Posted 9:55pm
pst, Friday, March 18, 2005
Worst
headline ever
Dubya's
daddy thinks privatization is dumb. Via The New
Republic:
GEORGE
H.W. BUSH DISAVOWS PRIVATIZATION:
... back in 1987.
Crack
TNR editorial assistant Ben Adler recently fished this H.W. Bush
quote out of the TNR archives (from the November 23, 1987 issue):
"I
think it's a nutty idea to fool around with the Social Security system
and run the risk of [hurting] the people who've been saving all
their lives.... It may be a new idea, but it's a dumb one."
For
those keeping score, the comment came in response to a question
from fellow presidential candidate Pete du Pont during a presidential
debate. Du Pont was an advocate of partially privatizing the program.
"Some of my best friends are
neocons."
-Senator Joe Lieberman, The New Yorker, 3/21/05
Yet
another reason to throw Joe to the hounds.
I'm
heading off to Hawaii in the morning, but will have the laptop with
me. Hoping to finally finish the first draft of my screenplay. Maybe
even start jotting down notes for the second one.
In
the interim, I'll probably post a guest blog by Passenger 58.
©2005 Ron
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