Not this s*** again-the first time I heard that the GOP was going to destroy Social Security, I was a about 14 years old, and it was LBJ saying it on TV during his campaign against Barry Goldwater. My parents were laughing their asses off and saying what a transparent scare tactic it was, since the program had been doomed from the beginning. I have heard it repeated by ‘RATS like a mantra in every campaign since.
“but today we’re going to talk about Social Security. It’s an issue that some are saying, why would you want to talk about Social Security, it’s a tough political issue. I believe, John believes, people here believe that now is the time to confront a problem, not to pass it on to future Presidents and future Congresses. I mean, if you see a problem, I believe it is incumbent upon a leader to confront that problem”....Pres GW Bush—3/21/2005
http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/speeches/03.21.05.html