Kent Conrad proves he's ridiculous, supports Bowles-Simpson Social Security axe

[ProSense]

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The report scored an early endorsement from Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., a commission member, who declared that after reading it three times, he concluded "while there are things that I dislike intensely - and I do - there are also things in this plan there are grand slam home runs for the american economy." He said he would support the plan strongly "because I don't see another alternative. I just don't."

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[Larkspur]

1. Fellow Commissioner Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) developed a counter plan

that saves more money that Obama requested and doesn't attack Social Security -- The Progressive Deficit Hawk Rep. Jan Schakowsky wants to solve the deficit crisis without soaking the lower- and middle-class.

Course Jan is a woman and a Progressive, so Conrad ignored her and her plan.

[ProSense]

3. Exactly. n/t

[RC]

2. Kent has been bought off. He used to be smarter than this.

I haven't voted for him since Bill Clinton's second term election.