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January 25, 2005
Bush Calls for Patience, Demands Swift Action

President Bush today called Republican members of Congress into the principal's office to "plead for patience" on the Social Security issue. More and more Republicans are voicing doubts about the administration's radical overhaul plan, pressured no doubt by the annoying leaks of the truth about the so-called crisis.

While asking his team for patience while he finds phrases to describe his plan that poll well, Bush also "emphasized the need to act quickly after he presents his proposals."

As Josh Marshall points out, what this means is that Bush will take his time working out the proposal, but once he submits it, he wants it to fly through Congress with little debate. Sounds democratic to me!

Some Republican Senators - apparently secretly French - are unconvinced and are signaling that this kind of major legislation will take some time. Senator John Warner of Virginia has even suggested that a major study should be prepared by the nonpartisan Government Accounting Office. Treason! Doesn't he realize that there is no time?!? The whole freakin' system is going to collapse! In, like, 40 or 50 years maybe!! No time to waste on investigative analysis! Go Go Go!

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