Bush Pledges Political Cover for Republicans

[LiviaOlivia]

The New York Times
January 28, 2005
Bush Pledges Political Cover for Republicans
By REUTERS

Filed at 6:00 p.m. ET

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (Reuters) - President Bush, faced with opposition in Republican ranks to his intentions to revamp Social Security, pledged on Friday to provide members with political cover from any fallout over the debate.

At a Republican retreat at the Greenbrier resort in the West Virginia mountains, Bush tried to convince members that establishing private retirement accounts is the way forward for Social Security despite the political risks and transition costs estimated at up to $2 trillion.

"He told us he's going to help us by providing some cover on some of the most important and politically difficult issues," said Rep. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican.

~snip~

Overhauling Social Security, the legal system and immigration laws will be major elements of Bush's State of the Union speech on Wednesday night, an address expected to offer more details on his second-term plans than his lofty Jan. 20 inaugural address. "I look forward to talking to the country about the need to address big reforms like Social Security," Bush said in brief public remarks to the Republican gathering before answering members' questions in private.

~snip~

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-bush-republicans.html?oref=login

[Fridays Child]

1. What crisis will he manufacture to provide this so-called political cover?

He doesn't even try to hide his innate evilness, anymore, does he?

[Cha]

10. Well, if bushsquad has the voting

machines..they don't need no stinking "political cover" ..do they?

[buddysmellgood]

2. And their cover will come in the form of a very personal screwing. Bush

is not a republican, he is a facist.

[CO Liberal]

3. The Two Biggest Problems We Have as a Nation...

...are Gerge W. Bush and the Republicans.

[oasis]

4. The White House plans to pay for more propagandists with taxpayer funds.

Happy now Bushbots? You man is in but social security goes bye bye.:hurts:

The Constitution :hurts: The Iraq election:hurts: The U.S. Treasury :hurts:

[opihimoimoi]

5. "Ye shall know them by their BLUNDERS"

[shadowknows69]

6. * guarantees that Deibold will look kindly on their next election

[TexasLawyer]

14. Exactly

That's how any politician can screw the voters over, yet still be assured re-election.

[paineinthearse]

7. He'll be spending his "capital" n/t

[peterh]

8. Please…how might someone with less than…

50% approval rating provide political cover for political pie-in-the-sky schemes? Oh wait, silly me….it’s that payola thingie again….only…it goes directly to their pockets this time….

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Sequoia, Diebold, ES&S

easy....

"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Josef Stalin

[NVMojo]

28. yep, that way he can cover them for everything!!!

[dusty64]

35. Exactly my thoughts.

The Democratic "leadership" better get their heads outta their asses on this and quick. There is no other explanation to the rethugs smugness and arrogance these days besides the fact that they know they can not lose as long as their "voting" machines are at work. Wake the fu@k up!

[Demeter]

9. What Kind Of Idiots Does He Think They Are?

These wiley GOP operatives weren't born yesterday, haven't drunk the kool-aid, and kowtow to no one. Not the ones that last for any length of time, anyway. He's screwed them over a couple times, anyway. They won't sit still for that from the lamest duck to come down the cornfield.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. Love the sound of G W Bush - Lame Duck

You can bet he hates it though. He seems determined to reverse all trends.

How can this idiot savant be pulling this off. Destroying our country just so he can prove people wrong?

[Nothing Without Hope]

11. What on earth DOES he mean by "political cover"?

Could it be that he thinks what he says about Social Security "reform" will create such glowing national support?

Or is he really referring, as comes immediately to some of our minds, to some kind of staged emergency to distract attention?

Or is he just lying to them, as he so often does, to get what he wants, planning to screw them over later when he doesn't need them for this? Payoffs coming in to him and his cronies from the looting and brokers' fees from what used to be Social Security would surely support him and the future generations of that family and his pals' families for a long, long time. Unless everything get's blown up first.

Whatever he means, it's bad news and they'd be fools (again) to believe him.

[realFedUp]

12. so he'll pay for their souls?

thought he already did.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Refresh my memory...

Did Prescott Bush have bones to pick with FDR?

I get the feeling this jackass' only real goal is to get even with anybody who pissed off a bush.

[Chelsea Patriot]

37. FDR confiscated Bush Coin because of Bush Nazi support.

This is all payback.

[sam sarrha]

15. what part of "Brain damaged Moron" dont they understand..?? wake up!!!!

[truthisfreedom]

16. trust him, thugs! trust the untrustable two-faced weasel!

love him! he loves you, right? so far, he's only used ruthless threats to control you... can't you see that is just a form of pure love?

