Cranley stomps on grave of dead issue
1st District congressional candidate John Cranley - with Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the second-ranking House Democrat at his side - signed a pledge in front of the Laborers Union Hall in Evanston to never vote for any Bush administration plan to "privatize'' Social Security.
Not that anyone in the Bush White House has been itching to pick that fight again, after the president's plan to create individual savings accounts crashed and burned a year ago.
But, Cranley said, you never know.
"Who's to say that if (Bush) and the Republicans get through the election this year, that they won't come back and try again?,'' said Cranley. "He didn't have a mandate the first time, but he campaigned around the country for it anyway.''
Only if the Republicans are still in charge.
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Post a Comment*Come-on huggable, you know privatization of social security is never a dead issue with wRong wing nuts !!
The wRong wing nuts would rather create corporations to extort worker funds with a retirement contract in America !!
They could then form a governmental agency to guarantee the retirement funds and employ their cronies !!
They could then under fund everything making the bottom line look better than it really is !!
Their stock would go up and they cash out !!
The corporation could then file bankruptcy. The debt is then shifted to the taxpayer and the worker receives 10 cents on the dollar of that great contract with America retirement !!
Cranley is just stating:
NOT ON MY WATCH !!
Talk about dead issues.
Where is your report on this, Howy ??
Published on Thursday, July 6, 2006 by the Guardian / UK
Bush Told Cheney to Discredit Diplomat Critical of Iraq Policy
· Vice-president told to put out classified information
· No instruction to out CIA agent, says president
by Suzanne Goldenberg
President George Bush directed his vice-president, Dick Cheney, to take personal charge of a campaign to discredit a former ambassador who had accused the administration of twisting prewar intelligence on Iraq, it emerged yesterday.
The revelation by the National Journal, a respected weekly political magazine, that Mr Bush took a personal interest in countering damaging allegations by the former ambassador, Joe Wilson, reveals a White House that was extraordinarily sensitive to any criticism of its prewar planning. It also returns the focus of the criminal investigation into the outing of a CIA agent to the White House only weeks after the senior aide Karl Rove was told he would not face prosecution.
The Journal said Mr Bush made the admission in a July 24 2004 interview in the Oval Office with the special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, who is leading the investigation into the outing of the CIA agent, Valerie Plame. Ms Plame is married to Mr Wilson, who says her cover was broken in retaliation after he accused the administration of knowingly using false information on Saddam Hussein's weapons programme.
According to the National Journal, Mr Bush told prosecutors he directed Mr Cheney to disclose classified information both to defend his administration and to discredit Mr Wilson.
Elsewhere, the magazine quotes other government officials as saying that Mr Bush was very anxious to use classified information to counter Mr Wilson's charges, telling the vice-president: "Let's get this out."
However, the president told investigators that he never directed anyone to disclose Ms Plame's identity. He also said that he was unaware Mr Cheney had directed his chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, to covertly leak the information, rather than formally declassify it.
Mr Libby faces prosecution for lying to investigators about his role in the outing of Ms Plame.
There was no immediate comment from the White House. The office of the special prosecutor also declined to comment yesterday.
The revelation that Mr Bush instructed Mr Cheney to personally oversee the campaign to discredit Mr Wilson arrives at an inconvenient time for a White House vehement in criticising leaks.
Last month it condemned as "disgraceful" a report in the New York Times that agents from the CIA and treasury departments had been secretly monitoring international wire transfers without court oversight.
Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006
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Is your part time job working to create tag lines for republicans or do you just double bill them for your hours at work at the Enquirer? I just don't understand these subtle political attacks - it takes more talent in creating a article title when you aren't trying to take cheap pot shots. Just disappointed.
Howie,
What a lying Republican whore you are! Bush is talking about "fixing" social security. So, in fact, Cranley is right on.
Have you tried reading the fucking news lately? How about reading your Supreme Leader's speeches? Or, are you too lazy for that?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060627-1.html
Fucking wanker.
Carl,
Maybe you should start doing your job as the Blog Editor. Is this the kind of uninformed and unresearched crap you want on this blog? Just because this is a "blog" and not the regular edition of your "paper," it doesn't mean you get to do away with the basics.
But then, this is the Enquirer we're talking about here. So, who knows?
As usual, I am extremely disappointed with the Enquirer. Whenever John Cranley tries to do anything, you guys spin it to make him look like he is jumping on dead people's graves.
When are you guys going to write an article about Chabot stomping or killing dead people?
John Cranley makes important pledges based on ethical reasons. Steve Chabot, if you recall, made important pledges based on ethical reasons back in 1994. The difference? Chabot has broken all his pledges and Cranley isn't about to.
The Enquirer really knows how to craft a story for Chabot. Maybe the Chabot campaign has a Communications job opening - you guys should all apply. Their campaign telephone number is 513-481-9998.
And what evidence does the Enquirer have that SS privitization is a dead issue? I thought a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage was a dead issue. But I was proven wrong. The Bush administration and GOP Congressmen know how to push an old issue back on the table in strategic times.
You guys are ridiculous. I'd understand if this was Right Angle Blog or the Ohio GOP blog. But this is the Cincinnati ENQUIRER! A non-partisan and historic newspaper!
I don't regularly get caught up in the fray about Enquirer bias, but this was a truly ridiculous headline. Give each side their say. If the GOP wants to call it a dead issue, fine. But don't take their side and make it the actual headline of the story!?!
Unfortunately, Howy is the best of the worst !!
I have never seen such political brown noses in my life !!
It scares me to think about that political glass ceiling at the fishwrap.
Click your heals, stenographers !!
No wonder their readership is dwindling !!
They get none of my money !!
Chabot votes with President Bush 90% of the time.
On June 27, Bush said he would push for privatizing Social Security again:
"As you might recall, I addressed that issue last year, focusing on Social Security reform. I'm not through talking about the issue. I spent some time today in the Oval Office with the United States senators, and they're not through talking about the issue either. It's important for this country -- I know it's hard politically to address these issues. Sometimes it just seems easier for people to say, we'll deal with it later on. Now is the time for the Congress and the President to work together to reform Medicare and reform Social Security so we can leave behind a solvent balance sheet for our next generation of Americans."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060627-1.html
Steve Chabot in 2005:
"Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, said the private accounts are one of the keys to saving Social Security."
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050204/NEWS01/502040442/1056
DO THE MATH!!
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