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Published Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 | 4:17 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 | 4:27 p.m.
Angle ad
Reid ad
Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle today released a new television ad touting her desire to save Social Security from projected insolvency.
In the ad, she tells a group of seniors — the same group featured in two of her last three ads — that the Social Security trust fund must be replenished and protected from her opponent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
This new position is an about-face from her position in the primary, when she repeatedly said she wanted to phase out both Social Security and Medicare. She’s since said she would honor the contract with senior citizens who have paid into the system.
During the primary she said she wanted new workers to be diverted into private retirement accounts so the traditional Social Security program could be eliminated.
After winning that election, she has begun to modify her rhetoric. She now says younger workers should be given the choice of staying in the traditional program or opting into personal accounts.
The Sun’s Delen Goldberg has more on Angle’s changing rhetoric.
In response, Reid’s campaign put together a video compilation of Angle’s evolving stance on Social Security. It prominently features Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, a Republican who supports Reid, saying Angle would be bad for the state.
Behind the rhetoric: Sharron Angle's real position on social security (hint: kill it) http://bit.ly/cKNMRU
@Boobyg, Too bad you can't (or won't) understand that social security in its present form is broken. Sharron Angle is right. Harry Reid has had an opportunity to vote for legislation that would keep the government from raiding the lockbox, and he has refused. The program is in the red this year, paying out more than it is taking in. Does anyone think that a government that is spending us into oblivion can be trusted with these funds?
@ DarenTheDawg - so we should abolish social security? Yeah, Angle doesn't want to privatize anything. If this WHACK JOB gets in, she will push for the elimination of social security and push for abolishing the Dept of Education. Harry Reid has DEFINITELY not done enough for our state, but to vote someone out for a WHACK JOB - no thank you.
"Lemons to Lemonade Angle" At first said she would eliminate Social Security and Medicare and then she said she would privatize it, but now she say she will save it.
"Lemons to Lemonade" Angle's tongue and nose are so long now that she is tripping over both of them.
RedState's Erick Erickson to GOP/republicans "Stop lying and admit you're the party of No."
Conservative Professor Stephen Bainbridge: "These days the most prominent of the so-called conservatives are increasingly fit to be cast for the next Dumb and Dumber sequel. They're Dumb and Crazy."
www.professorbainbridge.com.
Just another example of Sharron Angle's only outlet in campaigning against Senator Reid. She's got nothing except to go into this rabid chihuahua attack dog mode all the time. And at the same time, run from the press she feels will cast her in a bad light.
She's running all right. She's running scared, if you ask me.
Her strategy from her Tea Party camp is basically like this: Senator Reid did THIS, he did THAT, he's bad, not because he is, but because I said so, hate on him, that's the message I am trying to spread because it's all I got to go on, hate on him, he's bad, he's baaaaaaaaaaad, he even scratches his crotch in public, Senator Reid is responsible for EVERYTHING bad that happens! He was even in the white Ford Bronco with O.J. Simpson! HATE ON HIM!
Really stupid.
The truth of the matter is this: Sharron Angle worked in Nevada Government. She voted no on everything. This earned her the nickname "41 To Angle." Because she was always the dissenting vote. In her six years in Nevada Government, she did not draft or bring forward ONE bill. Nothing. She did nada. Zip. Zero. She sat in a chair. Looked around. Voted no. Her record in government is so bad...that she has absolutely no call to even criticize Senator Reid's record. Why? BECAUSE HE HAS A VOTING RECORD!
And this woman is supposed to be the high grand poobah we should listen to regarding Social Security?
If that woman gets voted in, Nevada will go through the Dark Ages politically...especially with her and Ensign representing us. It would be so bad that other Senators, from both sides of the aisle, would look and see her sitting in the back and just shake their heads in disgust and wonder why Nevada voters lost their minds.
Please don't let her in.
I say again. In November, don't let her in.
Angle with her backtracking ways, begging for votes. No sane person will vote for this nutcase. She has already alienated majority of the voters with her whacked out ideas.
Bravo Repukeblicans!!!!
Now Sharron is a snake oil salesman! Same crap in a differnth bottle. I agree that if she is elected the other senators would shutter to have her in that group. Well she could always try to eliminate the senate lol. Eat the Mushroom!!!!Sharron put us out of our misery lol.
"Lemons to Lemonade Angle" cannot save herself psychologically, so how is she going to save Social Security?
Angle: "It is not my job to create jobs for Nevada."
Someone tell "Lemons to Lemonade Angle" that if you help create jobs you help people get off unemployment compensation, help save a home owner from foreclosure, help make car payments,help provide for the health and education of their children.
Ooh, I'm sorry she only listens to her own personal God, not the God we all share.
For all the brouhaha over Republicans wanting to review the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, the citizenship/birthright clause, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, once supported revising the current interpretation of the birthright citizenship clause in 1993.
Mr. Reid introduced a bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee as the Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993. The bill, which died in committee after it was referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs, includes tough immigration provisions that would make many wonder where Mr. Reid truly stands on the immigration and border debate.
athun, Please give us your source.
irishspy.... You're 100% correct.
Sharron Angle is a Snake Oil salesman.
She wants to kill Social Security slowly.
Never trust a greedy republican.
SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY,
VOTE HARRY REID.
Frau Angle's captive audience of well fed white people must be getting tired of their cameo role in these nauseating infomercials. I think I've seen some of them in Ron Popeil TV spots. I'm surprised they aren't waving their guns around and firing off a few rounds to wake themselves up. I hope Frau Angle served refreshments or gave them some parting gifts. After all, she wants to take their social security and give it to Herr Bernie Madoff and his wall street boys to invest for big returns.
robwhitetrash...
