George Allen (R-VA) sticks his foot in his mouth

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...and his head up his ASS! Talk about FODDER to be used against him!!!!! http://www.sundaymorningtalk.com/smt/2005/05/sen_allen_sell_.html

Senator George Allen (R-VA) may have gotten in a bit over his head, this morning, on Meet the Press. On private accounts, he suggested that Americans might have to sell their homes to survive in retirement. But, that would be a good thing, because they wouldn't have to trim hedges and cut grass, he noted.

In fact, he was trying to reassure people who are uncomfortable about investing in the stock market with private accounts. So, he recognized that those who do, might reduce their retirement savings in the event of a market downturn (I hear those happen once in awhile). But, he thinks allowing your own home to be your investment would get around that. Although, it would force you to sell it when you retire in order to feed yourself.

Then, he said he didn't support President Bush's plan to cut benefits for the middle class, quickly trying to back out of it.

I love these GOP assholes. Shit, if they restrict access to birth control and abortion, won't these geezers be needing those big houses to raise the grandkids of those who get up the pole at an early age, to say nothing of the kids of the dead who served in Iraq and Afghanistan? And won't those kids be happy to trim those hedges and mow that lawn to help grammy and gramps out?

Clueless, stupid bastard. He is as much as saying that geezers do not have the RIGHT to stay in their homes anymore. Already, in Massachusetts, under Mitt the Shit Romney, they have shitcanned the "circuit breaker" protection for a large percentage of geezers by limiting the value of the homes that qualify for it. Thus, if gramma and gramps bought their house for $25K, have lived in it all their lives, but because of insane prices, it is now valued at $490K, they don't get the circuit breaker tax rebate--which is about eight or nine hundred bucks, to help with their taxes.

Fucking assholes! I cannot STAND the GOP...they disrespect the old, the poor, the weak and the defenseless...simply because they CAN.