The Inner Loop picks up on the mind-boggling attempt by Republicans to pick up support in the community by attacking Democrats on Social Security:

The Inner Loop: Targets

Somewhere along the line, Republicans decided that Social Security was a winning issue for them in these mid-term elections. It?s not exactly clear why the GOP thought they could own this issue, coming just a year after the president wrapped up his unpopular tour promoting his plan to reorganize the benefit system.

WHAM13 also detects a whiff of bovine excrement:

13WHAM-TV || Rochester - Political Attack Ads - Fact or Fiction

Jane Flasch - Election is near–and the closer it gets, the more political ads you see. But can you believe what they say? Jack Davis is running for congress and Republicans are running an ad attacking his stand on social security. The ad uses his own words from a 2004 interview in which he says, “I think we should increase the retirement age. We can have a means test on it.” We call that a faction–part fact and part fiction.

Here’s the thing: it has become unfashionable to put your party affiliation on your signage these days.  This is especially true among Republicans in the current season, but it’s generally been the trend for the last few election cycles on both sides.  That makes some degree of sense in the current environment: you’d rather have a candidate run on his own notoriety (or even lack there of) than have to run against the impression of his party which may or may not be popular in the district

But everybody knows who wanted to privatize Social Security last year, and he t’warn’t no Democrat.  Even if (and this is true) Tom Reynolds did not support the privatization scheme, his ass is going to be on the “R” line come election day.  Those people who are pissed enough about the Social Security debacle may just click all the “D’s,” indiscriminate of the names of the candidates.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the Social Security thing is the gift that keeps on giving.  It’s like part Republican Herpes, part Neo-Con Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  (Her-publican Neo-Con-pulsive Disorder?  HNCD?)  I don’t know why, but the Republicans just keep sticking their fingers into that light socket over and over again.  In fact, Dubya only just got done saying he’s bringing back the SS proposal yet again on This Week with George Stephanopoulis.  Hurray!  Let’s hear more about Social Security before the elections!

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