Bush Called FDR a "Socialist" For Creating SS

President Bush's professor at Harvard Business School reports in today's Harvard Crimson that Bush "called former president Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, a 'socialist' and spoke against Social Security, unemployment insurance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other New Deal innovations."

Clearly, this shows just how extreme Bush is. But it isn't a surprise. Bush has been trying to eliminate Social Security for a long time. In 1978, he supported privatization by claiming the system would go bankrupt by 1988 - a complete lie. Now today, the professor notes that "to privatize Social Security, [Bush] is peddling a colossal lie about its solvency." Let's hope the media makes sure people know Bush has a proven track record of saying anything - regardless of truth or fact - to justify his right-wing agenda.