“attempt at SS reform etc etc etc”
We don’t give credit for failure, that would be the Demcoratic Party, and why didn’t bush et al fight as hard for Social Security reform as they are for the wildly unpopular Amnesty proposal?
“Maybe if the Ultra Conservatives were not so busy screaming hate because not only 100% of only what they personally wanted got done in DC, they might remember some simple facts.”
Maybe if bush listened to the people who put him into office he there wouldn’t be such screaming after all only HE wants “what is best for America” a purely liberal talking point.
IIRC President Bush went all over the country giving speeches about this for many months. He couldn't just stay in Washington and do it from there as the MSM does not even cover most of the things that he does. By going all over the country, he got publicity from local media which at least covered the events.
Something definitely needs to be done about Social Security and our leftist politicians know it. They just do not want him to have any victory on anything. They got old people to be afraid that they would lose their SS checks, which they knew was a complete lie. Lying for the cause seems to be OK with the left.