On the Road Again...

Talking Points Memo has some recent news from Bush's latest stop on the Bamboozlepalooza Social Security Tour here:

At the Reichert townhall meeting in Bellevue last night, I'm told that one of the biggest laugh lines (at least in the crowd's opinion) came when Treasury spokesman Rob Nichols insisted that there would be no transition costs under President Bush's phase-out plan.

Bush is going to magically pull the money needed to fund this plan straight out of his ass. He stumbles through his explanations of the details--no wonder people are confused. Not to mention that only Republicans and pro-Bush people may attend these carefully staged events. It's almost as if they are reading from a pre-determined script in these town hall meetings.  Holden at First-Draft has some of the transcript between Bush and the "panelists" here.

The majority of Americans are opposed to Bush's privatization plan because most Americans have common sense. Why dismantle a trusted proven system and opt for risky investment in the stock market? Privatization simply does not work. Markets that are too free become corrupted by greedy capitalist thugs if not properly monitored. The Democrats need to be bold and come out with their own plan to save Social Security. This will ensure Bush's crushing defeat and put an end to his silly traveling dog & pony show.

Roll up, Roll up for the Mystery Tour, Step Right This Way...

Comments

[Laura Bush]

Dude, righteous rap on my fave right winger. Oh, and go
put your thingie in front in that place out back. Gotta go. Books to be burned, you know.

[Gretchen Ross]

Oh no...not Bush's face on my favourite Beatle album! LOL :)

The Life Box is fitting on so many levels. General Mills are whores to the GOP and Sinclair.

Did you also know that General Mills puts poison in its Cheerios in America? Probably not, most people don't. I couldnt make this up. They use wallpaper stripper instead of baking soda because the compound is cheaper. Their response? "Its only a little". Sure, a little poison here, a little poison there...

I stopped buying GM and Kellogs for political and ethical reasons.

[karenas]

Laura, you are a hoot. No wonder that frisky Bush married you.

[not1jot]

Come on folks... everybody knows there won't be any social security by the time we reach retirement age! All this moaning and groaning over who's gonna do this and who's gonna do that... hell, nobody's gonna do anything! The government will keep taking your money, and your politicians will keep spending it! LOL! Do you honestly think "they" give a rats ass about what "you" are gonna need when you're old and decrepit? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA! Not in this country, sister...
As for the breakfast cereal, I'm shocked that people are still shoveling that processed cardboard into their pie holes... that's a shame... if you're hungry in the morning, eat an apple, orange, banana, etc. The frankenfood effect is much less noticeable in these items... although I'm sure it's there.

Peace, love and fresh fruit... REAL fruit...