I Remember When "W" Had A "Mandate"

McCarthy suggests new commission could look at Social Security and Medicare cuts https://t.co/P9Knyukko7

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Or "politica capital," as he put it, and he was gonna spend it cutting Social Security. Not for retirees, he insisted; but for their grandchildren.

It was the proverbial turd in the national punchbowl, and even W dropped it like a bad habit less than six months after the ballot counting had stopped.  Seems grandparents are rather fond of their grandchildren.  And Social Security and Medicare are still the third-rail of politics, because old people are still reliable voters.

Not to mention anyone of working age with a job and an investment already in the fund.

So, sure, Kev, you're gonna get a "bipartisan commission" together. And they're gonna recommend cuts to Social Security and Medicare, because those programs help people, not political donors (defense contractors and contractors to military bases and the communities that benefit economically from military bases).

Tell me one commission that came up with one good suggestion that actually became law.  The last one I can remember that actually saw a recommendation implemented created the Dept. of Homeland Security.  And though I sound like an MTG acolyte to say it (*shudder!*), we could pretty much do without that one.

So, like most commissions, this one is just for show, right? Gotta appease your Freedom Caucus crazies somehow, huh?  I mean, if you're to remain the weakest Speaker since John Boehner, right? You know you could step down and let somebody else win that title, right?  Although then they'd be the weakest speaker since Kevin McCarthy, so I guess that's not much of an improvement, is it?

Too bad.