Saturday
July 18th, 2009
9:57 AM
Reality Hammer Blog
U.S. POPClock
The Reality Hammer Blog Reality Hammer - For People Who Can Handle The Truth - Social Security reform: losing the propaganda war?
Reality Hammer - For People Who Can Handle The Truth - Social Security reform: losing the propaganda war?
LiveJournal's most famous "political operative"
March 13th, 2005
stupendous advocate text
Social Security reform: losing the propaganda war?
President Bush has been losing the propaganda war on Social Security reform. The Democrats are telling everyone that their benefits will go down under the Bush plan (a lie) and the MSM quotes them and Republicans (out of context) in such a way to suggest that private accounts will cost $2 trillion dollars to implement.

The truth is, of course, something different. The problem is how to get the truth out in such a maelstrom of negative attacks.

President Bush is currently touring the country to promote private accounts, but without a substantial press campaign of their own, the White House is at the mercy of a liberal media that does not want the truth about Social Security to get out.

President Bush is hurting himself by not clearly staking out the ground upon which he stands:
Mr. Pence said House conservatives adamantly oppose those options. "We're prepared to support government's borrowing money to get the fundamental reform of personal accounts. It's like refinancing your mortgage: You pay points upfront but save a lot more in the long run," he said.

"If we take personal retirement accounts off the table, as Democrats want, we are simply in the old tax-increase, benefits-cut trap," Mr. Pence said.

President Reagan never budged from his "SDI is not up for negotiation" stance, and President Bush should not budge from his stance that private accounts are necessary to save Social Security.

The truth will eventually come out about Social Security. If it is in the next few months then younger generations will be saved the painful experience of a failed Ponzi scheme. If it is a few years down the road, then we need to make sure everyone knows who prevented Social Security from being saved.
Current Mood : bored
View 8 comments or Leave a comment
 Link to this entry 
Share/save this article: 
Digg this Facebook del.icio.us furl Reddit Technorati Yahoo! bookmark Propeller Google Ask Stumbleupon blinklist Windows Live Newsvine Squidoo
Previous Entry Add to Memories Tell a Friend Next Entry
Comments
Thread started by KC
kc_anathema From: [info]kc_anathema Date: March 14th, 2005 01:46 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
For some reason, the Bush administration has a hard time clarifying their stance on various topics. It doesn't help that most of the media is against them, but it'd be nice if they'd forget the "do good work in secret so that you may be rewarded openly" idea for the sake of information dissemination.
(Reply) (Thread)
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: March 14th, 2005 02:06 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Congress lives and dies by opinion polls. President Bush has got to make the people believe in his plans if he wants to get Congress to vote for them.

President Reagan was so good at that. I wish President Bush would address the nation on TV like Reagan used to do. Twenty minutes can make all the difference.
(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)
Thread started by Hardcore Bean
astralweeks From: [info]astralweeks Date: March 14th, 2005 02:07 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
I'm just curious - are there any policies, bills etc that Bush supports and/or implemented that you do not agree with?

I can honestly say that I did agree with him on one major issue - banning partial birth abortion. Conversely, I disagree with democrats on a lot of issues. I just never see you saying to disagree with Bush on anything, so I was just curious - hope this doesn't come across as terse.
(Reply) (Thread)
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: March 14th, 2005 03:25 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
I didn't agree with his steel tariffs.

I thought his farm subsidies were (and are) too high.

NCLB, while better than previous policies, still leaves too much power at the Federal level.

Stuff like that.

hope this doesn't come across as terse

Not at all.
(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)
Thread started by Gray Wolf
graywolf44 From: [info]graywolf44 Date: March 14th, 2005 01:22 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
What I find remarkably disingenuous is that the Dems are stating (now) that there is "no crisis" with SS, while back when Clinton was in the White House, they echoed his position that SS was in dire need of reform (and then did nothing about it!).

My question to the Dems is - which is it? In dire need of reform, or not in crisis? IMHO, it is the former.
(Reply) (Thread)
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: March 14th, 2005 02:58 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
The Democrats are in the same position the Republicans were in the late 1970s--reduced to simply opposing whatever it was the other party wanted to do.

Thankfully Ronald Reagan rescued them from that situation.

I hope the Democrats do not find a similar escape!
(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)
graywolf44 From: [info]graywolf44 Date: March 15th, 2005 01:43 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
At their current rate of 'self-immolation', I don't think they will any time soon. That doesn't mean that "right thinking" folks can get complacent, though. We need to keep 'outing' their stupidity and flip-flopping on issues by telling the truth, and keeping the heat on them.

Fortunately for us, we have Karl Rove working 'everywhere', doing 'everything' to confuse and befuddle the Dems. (Isn't it amazing how all the Dems problems can be traced directly to one guy?)
(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: March 15th, 2005 08:02 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
lol

Indeed!

I remember when they said the same thing about Reagan being a "puppet".

They just can't admit that they lost to a better candidate.
(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)
View 8 comments or Leave a comment
Calendar
Back July 2009
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
Page Summary
Recommended Reading
A Random Reagan Quote

"Republicans believe every day is 4th of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15."
Instant Messenger Status
Yahoo!
AIM
Obama industry death watch
Login
Username:
Password:
View entries by tag/category

Select a tag/category to view all entries in that category.

