WP: Social Security Push to Tap the GOP Faithful

[kskiska]

Campaign's Tactics Will Drive Appeal

President Bush plans to reactivate his reelection campaign's network of donors and activists to build pressure on lawmakers to allow workers to invest part of their Social Security taxes in the stock market, according to Republican strategists.

White House allies are launching a market-research project to figure out how to sell the plan in the most comprehensible and appealing way, and Republican marketing and public-relations gurus are building teams of consultants to promote it, the strategists said.

The campaign will use Bush's campaign-honed techniques of mass repetition, never deviating from the script and using the politics of fear to build support -- contending that a Social Security financial crisis is imminent when even Republican figures show it is decades away.

Bush aides said that in addition to mobilizing the Republican faithful and tapping the power of business, they plan to target minority voters who have not been able to afford to save and might be open to the argument that the president's plan would turn them into investors. The campaign will also court younger voters, including many Democrats, who would potentially benefit the most from the change.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7797-2005Jan13.html

[Pirate Smile]

1. Well, I guess we better not be just sitting on our asses then.

[stevebreeze]

2. Ya gota admit selling crap is what this mis administration does best

It would be hard to imagine a crappier idea then privatizing SS. We can't afford SS so we are going to make it more expensive? It is just beyond reason why anyone would fall for such a load1

[Just Me]

3. I wonder if there givin' big bucks to those "fundie" channels?

Follow the money,...

,...boy O' those "preachers" BELIEVE in and PREACH LOTS when the plates of donations are overflowing,...

Have any of you watched some of these programs for more than five minutes?

Sometimes, I get pulled in for awhile. I listen and understand and, at times, even get inspired. Then, the HAMMER comes down.

Unfortunately, the HAMMER doesn't touch,...the neoCONimperialists who suck every breath out of these people to inflate their power.

[Florida_Geek]

4. I think this will not work

No Gays in it

No Religion in it

No 9-11 Terrorist in it

The Rich will not benefit from it.

AARP is hitting hard against it

More and more Dems groups will be coming out against in the media..

When you add all that up, it is hard to go to Joe Six Pack and ask for his support and money...

[Rose Siding]

5. It'll work if they tap into greed

Most of what you list plays on the 2 GOP vices: bigotry and greed. "Personal accounts" and "ownership" can be codified to appeal the the greedy. It's a playground for the scam artist and Bush has a few on speed dial.

[DeepModem Mom]

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