[PRES] Obama: Promise (social security)

[babylonsister]

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http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/09/21/obama-s-new-ad-not-your-typical-campaign-spot.aspx

Obama's New Ad: Not Your Typical Campaign Spot

Over at the Stump, Noam has lots of praise for Barack Obama's new ad on Social Security.

And Noam is absolutely right. Social Security is "the loose string that unravels McCain's whole sweater," since it "connects the financial market crisis to people's personal bottom line in a way that's downright alarming."

But its value goes even beyond that. A successful advertisement makes an effective argument for the election. A really successful advertisement does something else, as well: It helps advance a governing agenda. And I think this ad does that.

This spot doesn't simply remind you that McCain wants to privatize Social Security. It also reminds you that, at a time of great financial volatility, we need programs like Social Security because they protect us from financial misfortune.

In other words, this isn't just an argument against McCain. It's an argument for a robust social welfare state. If Obama gets elected, that's the argument he's going to make as he tries to enact his domestic agenda.

--Jonathan Cohn

[AlbertCat]

1. ideas that don't work.

That's right! Remember, not only has the deregulation mantra of the GOP been a complete disaster, but imagine if that other GOP idea had been adopted: putting SS in the stock market. Boy, another pillar of GOP thinking which would have been a huge disaster on top of the already manifested disaster had it not been stopped by the Dems and liberals.

GOP ideas DON'T WORK!

Deregulation
Privatization
Preemptive strikes
CEO presidency

All failures. All Crap!