You can also view/edit all tags

Tag Uses
2
20
21
223
1
22
12
1
1
4
3
17
3
3
11
2
9
1
1
4
10
1
3
1
1
2
3
23
2
1
1
23
2
3
1
10
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
9
2
1
1
1
5
4
3
1
2
1
2
1
9
1
1
1
1
3
16
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
37
1
123
3
5
3
1
2
2
6
1
2
1
1
1
1
38
3
110
2
21
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
26
139
2
18
2
1
1
9
3
6
1
8
2
5
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
6
3
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
1
11
6
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
5
20
1
7
12
1
1
1
15
1
7
3
5
1
1
6
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
4
1
1
15
1
169
1
4
2
3
1
17
1
1
1
2
1
5
2
1
3
1
5
1
1
3
1
9
3
2
1
1
1
5
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
6
299
8
2
1
4
9
2
1
1
4
5
1
2
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
5
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
4
1
1
29
24
1
38
1
123
1
11
1
2
1
1
2
1
25
1
2
2
1
1
4
1
1
2
20
1
12
5
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
35
1
4
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
2
1
1
1
2
4
1
14
14
2
3
2
1
2
16
18
2
30
2
1
10
14
11
90
1
1
5
1
2
1
2
1
7
1
13
2
1
1
1
18
1
3
1
8
14
13
5
5
4
12
4
1
5
1
22
1
2
1
2
1
6
3
2
8
1
2
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
87
1
1
2
7
4
2
1
2
1
77
4
1
3
6
1
4
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
8
1
12
1
8
1
1
1
6
1
4
1
3
14
1
1
1
2
5
7
1
1
1
43
5
2
3
1
15
63
1
16
24
1
1
1
1
3
8
1
2
1
1
8
8
6
1
7
4
1
5
1
30
3
2
52
1
13
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
29
1
6
10
1
2
1
5
3
10
3
1
1
2
1
1
3
5
1
1
4
1
1
34
164
1
2
6
1
1
1
31
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
1
5
2
2
5
2
1
1
7
2
1
1
1
3
2
8
28
11
4
1
17
3
2
2
2
1
10
1
32
46
7
2
1
4
1
5
1
5
11
1
1
1
2
1
67
1
86
4
1
1
1
16
1
4
2
1
1
1
12
1
6
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
2
4
2
6
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
23
1
2
1
1
8
87
2
1
3
3
3
5
2
1
14
1
12
4
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
13
2
2
1
1
2
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
17
1
3
1
1
2
1
8
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
14
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
5
5
6
8
1
1
1
1
10
1
2
1
1
7
1
6
1
8
4
2
7
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
10
2
3
1
236
7
1
6
1
2
1
1
1
4
28
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
5
1
5
4
1
19
2
4
6
32
1
3
4
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
10
2
5
2
7
7
4
4
132
1
30
2
13
3
1
1
3
1
12
3
1
1
8
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
2
1
5
1
3
29
1
3
1
3
2
10
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
1
1
1
3
1
1
10
1
1
2
37
2
16
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
4
1
1
1
2
1
2
19
3
1
1
1
1
2
18
1
3
1
2
1
16
1
6
1
1
2
4
1
1
2
1
5
3
1
1
7
1
2
5
60
2
3
1
1
1
9
1
1
1
2
2
4
1
1
1
1
7
1
35
10
1
1
5
2
11
2
14
1
1
10
2
1
10
1
1
1
4
1
88
3
1
4
2
1
206
8
1
1
54
1
1
2
1
18
1
22
8
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
2
2
1
1
1
7
1
17
43
1
13
22
1
5
1
4
3
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
12
1
5
1
10
1
1
1
1
9
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
31
1
2
5
1
1
1
3
1
4
5
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
38
51
11
1
1
6
3
2
4
1
3
1
1
3
5
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
4
16
1
2
2
3
5
4
1
2
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
8
1
1
2
5
3
5
3
18
4
12
9
29
12
1
1
1
3
1
3
9
1
3
1
2
1
29
6
2
4
6
3
2
1
3
1
3
2
3
17
4
7
2
6
3
4
1
1
8
2
1
194
3
1
1
5
2
2
7
5
6
3
1
2
3
1
2
2
8
2
30
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
4
1

There are 1189 tags for this blog.
Affiliations
Featured iTune
Links
The President Reagan Information Page
Front Page
News & Commentary
The Ronald Reagan Foundation & Library
Add Reality Hammer via Syndication
RSS feed of Reality Hammer
Atom feed for Reality Hammer
Syndic8 feed for Reality Hammer
Web Sites and Blogs (The Blogroll)
CATO
The Club for Growth
FORBES
GOP.com
GOPbloggers
The Mighty Righty
Nobody asked me, but...
National Review Online
Right Thinking Brothers
Rosenblog
Scrivener.net
Supply Side Economics
Want to swap blogroll entries? Just leave a comment!
Read my blog on Kindle
Journal Info
Switch to main view
Switch to "friends" view
Switch to calendar view
LiveJournal profile
News & Commentary from the President Reagan Information Page
Next entries Next entries
Previous entries Previous entries