VIDEO: Failure of Social Security
Privatization Gets Standing Ovation

From Think Progress courtesy of Eschaton:

When President Bush first launched his campaign to privatize Social Security last year, just 39 percent of Americans approved of how he was handling the issue. A year later, that number has dropped to 35 percent.

The sentiments of the majority of Americans was voiced last night when President Bush brought up his privatization plans. Bush’s statement that “Congress did not act last year on my proposal” was met with rousing, unexpected applause that clearly unnerved Bush.

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I don't even try to watch the State of the Union Address anymore. Whether it's a Republican or a Democrat, the speech itself or the opposition's response, it all strikes me as a bunch of posturing bullshit, meaningless and uninteresting political theater. But this event would have made the whole thing worth it. Hilarious! They wildly applauded a major Bush defeat. If this had been in a movie, I wouldn't have bought it at all. Fact is stranger than fiction.

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