Phone calls spur political furor over social security

This is to be expected. The GOP has been using sneaky tactics to scare people into opposing the Democrats for three decades now, with great success, and with total impunity. So... it looks like the Dems (or some of them) may have decided to fight fire with fire. If it was the Dems, it's about time.

Someone (probably a pro-Dem agent) made anonymous phone calls to constituents of several Republican districts warning that the GOP intends to privatize social security. This lead to a flood of phone calls to Washington and now certain congresspersons are worried it could cost them the next election. Good move, Democrats. If the GOP can win on gay marriage, the Dems can win on social security.

My favorite quote from the story is "The dirty tricks have begun." Oh yeah, like the GOP hasn't been calling people to lie about the Democrats and liberals for 30 years! At least THIS scare is actually TRUE. There have been Republicans who have openly expressed interest in privatization for years. Others want it gone completely. Bush's current plan of allowing investments from social security funds isn't fully privatization, but it's a definite first step to either that or breaking the program entirely.