For a change of pace, Bush's radio address today is on SOCIAL SECURITY.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050430.html

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This past week I addressed the nation to talk about the challenges facing Social Security. The Social Security system that Franklin Roosevelt created was a great moral success of the 20th century. It provided a safety net that ensured dignity and peace of mind to millions of Americans in retirement. Yet today there is a hole in the safety net for younger workers, because Congress has made promises it cannot keep. We have a duty to save and strengthen Social Security for our children and grandchildren.

In the coming week, I will travel to Mississippi to continue to discuss ways to put Social Security on the path to permanent solvency. I will continue to assure Americans that some parts of Social Security will not change. Seniors and people with disabilities will continue to get their checks, and all Americans born before 1950 will also receive their full benefits. And I will make it clear that as we fix Social Security we have a duty to direct extra help to those most in need, and make Social Security a better deal for younger workers.

We have entered a new phase in this discussion. As members of Congress begin work on Social Security legislation, they should pursue three important goals. First, I understand that millions of Americans depend on Social Security checks as a primary source of retirement income, so we must keep this promise to future retirees, as well. As a matter of fairness, future generations should receive benefits equal to or greater than the benefits today's seniors get.

In the days and weeks ahead, I will work to build on the progress we have made in the Social Security discussion. Americans of all ages are beginning to look at Social Security in a new way. Instead of asking whether the system has a problem, they're asking when their leaders are going to fix it. Fixing Social Security must be a bipartisan effort, and I'm willing to listen to a good idea from either party. I'm confident that by working together, we will find a solution that will renew the promise of Social Security for the 21st century.

[spanone]

1. I don't listen to this idiot posing as a president any longer.

Let him blab on.

[AlinPA]

2. I don't know anyone who has ever listened to a radio address by any

president, and I can say that except for the "debates", I never heard Bush* give a radio address or a speech on TV. The piece of s--t is almost impossible to listen to or look at. He is a complete stupid jerk.

[stray cat]

3. Does Bush ever do anything besides repeat his own soundbites?

I have yet to hear anything original from him or even to honestly answer and not sidestep anything but staged questions.

So how much of our money has he spent on his continuous roadtrips? Cheney must want him out of the way at the White House.

[bluedog]

4. he continues to waste FUEL OIL

hoe mush is he using for these states trips....I'm sure its plenty..he should do his FAIR SHARE and stop the bushshit travelinf to spread LIES!

:thumbsdown:
:puke:

[ibid]

5. Under Bush assertion is truth - and the media buys that concept

- or at least the media justifies its lies and bias by saying it buys that concept.

So Bush asserts people now believe that Social Security has a problem that must be fixed now - and I guess Sunday talking heads will repeat this as truth as will the print media.

[Inland]

6. "My plan is that somebody else come up with a plan. Thank you."

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