GOPer Campaigns On 'Fulfilling Bush's Vision' On Social Security

[babylonsister]

GOPer Campaigns On 'Fulfilling Bush's Vision' On Social Security
Christina Bellantoni | March 8, 2010, 5:22PM


While Washington Republicans are running from plans to privatize Social Security, one GOP House candidate in the south loves the idea and goes a step further - calling on her primary rival to unite behind George W. Bush.

We've been tracking where House Republicans stand on Rep. Paul Ryan's budget "roadmap" and noticed at Republican candidate Angela McGlowan has been talking about it in Mississippi's 1st Congressional district. Last week TPMDC wrote about that snaring the GOP's preferred candidate, state Sen. Alan Nunnelee on camera as he dodged a question about where he stands on the Ryan plan.

McGlowan, a former Fox News commentator, is taking it a step farther. She's challenging Nunnelee to join her in support of privatization. In a release Nunnelee said she was fully embracing Bush's 2005-era plan to "save Social Security."

"As Mississippi's next member of Congress, I pledge to pick up the mantle of President George W. Bush's battle to save Social Security - a program upon which so many of our elderly neighbors in Mississippi depend," she said in a statement.

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/goper-campaigns-on-fulfilling-bushs-vision-on-social-security.php

[tallahasseedem]

1. And she should go on and do that...

apparently she wasn't paying attention when Bush tried to sell this the first time and failed miserably. The Dems will have a field day with her.

[Arkana]

2. That's really chilling.

Not that it'll matter--there are enough Republicans that will never touch Social Security that privatization will never happen.

[babylonsister]

3. She's a former faux newz commentator-kind of says it all, doesn't it. nt

[opihimoimoi]

4. If she is running on that leg....she has to be ignorant of W's negative results re his gut feelings?

The guy has a shallow understanding of too many things and it showed in his 8 years at the Nations Helm.

Clearly he felt the way to "Idolization" was to be a "War President"...

Ever the Popular Bully....he and Buddies went the "They will believe anything we say...esp if we say it enough from many quarters....mode"...

RE: Privation SS??? It was a very Bad Idea Then and remains so....

If the lady insists...she invites loss of support...

and reveals desperation....choosing the wrong way to be "Different"

[indepat]

5. Surely all but the ignorant, stupid, or ideologically-blinded see where fulfillment of junior's

warped and extreme visions have brought us: perpetual wars, unsustainable budget deficits, loss of constitutional protections, a wrecked economy, the worst jobs and housing markets since the other great depression, and all the personal tragedies resulting therefrom. :P