The Pelosi "pogrom"

[southpaw]

War criminals foggy? That's a little harsh.

[The Ancient Enemy]

Do us pinko commie Nazi homosexuals have bleeding hearts or NO HEART? Which is it this week?

[Lemmy]

1999: Republicans Booed Clinton's Entrance Many Republican lawmakers gave him a cool, though not impolite, reception. There were a smattering of boos when Clinton first entered the House chamber, but they were quickly drowned out by applause. Some Republicans barely applauded, or refused at all to clap. House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) were conspicuously silent. [Boston Herald, 1/20/99]

1998: Republicans Booed Clinton's Medicare Proposal Clinton's health-care initiatives, chiefly in the form of a medical bill of rights, found support on both sides, especially his attack on managed-care health-care plans. ... Clinton's proposal to expand Medicare to allow Americans as young as 55 to buy into the system drew shouts of "no" and some boos from Republicans during his speech. [Chicago Tribune, 1/28/98]

1997: Republican's Booed Clinton's Opposition to the Balanced Budget Amendment The Republican response was far warmer than perhaps any of Clinton's previous four State of the Union speeches. Time after time, Republicans jumped to their feet to join Democrats in applauding the president. Only once did they unmistakably and collectively show their disapproval--when Clinton spoke disparagingly of a GOP-sponsored constitutional amendment to balance the budget. Many Republicans hissed and some booed. [LA Times, 2/5/97]

1995: Republicans Booed Clinton and Walked Out During Speech The upheaval wrought by the Republican election landslide was visible throughout the president's State of the Union address - from the moment Speaker Newt Gingrich took the gavel to the striking silence that often greeted Clinton from the GOP. At one point, Republicans even booed. About 20 of them left as Clinton went on and on for an hour and 20 minutes. [AP, 1/24/95]

[foghorn]

Lemmy, you know those leftist rags have to be lying.

[southpaw]

Boston Herald, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, ya I would believe every word they printed. Wonder if they reported the recent discord during the SOTU with the same diligence.

TAE...comparing commies to Nazis...you had better read that history book a little closer because they are at the opposites ends of the political spectrum.

[southpaw]

How about the clip being run by FOX that has Harry Reid promoting the privatization of SS in 1999, the Clinton Plan. Now he against it. Another flip-flopper?

[Lemmy]

"Politically speaking, right now it's probably not doable," Sen. Pete Domenici (news, bio, voting record), R-N.M., said Thursday, citing lack of Democratic support.


"We should take this year to study the issue and come up with solutions," said Sen. Susan Collins (news, bio, voting record), R-Maine. She said there was no consensus for action now and that she had not made up her own mind.


Her Maine colleague, Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (news, bio, voting record), has said outright that she opposes diverting the program's taxes to pay for personal accounts. Snowe serves on the Senate Finance Committee that would handle any Social Security legislation, making the task before Republicans more daunting.


Not a single Senate Democrat has endorsed Bush's proposal.

[Lemmy]

Senator Murray is the Senator from the state of Washington.

Senator Murray Vows to Fight to Preserve Social Security

For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 3, 2005

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Senator Patty Murray this morning joined the Democratic Women of the Senate to declare her intention to fight to preserve the guaranteed benefit provided by Social Security for generations to come. Social Security is especially important to women, Murray said, and it's protection is essential as the debate on President Bush's proposals moves forward.


Citing the resounding success of the program in its 70 year history, Murray laid out a series of values and principles that must be preserved as Social Security reform discussions move forward. At the same time, she declared her strong opposition to President Bush's risky privatization scheme, saying it would do nothing to save the system while gambling the Social Security's guaranteed benefit on the stock market.

[foghorn]

But their methods of operation are very similar. Did you ever read "Red Fascism"?

[once a runner]

[quote="southpaw";p="82916"]TAE...comparing commies to Nazis...you had better read that history book a little closer because they are at the opposites ends of the political spectrum.[/quote]
So it it's ok for you to call us commies, then it's ok for us to call you Nazi's?

Maybe someone could tell me how privatizing SS will save the system. How will the ratio of what's going into SS to what is coming out of SS change? People will put less in and get less out. But won't the ratio of workers to retirees still drop to 3:1 or 2:1?

It seems that the only way to save the system is to either put more into or take less out of it.