{"id":2673,"date":"2010-08-26T02:23:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T09:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2010-08-26T02:23:50","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T09:23:50","slug":"fire-the-republican-cat-food-commission-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/26\/fire-the-republican-cat-food-commission-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire the Republican Cat Food Commission Chair!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alan Simpson put his foot in his mouth big time, and in the process provoked rage from women across the country.  However, he deserves anger from all of us, not just women.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"26Simpson\"<\/a> Former Sen. Alan Simpson needed only a few ill-chosen words to udderly [sic] infuriate a lot of Americans.<\/p>\n

He compared Social Security to "a milk cow with 310 million t-ts<\/strong>."<\/p>\n

The barnyard boo-boo by the cochairman of President Obama’s fiscal commission outraged feminists, Social Security recipients and many liberal Democrats.<\/p>\n

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter DeFazio, a Democrat, called the comments "beyond comprehension" and asked the President to remove Simpson from the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The National Organization for Women said Simpson was unfit to lead the reform effort<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Simpson, 78, quickly apologized for his not so bons mots.<\/p>\n

The Wyoming Republican, known for his biting sense of humor, goofed-up in an e-mail earlier this week to Ashley Carson, executive director of the Older Women’s League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He took issue with a column Carson wrote accusing him of "ageism and sexism" for weighing Social Security cuts\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Keith Olbermann and Erik Kingson discuss Simpson, the Cat Food Commission, and Social Security.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

To answer Simpson\u2019s false claim, the way to deal with Social Security is to eliminate the income cap, but Keith is right.  Social security has nothing to do with the deficit.  The only possible reason to cut benefits or raise the retirement age is to set the system up for stealing the trust, over $2 trillion in T-Bills.  Social security should be placed off the table, period.  Find the savings in war spending and corporate welfare.  As for Simpson, he should be fired immediately.  Obama appointed him early when bending over backwards to be bipartisan.<\/font><\/p>\n

Also, Simpson personifies the Republican attitude that Social Security is a form of welfare.  It is not.  I may be sucking on the \u2026 never mind \u2026, but I spent a lifetime buying the damn cow!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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