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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (155286)	6/23/2001 3:16:53 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

So true Cyber, I believe what we're witnessing is the last few decades of a dying party. That's the main reason their rhetoric is getting more and more elevated. They see the writing on the wall, and like Krutchev pounding his shoe on the table, are having a fit. Democrats have basically lost the ability to calmy and rationally disagree with Republican conservatives. So, instead of dealing with ideas, they deal with emotion based innuendo's, inflammed gloom and doom rhetoric, and out and out lies. Speaking of social security, here's a good article as it relates to the recent election in Virgina... Best, Mike __________________________________________________ Pro-Privatization Candidate Wins Virginia Special Election In a race with national implications, Republican State representative Randy Forbes survived a massive media campaign attacking his support for individual Social Security accounts to win a special election for Congress from Virginia's 4th District. The election was held to fill the seat of Representative Norman Sisisky, a Democrat who held the seat for nearly 20 years before his death in March. Forbes supports proposals to allow younger workers to invest a portion of their social security taxes in individual accounts, and Democrats poured money into a series of television ads attacking his position. Among them was the infamous "angina attack" ad that implied Social security privatization would lead to heart attacks among seniors who wouldn't be able to stand the stress of stock market fluctuations. Democratic strategists were blunt about using this race as a test for anti-privatization tactics they plan to use in the 2002 congressional elections. But despite this concerted attack, Forbes emerged victorious. Moreover, he did this in a District that was 40 percent African-American and where 50 percent of voters were over the age of 55. "[The outcome] shows that senior citizens are not going to buy into false claims about social security," Forbes noted. Virginia's Fourth district is a swing district and considered something of a national bellwether. George W. Bush carried it in 2000 by fewer than 500 votes, but Bill Clinton carried the district twice. The failure of anti-privatization scare tactics in this race should embolden pro-privatization candidates nationwide. Polls consistently show that voters strongly support giving younger workers the option to privately invest their Social security funds. A Zogby-Cato poll, conducted early this year, found nearly 70 percent of voters supporting privatization. However, despite the polls, politicians have been slow to campaign on the issue. (A conspicuous exception was George W. Bush, who also overcame a media blitz criticizing his privatization proposals). The Forbes victory should be further proof that politicians can actively support individual accounts--and win. socialsecurity.org