Elaine Marshall, Senate Candidate in North Carolina, Calls for Alan Simpson’s Firing

[ccharles000]

Today’s the day of Democrats calling for firings, I guess. On top of Tom Perriello wanting Tim Geithner to step down, Elaine Marshall, the Senate candidate who is close to even in polls against Republican incumbent Richard Burr in North Carolina, announced in a speech today that Alan Simpson should resign as co-chair of the deficit commission.

“Alan Simpson’s remarks were disrespectful to women and to social security recipients. He should resign or the President should fire him,” Marshall said, speaking at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte.

“The fact that he thinks this way shows that he can’t do his job with an open mind. We should be doing everything in our power to strengthen and protect Social Security, not attacking the recipients who depend on it.”

Simpson sent a series of derisive emails to critics, not only filled with name-calling and attacks but reflecting a staggeringly ignorant view of Social Security. He apologized for the name-calling, but most of the groups calling for his resignation didn’t let up. As Marshall says, the emails show that Simpson “can’t do his job with an open mind.” This has been true for a long time now, as Simpson has an unbroken 30-year record of advocating benefit cuts. He shouldn’t come within 1,000 feet of any decision over retirement security, given his predisposition.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/08/26/elaine-marshall-senate-candidate-in-north-carolina-calls-for-alan-simpsons-firing/

[dflprincess]

1. The administration has already said it accepted Simpson's apology

Though why they get to make that decision is beyond me but, of course, Simpson didn't say anything that upset Fox.

I wonder when the White House is going to figure out that this time they're not snubbing just the left wing of the party? This time they've been content to throw both women & seniors under the bus. Probably not the best groups to have angry with you.

[WI_DEM]

2. I'm a big supporter of the president, but on this he is wrong--get rid of Simpson.

[IndianaGreen]

3. The entire Catfood commission should be disbanded!

If the Afghan escalation was a major blunder, then a Catfood Commission packed with enemies of Social Security and Medicare, was an apocalyptic blunder.