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Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Bush Challenged On His 1978 SS Comments

FYI...According to the NY Times, President Bush was challenged today about his comments (posted here this morning) in 1978 that Social Security would be bankrupted by 1988 unless the system was privatized. From the NY Times:

"Mr. Rangel also said he quoted to the president from a 1978 magazine article in which Mr. Bush, then running for Congress, was warning of an imminent collapse of Social Security unless it was privatized. 'And he said, 'I lost,' ' said Mr. Rangel, referring to Mr. Bush's defeat for Congress that year. 'And I said the Lord works in mysterious ways.'"

This is but a small shred of proof that blogging, researching and political activism can filter up and challenge a sitting President.