QOTD: Bernie Sanders
by digby
Paul Ryan, in the worst budget ever presented in the history of the United States, did not mention Social Security, so of course [Obama] owns it," Sanders said as he left a rally outside the White House, where he and a handful of congressional Democrats, Social Security advocates, and labor leaders denounced Social Security cuts on Tuesday.
"And I suspect that our Republican friends will make sure the American people understand that he owns it, and make sure the American people understand that any Democrat who supports cuts in Social Security and benefits for disabled vets will also be forced to own that," Sanders said. "From a political point of view it is to my mind just a really dumb tactic. I don't understand it."
And in case anyone thinks he's kidding about Democrats having to own a vote for a Grand Bargain, take a look at this flyer from the 2010 campaign in which right wing Tea Party extremist Ron Johnson beat Russ Feingold for the US Senate:
Click on that to see where he promises to protect Social Security benefits too.
Does anyone seriously believe that the Republicans will not run similar campaigns in an off year election in the incumbent President's second term? They wouldn't do that would they?
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