Reply #77: You can see the baseless assumptions all around you. [View All]

[Radical Activist]

In the current thread and this one:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8644408&mesg_id=8644408

If this is really about the issue then why not wait until the commission actually proposes something before declaring it's an attack on Social Security? Any criticism of policy is speculative at this point. So far Obama has consistently held a position that all of us agree with.

Your own cryptic suggestion that this is part of a pattern with some kind of bad result is mind reading and speculation. The committee's makeup could also be designed to build support among Republicans for a tax increase in areas outside of social security. We don't know yet.

It doesn't appear that someone is most concerned about issues when they have trouble sticking to facts. For some of us it really is about accuracy and we've seen too many people crying wolf about Obama. Do you see how speculative, exaggerated accusations get in the way of discussing issues? It turns the discussion to defending Obama from unfair attacks instead of keeping the focus on the issues.