"I'm surprised they aren't waving their guns around and firing off a few rounds to wake themselves up."
If I read something funnier today, I'll consider myself blessed.
When the Social Security Act was signed into law the excess funds were by law to be invested in government bonds. Which has always been the case and used by the government. Now this "Lockbox" term that Angle likes to use has never been the case. If the money was in a lockbox it would not earn interest. An analogy would be like putting the money under the mattress for 20 years. If you had put $100.00 under the mattress in 1990 it would $164.00 to purchase the same goods today. How many of you would like to lose that much purchasing power? So the next thought is that if people want the money locked up then pay back people, based on what they contributed over the years, with the purchasing power when their money had been locked up. That is what is so stupid of these people that always say the money should not be touched.
The Reid ad on "you tube" is a joke. The first commentator is Ed Shultz who was a republican until he found out he could make more money being a democate. (I know him personally). When will our politicians tell the truth. Social Security is broke. Roosevelt was a communist. Millionar's and others that do not need SS still get it and take it. If SS is so wonderful, then why is it that our senators and congressmen have the option to have an investment account that makes them three times the money as SS. Better yet, ask Reid where he puts his money for retirement. Come on Jon, I dare you to ask Reid. Is the Sun owned by Reid? Because you sure slant every news story so Reid is a hero and Angle is a nut. Seems like there's a fox in the hen house.
When you have one party in power the Nation drifts toward a totalitarian Government like Cuba, Venezelua or Russia. Democrats are not happy angry all the time. Watch MSNBC, ABC. Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz are angry all the time. While you have the chance to save this Nation send Reid and all the Democrats with their Union Leaders to retirement which by the way you suckers will pay for. Annoy a Liberal Democrat work hard be happy.
If you haven't figured it out yet, Vegas' problems are the Country's problems. Those of us out here who wish we could come and enjoy all Vegas has to offer, can't afford to, or are scared to death to spend that money out of fear of losing the jobs we do have.
Harry Reid is one of three leaders of the current government that is responsible for this disaster we all are living through. The prolonged economic climate is directly attributed to Harry Reid, and his party's agenda.
Harry Reid IS THE PROBLEM not the solution.
We in the rest of the country realize this, but we are powerless to do anything about Harry Reid. Only you in Nevada can fix that one aspect of our country's problems, and replace Harry Reid with anyone. It will be better for the country as a whole which in turn IS going to be better for Vegas and Nevada.
It's just common sense. With 9.5% unemployment out here, we have no money left over to bring and spend there to help bring down your 14+% unemployment.
So she's a religious loon AND a flip flopper.
Real Americans hate flip floppers.
Reid actually cut Medicare funding by $500 Billion in ObamaCare and he gets a pass on this by the Sun and many commentators here? And Angle is the threat to Social Security and Medicare when Reid voted for a bill(ObamaCare) that cuts Medicare funding for seniors and Medicare Advantage Programs? Give me a break.
I smell something foul ... smells like ... Karl Rove and Dick Morris.
Social Security's long term viability is threatened because Harry Reid has spent the U.S. into virtual bankruptcy. In Greece, spendthrift politicians like Harry Reid promised Social Security like benefits for their people too. Guess what? Greece is broke and people aren't getting their benefits because government can't afford to pay for them. This is what will happen here if Reid's spendthrift ways continue unabated and unchecked. And yet some people here commentating(and the Sun)(stupidly in my view) somehow think Reid's policies have greatly shored up or protected Social Security and Medicare? The idea Reid is a protector of Social Security and Medicare is therefore ridiculous and outrageous. One can only hope enough Nevada voters won't fall for Reid's nonsense ads.
Angle hasn't cut a cent from Medicare or Social Security. Reid has. In fact, in ObamaCare he cut Medicare Advantage drammatically(this means seniors Medicare Advantage premiums will be higher and/or benefits will be less because insurance companies are receiving less with which to pay claims). Reid also cut $500 Billion in Medicare funding in ObamaCare for seniors. Reid also voted for a 21% payment cut to doctors using Medicare(if Reid's payment cut goes through as indicated in ObamaCare less and less physicians will accept Medicare and seniors will have less choice of physicians to choose from and/or greater waiting times for treatments). Reid is the threat to Medicare, not Angle. How this became turned on its head is a testament to how slick Reid's adverstising campaign has been. One can only hope Nevadans will look at the facts and not fall prey to Reid's stupid(and grossly distorted) ads.
The republican liars can't stop lying.
Harry Reid will win by a landslide.
All this lady does is resurrect dead ideas that were better left buried. She ought to stay home, take care of her family, and leave the nation's problems to the Higher Intelligence. That's what she says women should do.
So Harry spends tooo much on Social Security and Angle and her ilk have no problem with the fact that these two phony wars started by Bush will total some where over 4 TRILLION DOLLARS, AND accomplish nothing but waste precious lives and resources.
This has been Sharron Angles intention all along. For the first time in 75 years, Social Security will be paying out more than it brings in. People, once this debt starts there is not turning back. The democrats have been raiding the Social Security fund for decades. California did the same with its retirement system until it was found illegal in 1998. Social Security needs to change and change now. The biggest rule that needs to change is, only one individual can draw from a Social Security account if both are eligible to receive Social Security, or the amount is split in half. Social Security should be ran like the California Personnel Employees Retirement System.