CO-7 and Social Security
The Denver Post has an article on Democratic fundraising in Colorado.
In the article they note some of the funding is going to ads calling attention to Rick O’Donnell’s past flirtation with the anti-Social Security crowd, something O’Donnell new regrets.
Writing for a Newt Gingrich publication in 1995, O'Donnell called for the end of Social Security, saying it was time to "slay the largest government 'entitlement' program of all."
The Washington Post reports on Ed Perlmutter’s turn in the Democrat’s weekly radio address on Social Security.
"We can and must stop them - right now, before it's too late," Ed Perlmutter said in the Democrats' weekly radio address. "Just last year, Democrats stood up to President Bush and the Republicans in Congress, and fought back against this dangerous proposal and defeated it." ...the Republican plan would "threaten senior citizens who worked hard, played by the rules and simply seek to live their golden years with some financial stability and security." Instead of looking out for taxpayers' interests, Republicans "are sending billions of dollars to special interests in giveaways that taxpayers are paying for," he said. "There has never been a more critical moment to ensure that we take our nation in a new direction.”The last time President Bush decided to spend his political capital, he went after Social Security, one of the significant turning points in the 2005 collapse of his popularity. It seemed the longer President Bush pushed his program, the less popular it became. The AARP and America’s seniors did not take the GOP plan lying down. Ed Perlmutter, in contrast, has won the AARP’s Outstanding Legislative Service Award. This is an issue where America trusts the party that invented Social Security.
Leo Brown | September 25, 2006 | Comment on This Post (0 so far) |
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