[eureka!]

"He has brilliantly coopted the New Deal and Dem programs of the GI Bill and flipped them into the "ownership society" by "reforming" them so that they become increasingly privatized. This is hugh! "

I mad the same observation a couple days ago. Hence the 'rats addy saying don't touch SocSec (nee FDR's legacy).It is hugh, and the left is seriesly p*ssed, scared and resolute. We're in for a great ride...

[LS]

Hehehe. Conservatives are upset because he acts on these programs---and changes them for the better---but doesn't boast about it (rub it in). Liberals are upset because he is actually affecting change.

I understand that we want it all: we want the change AND to "rub it in." But Bush, like Lincoln, knows that change itself is hard enough without turning the losers into suicide bombers.