Reply #5: Not just tonight. It's been going on for some time now. [View All]

[Tatiana]

I saw the writing on the wall when Alan Simpson wasn't fired from his position as co-chair of the Catfood Commission.

In case everyone forgot:

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/25

Carson criticized Simpson for repeatedly describing his Social Security opponents as "Pink Panthers," arguing that the description had sexist connotations.

His email is peppered with exclamation points and condescension. At one point he urged Carson to read a certain graph, "which I hope you are able to discern if you are any good at reading graphs."

Simpson concludes by implying that leading a major organization dedicated to the interests of middle-aged and elderly women is not "honest work."

"If you have some better suggestions about how to stabilize Social Security instead of just babbling into the vapors, let me know," he writes. "And yes, I've made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. You know 'em too. It's the same with any system in America. We've reached a point now where it's like a milk cow with 310 million tits! Call when you get honest work!"

This is how the man Obama appointed to head the Catfood Commission felt about Social Security. His viewpoints were well-known. It's obvious they didn't bother the President or Simpson would have been sacked. Simpson was used to set the tone for the upcoming drumbeat to weaken Social Security.

Any legislator who goes along with reducing SS benefits and/or raising the retirement age has betrayed core Democratic values and does not deserve to be re-elected.