this, universities, books, etc. But it usually doesn't translate 1-to-1 when it gets applied. I'm capable of a certain level of hypocracy in my life. If speaking spanish to an empty room makes me less of a conservative, so be it.
The Spanish-speaking audience was in the room thanks to Spanish-language television cameras trained on Martinez. And what's wrong with a little stagecraft? It's an integral part of politics. Had Kerry not been such a bad actor, he might be president today.