corrente

I always think it's kind of touching and funny when a media whore like George Will or David "I'm writing as bad as I can" Brooks professes concern for the Democratic Party.

But when Bush does? Wow, that's just surreal. Get a load of this:

Flanked by Republican Sens. Pete V. Domenici (N.M.) and John McCain (Ariz.), Bush invited Democrats "to come to the table" to help devise a solution to shore up Social Security's finances. "I believe there will be bad political consequences for people who are unwilling to sit down and talk about the issue," he said.
(via WaPo)

Max Cleland "came to the table" on tax cuts, compromised with the Republicans, and what happened?

The Republicans ate him alive.

And now they want us to try it again? I don't think so.

Say, if the political consequences for opposing Bush's Social Security phase-out are so great, then why does Bush restrict Partei rallies only to the true believers? Why not let any citizen in? If the true believers are in the majority, well find out, right? Oh, wait...