Does she really think we don’t remember how Senator Joe Lieberman (?-Conn.) tried to sabotage Democratic efforts to fight the Bush Administration’s horrible Social Security plans? As Jane Hamsher explains, the answer is “apparently.”
Paul Krugman exposes the fuzzy math and lies behind claims that President George W. Bush’s latest Social Security proposal is a better deal for the poor than the rich. It is another valuable must-read column. Let’s consider the Bush tax cuts and the Bush benefit cuts as a package. Who gains? Who loses? Suppose you’re [...]
I see our so-called liberal media wasted no time in sucking up to President George W. Bush. Josh Marshall and Sam Rosenfeld explain how gullible reporters got sucked into the misinformation field surrounding this chief executive.
Billmon points us towards this rather troubling picture. As the Guardian describes it: Africa’s tallest mountain, with its white peak, is one of the most instantly recognisable sights in the world. But as this aerial photograph shows, Kilimanjaro’s trademark snowy cap, at 5,895 metres (1,934ft), is now all but gone – 15 years before scientists [...]
Bob Somerby at the Daily Howler asks a wonderful question of our so-called liberal media: why do they continue to write stories about established facts as if they were just partisan talking points? He explains yet another example of this error, appearing on the front page of the so-called liberal New York Times: “KORNBLUT (3/5/05): [...]
As Atrios points out, Paul Begala today on CNN sent a much-needed message to any Democrat who thinks he or she should throw the Republicans a lifeline with a compromise to President George W. Bush’s irresponsible Social Security plan: And yet rumors abound that Democrats, perhaps even former vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, will find [...]
One need look no further than this story to understand how Democrats have consigned themselves to the political wilderness: we keep snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Are we threatening to do so again? This has not been a good week for Congressional Republicans when it comes to Social Security privatization. Many of their [...]
Over on TAPPED, Matthew Yglesias has some wise words for any Democrat who may be considering an attempt to cut a Social Security deal with the White House: Democrats are winning this fight, and should accept nothing less than surrender. Once the GOP has given up on phasing out the plan, we can either start [...]
In today’s New York Times, we learned that former advisers to the Swift Boat Veterans for TruthLies have now been hired to go after the AARP because it dares oppose President George W. Bush’s irresponsible Social Security privatization scheme. Perhaps that means we are going to be subjected to more ads like this one, currently [...]
Paul Krugman makes an essential observation today, noting that when it comes to tax cuts and Social Security, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is not an impartial fountain of information. When it comes to these subjects, Greenspan is just another political hack. And Democrats should start pointing that out. Greenspan made President George W. Bush’s [...]
