Today I ran across an old bit of information that I'm surprised I didn't notice back when it actually happened: Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) voted for the flag burning amendment last year.
Now, this is no great surprise to me. I already knew that Senator Feinstein has a tendency to vote for terrible bills and appointments despite a complete lack of electoral impetus. But I distinctly recall her staff getting particularly angry and defensive with me when I pointed out that she supported banning flag burning a few years ago.
More recently, Senator Barack Obama has taken to claiming that there is some kind of vague Social Security Problem which needs to be solved. He mentioned this at the rally in Washington Square Park, which annoyed me, but I hoped it would go away. Now he seems to be bringing it up again, which is extremely aggravating.
As Atrios points out here, not only is this factually incorrect, it is also a slap in the face to everyone involved in the fight against privatization. A great deal of what that fight entailed was pointing out that there is no Social Security Crisis, so we don't need to take drastic measures to "save" it from some imagined enemy.
I'm someone who spent that entire summer knocking on doors, putting pressure on Members of the House and Senate to vote against privatization. Hearing Senator Obama echoing the pro-privatization talking points is an unnecessary stab in the back.
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