[twaddler01]

17. Somebody help me out here...

Is there a problem with our Social Security the way it is now?

I'm curious to know...

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Nope, can use some tweaks around the edges

but their objective is to DISMANTLE social security, destroy it, regardless of the rethoric

[twaddler01]

21. Exactly what I thought...

:argh:

[AuntiBush]

25. NO!

And Social Security employees are stepping-up today on C-SPAN (replayed tonight in it's entirety) along w/FDR's grandson and other experts on this... mild tweeking. That's it!

So, what has me frightening is "What is this really all about?"

Taking hold of our attention?
Diverting us with more major fears?

Why? Why is SSI, something we have time to debate and fix which if no one fixed right now or ever would payout abt 80% in 2042, why now? Why the "bankrupcy" from this bas**DS? Yelling NOW, etc... why? Even going so far as to hold bigger meetings to "sell this" like's its a sales pkg to us is immoral to the American people, as our freedoms go down the tubes. What is it?

Diversions but from what? These are my questions and the pundit repuks better wake up - it's there future, too!

[hector459]

20. Well, If the oversight hearings on Social security Admin are an indication

of his political cover, the Republicans are screwed on this. If the Dems and moderates who want to fight these changes get their act together and stop talking to themselves and begin talking to their constituents so as to educate them with the truth, this is a no win for Bush. If I were the Dems, I would start educating the young adults and even middle school children about Social Security, how it works, and what it does, and who it serves, how it started, who was for it and who was against it. I would have make myself available to any grassroots organization who asked me to come and speak about the proposed changes if I were a Congressman.

[alfredo]

22. Honor amoung thieves.

Of course honor and bush don't really fit.

[eridani]

23. Constituents of wavering Repubs need to be all over them, fast

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/conscience.php

According to Talking Points Memo blog, Dave Reichert is among those few Republicans willing to cross party lines and oppose Welfare for Wall Street, better known as Social Security piratization. I think Reichert needs to hear from his constituents, thanking him for taking a principled stance and encouraging him to hold to it.

[bling bling]

26. Pledge alligence to the Godfather, ya'll. He's got your back.

Nevermind what those pesky taxpayers want. Just let the Godfather know if they give you a hard time.

[ignatius 2]

27. OMG, 9-11 was a political cover. Remember how fast Bush was sinking

in the ratings, he appeared destined to be a one-termer, even repug congressman were deserting him.

These delusion,sick men will do anything to control their agenda. Anything.

[driver8]

29. I am so sick of shrubya and his "pledges"...

It seems like every day there is a new pledge from the boy-king. He really does think that he is in charge, doesn't he??

I hate that man...I really, really hate him.

[norml]

30. Worms eat the Kingdom

Worms eat the Kingdom. The small man is not ashamed. Demons guide him now.

[WCGreen]

31. Does anyone else find it ironic

That Bush and his minions gathered at an exclusive resort to discuss how to dismantle perhaps the greatest boost the lower classes have ever been given by the US?

[Buns_of_Fire]

32. Perhaps even more so, considering the fact that...

...the Greenbrier was modified several years ago to be a hideaway for Congress in the event of nuclear war. The bunkers are still there, but it was supposedly "decommissioned" (around 1995) for that use.

Unlike other government relocation centers, built mainly to house military and executive branch officials who would manage a nuclear crisis and its aftermath, the Greenbrier facility was custom-designed to meet the needs of a Congress-in-hiding, complete with a chamber for the Senate, a chamber for the House and a massive hall for joint sessions.

A "Congress-in-hiding..." How apropos. :eyes:
http://www.avhub.net/congressionalhideawaygreenbriar.htm

[LizW]

33. If dismantling Social Security was the right thing to do

no one would NEED "political cover".

This is as much as an admission that Bushco's plan is a massive screwing of the American people.

[remfan]

34. C'mon, huddle under my LAME DUCK wing!

:evilgrin:

[Guns Aximbo]

36. That sounds to me like

The dullard in the Whitehouse doesn't care what the voters want and will try to make these changes anyway he can.

[Supersedeas]

38. Gay bashing Terra Alerts and more Osama Broadcast interviews

Shattershot cover.

[Sugarbleus]

39. The MOST CORRUPT Lying weasely gangsters EVER to sit in the

White House in my life time!! Their entire agenda is utter Bull Shit!!

PASS THE WORD AROUND! Flood the congress with your voices of outrage.

[LiviaOlivia]

40. If he shaved his head

we would see a 666.