Same Straw Man, Different Day

You see, if you disagree with him about Iraq, then you just don't care about terrorism.

Similarly, if you disagree with him about Social Security, then you just don't care about your children's future:

"Bush, in a speech in Fargo, N.D., noted that that Democrats grumbled and groaned at his assertion that Social Security will require higher taxes, big benefit cuts or massive borrowing unless something is done to fix its finances.

"'Some of them didn't see the problem,' the president said at the first stop on a two-day, five-state trip to sell his program."

Also, please note that this article was written by David Espo, a big fan of "personal" accounts (used twice in this article, vs. once for "private"), and I can't even begin to suss out all the horros in this article.

OK, here's one: in the above quote, Espo implies that Democrats groaned because Bush had suggested that tough fixes will be needed if something isn't done to fix SS now. That's not what they groaned about. They groaned when he said, "By the year 2042, the entire system would be exhausted and bankrupt."

Also, Espo, it might behoove you to note that the very fix Bush is proposing will itself entail massive benefit cuts and borrowing.

I don't know which to be more disgusted by, the misleading statements by Bush or the lazy, incompetent (at best) stylings of Espo.

And of course, no mention from Espo of "benefit offset." But if I don't understand it, I would hardly expect a mouth-breather like Espo to understand it.