Alan Simpson
Earlier this week, former senator and corporate lobbyist Alan Simpson and banking mogul Erskine Bowles, the authors of a plan to cut Social Security and gut programs for the poorest Americans, took out an ad attacking bold progressive congressional candidate Annie Kuster.
Last night, we got a look into the mind of Simpson during a forum held at Harvard University. During the panel, Simpson went off on the critics of his plan to cut Social Security:
SIMPSON: I get so damn sick and tired of listening to the little guy, the vulnerable, the veteran — I am a veteran, and the seniors and this and this and this and the meanwhile this country is headed for second-class status while everybody just babblesAi??into the vapor.
Watch Simpson’s rant:
Simpson might be sick of listening to “the little guy,” veterans, and the vulnerable, but Annie Kuster is not. Click here to chip in a few dollars to defend her from Simpson’s attacks.
A hateful statement by a Republican who should realize his hatefulness but does not! An example of the Republican psyche.
I don’t give a DAMN if he’s tired of hearing from ‘the little people’, or veterans, or anyone else — he’s GOING to hear it, as long as he’s trying to ‘trim the fat’ off the gov’t budget at the expense of those who likely did A LOT MORE THAN HE DID to defend it!
i AND MILLIONS LIKE ME GET SO DAMN SICK AT THE DEGRADING COMMENTS OF A SENILE OLD FOOL WHO HAS SUCKED MORE MONEY FROM THIS GOVERNMENT THAN ANY OTHER SENATOR. cLEAN UP YOUR OWN DOORSTEP. iF YOU ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT OUR FISCAL SITUATION WHY DON’T YOU GIVE BACK THE MILLIONS YOU HAVE SO WILLINGLY ACCEPTED./
Oh, so he’s sick and tired of hearing about “the little guy” and “the veteran”, is he? Well, then, he should retire from public life so he won’t have to hear about them anymore.
Typical Republican. What a jerk.
I think that what Mr. Simpson’s mind was trying to get his mouth to say was that, at some point, we have to stop talking about the problems our country faces, and work together to do something that will begin to solve them.
On that point, I agree.
It’s a true shame that his heart diverted his words, and allowed the truth of the man to come out. That is the essence of the man. We have heard him speak not his mind, but his heart. That should ring in our ears, until he is simply a retired, old medicare reciipient. And, like unto him, all others who would dare believe that any citizen has no worth.