Wednesday, January 26, 2005
More Republican necrophilia
Bush promotes “culture of life”; disinters, defiles late New York Senator
NYTimes:
posted by Dawkins : 1/26/2005 10:53:00 AM
NYTimes:
As he pushes ahead with his proposal to remake Social Security by adding private investment accounts, President Bush has so far failed to attract any prominent Democratic supporters.
At least, no prominent Democrats who are still alive.
Instead, Mr. Bush is taking cover under the reputation of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the New York Democrat who died nearly two years ago. Mr. Moynihan served as co-chairman of the commission Mr. Bush established in 2001 to recommend ways of establishing personal accounts, a fact the president and his aides mention almost every time they discuss the issue publicly.
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"I think it's odd or strange or unsettling that the Democrat being invoked here is dead and not able to defend or explain his position, which we all know he would have done with eloquence and passion," said [Maura] Moynihan [the senator's daughter]….
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"He supported Social Security plus," said Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic senator from Nebraska, who worked closely with Mr. Moynihan on Social Security legislation. "He said it should be on top of Social Security, not a carve-out or something that would take away from the guaranteed benefit."
Mr. Kerrey said that if Mr. Moynihan were around, he would object to the way his views were being characterized.
"If somebody stood up and said, 'Pat Moynihan supports my proposal to carve out retirement accounts from Social Security,' he'd say: 'Like hell I do. I don't support that,' " Mr. Kerrey said.
posted by Dawkins : 1/26/2005 10:53:00 AM
