Reply #7: Rahm Emmanuel was an embarassment

[phillysuse]

Agree totally - if this is who will be representing us in public,
we are even in more trouble than I thought.

Points to make about Social Security:

1. Bush lied - about the figures
2. Social Security is an insurance contract - in fact one of the programs is SSDI - i.e. Social Security Disability Insurance - this
is what pays for younger workers who are disabled and widows and children of individuals who die young - are we ready to replace
an insurance policy by a stock market crap shoot?
3. He should have used the word PIRATIZATION - that's what Bush is trying to do.
4. Paul O'Neill has a very sensible editorial in the NYTimes today about Social Security - at the very least he could have quoted this if he had nothing to say himself. Paul O'Neill talks about requiring savings and using the Social Security mechanism to collect savings and to supplement individuals whose income is low. This is a good starting off position for a debate but we clearly need someone more able than Rahm Emmanuel as our spokeperson.

Regarding Iraq - he's still stuck in the John Kerry wishy washy I voted for the 89 million before I voted against it.

Take a lesson from a Democrat with courage - General Wesley Clark - his position is clear:

It was the WRONG war at the WRONG time in the WRONG place!

None of this bull about the war was the right thing to do whether there were no weapons of mass destruction or not.

The war was against the wrong enemy - the military has done a terrific job but the whole idea and plan was misinformed and dangerous.

It's the concept that need fixing.