Reply #43: It is not at all absurd... [View All]

[ljm2002]

...to expect the President to weigh in on important issues of the day, particularly one like Social Security, which is successful and popular and has been a bedrock policy of the Democratic Party -- one that has consistently differentiated Democrats from Republicans over the years.

I don't expect our President to weigh in on absurdities such as the one you present. I understand perfectly well that he cannot be expected to avow, or disavow positions on every conceivable thing. However, this is a current and active issue of great importance. I would like to know what is our President's position regarding Social Security? Given his choice to create the Deficit Commission, given his appointments of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles to chair that commission, given that the commission proposed cuts to Social Security, given that he decided to consider their recommendations in spite of their failure to come to any formal agreement, given his ongoing kowtowing to Republicans in the name of "bipartisanship" while enacting policies that adhere to Chicago-school Friedmanomics -- given all of that, you bet your sweet patoot I'm concerned. Time will tell how it plays out. I'm willing to admit I could be wrong about Obama on this issue. Hell, I sincerely hope I'm wrong. But so far, I see a President who is unwilling to publicly take a firm stand in support of Social Security, and against any cuts. This is not what I expect from a Democratic President.

So go ahead, laugh at those with concerns, tell us we mustn't make any inferences about the President's positions unless and until he makes a statement. Then turn around and tell us that expecting a statement on this crucial issue is like asking him to prove he's not a space alien and is not going to kill us all. Yeah, that's the ticket. That's "logical" -- in some upside-down, topsy-turvy, wacko world.