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In reply to the discussion: Judged now by loyalty to a political leader? No disagreement accepted. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)and that if the President intended to make such a deal it would be done.
Dubya never wanted to privatize Social Security, he was defending it because if he wasn't Social Security would be privatized, see.
FDR wasn't really trying to stack the bench, them thar nomination were a feint, see. What he was trying to do was maintain a firewall against his own policies.
The poster loves to proclaim that if Obama really wants to cut Social Security, that he is terrible at it. Joe thinks such is easily done so he must also believe TeaPubliKlans are protectors of Social Security or alternatively poor at doing so.
The point seems to be to set up a frame that means that unless there is a done deal, no deal was even sought or otherwise known as silliness.