SP Times: shame on John McCain

[Cocoa]

finally someone besides MediaMatters.org calls McCain on his blatant lie.

The dems should puncture McCain's overinflated reputation the way Harry Reid did with Greenspan. McCain is an even bigger hack than Greenspan.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/25/news_pf/Opinion/Shame_on_John_McCain.shtml

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The administration is trying to demonize AARP, which is putting up a spirited fight against private accounts. Bush and McCain suggested that older Americans are standing in the way of change to protect their own retirement incomes - an insulting tactic that could backfire.

Those who have already reached retirement age understand better than anyone that a guaranteed safety net could be as necessary for coming generations as it is now, when nearly two out of three retirees rely largely or solely on Social Security. So they are looking out for their children and grandchildren, an act of responsibility not self-interest.

Shame on McCain for being a part of this effort to divide the generations. Usually noted for candid speech, he even resorted to misinformation when he said in 2042 "we stop paying people Social Security." McCain knows that isn't true.

That is the date (actually it was changed to 2041 the other day) when Social Security reserves are expected to be used up. Even then, with no change in the program, recipients would continue to get about 75 percent of what was promised them.

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[roguevalley]

1. McCain is a clown, an ass clown.

[ClarkUSA]

2. AZ seniors should kick this GOP hack to the curb sometime

And to think how many Democrats actually thought he'd make a wonderful VP
for Kerry last year.

:puke:

[teryang]

3. McCain will be a triple dipper

He's got pensions coming out of his ass.

Greenspan, the old coot, has collected his SS contributions four or five times over. Now that they have theirs they can't wait to cut the baby boomers off in a paroxysm of alleged "fiscal responsibility."

Funny no one speaks of how outrageously expensive the Pentagon budget and their contractors have become. So expensive that they have to take all the social security surplus and apply to defense expenditures. Erh, what happened to the "lockbox?"

Oh, I remember now, the pretzeldent hit the trifecta, when Dad and Cheney's covert operator friends demolished the WTC and anthraxed their enemies.

[Skittles]

4. McCain is a f***ing bush whore

he has lost any shred of respectability